Newsletter
Weekly notes on restoration, shop life, and the craft of the edge.
October: Week 1
The difference between sharp and right: a recurved folder, a multitool that exposed gaps in the travel kit, a pre-season hunting knife ch...
September: Week 3
Old craft, new tools: 3D-printed diamond plate holders, blade thinning on stone and CBN wheels, a vintage belt sander, and Work Sharp.
September: Week 2
Why geometry has to come before polish, thinning a blade with grinding wheels, and Spyderco
September: Week 1
Old Edges, New Hands: restoring the M3 Army knife, polishing bolsters without losing the lines, and Dauntless Manufacturing.
August: Week 5
A guide system for the Woods arbor, the Tormek philosophy of precision, and chasing a straighter line.
National Knife Day
National Knife Day, the Bowie letter that gave it a date, and celebrating by caring for the tools you already own.
August: Week 3
A check-in with the Board, the patience of drying wood, and Thrane Axe & Saw Co.
August: Week 2
An M3 Case fighting knife, the line between restoration and preservation, and the story behind KA-BAR.
August: Week 1
Reviving inexpensive tools, PPE that actually works, and the Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing company.
July: Week 4
Boot knives, single-edge daggers, and the legal gotchas every carrier should know.
July: Week 3
Community, collaboration, and choosing the right everyday carry knife under $100.
July: Week2
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