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Posts
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Blacksmith Shop
- Film: The Blacksmith – Tools for Satoyama
- Simple Bladesmithing Anvil
- Museum Forge Update
- Island Forge: An Inside Look at Earthen Walls
- Island Forge: Kajiba Clean Up
- Photo Essay: Final Forging Day
- Photo Essay: Forge Visit
- Photo Essay: Forging a Knife
- Photo Essay: In the Forge
- Photo Essay: Teaching & Instruction
- Photo Essay: Views of the Kajiba
- Photo Essay: Views of the Shiageba
- Natural Earth Plaster Walls
- Island Forge: Kajiba Kanagu
- Building a Togi-Dai for Polishing
- Preparing the Shiage-ba (finishing shed)
- Preparing and Loading the Charcoal Kiln
- Charcoal Kiln V.4.0
- TLDW #27 – Forging a Saya Nomi (鞘鑿)
- SOTW #21 – First Lighting of the Forge
- Making Tanto Kata
- Island Forge: Part 7 – Kajiba Tour
- Installing the Higuchi (tuyere)
- Island Forge: Part 6 – Interior Walls & Shutters
- Can we just take a moment?
- Island Forge: Part 5 – Tsuchikabe
- Island Forge: Part 4 – Yakisugi
- Island Forge: Part 3 – Roof
- Island Forge: Part 2 – Timber Frame
- Island Forge: Part 1 – Foundation
- Film: Study the Old to Know the New
- Glass Top Fuigo – Inside View of Box Bellows
- Making a Bamboo Scoop for Water Forging
- Making a Handle for a Japanese Swordsmithing Hammer
- Making Fire with Bamboo – museum forge first lighting
- Sumi-kiri – chopping charcoal for bladesmithing
- Making 篩 for charcoal screening
- Making 箕 for charcoal sorting
- Building a Charcoal Tanto Forge
- Museum Forge Project
- Making a Swordsmith Anvil from Scrap
- Building a Traditional Swordsmith Forge
- Making a Bamboo Water Scoop for Water Forging
- You Need A Swordsmith’s Fuigo Box Bellows
- Crossed Heart Forge Maker Video By Stria
- Making Charcoal for Blacksmithing
- Forged from Farm Scrap – the Culinary Knife Project
- Chopping charcoal (sumi-kiri)
- IslandBlacksmith Video Channel
- You Need A Japanese Swordsmith’s Hammer
- Post Drill Repaired
- Portable Forge Stand
- Cutler’s Hammer
- Smith-Roles Comet
- Workshop Swivel Light
- Workshop Door Hook
- Workshop Door Hinges
- Island Workshop Open!
- Island Workshop Day 6
- Island Workshop Day 5
- Island Workshop Day 4
- Island Workshop Day 3
- Island Workshop Day 2
- Island Workshop Day 1
- A Call for Submissions
- Sustainable ‘Smithing?
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Culinary
- Solid Wrought Spatula
- Oval Pot Rack
- Hooked Copper Spoons
- Nail Coffee Scoop
- Steel Butter Knife
- Paper Towel Holder
- Small Heart Trivets
- Large Heart Trivet
- Heart Copper Spatula
- Copper Coffee Scoop
- Oval Kitchen Racks
- Large Leaf Spoon
- Automotive Spatula
- Slim Copper Spatula
- Agricultural Pot Racks
- ThirtyOne Penny Spoon
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D.I.Y. Technology
- The Axe – Ono Style Cloth Mask
- Repair broken Natural Waterstone with Urushi
- Building Simple Charcoal Forges
- Testing Scrap Steel for Knife Making
- Process: Making the Mountain Kotanto
- Making Valves for Fuigo Box Bellows
- Making Sokui (Rice Paste Glue)
- Making an Outdoor Knife
- Making a Hatchet Handle
- Case Study: Making a Hon-Yaki Nata
- Antique Hatchet Restoration
- Sokui (Rice Paste Glue) Strength Testing
- Testing Blacksmithing Charcoal
- Metal Artists In Action
- Antique Japanese Farming Tools
- Making a handle for a small pick
- Japan Countryside
- Charcoal Kiln V.3.0
- Charcoal Retort B15-18
- Charcoal Retort B12-14
- Saya Nomi
- Charcoal Retort V.2.0
- Alder Froe
- Charcoal Retort D. 7-9
- Charcoal Retort Day 6
- Charcoal Retort Day 5
- Charcoal Retort Day 4
- Charcoal Retort Day 3
- Charcoal Retort Day 2
- Charcoal Retort Day 1
- D.i.y. Technology
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Event
