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Short Film Shows The Craft Required To Make The Best Chef Knives

(via) Dig this short Raw Craft film that has Anthony Bourdain traveling to Olympia, WA to visit the workshop of master bladesmith Bob Kramer. The guy – who incidentally used to work as a cook – crafts some of the best kitchen knives in the world from a steel he painstakingly makes using meteorites. We love how so much of the work is done by eye, and how the phase-shift shadow of carbon moves through the blade as it cools. Wow!

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Proud Backyard Chef Shows Off Outstanding DIY Barbecue Set-Up

From his waterwheel-powered rotisserie to his four-storey filing cabinet full of spuds and corn, this guy is killing it.

This Might Be the Strangest TV Ad Ever Made for a Candy Bar

Everybody keeps secrets, even from their loved ones. This advertisement takes that theme to a bizarre extreme.

How Stainless Steel Knives, Forks and Spoons Are Made

From grinding serrations to spoon bowls, this short video details how our everyday eating implements are made.

Short Film Uses Beauty of International Banknotes to Tell Strange Story of Money

Corrie Francis Parks animates pieces of paper currency and grains of sand to create a visual poem on global economics.