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Knife-making with Dean Piesner and Robb Martin

March 18, 2014 by Michael Zimmermann 2 Comments

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)….

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Filed Under: Blacksmithing, Courses and Education, DIY, Front Page, HowTo, Personal, Things to try Tagged With: blacksmithing, bladesmithing, featured, Knifemaking, Thak, tools

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