Knifewear Calgary Farmer’s Market is Open

We opened our new Calgary shop at the Calgary Farmer’s Market. It’s the big one that over looks the Ikea. Ya, that one.  It’s right beside Silk Road Spice Merchants and not far from Chokolat. Just like a mini Inglewood.

Naoto is running the show there. He is a great sharpener and his knowledge of Japanese knives always surprises me. He does endless research and is beyond happy to share what he knows.

We offer our best selling knives, sharpening gear, knife storage, cutting boards, cookbooks and a bit of shaving gear. Next time you’re at the market pop in to say ‘Hi’, try a cool knife and maybe take advantage of our ‘Sharpen While You Shop’ service.

Twitter:  @KnifewearCFM

Thursday-Sunday

9am-5pm

Men's Grooming

If you’ve been to the shop recently you’ll know we’ve dived in to the deep end with shaving gear.

We have straight razors from Dovo and Iwasaki san. Also we have our own brand of  hand hammered single sided brand of straight razors coming. How cool is that?

Safety razors: Merkur, Feather and Edwin Jagger.

Double edged razors blades: Feather, Mekur, Lord and Derby

Brushes: Kent, Edwin Jagger, eShave, Vielong, Simpson, Vulifix

Potions and lotions:  D.R. Harris, eShave, Taylors of Old Bond Street, Edwin Jagger, Geo F. Trumper, Kent, Dovo, Castle and Forbes, RazoRock, La Toja, James Bronnley, Czech and Speake, The Dreadnought and Blue Beard’s.

Here is proof of the awesome power of proper man grooming gear. This Jeffery with his mighty beard.

Here is Jeffery after just one treatment from Blue Beard’s beard conditioner.  Need we say more?

*Just so yas knows; this is a faked picture. We used a fancy thing called PhotoShop to steal Farah Fawcett’s hair and stick on to Jeff’s face. The beard conditioner is great, but it didn’t do that.  Pretty cool if it could do that though. My legal council told me to include this factoid after he was fully tricked by the picture. Kinda funny huh?

Movember sale

Movember is a month for celebrating maleness, raising awareness of Prostate Cancer and raising money to battle this massively rotten disease. At Knifewear we love a good bit of facial hair and will take full advantage of any reason to grow a fabulous 'Mo'. Pop by the shop and 'Sponsor' your fave Knifewear 'stache.

 To celebrate great moustaches we are offering a 10% discount on all of our rad classic shaving gear for all 'Mo Brothers'. Just pop into the shop sporting your tremendous moustache and receive the discount for the duration of the month. We have, probably the largest selection of classic shave gear in Western Canada. Brushes from: Kent, Simpson, Vulfix, Vie-Long, Edwin Jagger, Merkur, e-Shave Safety Razors from: Murker, Edwin Jagger, Feather Double Edge Safety Razor Blades from: Feather, Merkur, Derby, Lord Straight Razors from: Dovo, Iwasaki san, Feather and Knifewear (hand hammered in Japan) Soaps, creams, pre-shave and post shave from: D R Harris, e-Shave, Edwin Jagger, Taylors of Old Bond Street, Kent, Dovo, RazoRock, Col. Conk, La Toja,  Castle and Forbes, James Bronnley and Czech & Speake 

Classic shaving is a true manly indulgence.

Edmonton Pop-Up

Hey Edmonton, we love you!! 
Look for our rad pop-up store on 109th, just off of Whyte and right next door to the RAD Three Boars Eatery.
We will be offering kick-ass knives, sharpening supplies, meaty cookbooks, LuckyPeach magazine, Edmonton exclusive shirts, knife storage and classic shaving gear. And super great news we will be offering knife sharpening!!
You are in good hands with Jordan (great past staff member of the Calgary shop) and Chad (ex-chef and a bit of a food amster about town). You are in great hands.

8422 109 St, Edmonton

(Beside Three Boars Eatery)

twitter: @KnifewearYEG

Calgary Farmer's Market

What makes more sense than shopping for meat, vegetables, spices and super-awesome Japanese kitchen knives under the same roof?

Our Market stall will open on November 15. Pop in to say 'Hi' Thursday - Sunday 9am-5pm. We will have great knives, sharpening supplies, books, mags, cutting boards and shave gear. The booth will be manned by Naoto from the Inglewood shop. Look for 'Sharpen While You Shop' service eventually.

Great for gifts!

510 - 77th Avenue SE, Calgary

Beside Silk Road Spice Merchants

market@knifewear.com

 twitter: @knifewearCFM

Christmas in Inglewood!

Inglewood,  it's a funny old place. We like to celebrate Christmas in November. Pop by for great deals and a fun way to get in the spirit. Most shops will have special deals and events. We may even have Pierre Lamielle signing books or something fun-ish.
 

Thursday 15 November  5pm-9pm

Free gift** from Masakage knives 

with every Masakage purchase (while supplies last)

**It's a hand forged letter opener. Totally cool and over the top.

Let's Beer!

It's almost here. Knifewear's Tongue Cutter IPA will be hitting the taps at all Brewsters and Beer Revolution locations around the middle of November, just in time for the opening of the new locations. 

Yes, Edmonton will get some kegs this time around. Call your local Brewsters to find out when they will have it. This time a full batch (20 kegs) was made and will hopefully last longer than 10 days like last time. 

