Skarapri Journal

Fishing

Fishing

We spend our time just off of Lopez Island in the Salish Sea. The tools and implements for fishing are illustrated in the local oral histories of this mystical body...
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Butchering

Butchering

A skilled home or commercial butcher can make use of an entire animal. They may prepare cuts of meat and poultry with cooking, storing, and charcuterie in mind. Butchering requires...
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Hunting & Livestock

Hunting & Livestock

Hunting or raising livestock for food gets you one step closer to relying on natural resources to provide for our basic needs. We believe in being in touch with where...
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Necessity Is What You Make It

Necessity Is What You Make It

Living in Nature in a balanced state with the environment requires tools. Choosing to live in a way that a credit card and a shopping cart are the primary tools...
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Choosing To Live In A Meaningful Way

Choosing To Live In A Meaningful Way

A man once said he spent the first half of his life trying to move out of the backwoods and the next half trying to move as far back into...
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Skapari Materials

Skapari Materials

The materials we use come from so many places it would be hard to catalog them all The materials we use have come from the forests, old metal piles, cast-offs,...
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Our Knife Making Process

Our Knife Making Process

  Every blade we make is a unique piece of functional art. There is no standard manufacturing process for what we do. We let the materials speak to us and...
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What does Skarpari Mean?

What does Skarpari Mean?

Skarpari is the Icelandic word for sharper. Sharpness is our ultimate goal as knife makers. We have always been fascinated with the history of sharpness. When did we acquire it?...
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