Established in 2015, Axe and Awl Leatherworks is a family owned business located in the beautiful mountains of Waynesville, NC.  What started at first as a hobby serving a few select clients quickly grew into something much larger.  In 2015 Axe and Awl launched their website and by 2016 demand for A&A leather was so great that Courtney had to quit the local ER, where she was working as a full time paramedic.   After establishing and growing a strong online presence, in 2017 Axe and Awl took their show on the road to various Fire Expositions and have now sold their hand built leather goods all over the country including FDIC in Indianapolis and Firehouse Expo in Nashville.

The craft of working leather is slow, exact and requires trial and error.  Spencer, a former career firefighter understands that hand built leather goods that are used on the fire ground not only have to be practical, they have to be durable.  He can tell you why they have chosen every design element on every item they make and Courtney carries on the century old tradition of personalizing and decorating each leather good by hand.  Axe and Awl leather goods have proven themselves time and again under fire conditions in every state all over the country and will not fail.

As of the summer of 2020, we added our newest full-time team member! Travis brings many talents and unique skills to the table with his background in logistics supply from his time in The Marine Corps. Also, an excellent eye for handcrafted detail from his hobby in woodworking. It doesn’t hurt that Travis is Courtney’s brother!