Newsletter
Weekly notes on restoration, shop life, and the craft of the edge.
July 18
Community, collaboration, and choosing the right everyday carry knife under $100.
Renewal Issue
Renewal, restoration, and what a scarred blade can teach us about purpose.
July: Week 1
Tradition and innovation in the same pocket,Knife steel and Pickup trucks, W.R. Case & Sons.
June: Week 4
What pull-through sharpeners actually do, why they feel like they work, and what to reach for instead.
June: Week 3
A vintage sandstone grinding wheel, the philosophy of slow sharpening, and how the old wheel evolved into the modern shop.
June: Week 2
Gut-hook sharpening, specialized field dressing tools, and mastering the tools of the trade.
June: Week 1
Chasing the wire edge, Dr. Larrin Thomas, and redefining what sharp enough really means.
May: Week 5
Damascus Steel, What it really is, Chris Nichols
May: Week 4
Knife block hodge podge, Edge Geometry, and tools that outlast us.
May: Week 3
Unexpected Field Test in Everyday Preparedness
May: Week 2
Slow Capability, Real Work, Garden tool geometry, and Council Tool
May: Week 1
Guided Edges, K390, and the Joy of Precision; Spyderco knives
April: Week 4
Steel Revival: The restoration of the restorer.
April: Week 3
Giving scraps a second life; Stropping; Fiddleback Forge
April Week 2
butcher blades, shop machinery, milling hardwood; Toor Knives
April Week 1
Stewardship of daily tools; Straight Razors; Dawson Knives
March Week 3
T.B.Woods Arbor;The Craft of S & S Electric Motors; Buck Knives
March Week 2
Slow, deliberate restoration; Diamond Stones; Vosteed
March Week 1
Vintage butcher knives; High carbon blades; Vixino