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  • Morningstar Farm

    This Sunday (May 20) we will be set up at the home of Little Qualicum Cheeseworks and the Mooberry Winery.

  • French Creek 100th

    This Saturday (May 19) we will be doing another outdoor blade forging and button making demo at the 100th anniversary event.

  • Craig Heritage Demo

    Starting off the season with beautiful weather and lots of interested visitors made today’s outdoor demonstration an enjoyable event.

  • Portable Forge Stand

    Reclaimed farm equipment, bed frames, and some vintage blacksmith technology in a (slightly more) portable format for the summer demo season.

  • Corner Handrail

    A functional and artistic design challenge creates the perfect accent to the entrance of this Oceanside home.

  • Craig Heritage Park

    This Saturday (May 12) we will be doing an outdoor blacksmithing demo at the grand opening and building dedication event.

  • Handmade Buttons

    Featuring a new hammer texture interpretation of sakura blossoms seen through branches in the spring time.

  • Edo Inspired Buttons

    Hand hammered textures and subtly organic lines bring life and warmth into these handmade metal buttons.

  • Hybrid Hori Hori

    An all aluminum fusion design based on a tool favoured by bonsai gardeners and micro farmers alike.

  • Aluminum Hori Hori

    An intergral version of the classic mountain gardeners’ tool rendered in cold forged aluminum.

  • Garden Collaboration

    A hand forged and punched steel sign hanger and a hand carved split cedar sign turn a garden sculpture into a custom sign post.

  • Twenty Years Ago

    Twenty Years Ago

    Twenty years ago today marks my first day of working with Mr. Schrock and beginning to learn the techniques of blacksmithing.

  • Cutler’s Hammer

    A discarded sledge hammer head finds new purpose as a specialized bladesmithing hammer for heavy hand forging. A Japanese style smithing hammer is a specialized tool for forging thin, flat surfaces such as blades and saws. It has an off-centre weight distribution below the handle and is mainly used on one face (the back is…

  • Charcoal Retort B12-14

    The wood for these two batches was completely dry and the process was correspondingly successful and efficient. The first batch was mixed split cedar and spruce from shop projects, and the second was mainly split spruce construction scraps. The burns were so efficient that there was time to complete two in one day, including the…

  • Smith-Roles Comet

    A piece of Canadian history finds a new home and is put back to work after many years dormancy.

Traditionally crafted knives for people who wish
they could take things home from museums.

Crossed Heart Forge

Historical Techniques

Hand forged with handmade charcoal, constructed and finished with historical methods and natural materials.
see the process

Traditional Tools

Human powered hand tools are used from the time the steel is first put in the fire through to the final assembly.
tour the forge

Reclaimed Materials

Steel, iron, copper, and brass are sourced from salvage and scrap wood for charcoal comes from local sources.
watch a tanto being made