Which is the Best Knife for You?
A knife is an essential everyday tool and there are as many knives as there are stars in the sky. The vast variety of choices is great, but can be intimidating for the knife novice. Since we’ve tes… Read More
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How to Install a Kitchen Shelf
Like many, I am spending much more time at home this year. I live in a small cabin with a quaint (read: tiny) kitchen where counter space is prime real estate. Eventually, all my walls will be litt… Read More
Loom Large: Weft and Warp Speed Ahead
If you’re looking for a low-key creative outlet that will bring you tranquility and yield unique holiday gifts, then laploom weaving is for you. You don’t need special skills or training to beg… Read More
How to Carve a Wooden Spoon
We’ve all heard the old adage “how to make a statue of an elephant — You start with a block of marble and carve away everything that’s not an elephant.” Same rules apply for carving spoons. C… Read More
My First Memory of Making
From an early age, I felt drawn towards things I could build. My first real memory of making something was a go-cart when I was about 12 or 13 years old. It was not the one pictured –- which at lea… Read More
Product Spotlight: The Brass Capsule Multi-Tool
Of all the new tools we’ve launched this year, the capsule multi tool is the most exciting. Like most of our other tools, we’ve taken an old and obscure design, and modernized it to be useful again… Read More
The Maniago Region
In Northeastern Italy the flat farm plains meet the sudden rise of the Dolomite mountain range which separates Italy from Austria to the North and Slovenia to the East. A visitor there will find go… Read More
10 Tools You Won’t be Sorry to Own or Give
As an owner of Garrett Wade I’m lucky to have access to all the tools we carry. Honestly I’m spoiled to be able to bring almost any tool home for a test drive. Many of them –especially gardening to… Read More
Making Of: The French “Douk Douk” Knife
Today we’re showing you a behind-the-scenes look at how one of our favorite knives, the Douk-Douk, is made. First created by Gaspard Cognet in 1929, this knife has been a favorite of adventurers, c… Read More
General Tool Sharpening Tips
Whether you’re sharpening up a chisel, a knife, a plane or just looking on some background information about which sharpening stones to use, look no further. First of all, make sure that the tool… Read More