- A Tour of Mr. Schrock’s Workshop, c. 1992
- PKN16 Presentation: Before & After
- Japanese Traditional Craft Exhibition
- Eyes On BC Magazine
- PechaKucha Nishinomiya #16
- Drift Indie Art Market & Show
- The Original Village Christmas Arts Faire in Qualicum Beach
- Island Blacksmith @ Whiskey Creek Farm
- School Group Demo
- Island Blacksmith @ Salish Sea Market
- Party on the Drive
- Lighthouse Fall Fair
- Qualicum Beach Summer Artisan Market
- T.O.S.H. 100th and Saihou-Kotengu Taiko
- Panther Valley Day
- Bike to Work Wrap Up
- Forged Blade Workshop
- PQB News Article
- Morningstar Photos
- French Creek / Coombs
- Morningstar Farm
- French Creek 100th
- Craig Heritage Demo
- Craig Heritage Park
- Twenty Years Ago
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Featured Work
- Itten Forest Tanto
- Forest Kotanto with Antique Fittings
- Nagatsuki Tanto
- Kominka Forest Kotanto
- Furusato Tanto
- Inome Tanto
- Yoroidoshi in Shirasaya
- 温故知新・On Ko Chi Shin
- Aikuchi Tanto Koshirae
- Mountain Kotanto
- Touzai Tanto
- Hatsu Yari
- Yozakura Tanto
- Kuromatsu Aikuchi Tanto
- Kuromon Aikuchi Tanto
- Tsukimi Tanto
- Uzumaki Kotanto
- Sunahama Kotanto
- The Bone Dagger
- Icho Hime Kotanto
- Mikazuki Kotanto
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Handcrafted Knives
- Field Kotanto with Antique Fittings
- Stream Kotanto in Shirasaya
- Hon-Yaki Field Nata
- Kominka Field Kotanto
- Kominka Stream Kotanto
- TLDW #26 – Traditional Yaki-Ire, Hardening a Tanto
- First Lighting of the Forge & Antique Habaki Utsushi (写)
- SOTW #20 – Assembling the Furusato Tanto
- TLDW #24 – Making an Ireko (nesting) Saya
- SOTW #19 – Assembling the Inome Tanto
- Eyes on the Spine: say No to the kink, and Yes to the flow
- Keeping it Simple with Paracord
- Arashiage: Filing Order of Operations
- Utsushi Study of a Sunnobi Tanto
- Differential Hardening Sunnobi Tanto
- Process – Making habaki with simple tools
- Yakiire – Traditional Clay & Water Quench
- TimeWarp #10 – Forging Habaki for a Tanto
- Process: Making a Futokorogatana
- Pacific Yew Forest Kotanto
- Bladesmithing at the Museum Forge
- Process: Making the Fittings – Aikuchi Tanto Koshirae
- TimeWarp #9 – Making a Mountain Kotanto
- SOTW #14 – Making the Mountain Kotanto
- Arashiage – Hand Filing a Forged Tanto
- Making a Mountain Tanto
- Tools for Satoyama
- Making a Tanto Style Takedown Handle
- MadeFor: Creating Off The Grid
- Sounds of the Workshop: Tanto Overview
- From the Garden to the Forest
- The Bone Knife
- Yaki-Ire – How a Tanto Blade is Born
- Classical Tanto Geometry: Blade & Kissaki
- Classical Tanto Geometry: Nakago & Machi
- Forging a Tanto from a Carriage Leaf Spring
- On Forging, Temperature, & Grain Size
- Case Study: Making the Sunahama Kotanto
- ToraSaya – Tigerwood Kotanto
- Oak Nakiri
- Walnut Houchou
- Woodlands Bent Knife
- Elk Drop Point Hunter
- Integral Ring Knife
- Handcrafted Knives
- Mini Brass & Ebony Spring Folder
- Linen Micarta Integral
- Pakkawood Clip Point
- Ebony & Horn Drop Point Skinner
- Heritage Wagon Spring Integral
- Wagon Spring & Abalone Integral
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Handmade Tools
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Japan
- The End of an Era
- Japan Photo Essay: Hinoki Forest Management
- Japan Photo Essay: Chashitsu-goya
- Japan Photo Essay: Inaka Architecture
- Japan Photo Essay: Orchard Garden
- Japan Photo Essay: Antique Nata
- Japanese TV Profile
- A Japanese Media Visit to the Forge
- On Swordsmith Apprenticeship
- Sharpening a Nata (variation of a Japanese brush knife)
- Sharpening a Kama (Japanese farmer’s sickle)
- Japan Photo Essay: Mountain Forest & Bamboo
- Japan Photo Essay: Traditional Architecture
- Japan Photo Essay: Garden
- We Are Moving Shop!
