Ed Caffrey: The Montana Bladesmith By James Takenaka Ed Caffrey was the first master bladesmith I ever met. Years ago, when I first had the pleasure of watching him at work, it was not in his shop in Great Falls, Montana, but on an acreage just outside the small town of Tilley in Alberta, Canada. Ed is a friend of Canadian knifemaker Jim Clow who invited him up to a summer hammer-in he used to host in June. It wasn’t … Continue reading Ed Caffrey: The Montana Bladesmith by James Takenaka