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Winkler Knives featured in TheFabricator
Sometimes you can best serve your country by serving those in the armed forces. Daniel Winkler got that opportunity in the years after Sept. 11, 2001. Of course, the world changed dramatically on that fateful day, and Winkler soon changed with it. Before 2001, Winkler was primarily a full-time knifemaker, having achieved master bladesmith accreditation from the American Bladesmith Society…
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Martin Huber Forges a LOTR URUK HAI Sword
H. Clay Aalders is a lifelong edged tool user. He spent the past 20 years as a woodworker and fishing guide in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Tennessee. While guiding in Idaho, Clay worked part-time writing for a local newspaper, and upon moving to Tennessee began writing for the blog The…
PORTLAND KNIFE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOUNDED BY OREGON’S LEADING KNIFE MANUFACTURERS
PORTLAND, OREGON: Portland’s leading knife manufacturers proudly join together to announce the establishment of the Portland Knife Center of Excellence. Five Portland knife brands– Benchmade, CRKT, Gerber Gear, Leatherman and STEELPORT Knife Co.– serve as founding members. With more knife companies headquartered in Portland than any other city in the…
Simple Little Life: Crafting my first Damascus Knife (with Red Beard Ops)
Another video, but another nicely done one with good time lapse. I found the normalizing and straightening sections interesting. Not everyone feels like they need to forge the steel themselves, Doesn’t bother me. The end result is really nice, which is most important. Read the full article here
5 from the Grinder: Adam Thomas (Goose Creek Knives)
Hey folks, it is 5 from the Grinder time once again, and today we bring you Adam Thomas of Goose Creek Knives. I don’t know Adam, but he responded to our open call for 5ftG participants, which you can find here. Adam is an up an coming smith, on the…
Best Damn EDC: Simple EDC Mistakes
H. Clay Aalders is a lifelong edged tool user. He spent the past 20 years as a woodworker and fishing guide in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Tennessee. While guiding in Idaho, Clay worked part-time writing for a local newspaper, and upon moving to Tennessee began writing for the blog The…
LiveScience: Battle axes unearthed in a cemetery in Russia may have belonged to 11th-century taxmen
Archaeologists uncovered the twin burials while doing fieldwork in Russia, and the grave goods suggest the deceased may have been tax collectors. While excavating a vast cemetery in Russia, archaeologists unearthed two medieval human skeletons buried with battle axes and equestrian equipment. Since 2020, researchers have been conducting fieldwork at…