S.E.T. Breaching Axe

Leatherhead Tools manufacture the best breaching tools to help Police and SWAT teams serve and protect. Leatherhead Tools strives to provide superior tools that help save lives, we talk to and get feedback from experts whose day’s work will punish our products. That’s how we all get better!

The occasional stealth nature of law enforcement is one of the reasons Leatherhead Tools created features like electrostatic black paint and tools with preferred weight and size to our line of breaching S.E.T. Tools. Law Enforcement and SWAT Team personnel deserve the very best tools possible to match the critical nature and demands of their jobs.

•   The #1 All-Purpose Tool for Law Enforcement and Fire / Rescue professionals
•   Axes gains access through most obstacles.
•   Chop, Cut, Break Barriers. Get in fast!
•   All Forged with High-Carbon Heat-Treated Steel Drop Forged Construction
•   100% Manufactured in the U.S.A. with American materials and craftsmanship
•   Drop forged with high carbon steel, fully heat treated and plated
•   Design to last a lifetime of abuse and punishment
•   Available lengths: 35”, 22”
•   Weight: 6 lbs.

Why Does “Drop Forged” Matter?
When you see drop forged listed on any Leatherhead Tools product it tells you a great deal about the strength and durability of the tool. There are three ways to make a steel tool; forged, casting or machining. Although all three might be made of metal, there is a huge difference in the drop forged tool.

Leatherhead tools are made of high carbon U.S. mill-length steel using a unique die designed for each tool. Steel is heated, placed in a die one-half the shape of the tool, the other half of the die is placed on the contact side of the hammer which is dropped from a significant height onto the die holding the hot steel. This process forces steel throughout cavities of the die giving the tool a continuous grain flow, finer grain size, improved microstructure, and it reduces the chance of voids – this results in greater strength.