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Jewellery
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Ornamental Ironwork
- Letter Opener Collab
- Driftwood Garden Bird
- Rail Spike Coat Hook
- Scrolled Sign Bracket
- Heart Key Display Case
- Corner Handrail
- Garden Collaboration
- Heart Brass Pair
- The Old School House
- Alder Letter Opener
- Folding Letter Opener
- Dagger from the Sea
- Wrought Iron Relic
- Classic Letter Openers
- Cedar and Steel Hanger
- Small Drive In Hooks
- Smashin’ Glass!
- Mini Heart Hooks
- Large Objets d’Heart
- Small Objets d’Heart
- Three Nail Sword
- Stone and Candles
- Dr. ‘Smith in the House
- Bush Forged J-hooks
- Ornamental Ironwork
Products
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Antique & Workshop Sale
- Fittings Sale – Kirimaru Kamon Menuki
- Fittings Sale – Red Kirimaru Kamon Menuki
- Fittings Sale – Yellow Kirimaru Kamon Menuki
- Fittings Sale – Tokugawa Kamon Menuki
- Antique Sale – Edo Wakizashi in Full Mountings
- Antique Sale – Kashira, Gion Pavilion
- Ocean Spray Sushi Slicer
- Ocean Spray Mini Sushi Slicer
- Mini Takewari (Bamboo Splitter)
- Mini Cutter
- Ocean Spray Paring Knife (Left Bevel)
- Cocobolo Drop Point
- Rosewood Santogyu
- Hon-Yaki Chef’s Knife
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Books, Apparel & Gear
- Crossed Heart Forge 2011-2020 Portfolio: A Decade in Review
- Tsukimi Tanto Project Book
- The Bone Dagger Postcard
- Anvil Logo T-shirt
- 2013 Portfolio Book
- Mikazuki Kotanto Postcard
- 2012 Portfolio Book
- 原寸大で鑑賞する 伝説の日本刀
- Bushido: The Soul of Japan – Inazo Nitobe
- Arms and Armor of the Samurai: The History of Weaponry in Ancient Japan
- Koshirae: Japanese Sword Mountings – Markus Sesko
- Encyclopedia of Japanese Swords – Markus Sesko
- Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156-1868 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
- Facts and Fundamentals of Japanese Swords: A Collector’s Guide
- The Art of Tsukamaki
- The Craft of the Japanese Sword
- The Art of Japanese Sword Polishing
- The Art of the Japanese Sword: The Craft of Swordmaking and its Appreciation
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Classical Tanto
- Nagatsuki Tanto
- Furusato Tanto
- Inome Tanto
- Yoroidoshi in Shirasaya
- On Ko Chi Shin
- Touzai Tanto
- The Bone Knife
- Hatsu Yari
- Yozakura Tanto
- Futokorogatana Kaiken Tanto
- Kuromon Aikuchi Tanto
- Tsukimi Tanto
- Uzumaki Kotanto
- Sunahama Kotanto
- Spalted Alder Kotanto
- The Bone Dagger
- Design Your Own: Kaiken Tanto
- Design Your Own: Aikuchi Tanto
- Design Your Own: Hamidashi Tanto
- Design Your Own: Chisagatana Tanto
- Icho Hime Kotanto
- Mikazuki Kotanto
- ToraSaya Kotanto
- Yellow Cedar Kotanto
- Walnut Kotanto
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DIY & Unmounted Blades
- Mini Sheepsfoot Carving Blade
- Mini Kotanto Blade
- Scalpel Kiridashi
- Stream Kotanto Blade (order-made)
- Field Kotanto Blade (order-made)
- Forest Kotanto Blade (order-made)
- Mountain Kotanto Blade (order-made)
