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Crossed Heart Forge - islandblacksmith

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

Hand forged tools for adventure crafted from natural materials.
Traditionally crafted charcoal forged classical heirloom tanto made by hand from reclaimed and natural materials using 13th century techniques and the aesthetic of beautifully simple design based on the Japanese sword.

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A Canadian Media Visit to the Forge

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The Blacksmith | Tools for Satoyama | by Jordan Wende

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Shared 4 years ago

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Preparing and Loading the Charcoal Making Kiln

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Shared 4 years ago

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TLDW #27 - Forging a Saya Nomi (鞘鑿, scabbard chisel) - from reclaimed farm equipment (harrow tooth)

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Shared 5 years ago

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TLDW #26 - Traditional Yaki-Ire, Hardening a Tanto

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TLDW #25 - First Lighting of the Forge & Antique Habaki Utsushi

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SOTW #21 - First Lighting of the Forge

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TLDW #24 - Making an Ireko (nesting) Saya - Furusato Tanto

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SOTW #20 - Assembling the Furusato Tanto (aikuchi w/ireko saya)

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SOTW #19 - Assembling the Inome Tanto

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"Unboxing" precision cut tanto kata from soulsmithing.com

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TLDW #23 - Replacing the Higuchi (tuyere) in the new forge

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TLDW #22 - Repair broken Natural Waterstone with Urushi

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SOTW #18 - Let's just take a moment, shall we? Take it. Taken. Done.

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11:21

3 minute forge and 5 minute forge making...bring your own bellows! diy

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Shared 6 years ago

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SOTW #17 - Glass Top Fuigo - What's going on in there?

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温故知新 | Study the Old to Know the New | by Trevor Komori

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Shared 6 years ago

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Making a Bamboo Scoop for Water Forging (竹の水差し)

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Shared 6 years ago

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SOTW #16 - Differential Hardening Sunnobi Tanto - yakiire with water, charcoal, clay

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Shared 7 years ago

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TLDW #21 - Making a Tanto Habaki with simple tools

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Shared 7 years ago

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TimeWarp #10 - Forging Habaki for a Tanto

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Shared 7 years ago

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14:00

Blacksmith Forging Plastic? DIY snowskate from recycled decking material

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Shared 7 years ago

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TLDW #20 - Futokorogatana Kaiken Tanto

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Shared 7 years ago

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Clay & Water Quench Hamon on 100 year old carbon steel - Traditional Yaki-ire

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Shared 7 years ago

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TLDW #19 - Bladesmithing at the Museum Swordsmith Forge

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Shared 7 years ago

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TLDW #18 - Aikuchi Tanto Koshirae - Making the Fittings

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Shared 7 years ago

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TLDW #17 - Aikuchi Tanto Koshirae - Carving the Tsuka & Saya

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TLDW #16 - Aikuchi Tanto Koshirae - Carving the Inside

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11:38

Making a Handle for a Japanese Swordsmithing Hammer - no wedges

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Shared 7 years ago

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Making Fire with Bamboo - museum forge first lighting

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Sumi-kiri - chopping charcoal for bladesmithing

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Making 篩 for charcoal screening - from scrap wood and mesh

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Making 箕 for charcoal sorting - from a reclaimed trash can

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Soulsmithing: adventures in hitech/lotech part 6 - first lighting of the forge!

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Soulsmithing: adventures in hitech/lotech part 5 - chopping and sorting charcoal

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TLDW #15 - Building a Charcoal Tanto Forge

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SOTW #15 - Museum Forge Project

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Shared 7 years ago

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Museum Forge part 7/7 - making dorojiru ladle & hikaki from salvaged parts

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Shared 8 years ago

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Museum Forge part 6/7 - recycling farm equipment, making aku

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Shared 8 years ago

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Museum Forge part 5/7 - making 475lb. anvil from scrap

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Shared 8 years ago

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Museum Forge part 4/7 - making a tuyere from clay and charcoal brasque

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Shared 8 years ago

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Museum Forge part 3/7 - laying the forge bricks

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Shared 8 years ago

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Museum Forge part 2/7 - natural earthen tsuchikabe fuigo wall

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Shared 8 years ago

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Museum Forge part 1/7 - building the fuigo wall

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Shared 8 years ago

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Tanto Geometry - inside look at traditional kaiken mounting

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Shared 8 years ago

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10:19

One bamboo peg - takedown & assembly of a classical tanto style knife

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Shared 8 years ago

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Soulsmithing 4: adventures in hitech/lotech - building the fuigo floor

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Shared 8 years ago

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Soulsmithing 3: adventures in hitech/lotech - laying forge bricks

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Shared 8 years ago

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Soulsmithing 2: adventures in hitech/lotech - fuigo blower manifold

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Shared 8 years ago

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TimeWarp #9 - Making a Mountain Kotanto - Tools for Satoyama full build overview

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Shared 8 years ago

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Soulsmithing: adventures in hitech/lotech part 1 - first look at the shop

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Shared 8 years ago

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TimeWarp #8 - Carving a mekugi and Mountain Kotanto final assembly

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Shared 8 years ago

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TLDW #14 - Carving a mekugi and Mountain Kotanto final assembly

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Shared 8 years ago

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Satetsu - testing iron sand, skimboarding bladesmith edit

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Shared 8 years ago

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TimeWarp #7 - Lacquering with natural urushi, Mountain Kotanto

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Shared 8 years ago

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TLDW #13 - Mountain Kotanto natural urushi lacquering

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TimeWarp #6 - Making a Saya for the Mountain Kotanto

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TLDW #12 - Hand Carving a Saya for the Mountain Kotanto

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Shared 8 years ago

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TLDW #11 - Hand Carving a Tsuka for the Mountain Kotanto

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Shared 8 years ago

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TimeWarp #5 - Making a Tsuka for the Mountain Kotanto

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Shared 8 years ago

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