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How it’s made: Leather knife roll [Part 3]

February 13, 2017 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

How it’s made: Leather knife roll [Part 3]

This is the final entry in a 3-part series about the planning and construction of a custom leather chef’s knife roll. To view just the photos, visit the gallery on Facebook. Part 1: Discovery and design Part 2: So, all you have to do is cut out some leather… Part 3: Getting a handle on…

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Filed Under: Front Page, HowTo Tagged With: A Word in the Woods Leather Goods, Chef, how-to, knife roll, knives, Leather, leatherwork

How it’s made: Leather knife roll [Part 2]

February 12, 2017 by Michael Zimmermann 1 Comment

How it’s made: Leather knife roll [Part 2]

This is the second entry in a 3-part series about the planning and construction of a custom leather chef’s knife roll. To view just the photos, visit the gallery on Facebook. Part 1: Discovery and design Part 2: So, all you have to do is cut out some leather… Part 3: Getting a handle on…

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Filed Under: Front Page, HowTo, Uncategorized Tagged With: A Word in the Woods Leather Goods, Chef, how-to, knife roll, knives, Leather, leatherwork

How it’s made: Leather knife roll [Part 1]

February 11, 2017 by Michael Zimmermann 2 Comments

How it’s made: Leather knife roll [Part 1]

This is the first entry in a 3-part series about the planning and construction of a custom leather chef’s knife roll. To view just the photos, visit the gallery on Facebook. Part 1: Discovery and design Part 2: So, all you have to do is cut out some leather… Part 3: Getting a handle on…

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Filed Under: Front Page, HowTo Tagged With: A Word in the Woods Leather Goods, Chef, how-to, knife roll, knives, Leather, leatherwork

How it’s made: Custom cardholder

March 10, 2016 by Michael Zimmermann 3 Comments

How it’s made: Custom cardholder

Many people may not be familiar with what goes into making handmade leather goods, so for a recent custom build, I remembered to break out the camera at a few points along the way to help illustrate my process. The criteria I firmly believe that good design needs to be more than pretty — design solves a…

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Filed Under: Front Page, HowTo Tagged With: A Word in the Woods Leather Goods, assembly, education

The basics of building a fire

January 21, 2016 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

The basics of building a fire

The bloggers over at Fix have provided an excellent infographic that highlights the elements of building a safe and successful fire. Source: Fix.com

Filed Under: Bushcraft, Conservation, Courses and Education, DIY, Front Page, HowTo, tips Tagged With: campfire, Fire, Fire-building, how-to, kindling, tinder

New directions: leather goods

December 3, 2015 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

New directions: leather goods

As many of my readers already know, I’ve been working with leather for a while now, and I’ve decided to jump in with both feet and start my own leather goods and accessories company!

Filed Under: Front Page, Gear, News, Personal Tagged With: A Word in the Woods Leather Goods, EDC Survivor's Leather Water Bottle Holster, Leather

Throwing knives for survival

October 8, 2015 by Michael Zimmermann 2 Comments

Throwing knives for survival

From the first time I saw James Coburn play the ultimate badass in the 1960 classic The Magnificent Seven I (and I suspect many of my readers) thought, “How cool would it be to have that skill?” Possessing an awesome skill is, of course, impressive, no matter what the discipline, but let’s put this into context. Does throwing a knife make…

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The Rhino Hunter: Radiolab

September 8, 2015 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

The Rhino Hunter: Radiolab

We live in a world where compassion often quickly turns to outrage, which in turn can express itself as vitriol and disturbing calls for retribution, as evidenced in the recent reaction to Cecil the lion’s death. This is more than just a trip report, and I wouldn’t call it a defence piece—it’s a surprisingly gentle treatment of an extremely…

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Filed Under: Conservation, Front Page, News, Trip Reports Tagged With: Black Rhino, Conservation, Corey Knowlton, hunting, Namibia, NPR, Radiolab, Simon Adler, trophy hunting

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