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This is the final entry in a 3-part series about the planning and construction of a custom leather chef’s knife roll. Part 1: Discovery and design Part 2: So, all you have to do is cut out some leather… Part 3: Getting a handle on things Getting a handle on things I put aside the…
How it’s made: Leather knife roll [Part 2]
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This is the second entry in a 3-part series about the planning and construction of a custom leather chef’s knife roll. Part 1: Discovery and design Part 2: So, all you have to do is cut out some leather… Part 3: Getting a handle on things So, all you have to do is cut out…
How it’s made: Leather knife roll [Part 1]
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This is the first entry in a 3-part series about the planning and construction of a custom leather chef’s knife roll. Follow me on facebook to find out when the next parts are posted. Part 1: Discovery and design Part 2: So, all you have to do is cut out some leather… Part 3: Getting…
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…
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
Backyard cedar strip canoe: Part 1, Introduction
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…
Knife-making with Dean Piesner and Robb Martin
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)….
Winter Power Outage Tips
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…