Overly hopped, overy malted and kick-ass....if you like that sort of thing.

Keep Your Knife Sharp

Hey, for all of you that ask. Here's Mark from Knifewear Kelowna showing us how to use a honing rod properly. You rock Mark!

Moustache Style Guide

Movember Sale

Movember is a month for celebrating maleness, raising awareness of Prostate Cancer and raising money to battle this massively rotten disease. At Knifewear we love a good bit of facial hair and will take full advantage of any reason to grow a fabulous 'Mo'. Pop by the shop and 'Sponsor' your fave Knifewear 'stache.

To celebrate great moustaches we are offering a 10% discount on all of our rad classic shaving gear for all 'Mo Brothers'. Just pop into the shop sporting your tremendous moustache and receive the discount for the duration of the month.

We have, probably the largest selection of classic shave gear in Western Canada.

Brushes from: Kent, Simpson, Vulfix, Vie-Long, Edwin Jagger, Merkur, e-Shave

Safety Razors from: Murker, Edwin Jagger, Feather

Double Edge Safety Razor Blades from: Feather, Merkur, Derby, Lord

Straight Razors from: Dovo, Iwasaki san, Feather and Knifewear (hand hammered in Japan)

Soaps, creams, pre-shave and post shave from: D R Harris, e-Shave, Edwin Jagger, Taylors of Old Bond Street, Kent, Dovo, RazoRock, Col. Conk, La Toja,  Castle and Forbes, James Bronley and Czech & Speake

Classic shaving is a true manly indulgence.

October News

More Stores to Serve You!!

If you hang about on that waste of time called Twitter you may already know that we're opening stores like crazy.



We opened Kelowna, BC in June of this year and it's going great with Mark at the helm. This is a full service store with kick-butt products, classes and sharpening service.



Our first Edmonton pop-up will be at the Enjoy Center in St Albert on October 20. This will be strictly sales of knives, sharpening supplies, Lucky Peach and shirts.



Our second Edmonton pop-up will be at a yet to be determined location from November 20- December 31. This shop will have sales of all of our products that you love (knives, sharpening supplies, shaving gear, books, mags, cutting boards....) but will not offer sharpening or classes. Sorry.



November 15 - July 15 we have a spot at the Calgary Farmers Market for sales only till the end of the year, but will offer 'sharpen as you shop' service starting in January. How cool is that?
 

Calgary Farmer's Market


November 15 - July 15


Thursday-Sunday 9am - 5pm


Beside Silk Road Spice Merchants


twitter: @KnifewearCFM



Edmonton Pop-up Shop October


Saturday, October 20


10am - 6pm


Enjoy Center, St Albert


twitter: @KnifewearYEG



Edmonton Pop-up Shop November/December


November 20 - December 31


At a location TBD


twitter: @KnifewearYEG



Kelowna, BC


10am-6pm every day


10am - 8pm Thursdays
2983

Pandosy Street


twitter: @KelownaKnife

Maskage in Calgary

Thank you to everyone who came to Sunfest this year for the blacksmithing demo by Kato san and the blacksmiths of Maskage Knives. It was a super cool and they acually made knives in the street with coal, fire, sledge hammers and anvils. It was quite an event that you can read more about here. It's always great to meet up with the Masakage gang and especially nice to welcome Toru Tamura san back to the Knifewear shop.

You can follow the adventures of the Blacksmiths and Shibata san on Twitter: @MasakageKnives

Shibata san, President of Masakage Knives

Kato san and (Yuu) Kurosaki san, Master Balcksmiths

Tamura san, Ikeda san and (Makoto) Kurosaki san, Apprentice Blacksmiths

The Return of Tongue Cutter

For those of you that loved it and those that missed it you're in luck! Tongue Cutter is back and will be even gutsier. Robert, the head brewer at Brewsters has said he wants to tweak the already rad recipe to make it maltier, boozier and hoppier. Basically the original recipe hopped up on some performance enhancers. I for one can't wait. Tentative launch date is November 17, 2012. We are hoping to get a few kegs up to Edmonton this time around. Oh, and I feel it's worth mentioning that the last batch of 20 kegs was gone in 11 days. This time around we'll be making 40 kegs and hopefully it will last a bit longer. Personally I'm hoping to have more than the 5 pints I had last time.

Available in pints at Brewsters and Beer Revolution

Carve Like a Turkey!

When the bird is golden brown and mouthwatering to look at don’t feel the fool when the carving knife is thrust toward you. We’ll help you with the skills you need to rock the turkey this season. Our demonstration classes are only $15 ($15 will be credited toward a slicing knife on the night) and you’ll get a turkey sandwich to boot.
 

Tuesday November 27 at 6pm sharp



Calgary location only



Call 403 514 0577 to book your spot.



The class is limited to 15

Shave Shop

If you've been to the Calgary Shop recently you will have noticed that we've pumped up the shaving gear and there is more to come.

Edwin Jagger, D R Harris, E-Shave, Jack Black, Dovo, Merkur, Feather, Kent, VieLong, Art of Shaving, Taylors of Old Bond St., RazoRock, Cella, Lord, Col. Conk, Vulfix, Gold Dachs, James Bronnley, Iwasaki san, Knifewear Kamasori razors.

If you wet shave we can take care of you. It's my new hobby. Who thought I'd love shaving?