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An episode about the tools I personally use for leathercraft.

Art has objective parameters, and beauty is much the same. This is part 2 of a 3 part miniseries on the objective standards given for the crafts specifically and art generally. 

Art and beauty have objective standards. This is a miniseries on that reality, and I relate it all back to blacksmithing and leathercraft, eventually. 

In this episode I give a recap from a day's experience at the Feast of the Hunter's Moon in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. From there I discuss a portion of the book "The Art of Blacksmithing" about how the blacksmith is gone in the sense of a necessary community member but survives through artistic participants and preservationists today. 

The armor of God and the old armorers and leathermakers are discussed. 

Here I give two more positive aspects of young men being given the opportunity to undergo an apprenticeship. 

In this first episode of a little miniseries, I discuss the need young men have for apprenticeships. 

Do things well! 

In this episode I talk about some of the positive aspects of a renewed desire for things handmade and homegrown while also discussing the pitfalls therein. 

In this episode, I talk about the key role of observation, the damage of indecisiveness, and the critical aspect of thinking in blacksmithing and life. 

In this episode I discuss the top three lessons I've learned while putting my hands to the work of leathercraft. 

Here are some thoughts on the fact we were created to be creative and what that means for taking part in the trades.  

Here is reason number 5 of the top reasons I am learning the crafts/trades! 

Here is episode 10! My fourth reason for learning the trades is fairly simple--I want to be a self reliant man who upholds the goodness of the patriarchy. One way I can do that is by the practical means of providing for my family with my own two hands through my own entrepreneurial adventure. Another way is by passing the skills I learn on to my sons. 

Reason 3 of 5 for my desire to learn the trades is the opportunity to unplug, or as the title says, to go "analogue." We spend a ton of time behind screens each day. Join me in using the trades of leatherworking and blacksmithing as a means to get away and have a digital cleanse. 

In this mini-series, I'm going through my top 5 reasons for getting involved in the trades of blacksmithing and leatherworking. The second reason is "the people." The folks I've met in the blacksmithing world and the experts I've learned from in the leathercraft scene are all people I enjoy hearing from and being around. If the trade wasn't worth it, the people surely are. 

This is the beginning of a five part series about my personal reasons for learning the trades of blacksmithing and leatherworking. Reason one is simple--historic preservation. Enjoy! 

This go around I talk about the general benefits of working hard, physically, and how physical labor also requires a person to break a mental sweat. 

Rest and the tyranny of the 40 hour work week.