- Forest Tanto Blade (order-made)
- Mountain Tanto Blade (order-made)
- Kuri Kogatana Blade (order-made)
- Forest Kotanto Outdoor Blade
- Forest Kotanto Style Takedown Blade
- Stream Kotanto DIY Outdoor Blade
- Trailing Point Kotanto Blade
- Field Style Kotanto Blade and Habaki
- Spearpoint Survival Fusion Blade
- As-Forged Forest Kotanto Blade (unhardened)
- Edge finishing for DIY blade ($30/inch)
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Letter Openers & Paper Knives
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Order Made
- Stream Kotanto Blade (order-made)
- Field Kotanto Blade (order-made)
- Forest Kotanto Blade (order-made)
- Mountain Kotanto Blade (order-made)
- Forest Tanto Blade (order-made)
- Mountain Tanto Blade (order-made)
- Kuri Kogatana Blade (order-made)
- Custom Tsunagi & Ki Habaki (Wooden Blade)
- Saya Nomi
- Design Your Own: Kaiken Tanto
- Design Your Own: Aikuchi Tanto
- Design Your Own: Hamidashi Tanto
- Design Your Own: Chisagatana Tanto
- Design Your Own: Stream Kotanto
- Design Your Own: Field Kotanto
- Design Your Own: Forest Kotanto
- Design Your Own: Mountain Kotanto
- Design Your Own: Mountain Tanto
- Design Your Own: Forest Tanto
- Custom Shirasaya (Storage Scabbard)
- Edge finishing for DIY blade ($30/inch)
- Custom Tanto Kake
- Koshirae Bukuro Silk Storage Bag
- Shirasaya Bukuro Linen Storage Bag
- Assessment for Antique Restoration Project
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Tanto Storage & Display
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Tools for Satoyama
- Itten Forest Tanto w/Antique Fittings
- Field Kotanto w/Antique Fittings
- Hon-Yaki Field Nata
- Forest Kotanto w/Antique Fittings
- Stream Kotanto in Shirasaya
- Kominka Stream Kotanto
- Kominka Field Kotanto
- Kominka Forest Kotanto
- Stream Kotanto
- Field Kotanto
- Forest Kotanto
- Mountain Kotanto
- Mountain Tanto
- Hybrid Tosu
- Hybrid Nata
- Antique Hatchet (Remade)
- Kuromatsu Aikuchi Forest Tanto
- Fusion Style Forest Kotanto
- Ash Mountain Nata
- Hon-Yaki Forest Nata
- Fusion Style Stream Kotanto
- Makiri Style Field Kotanto
- Bullfrog Stream Kotanto
- Maple Survival Bowie
- Maple Bushcraft (Fusion Mount)
- Design Your Own: Stream Kotanto
- Design Your Own: Field Kotanto
- Design Your Own: Forest Kotanto
- Design Your Own: Mountain Kotanto
- Design Your Own: Mountain Tanto
- Design Your Own: Forest Tanto
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Uncategorized
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Utensils & Tools
- aluminum
- artifact
- buttons
- candles
- charcoal
- collaboration
- copper
- culinary
- demo
- featured
- fuigo
- garden
- hearts
- instruction
- island forge
- jordan wende
- kata
- kominka
- kura
- leaves
- louie mills
- museum forge
- nata
- new old stock
- patina
- polishing
- press
- process
- reclaimed
- satoyama
- sayanomi
- scrolls
- serious letter opener
- sharpening
- shiageba
- sokui
- soulsmithing
- sumi-kiri
- tanto geometry
- togi
- trevor komori
- video
- workshop setup
- wrought iron