ABOUT

By throwers,
for throwers.

WATL and IATF spec axe throwing gear, designed, printed and shipped from Milford, Connecticut by someone who competes with it.

What “protect your edge” means

Two edges. The gear should look after both.

Your competitive edge

A blade that is sharp and true is part of your score. Gear that looks after it is gear that looks after your performance.

Your axe’s edge

A bare bit dulls, chips, and chews through everything riding next to it. Covered, it stays ready for the next round.

It started with a bad sheath

My axes came with the same generic fabric velcro sheath everybody's does. I wanted something that came off fast when I was up next, and stayed put when I needed it to. Velcro does one or the other, never both.

So I made my own. Then I made about eleven more. The design is still changing.

Two things moved the needle. I went deep on magnets until the pull felt right in the hand instead of on paper. And a Snapmaker U1 let me print the whole thing as one multicolor piece, instead of the two-piece it used to be.

Michael DiChello, founder of Project Bullseye, in a WATL competition jersey at an axe throwing tournament

The shop runs after hours

I'm a software engineer by trade, so the printers run evenings and weekends. Most of what leaves here was started after the workday ended.

There's no warehouse and no shelf of stock waiting for a buyer. Your order is a print job that starts after you place it.

Every piece starts here, laid out on the plate before a single layer goes down.

A Cutting Edge Hatchet League champion medallion laid out on the printer bed in the slicer, before printing

I wasn't planning to sell anything

I was messing around with some new designs for my duals team when somebody asked if I'd be willing to sell them one.

That's the whole business plan. Seeing my design on somebody else's axe, hearing people talk about it at the venue, is still the best part of this.

Nothing prints until you've approved it

Send me your idea and you get a digital mockup back before any filament moves. Not because it's a policy, but because I don't want to waste your time or my material on something you don't love.

It's slower. It also means nobody has ever opened a box and found a surprise.

PETG, not PLA

Rigid and chemical resistant. It survives a hot car in August. Most printed sheaths are PLA, which doesn't.

One piece, magnets inside

No glued seams to separate. Two magnets sealed into the print snap it onto the blade and hold.

Color printed in, not on

Artwork is built into the part layer by layer, so there's nothing to peel or fade.

League spec, tested

WATL and IATF regulation, checked against a real blade, because I'm the one throwing it.

The short version

  • WhoMichael DiChello. Software engineer, father, husband, axe thrower. I throw league at Cutting Edge in Stamford and run Project Bullseye out of Milford.
  • BusinessProject Bullseye, a brand of 692 Manufacturing LLC, a Connecticut company formed in June 2026.
  • ProductsMagnetic hatchet and big axe sheaths, custom and team sheaths, Hype Chain trophy chains, keychains and league awards.
  • FitWATL and IATF regulation. Hatchet bits to 4 in, big axe bits to 4 5/8 in. Not for IATF Premier League axes.
  • In the communityOfficial trophy partner of ConnectiCUT 2026. Team sheaths for The Lesbian Laurens and Haus of Todd, and the champion chain for Cutting Edge's Hatchet League Season 2.
  • Venues & leaguesBulk pricing for house fleets, season awards and pro shop stock.
  • ShippingFree on every order, standard or custom, no minimum.
  • Find meinfo@projectbullseye.com · @projectbullseye3d · Etsy shop

Protect your edge.

Standard sheaths ship in days. Custom work starts with a message and a mockup.

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