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Part of what makes Hudson Hammerworks special is my dedication to recreating authentic, historical blades as they would have looked at the time they were used. I handfinish all my blades by eliminating any machining marks with a file. I also handpolish them to get the desired result. In the eyes of a modern consumer, this is often seen as unacceptable - many people desire a blade with a pristine finish and not a single mark to be seen. But this just wasn't how blades looked t

My tiny workshop When you think of a blacksmith's workshop, you might be thinking of a huge industrial setting with a deep inferno for a...