{"id":221596,"date":"2025-11-04T16:44:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/?p=221596"},"modified":"2025-11-04T16:44:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:44:30","slug":"how-axe-awl-leatherworks-became-an-anchor-of-waynesville-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/how-axe-awl-leatherworks-became-an-anchor-of-waynesville-north-carolina","title":{"rendered":"How Axe &amp; Awl Leatherworks Became an Anchor of Waynesville, North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To be clear, you can appreciate <a href=\"https:\/\/axeandawlleatherworks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Axe &amp; Awl Leatherworks<\/a>\u2019 appealing lineup of leather goods even if you\u2019re <em>not<\/em> the sort of person who up and runs into a burning building. But it doesn\u2019t hurt the brand that many of its customers wouldn\u2019t hesitate to do just that. In its inviting, exposed-brick showroom in downtown Waynesville, North Carolina, you\u2019ll see all manner of leather items on display, most of them made in a workshop just across town: sleek totes with solid brass fasteners, sling-style cross-body bags, burly duffels, and guitar straps, to name just a few. But you\u2019ll also probably spot an off-duty firefighter or two, browsing through first-responder gear along with the townies and tourists perusing belts and custom dog collars.<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- Promo shortcode start --><div id=\"nlf-1c\" class=\"gg-promo topic-distilled\"><div class=\"grid\"><div class=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/promos\/bourbon-tall.jpg\" class=\"tall\" alt=\"glass of bourbon with ice\"><\/div><div class=\"right\"><form id=\"nlf-1\" method=\"post\" class=\"form\" action=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/newsletters\/\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"gg_form_submit\" value=\"nlf-1\"><div class=\"hed\">Get Our Bourbon Newsletter!<\/div><div class=\"dek\">Distilled is our newsletter about the South\u2019s favorite spirit.<\/div><div class=\"action two-items\"><div class=\"input-left\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"email\" class=\"email-input\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"you@example.com\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"group_id\" value=\"151240180\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode_form\" value=\"nlf-1\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"subscription_99416\" value=\"on\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"prev_page_id\" value=\"221596\"><\/div><div class=\"gform_footer\"><div style=\"display:none;\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-st\" id=\"nl-nov-st1\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-b\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-r\" id=\"nl-nov-r1\" value=\"2025-11-14\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-et\" id=\"nl-nov-et1\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/div><button data-sitekey=\"6Lc-hRkaAAAAAI84hbB81Jl48pGievR_C_UgHdnY\" data-callback=\"on_submit_nlf_1\" data-action=\"submit\" class=\"g-recaptcha button button-primary after-email\">Sign Up<\/button><\/div><\/div><div class=\"captcha-terms\"><p>This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/p><\/div><\/form><script>document.getElementById('nl-nov-st1').value=Date.now();document.getElementById('nl-nov-r1').value='';function on_submit_nlf_1(token) {document.getElementById('nl-nov-et1').value = Date.now();document.getElementById('nlf-1').submit();}<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Promo shortcode end -->\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI never pictured leaving the fire department, honestly,\u201d says Spencer Tetrault, who cofounded Axe &amp; Awl with his wife, Courtney. As a firefighter in nearby Asheville, he decided in 2014 to take up a hobby, so between shifts he began tinkering with making leather wallets, key chains, and phone cases, poring over books and online forums and quickly becoming smitten with the craft. \u201cI was learning at the kitchen island,\u201d he says. \u201cI didn\u2019t know how to sew, so all of it was brand-new to me.\u201d Soon, a coworker asked if he could make him a belt. Other colleagues got wind of it, and he started fashioning on-the-job accessories for them\u2014suspenders, glove straps, radio straps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"1100\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GG0525_Shops_03-734x1100.jpg\" alt=\"A couple stands in a leather shop\" class=\"wp-image-221606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GG0525_Shops_03-734x1100.jpg 734w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GG0525_Shops_03-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GG0525_Shops_03-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GG0525_Shops_03-800x1200.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><div class=\"wp-caption\"><div class=\"image-credit\">Photo: TIM ROBISON<\/div><div class=\"caption\">Spencer and Courtney Tetrault.