
One of our long-time friends in Texas (who dresses 'Green Mountain' style by the way - extra Duo points to you if you know that that means) is doing some bad-ass custom work in a building on his property. If that engenders visions of a scene from a John Wayne movie, it's supposed to. Confederate Forge is the name of the place, Eric Cashion is the name of the blacksmith holy and holy shit is the level of his awesome.
(Grunts: engender.)
You can check out his Facebook page (linked below), but be aware: Eric is an old school, patriotic salt-of-the-earth type who doesn't much care if you like what he has to say, so don't follow his updates if you're easily butthurt (or liberal at all, would be our advice). Also if you're a sissy, hippie, illegal alien, gun control proponent or shaving cream salesman.
"Jimmy can superglue his pecker to a bullet train and have his weasel ass dragged back to Canada." - Eric, of Confederate Forge, on the subject of Jim Carrey's pathetic anti-gun video.
A little trivia about the man - his wife is a chef, he's a proud dad and an avid bowhunter who describes bowhunting as 'his Calgon'. He knows steel, good gear (as you might expect, he's fond of firearms and proficient in their use) and the kind of guy who gets excited when he finds 180 grain Zwickey broadheads he'd hidden from himself.
In fairness we should tell you we haven't got the slightest idea wtf a Zwickey is, other than it appears to have something to do with arrows, and we're too lazy to Google it.
Here's a look at some of his knives.
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