{"id":27,"date":"2026-07-22T05:57:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T05:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonhanly.com\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2026-07-22T06:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T06:42:15","slug":"a-short-history-of-the-australian-hytest-forged-axes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/simonhanly.com\/?page_id=27","title":{"rendered":"A Short History of the Australian Hytest Forged Axes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-633b684a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/simonhanly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Hytest-Logo-Colour-1024x595.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonhanly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Hytest-Logo-Colour-1024x595.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simonhanly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Hytest-Logo-Colour-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonhanly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Hytest-Logo-Colour-768x446.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonhanly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Hytest-Logo-Colour-1536x893.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simonhanly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Hytest-Logo-Colour.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-0c22cdd7 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-xx-large-font-size\">Hytest Axe &amp; Tool Pty Ltd<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hytest<\/em> was a brand of Australian-made forged steel axes that were manufactured for nearly 60 years between the mid-1940s and the early 2000s. <em>Hytest<\/em> became an internationally renowned brand of axe, particularly for their competitive woodchopping racing axes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A Short History of the Australian Hytest Forged Axes<\/em> briefly traces this history in an attempt to put some of this information in one place.<br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/simonhanly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/A_Short_History_of_the_Australian_Hytest_Forged_Axes_S_Hanly_2026.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of A_Short_History_of_the_Australian_Hytest_Forged_Axes_S_Hanly_2026.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-0a865009-6ac5-4ea7-b305-b4508fa66c86\" href=\"https:\/\/simonhanly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/A_Short_History_of_the_Australian_Hytest_Forged_Axes_S_Hanly_2026.pdf\">A_Short_History_of_the_Australian_Hytest_Forged_Axes_S_Hanly_2026<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/simonhanly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/A_Short_History_of_the_Australian_Hytest_Forged_Axes_S_Hanly_2026.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0a865009-6ac5-4ea7-b305-b4508fa66c86\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hytest Axe &amp; Tool Pty Ltd Hytest was a brand of Australian-made forged steel axes that were manufactured for nearly 60 years between the mid-1940s and the early 2000s. 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