<\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Word spread like, well, wildfire; workers at other stations started placing orders; and as the old song goes, from small things big things one day come. The Tetraults set up as a vendor at a few weekend fire colleges, which firefighters attend to keep their certifications fresh, then at big trade shows in Charlotte, Nashville, and Indianapolis, returning home with \u201cmore work than we could handle,\u201d Spencer recalls. Traffic on their website picked up; orders snowballed. In late 2016, Courtney left her job as a paramedic to turn to leatherwork full-time, and a few years later, Spencer followed suit. In 2021, they renovated a building on Depot Street dating to the turn of the last century and moved their workshop from their basement to the shop\u2019s back room and then, eventually, to a five-thousand-square-foot warehouse nearby. They also expanded beyond firefighter gear (sales of which are still going strong) to \u201cbags, wallets, belts\u2014things that everyday folks are shopping for,\u201d Spencer says. The company, now with eleven employees, expects to see sales crest $1 million this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Axe &amp; Awl prospers, though, it\u2019s also growing into something more than just a leather shop\u2014it\u2019s \u201ca communal hub,\u201d Spencer says, sending out roots deep into the fabric of Waynesville. There are the store\u2019s homey touches: the shop cat, Ivy, presiding over the showroom; a 1920s Royal manual typewriter, nodding to one of the building\u2019s past lives as a typewriter repair shop; framed vintage photos of the Waynesville Cafe, the space\u2019s original occupant, and a horse-drawn cart from the Junaluska Tannery, hearkening back more than a century to the region\u2019s leatherworking heritage. The Tetraults are converting the former workshop in the back into the Bevel Bar\u2014named after a leatherworking tool that \u201ctakes the edge off,\u201d Spencer explains\u2014which will soon host Friday- and Saturday-night cocktail gatherings. And last year the company launched <a href=\"https:\/\/haywoodtn.gov\/haywoods-heroes-celebration-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Haywood Heroes<\/a>, a fundraiser named for the surrounding county, with live music on the closed-off street out front, to benefit worthy local causes: firefighters last year, naturally, and teachers and nurses on deck for the near future.<\/p><div id=\"div-gpt-ad-8866768\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad mobile inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-7777158\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad tablet inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-5575713\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad desktop inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"1100\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GG0525_Shops_02-734x1100.jpg\" alt=\"A glass of beer\" class=\"wp-image-221607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GG0525_Shops_02-734x1100.jpg 734w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GG0525_Shops_02-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GG0525_Shops_02-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GG0525_Shops_02-800x1200.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><div class=\"wp-caption\"><div class=\"image-credit\">Photo: TIM ROBISON<\/div><div class=\"caption\">A Fly Kid K\u00f6lsch by Middle James Brewing Company, served on tap in the shop.<\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tetraults have other big dreams: more brick-and-mortar outlets, perhaps; maybe a pop-up in New York City. \u201cWe have the opportunity to become, like, a Filson,\u201d Spencer says, evoking the esteemed Seattle-based maker of outdoor gear and clothing. \u201cWe make nearly all the leather goods we sell, except the boots. And that\u2019s just not common anymore. It\u2019s just us deciding how far we want to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local leather goods shop offers bespoke goods\u2014and provides a hub for community<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":221605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2025-11-04T21:44:29Z","apple_news_api_id":"7f617da4-6881-4144-9cd9-38d16dd066ed","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-11-04T21:44:29Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/Af2F9pGiBQUSc2TjRbdBm7Q","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1784,2400],"tags":[307,1438,867,30280],"authors":[1946],"issue":[30797],"recipe-type":[],"class_list":["post-221596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-culture","category-style-fashion","tag-north-carolina","tag-shops","tag-style","tag-whats-new","authors-mike-grudowski","issue-october-november-2025"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.3 (Yoast SEO v26.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Axe &amp; 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