Author Archives: Podforge

OKCA show going well

The Oregon show is going quite well, talking to a lot of really nice folks.  I’ll do a more formal recap later, as I am more than a bit tired.  Saturday is the long day for this show and it can … Continue reading

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At long last

At long last the promised website update is finished.  Take a look around, you will find the blog entries have their own page, there are descriptions of knifes and pictures, a price list  or 2 and even a bio.  Still … Continue reading

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Never really had the desire to see my name in lights

What does a reference to Broadway theater marquee have to do with knife making?  Just the fact that I find it odd to see my name plastered 3 feet wide across the front of a table. Let me explain.  Part … Continue reading

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Super secret project now ready for primetime: Embroidered Podforge Patches

  It occurred to me a while back that Embroidered Patches would be a pretty neat thing to have.  I figured I could include one with each knife and sell or give them away at shows and such.   I did some research … Continue reading

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W2 sold out for now

All of the W2 stock I currently have is allocated to orders, and my supplier is out.  I’m not sure if this sis going to be a temporary situation on the part of my supplier or not, so until further … Continue reading

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Of progress and photo “development”

The last 3 weeks I have been working on filling an order and finishing out a couple of kitchen knives that were started at the end of last year.  Porgress was slowed due to the snow storm but I did … Continue reading

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New Forge Progress

In the last post the plan was to line the forge with 2 layers of blanket and then cast an interior liner. In order to do that I needed to make a form for the inside cavity. Once that was … Continue reading

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OKCA show

Just got confirmation that I have a table at the OKCA knife show in Eugene Oregon April 14 & 15 2012. I will be at table P16.

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A tale of two forges

(edit: I remembered the casting refractory wrong it is Kast-O-Lite 30) A long time ago in a galaxy far way… Nope wait not quite accurate .. Ahem.. A number of years ago at a rental not far from here, I … Continue reading

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prodding the website with a stick

Just an FYI, I’ve started doing some tweaking on the website as part of the re-design upgrade.  So far just little things like moving widgets around and adding some plugins.  I need to add some pages like an actual about … Continue reading

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