Shaving with a Knife
Getting a Blade Ready We looked at our line up of knives for a good candidate to try actually shaving with. Our Trillium paring knife seemed like it would be easiest to use in front of a mirror so we … Continued
Meet us at these Summer Shows
Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows July 26-27 After the jam-packed Portobello West Canada Day Market in Vancouver, North Arm will be attending two other summer shows. We will have a marketplace booth at the Maple Ridge – Pitt Madows Country Fest on Saturday (10am-10pm) and Sunday … Continued
Portobello West Canada Day Market
North Arm will be one of approximately 50 vendors attending Portobello West’s special Canada Day Market at the Vancouver Convention Centre East (Canada Place), Tuesday July 1st from 10am to 6pm. Portobello West holds several Artisan markets throughout the year. This … Continued
North Arm Knives Exhibiting at EAT! Vancouver 2014
EAT! Vancouver is the premier show for food in Vancouver, attracting around 35,000 visitors in 2013. We will be there with our full kitchen line, giving you a chance to see, handle and try out our products. Look for us … Continued
North Arm Knives at VanCity New Westminster
As part of its program for featuring local businesses, the New Westminster VanCity Credit Union branch has given us some space to show off our company for two weeks starting March 31st 2014. If you are in the area, feel … Continued
Developing a Paring Knife
First Designs for the New Paring Knife We began the design process for our paring knife in mid February with a couple of rounds of two-dimensional candidate designs in CAD. The shapes, sizes and styles we came up with reflected common … Continued
Razor Sharp in a Nutshell
Introduction A lot of people use the term razor sharp without being particularly conscious about what it is or what it can do. So I decided to do a little research and condense down to the fewest possible words what I found. To … Continued
Favorite chef’s knife color: black
Henry Ford wrote in his 1922 autobiography, “Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.” Have you ever noticed that kitchen knife handles seem to be predominantly black? To test … Continued