In 2012, when we were renewing our vows we wanted to add a touch of my husband's job into our theme, since it was a really big part of our lives. But as we searched and searched we couldn't find anything in our budget that didn't look like it was for a child's birthday party. So being the crafty person that I am I figured I could make my own and came up with our cake cutting axe. It was such a hit at our wedding!

I realized others might also want a fun, unique way to cut their wedding cake without having to pay hundreds of dollars so I opened my shop. Since then we have done a few thousand axes for weddings, academy graduations, promotions, retirements, banquets, fundraisers, memorial axes, giveaways, and sick children that want to be firefighters. Each axe is made with lots of attention to detail and lots of love.

We were the first shop on Etsy to offer personalized axes (check the "On Etsy since" date). We are thankful to our loyal customers that come back to us when they need the perfect firefighter gift and we are thankful to our new customers that choose Give Em The Axe over the personalized axes on Etsy.

Our goal is to produce a quality product and a great price. Your design is drawn out then hand pained. We don't use vinyl stickers. We stain and triple seal to make sure your design doesn't fade or rub off.