new branding iron ordered

Written By Robin Wade

My brand got a face lift.  My original branding iron had some problems.  The primary problem is that it wasn't flat. (When I told the cowboy that made it for me, he just looked at me and said "cows aren't either").  

I have to roll it around on the new table to enable all edges to get burned in.  Ended up with a good bit of double prints, etc.  The next problem was what made it so fun.  I heat it up by laying it on the natural lump charcoal in my big Kamado smoker.  Unfortunately, I could only get two or three tables branded before the iron cooled down.  Placed my order online this morning.  In addition to a brand with a new logo, hopefully this one will be flat.  Also it's going to be heated electrically.  I'm planning to knock the dust of the oldy from time to time for special pieces.

Robin Wade
Robin Wade Furniture is a celebration of nature—a melding of a forward thinking commitment to the environment and a quiet, harmonious design aesthetic. From his "slow studio" in North Alabama, award-winning wood artist Robin Wade designs and crafts one-of-a-kind handmade furniture. Years before a piece is ready to enter a client's home or a gallery, the process begins—naturally—with the tree. Sustainably harvested, each specimen of hardwood is flitch sawn into natural-edge wood slabs, debarked by hand with a draw knife, and stacked to dry, usually for years, before the final cure in the kiln. From here, Wade and his team use both hand and power tools to bring Wade's vision to life, and then finish each piece with a hand-rubbed oil blend. Each organic furniture creation by Robin Wade Furniture balances the raw, natural beauty of environmentally, locally sourced hardwoods with minimally invasive, clean lines—a juxtaposition Wade calls both rustic and modern. “I haven’t yet found a better artist than nature,” he says.
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