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The Stick Trip... Broomcorn Meets Diamond Willow
A tool this pretty and graceful surely takes the work from a task that otherwise lacks prestige.
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The Real Reason We Just Love Making Brooms
The birds love it there in the spring. Trout rise on the water. Lily pads hover around the margins of...
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Vintage Dust Pans... Scoop It Up with Soul!
We thought about making dust pans in our shop for a long time. If someone has a broom, naturally they might...
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Corn Knife - The Sharpest Tool in the Broom Shop
In the broom shop, there is a whole lot of cutting going on. One guy building brooms can make a...
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Stitching Whisks Again!
Every broom we make is stitched by hand on our antique Shaker broom press. Using care not to damage the...
Read moreCorn Broom... Still The Boss!
The year is 1797. Levi Dickenson gets credit for crafting America's first corn broom. A farmer from Hadley, Massachusetts, Levi...
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Broom Kicker
1878 Broom Maker's Press. Old & Grumpy, but Still Going Strong!
Patented Sept. 10, 1878, our "new" broom press. It is old and grumpy, but still going strong for over 125...
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The Kicker Winder -- Foot Powered Broom Making Machine
Invented in 1810, the broom maker's treadle machine revolutionized everything. Called a "kicker winder", it is a fancy way to...
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A Broom Maker's Hammer... A Rare Piece of History
One of my favorite broom-making tools is this rare C.D. Dickinson broom hammer. Also called a pounder, it is used...
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Brooms from Nature - Every Branch Has a Story to Tell.
We love to hunt for branches, especially up in the mountains. This was a dead willow branch we found on...
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