A sprinter coiled at the starting blocks under stadium light. Black-and-orange composition. Heroic register.

Austin, Texas / Founded 2017 / Three lines, one blade

TRACK.
TRAIL.
STREET.
ONE BLADE.

A halberd is a single shaft carrying an axe head, a spike, and a hook. We build three product lines on the same shaft. Spike for the track. Axe for the trail. Hook for the street.

A1 / The system

Three blades. Same shaft. Same workshop. Same hands.

Line 01 / Spike

The Track

Sprint and middle distance. A1 racing spike, A2 distance flat, A3 sprint flat. Tooled for the line.

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Line 02 / Axe

The Trail

Hill country to high alpine. T1 trail racer, T2 long-day, T3 mid-cut hiker. Cut for the climb.

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Line 03 / Hook

The Street

Daily wear. S1 court low, S2 runner, S3 slip. Built for the block, made to be re-soled.

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Line 01 / The Track / Heroic registerThe Spike.

Six grams of titanium under the forefoot. A carbon plate cut to the lane. We test on the same Austin oval our athletes train on, in the heat, against the wind, on the track that broke our second prototype in half. The fourth one held.

Halberd build a spike that does not lie about what it is. Maya Acuña / 800m / Austin Track Club
A1 Spike 5,500m to 10,000m. 4mm pin.
A2 Flat Distance work. Carbon plate, no spikes.
A3 Sprint 60m to 400m. Aggressive toe spring.
See the Track line
Reel / 5s

Line 02 / The Trail / Epic registerThe Axe.

The Trail line is heavier than the Track. We do not apologise for the weight. The axe head of the halberd is what does the work. The shoe carries it down out of the canyon at hour seven, in the rain, when the rest of the field is already shivering at the aid station.

  • T1 Trail Racer. 6mm drop. Aggressive lug. Below 200g.
  • T2 Long-Day. 8mm drop. Rock plate. Below 290g.
  • T3 Hiker. 10mm drop. Mid-cut, side stiffener.
See the Trail line
Reel / 5s

Line 03 / The Street / Editorial coolThe Hook.

Street is the line we resisted the longest. A track athlete does not need a daily shoe with the same logo on it as their racing flat. But the people who sponsor track athletes do, and the people who buy the spikes do, and so we drew the Street line. We made one we would actually wear.

Three shapes. S1 court low, S2 runner, S3 slip. Each panel is field-replaceable. Each upper is recyclable. The midsole goes back to us at the end of its life, postage paid by us, and comes back as the next one.

See the Street line
Reel / 5s
Custom track spike close-up. Halberd A1 forefoot detail, exposed plate, 4mm pin housings. A1 / Spike
A2 / The current shoe

The A1 is the one we will not stop refining.

Every spring we strip the A1 down to the plate and ask whether the plate still does what we asked it to do. Most years, it does. Some years, we re-tool. The price stays the same. The customer is not paying us to invent a new shoe every season.

The next batch ships in June 2026. Sizing in half-units across UK 4 to UK 13.

Plate
Carbon, lane-cut
Pins
4mm titanium, x6
Upper
Bonded mesh, 27g
Mass
148g, UK 9
Re-tool credit. Trade in last year’s A1 for thirty per cent off the next pair. The pair you trade in goes back to the workshop for parts.
View the A1 Spike
A3 / The roster

Eleven athletes. Three lines. Each one runs on the line they validate.

/ 01Maya AcuñaTrack / 800m
/ 02Jonas ReillyTrack / 5,000m
/ 03Imani ParkTrack / Sprint
/ 04Sam HalberdTrail / 100km
/ 05Cleo VanceTrail / Skyrace
/ 06Aris MendozaTrail / Vert
/ 07Theo LinStreet / Court
/ 08Rosa CalhounStreet / Daily
/ 09Ren TabitaTrack / 1500m
/ 10Hugo SantanaTrail / 50mi
/ 11Inez KarouiStreet / Slip

The next batch ships June 2026.

The A1 Spike, the T2 Long-Day, and the S1 Court Low all build in batches. Leave a real address and we will send a real letter when the next batch is two weeks out. Once a batch. Never a marketing email.

Three blades. One shaft. One Austin workshop.