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Common handtools. I have at least 2 - 3 of each. One set in my work truck and another in the toolshed. What can I say - I'm a sucker for tools.
Traditional hatchets. If I see an old hand-made axe head for sale with or without a handle for a decent price I'll buy it because they're not making more of them. I'll gladly sell/hand over one to who ever needs, appreciates and promises to look after one.
Bikes. I don't sell the old when I buy new one. It's worth more to me as a bike than as the money I'd get from it.
Hand carts. I don't know how I ended up with two but here we are.
Doing a quick search, I see multiple companies that say that they hand-make axeheads. Now, it's probably cheaper to get them secondhand, but I don't think that the supply of new ones will run dry, as a business making handmade axeheads probably doesn't see a lot of economy of scale.
https://www.lehmans.com/category/axes
Looking at the brands they're selling:
Gränsfors Bruk, Sweden.
Snow & Nealley, Maine, US.
Hults Bruk, Sweden.
Lehmans, US. "The letter is the last initial of blacksmith who tempered the axe.", says that the axe is "Maine made", the handle is made by "an Amish family a few miles from our store", that the steel comes "from New York", but doesn't explicitly say where the blacksmith is.
Can relate to the hatchets. I love love love my Gränsfors hatchet and axe! Still trying to find a reason to buy another one!