For The Love of Cooking!

We Love to Cook!

One of the reasons Rainy Day Forge makes knives is so that they can use them to make delicious meals. We think the best meals are prepared over a fire and enjoyed with friends and family.

From the Anvil: Chronicles of Rainy Day Forge

Heat Treatment: Strength vs Toughness

Heat Treatment: Strength vs Toughness

When it comes to understanding the properties of steel, two key terms often come up: strength and toughness. While they may sound similar, they actually refer to different characteristics of...

Heat Treatment: Strength vs Toughness

When it comes to understanding the properties of steel, two key terms often come up: strength and toughness. While they may sound similar, they actually refer to different characteristics of...

Blade Show - From Winnipeg to Atlanta

Blade Show - From Winnipeg to Atlanta

Thursday - Winnipeg to Atlanta! With a direct flight from Winnipeg, Manitoba, I arrived in Atlanta at 1 pm and got to my Airbnb around 4, ahead of my housemates...

Blade Show - From Winnipeg to Atlanta

Thursday - Winnipeg to Atlanta! With a direct flight from Winnipeg, Manitoba, I arrived in Atlanta at 1 pm and got to my Airbnb around 4, ahead of my housemates...

Justin Lamoureux interview on CTV Morning Live Winnipeg

Justin Lamoureux interview on CTV Morning Live ...

Lights, Camera, Action! I was up early for my January 3rd interview with CTV Morning Live and ended up arriving early too. I was glad because I was nervous and...

Justin Lamoureux interview on CTV Morning Live ...

Lights, Camera, Action! I was up early for my January 3rd interview with CTV Morning Live and ended up arriving early too. I was glad because I was nervous and...

Metal My Way : Best Knife - Winner

Metal My Way : Best Knife - Winner

Manitoba - Best Knife I received an email last week announcing that I had won the best knife for the the Metal My Way contest. Now, I'm waiting for my...

Metal My Way : Best Knife - Winner

Manitoba - Best Knife I received an email last week announcing that I had won the best knife for the the Metal My Way contest. Now, I'm waiting for my...

Heat-Treating : Protecting Stainless Steel from Oxidisation

Heat-Treating : Protecting Stainless Steel from...

20 Stainless Steel Knives We're doing our best at Rainy Day Forge (Winnipeg, Manitoba.) And the issue that we are facing by using Stainless steel, is heat treatment. We have all...

Heat-Treating : Protecting Stainless Steel from...

20 Stainless Steel Knives We're doing our best at Rainy Day Forge (Winnipeg, Manitoba.) And the issue that we are facing by using Stainless steel, is heat treatment. We have all...

Lessons Learned: Overheating Damascus Steel

Lessons Learned: Overheating Damascus Steel

In my pursuit of improving my forging process, I made a significant change by upgrading the blower on my forge. This alteration resulted in higher temperatures, which initially seemed advantageous....

Lessons Learned: Overheating Damascus Steel

In my pursuit of improving my forging process, I made a significant change by upgrading the blower on my forge. This alteration resulted in higher temperatures, which initially seemed advantageous....