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

February 13, 2017 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

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

February 12, 2017 by Michael Zimmermann 1 Comment

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

February 11, 2017 by Michael Zimmermann 2 Comments

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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How it’s made: Custom cardholder

March 10, 2016 by Michael Zimmermann 3 Comments

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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The basics of building a fire

January 21, 2016 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

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

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Backyard cedar strip canoe: Part 1, Introduction

January 26, 2015 by Michael Zimmermann 2 Comments

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So, I’ve done it! [The Story so far] This is the first in a series of posts about building a backyard cedar strip canoe. Follow along as I research, cost, plan, schedule, and possibly fumble my way through an urban build of one of the most loved forms of backcountry transportation.  Well, to clarify, I haven’t done a…

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Knife-making with Dean Piesner and Robb Martin

March 18, 2014 by Michael Zimmermann 2 Comments

Knowing as much about my tools as I can has always been the way I’ve been wired. It’s the reason I took up an interest in blacksmithing in the first place — I took a one-day historical society course on how to make a traditional Native neck knife (the pocketknife of the fur trade era)….

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Winter Power Outage Tips

December 24, 2013 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

  December, 2013 — although it usually means mild times in Toronto, a severe ice storm has left a good many residents without power, and by extension, heat. The temperature as I write this is -10° C (about 14° F), and will be dropping, not rising throughout the day. #icestorm2013 and #darkTO are the only things on…

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