It Turns Out People Really Like Throwing Axes During a Pandemic

“Hatchet houses” survived a terrible year by providing a valuable public service.

So when Stumpy’s Hatchet House, a fast-growing American chain of hatchet-throwing centers, decided to temporarily shutter all of its locations last spring, I personally did not give them much of a chance at long-term survival. Who knew how much time might pass before people would feel safe gathering indoors to hurl hatchets at wooden boards?