Week of July 20-26
July 20
Sami is back! She started a cleaver this morning, and will finish it later this week.
July 20
It's Jason's birthday today! He made a super shiny Railroad Spike Knife. Definitely "see it from space" level shiny!
July 22
This was a fun group to start the day with! They are from southern Ohio. Devin is a farmer, and the kids all show his cows in fairs. As a reward, he takes them on trips. This year they came to Kalamazoo to take a knife making class at the forge, and then they're on to the Air Zoo. They were a fantastic group of kids! And they all made great knives! Really fun morning with all of them!
July22
Mandi and her father were back this afternoon to make Scary Cheese Knives! It's always such a good time with them!
July 22
Kayla and her husband were in tonight for the first time! They were gifted a class for their anniversary. Both are their knives are beautiful! They both left the blade with some texture. It really looks nice!
July 23
Our Blue Ribbon Winning Homeschool student, Elijah, came to the forge thus morning with his father and a family friend. The friend is a retired welder and wanted to show Elijah some tips. Fun time share the knowledge.
July 23
Such a fun group from Duncan Aviation today!! They are having meeting with team members from across the country. So we had people from Atlanta, Nebraska, Utah, and of course Battle Creek, in the forge to make Railroad Spike Knives! These are great knives! Very creative styles too. They were a lot of fun!!
July 23
Sami was back tonight to finish her Cleaver! This is a great knife! Forged from saw blade steel, with a textured finish. The handle is one of the new ones. It turned out great!
7/24/25
Monzur and his twins came to the forge tonight to make Railroad Spike Knives! They did such a great job! And they'll be back tomorrow to make billet knives!
7/25/25
Monzur and his son were back today to make Billet Knives. These are beautiful knives! They both did a really great job.
7/26/25
Alex and his father Paul were back this morning to continue working on their damascus. Alex got all the folds done and then drilled in the marks for raindrop damascus. Paul has a much bigger billet because he's making a cleaver. He got the folds done and will drill his raindrop pattern next time. The both will shape their blades.
7/26/25
Vince and his daughter were back today. Vince got all the hammering done on his Damascus Ulu, and got the bulk of the grinding done too! We did a "motivational dip" in the acid. Oh, it's going to be beautiful! His daughter forged a gorgeous scary cheese knife as a gift to her mom. It is beautiful, and super sharp!
