{"id":3140,"date":"2010-09-10T13:56:36","date_gmt":"2010-09-10T17:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=3140"},"modified":"2011-11-25T15:50:46","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T20:50:46","slug":"friday-giveaway-hand-forged-kitchen-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2010\/friday-giveaway-hand-forged-kitchen-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Giveaway: Hand-Forged Kitchen Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"

ETA 10:26 AM, Sept. 13: Hope everyone had a great weekend!\u00a0 Congratulations to Jennifer, our latest Friday giveaway winner. Her favorite pizza topping is the garlic dipping sauce– which is a great answer for almost every slice.<\/em><\/p>\n

Stay tuned for future giveaways by subscribing to The Goods via RSS. <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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This week’s giveaway comes with a really awesome story.<\/p>\n

After 20 years of working in a high-production industry, Al Stephens decided to become a blacksmith. He visited Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site in Illinois, and soon became a volunteer in the 19th century blacksmith shop where they had bellows, a coal forge, anvil, and vise. For the next few years, Al developed his skills by working with other blacksmiths who taught him the trade.<\/p>\n

And by 2000, he and his wife Sylvia had started their own blacksmith shop. Today Al makes items like the pizza cutter and cheese slicer by hand, in his shop in rural northern Alabama.<\/p>\n

Impressed? We certainly are!<\/p>\n

This week we’re giving away two hand-forged kitchen tools available on our site– a cheese slicer<\/a> and a pizza cutter<\/a>— to one lucky reader.<\/p>\n

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Want to win? You know what to do! Leave a comment below telling us about your favorite pizza topping or type of cheese. Then leave a comment on our Facebook<\/a> wall, and tweet @uncommongoods<\/a> on Twitter to triple your chances.\u00a0 We’ll announce the random winner on Monday.<\/p>\n

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Want to learn more about the art of forging metal? Al Stephens suggests you go out there and try it! The Artist Blacksmith’s Association of North America<\/a> has local affiliates all over the country. Find a group near you and attend the regular meetings. Al says, “One-on-one teaching is an excellent way to learn, hands-on style.”<\/p>\n

And it certainly paid off for him!\u00a0 Happy Friday, everybody!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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