Venelle's
Venelle examines the axe. "Hmm... its an average axe. To be honest, you wouldn't be able to do much to improve it beyond sharpening it. Even if you had someone who could add some magical powers to it, they wouldn't be able to because its not high enough quality.
However, I've got an alternative here that you might be interested in."
She heads over to one of the counter tops and rumages around in the pile before pulling out an axe that looks very similar to yours, but it is clearly of a higher quality. "Now, this guys here, he can chop down an oak tree in two swings, if you've got the muscle to handle it."
She offers the axe to you, and you can feel by the heft that it is solidly made.
{OOC: Masterwork Great Axe, costs 170 GP. Provides a +1 bonus to Attack rolls. Can be further enchanted with permenant magic.}