i bought this axe a couple of weeks ago and i saw that it was obviously a used one as in it was already sharpened and there were scratches all over it which i didnt really mind because you cant moan for the price it is. the major problem i had with it though was that as i chop the wood to make kindling for our coal fires i use it pretty regularly, and today while i was just about to cut a piece of wood the head just came off of the handle and flew across the garden which i think is a pretty big design flaw,when i looked at the two pieces after id stopped laughing it looked as though it was glued on!. my advice is to spend a little more and get a nice hickery or steel shafted axe. thank you.