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I don’t just work, I charge forward.
For the people who follow its path, the trade industry offers many rewards. Among them are a living wage, an honest day’s work and an opportunity to use your hands and mind to create something great. When Isis Harris entered a pre-apprenticeship program to become an electrician, she was looking for something big—a second chance in life.
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When many tradeswomen step on a jobsite, they’re outnumbered by men. Raven Connolly’s experience is unique.
“I always imagined if I was going to get into the trades I would be surrounded mostly by men, and that never bothered me,” she says. “But it’s been a very surprising and pleasant experience to be surrounded by so many other women.”
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Every great decision comes down to timing. The time was right for Emma to join the family business. She left nursing school and embarked on a 4-year non-union plumbing apprenticeship, with her dad as her mentor.
“They have night school, so I get to work a full 8-hour day beforehand. I can pay my bills and go to school and not have to worry about giving 100% to one or the other.”
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Together with Filson and Foss Media, we present the remarkable story of one man’s quest to live a full life.
In 2007, on a fateful February day, in the remote Northern Wisconsin woods, a solo independent logger named Gary Edinger severed his left leg off while felling a tree. Twenty miles from help, alone, and in forty below temperatures, Gary summoned a remarkable willpower and crawled to his pickup, then drove to safety.
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Relying on little more than intuition and a rough sketch, our friend Trevor Gordon went to work restoring an abandoned 20' fishing vessel.
In May of 2018, I walked through a field of mustard seed up to my chest, close to my home in the Santa Barbara, CA harbor. In the middle of the field sat a 20’ broken up old fishing vessel, hardly visible below the weeds.
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We head to the Neff Solar Site in Bend, Oregon to put our Stronghold work boots to the test.
It’s October in Bend, Oregon: Portland’s sun-soaked cousin three hours to the southeast. Temperatures are temperamental this time of year. Bend is high desert country, which means that the clear, autumn days often begin below freezing and blister into the 80s by midday.
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Our friends at Seacat Creative caught up with Chester Floyd of RER Bows to learn more about the state of traditional archery.
Born in Eden, Wisconsin, a sleepy town of 875 people on the fringe of Lake Michigan in the heart of America’s Dairyland, Chester Floyd is the owner of Stone Point Trading Company and bowyer at RER Bows. At 26 years old, he’s rising as one of the top traditional bow builders in the world.
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We went onsite with Reikow Design in Gig Harbor, Wash. to put our new women's Vicious work boots to the test. After watching landscape designer, Becca Reikow, lead the project, we asked what plants she recommends most for landscaping in the Pacific Northwest.
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Marion Farms is a 47-acre family run operation that produces pasture-raised, artisan meat for conscious consumers and some of the top restaurants in Oregon.
Every day of work is different, yet filled with the same stewardship, privilege, and gratitude for the animals and the land. It is such a fulfilling way to provide sustenance for so many. Moving the animals every day to fresh pasture with the knowledge that an important sustainable impact is being made is rewarding.
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Follow along as Chris Gardner walks you through his step-by-step method to create your own wooden coasters from start to finish:
I especially like when I can start and complete an entire project in my limited shop time, so I’m always raiding my scrap bins to see what I can create. Recently, I came across an odd length of chechen wood, and within forty-five minutes, I’d turned it into a set of stout wooden coasters. Here’s how you can make your own, too.
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Named after the Golden Ratio, 1.61 is a unisex and utilitarian clothing line developed by Kimberly Wesson and Aimee Cho. The collection is focused on proportion and fit to achieve a timeless look that appears effortless and understated.
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STEPHEN KENNY runs A Two Pipe Problem Letterpress in Leyton, East London. Established in 2007, A Two Pipe Problem designs and prints everything by hand using moveable wood and metal type.
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BEN ERICKSON - furniture designer and founder of Erickson Aesthetics - has always been outdoorsy. "I grew up going to the woods, going to the country," says Erickson. "As a teenager, my friends and I would just out to the Delaware Water Gap and go hiking or rock climbing."
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Jesse Mase writes about the past, present and future of fatherhood.
I’ve always said, “My dad is my hero and I am not ashamed to say that I love him to bits.” Yet, I think it’s easy to fall into a casual rhythm in life, wherein we forget the monumental impact that some people have on us, and that complacency generally causes us to love them less than they deserve.
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Take to the skies with wildlife biologist Jamie Power as she and her team survey raptor nests in Eastern Oregon.
Around the time when powder hounds hope for more snow and gardeners anticipate upcoming warming trends, hawks and eagles have something entirely different on their minds: breeding.
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For most, the Bull Run's silhouette represents the timeless work boot; built with a strong, yet supple full-grain leather that forms to your foot, iconic stitch down construction, and an extremely comfortable Cristy outsole. However, it's the details that you can't see that set the Bull Run apart from its competitors.
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The Vicious is not your traditional Danner. The desire for a lightweight, comfortable work boot challenged us to create something better. Throughout the design process, we used our wealth of knowledge and experience, but questioned our assumptions at every step. The Vicious is our most comfortable non-traditional work boot, and one that is built to last.
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