Roush, Scott

Scott specializes in unique hand-forged blades and tools utilizing unique, antique and sometimes ancient materials. There’s old school. And then there’s super old school. And beyond super old school, past the likes of Daniel Boone and Erik The Red, you’ll find Scott Roush of Big Rock Forge, a former BBC / Discovery Channel photographer turned blacksmith and bladesmith. Inspired by Scandinavian and Native American hunting traditions, Roush shapes knives by hand over a charcoal forge, hammering them out on a traditional anvil. While that fact alone would be enough to garner some serious respect from the bladesmithing community (who would be quick to point out that he both “smelts it, and dealts it”), Roush takes his game up a notch by making his OWN iron ore – which he personally sources from the shores and depths of Lake Superior, and melts in his kiln.