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It's time for the Pine Tree Plaza Spring Show! Catch me there and pick up some great Mother's Day gifts.

And, although the snow may barely be off the ground, it's never too soon to order your outdoor cooking gear, hunting knives and hooks, hinges and brackets for your summer home and farm improvement projects!

Hope to see you there!

(Next to Super One Foods)

707 Hwy 33 South

Cloquet, Mn 55720

Friday, April 27^th  11:00 – 5:00

Saturday April 28^th  9:00 – 3:00

Spring &  Mother’s Day Gifts!!!

 

Upcoming shows

This Saturday from 0900-1400 this is where we'll be!

Not Dead this week, just wishing I was.

I seem to have caught a particularly nasty strain of some bug that has had me coughing til I puke and snot running like a river with fever and then chills as an added bonus.  Hoping to get some of the modern magic pills and some codeine cough syrup to get me back in the shop.

New apprentice and the new forge are both working

The new to us forge.  The blower is a smooth as butter.  It is a joy to use.  Cleaning ash and clinkers is going to be a problem, but we'll get it sorted.

We fired up the new to us champion forge this morning.  It worked just fine but with a few mods it will be even better.   This is Mr. Mike's second time at my shop.  He built his own charcoal forge and is learning the to use coal and propane at HBI.  He just started blacksmithing so he is in the process of building skills and tools of the trade.  We are needing to do some spring cleaning in the metal building so forgive the mess.  We just made a space big enough for us and the forge and anvil.

Of course I forgot to get the pics of the forge in action.

Shows I'll be at in the next couple of days or fun with last minute planning

I'll be at the horse fair with limited stock tomorrow. There will be a few knives to choose from.  I'll put up a post with in stock stuff later.

Sunday, I'll be at the spring fling with limited stock and set up at the Neighborgoods booth

At least one thing went right today

Right out of the etchant

One of my friends was helping out in the shop while I was working on this little damascus skinner and called dibs.  So it is sold.  The other blades that were in the queue today turned out to be practice blades so the G man can practice his grinding skills. 3 out of the 7 had stress fractures that make them unusable except for practice.  The blades were water quenched because I was trying to get some more blades with a hamon.  Shit happens.

After the final polish and ready for some snake wood scales

I think it was time to change the filters on the respirator

2 more hunters ready for a sheath

 The grinder has been getting a good work out the last week.  I'm almost ready to do another batch of heat treat.   The micarta dust is in a thick layer around the big grinder.  Making handles isn't as fun for me as making the blades.  Handles are the user interface so the have to be comfy and durable.  That just takes time.  If things go according to plan I'll have a post on the current inventory of knives available for sale on Monday.

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