Meet Curly and Otis!
Sometimes a guy just needs to cut loose from the every day, normal, and responsible stuff.
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Sometimes a guy just needs to cut loose from the every day, normal, and responsible stuff.
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If a man can smile at the end of a long day, then what more could he want?
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We can't go back to 1878, but we can easily change our ways.Â
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You have to love a tool like this, when everything feels just right. Â
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 I was surprised that the placement of a household item could seem to bring an old ghost town to life!
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Around here, they say there are two seasons: winter, and getting ready for winter.
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A tool this pretty and graceful surely takes the work from a task that otherwise lacks prestige.
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And then the wild rhododendron blossoms pop open. Â It is a piece of heaven.
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We thought about making dust pans in our shop for a long time.  If someone has a broom, naturally they might...
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In the broom shop, there is a whole lot of cutting going on. Â One guy building brooms can make a...
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Every broom we make is stitched by hand on our antique Shaker broom press. Â Using care not to damage the...
Read moreThe year is 1797. Levi Dickenson gets credit for crafting America's first corn broom. A farmer from Hadley, Massachusetts, Levi...
Read morePatented Sept. 10, 1878, our "new" broom press. It is old and grumpy, but still going strong for over 125...
Read moreInvented in 1810, the broom maker's treadle machine revolutionized everything. Called a "kicker winder", it is a fancy way to...
Read moreOne of my favorite broom-making tools is this rare C.D. Dickinson broom hammer. Also called a pounder, it is used...
Read moreWe love to hunt for branches, especially up in the mountains. This was a dead willow branch we found on...
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