#artintheeverday

[threeriversforge]

“Hi i ordered the greatest bottle opener ever from you about three years ago and opened literally thousands of bottles with it. Unfortunately i've lost it about a month ago, but i do have a photograph of it.” -- Daniel C.

I love when I get an email from a customer, even if’s to let me know they lost their bottle opener.  Daniel did a great job with the photo of his EDC and I’m honored that he’d send me such a nice email.  I struggle hard to make each piece as good as I can, so you can imagine how thrilled I was to know he’d opened thousands of beers with his opener.  Getting my opener into the hands of a professional bartender so he could use it day after day.... that’s a solid testimonial, if I do say so myself!

And, yes, we’re already working on making him a new opener!  :D

[threeriversforge]

Another happy customer -- there’s nothing better!

I just got an email with some pictures of the hooks up and working.  The customer is happy, his wife is happy, so you can imagine that I’m happy.

And it’s a pretty oar, too.  Fourteen feet long and I’m sure it has a thousand stories it could tell.

[threeriversforge]

A beautiful example of what the hands of men are capable of achieving.  I never get tired of the workmanship that went into building our great Cathedrals.

Blacksmith, Stonemason, Carpenter.... they all come together to create something that echoes down through the ages.  This is what we used to make.  Why have we given up on this level of quality?  Are we really better off without this type of art in the everyday?  I don't think so.

[threeriversforge]

It’s impossible to say how long this ring has been hanging around.  What we can say, though, is that it’s a masterful example of art in the everyday.  

The blacksmith who made this wonderful piece is long gone, but he can rest easy knowing that his legacy is still bringing awe to those who see it.

[threeriversforge]

In olden times, hand forged ironwork was used to reinforce doors so the bad guys couldn’t chop their way through with axes.  And since they were there, the blacksmiths stepped things up a notch, making the ironwork a thing of beauty!

Another shining example of what I call “Art in the Everyday”