The siblinghood Axt und Kelle inducts all craftsmen/women who have learned a carpenter construction or subconstruction trade into their ranks.
At the end of the 70s and into the beginning of the 80s select members of existing brotherhoods felt the need to organize themselves together with fellow craftswomen, thus ending an era of male-only profession. In addition to the previously stated, the select members also felt the need to no longer deprive themselves an active voice in politics and allowed themselves to take a political stance. Furthermore, they no longer desired to work underneath the tenure of a master; instead, they preferred to plan and carry out collective construction sites without a hierarchy. The members of this collective thus in 1982, founded the siblinghood Axt und Kelle.
Annually, a summer meeting (Sommerbaustelle) is held and coordinated by active traveling members to build a site in support of a good cause.
The main motives behind the summer meeting are to give back and thank society for the support travelers experience during their journey years, and to offer journeymen/women the chance to work together, exchange ideas, skills, and learn from each other. Supported projects must non-profit and may not be under the ownership of private persons. All actively traveling members of Axe and Trowel, which currently find themselves in Europe, are required to participate in the summer project.
