Suspended Shelf Design and Build Project

A client with a distinct industrial chic design esthetic wanted a custom shelving unit that found a place for their signature diamond R. A reclaimed wood top from a local custom shop completed the look.

Table Base Design and Build Project

This client was looking for a dining table base with slender, elegant legs. The challenge was engineering sufficient strength into the design, which was accomplished with the use of heavy gauge angle iron for the legs and structural steel in the frame. The lovely wooden top was custom made by a local cabinet maker.

Hanging Shelves Design and Build Project

A client’s kitchen redesign featured a full wall of marble – which made attaching shelving a challenge. Our design workaround was to hang custom open metal and glass shelves from the ceiling. The electric wiring for the lighting is hidden away in one of the uprights.

Knife Making Process

I make each of these knives from start to finish by hand. The steps are: Forge: The high carbon stock steel material is heated in a propane or coal forge until bright orange/yellow and hit with a hammer on an anvil to change its shape. Profile: The profile (outline edge) of the knife is refined on a belt grinder and …

Heat Treatment

There are 3 main steps to the heat treatment process for these hand-made knives. Normalizing (a/k/a Thermocycling). Forging the blade from the original stock involves heating the metal repeatedly in a forge until it is bright orange in color and hitting it with a hammer on the anvil. This process builds up stresses within the metal that can interfere with …

Kitchen Knife Care

When you are done using your carbon steel kitchen knife, hand wash it with soap and water and thoroughly dry it. If you’d like, you can wipe the blade with just a bit of olive oil or other cooking oil before you put it away, but you don’t have to. This simple bit of routine care should be all you …

My First Anvil

One of my favorite stories is how I came by my first anvil.  My dad was always eager to hear about the projects I had going in my shop, and we’d talk about problems I was running into or ideas I was kicking around.  My sense was that he enjoyed this in part as it was something we still had …