Tag: ron hardman
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Colorado Springs blacksmith shop nabs contract to make Air Force Academy sabers
A constellation of sparks flies inside Kilroy’s Workshop as a helmeted worker grinds one steel blade after another by hand. Those brilliant blades, which are high quality enough to be used as a chef’s knife, says workshop owner Ron Hardman, are part of an order for hundreds of Air Force Academy sabers and minisabers. After…
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Colorado Springs Pike Hotshots firefighter creates, donates knives to firefighter nonprofit for auction
As he spent the summer fighting fires, Pike Hotshots firefighter Sol Griffith felt inspiration strike. “With 2020 being such a historic wildfire year, with over nine and a half million acres burned, there are always injuries,” says Griffith, a Colorado Springs resident. “And unfortunately, we have deaths in fires, and the real question is how…