Crafting quality

Metalsmithing

We design and build tools for the homestead from recycled and new metals. The woods in our tools are sustainably harvested from our property or salvaged from construction projects. These tools are built to last,  have character, and are  tested on our own homestead.  

We create functional and beautiful garden structures from trellises and  arbors, to gates and decorative plant stakes. All of our structures incorporate the whimsical inspirations we find in nature.  

We create functional  art for the home. We are inspired by the materials we work with,  many of which are found objects salvaged from old farms in the mountains, to make metals into art for the interior of the home and the homestead.  

Do you need a special metal product for your business or farm?  We do that! We have made specialty carts, fabricated specialty tools for local breweries, welded structural beams in home foundations, and repaired old farm equipment wanting a new life. We can make or modify a large variety of products. We have a mobile welding unit that allows us to bring our welder to you or we can do it in our shop  at the  farm.  

Metalsmithing Options

handcrafted garden tools

Hand Forged Tools

Get tools crafted from recycled and new metals for your household or homestead. All wood is sustainably harvested from our property or salvaged from construction projects. These tools are built to last, have character, and are tested on our own homestead. Contact us to order tools. We have a variety to choose from including:

Tool of Destruction- right and left handed options, regular and long lengths

Tiny Hoe

handcrafted knives

Knives

Our knives are hand forged in our shop and each one is unique. We use 1095 high carbon steel to insure a high quality products that will hold its edge and perform like you expect it to. All wood is sustainably harvested from our property or salvaged from construction projects. These knives are built to last, have character, and are tested on our own homestead. All knives are full tang handles and can be ordered for a variety of different tasks from kitchen use to hunting and garden work. 

welded fork decorations

Functional Art, Housewares & Furniture

Decorate your home and homestead with functional objects inspired by salvaged items from old farms in the mountains. Showcase history and express your style with wine bottle holders, jewelry stands, tables, and wall hangings.

Garden Structures

Make your garden beautiful with functional and beautiful garden structures. Decorate with creations from trellises and arbors, to gates and fiddlehead stakes. All structures are made from recycled materials when possible and incorporate the whimsy and inspiration found in nature.

Dustin Sustainabillies flattening metal on anvil

Custom Fabrication & Repairs

Do you need a special metal product for your business or farm? We do that! We have made specialty carts, fabricated specialty tools for local breweries, welded structural beams in home foundations, and repaired old farm equipment wanting a new life. We can make or modify a large variety of products and can even bring our welder to you!

welded metal flower fence gate
handcrafted knives wooden handle metal blade
handcrafted garden tools

See Dustin and Sara in Action

A metalsmith or simply smith is a craftsperson fashioning useful items (for example, tools, kitchenware, tableware, jewelry, and weapons) out of various metals. Smithing is one of the oldest metalworking occupations. Shaping metal with a hammer (forging) is the archetypical component of smithing. Often the hammering is done while the metal is hot, having been heated in a forge. Smithing can also involve the other aspects of metalworking, such as refining metals from their ores (traditionally done by smelting), casting it into shapes (founding), and filing to shape and size.

Products We Offer

  • Hand forged hand tools 
  • Hand forged bottle openers 
  • Custom metal gates 
  • Custom handrails 
  • Custom hand forged and sustainably fabricated housewares (door handles, hooks, pot racks, wine bottle holders, latches, towel racks, curtain rods) 
  • Arbors and trellises 
  • Hammered copper Jewelry (earrings, necklaces, bracelets, hatbands) 
  • Hand forged Knives 
  • Outdoor/Openfire cook sets and tools (fire pokers, fire tool sets, fire forks, Dutch-Oven stands) 

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