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Making Handmade Custom Knives and Tools

Living with the sun

We’ve lived with the sun as our primary source of energy going on 30 years. The shop and cabin’s electrical needs are nearly met through the recovery of the sun’s energy through solar arrays. We have less than 1000 watts of panel, 2 trackers we’ve made and 10 golf cart batteries.

To learn more about what we’ve done visit, our History page

A 6' Lumber Mill Head Saw Blade (Copy) — A 6' Lumber Mill Head Saw Blade

Recovered high quality carbon steel from lumbr mill sw bladesnfor knives and tools.

Aki Yamamoto in the garden (Copy) — Aki Yamamoto in the garden

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Handmade Knife Shop (Copy) — Handmade Knife Shop

Knife Shop in Winter (Copy) — Knife Shop in Winter

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morning walk into wolves (Copy) — morning walk into a pack wolves
Aki was just as surprised as they were. She was able to get a photograph as they left the encounter

A Sun Print (Copy) — A Sun Print
" Just one hour of sunlight hitting the Earth contains more energy than the entire world consumes in a year. Some estimates suggest that the energy the Sun releases in just one second could theoretically power all of humanity's needs for 500,000 years.". AI overview. The sun is expected to run out producing energy in 5 billion years.

Old Saw Blade Knives (Copy) — Old Saw Blade Knives

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Saw Blade Stock (Copy) — Saw Blade Stock

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Scott Richardson and Aki Yamamoto forging. (Copy) — Scott Richardson and Aki Yamamoto forging.

Swans of the Tundra (Copy) — Swans of the Tundra

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Dog and Chicken (Copy) — Dog and Chickens

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Old Wrecks For Carbon Steel (Copy) — Old Wrecks For Carbon Steel

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bringing in firewood (Copy) — bringing in firewood

.The boreal forest burns hot and fast. .

Cabin in January (Copy) — Cabin in January

time fades away (Copy) — time fades away
2002 show. In a past life.

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