BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
Forging during winter has it's drawbacks. You gotta make hay while the sun is shining. Or in my case, make knives when it's so f@#%-ing...
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Blackbird
Aug 8, 20202 min read
IT'S A DIRTY BUISINESS
There is no clean way to make a knife. To make a knife you need to get dirty. Literally. At the end of the day you wind up looking like a...
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Blackbird
Jun 22, 20202 min read
MAKE YOUR MARK
Find your passion and use it to make a difference. This post started out as a brief on branding. But due to a bout with Covid-19 and a...
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Blackbird
Apr 6, 20202 min read
WHO'S HUNGRY?
Find your passion during times of upheaval. So I'm guessing a lot of you folks are either working from home, taking care of the kids, or...
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Blackbird
Feb 24, 20201 min read
WHY ALL THE HOLES?
There is a story hiding beneath the handle. I'm often asked, "why do you have all the holes in the knife handles?" And the simple answer...
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Blackbird
Dec 7, 20182 min read
OPENING DAY
Every opening day holds promise, even those that don't look promising. Usually you can count on late October in Iowa to be a thing of...
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Blackbird
Dec 6, 20182 min read
LOOKING FOR MR. WRIGHT
"Hello, I'm calling about the anvil." There a few phrases I never thought I would utter, and that was one of them. Not because it’s a...
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Blackbird
Dec 5, 20183 min read
CALM BEFORE THE STORM
Mother Nature can change her mind in a hurry. What was an idyllic evening spent on an island campground on Ima Lake, Boundary Waters,...
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Blackbird
Dec 5, 20181 min read
MADE BY HAND
Knifemaking is a full contact sport. Forging knives day in and day out comes with blisters, cuts, burns, callouses, sore shoulders, a...
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Blackbird
Dec 1, 20182 min read
KNIFE NUMBER ONE
Hammering steel was a sobering experience. How difficult could it be? People have been forging knives for centuries. Surely technology...
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