{"id":749,"date":"2024-08-27T17:21:46","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T21:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjaedgedart.com\/?page_id=749"},"modified":"2025-08-19T11:29:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T15:29:42","slug":"749-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cjaedgedart.com\/?page_id=749","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_844515167\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-20039644\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1901899355\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-6 medium-col-first\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover is-full-height\" id=\"banner-1488995955\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1926\" height=\"1936\" src=\"https:\/\/cjaedgedart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/206504734_10223531072492444_3982618479306749583_n.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-1945653356\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-1945653356 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n#text-box-1945653356 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-1945653356 {\n    width: 60%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1488995955 {\n  padding-top: 300px;\n  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\n}\n#banner-1488995955 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 53% 34%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-1488995955 {\n    padding-top: 400px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #banner-1488995955 {\n    padding-top: 100%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1124196645\" class=\"col index-up medium-12 small-11 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-993101470\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-993101470 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-1148308419\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-245265484\" class=\"col index-up medium-11 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1736174783\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">About the Bladesmith<\/h2>\n<p>My name is Cris Anderson, and I began making knives and swords in late 2008. For some reason, when I picked up the hammer, heated the steel, and did the work necessary to bend it to my expectations it just felt right. I was hooked and have been making blades ever since.<br \/><br \/>In 2011 I began using my swordsmithing experience to focus on Japanese inspired knives intended for food preparation almost exclusively. The work you will see on this site, as well as my YouTube and Instagram are the direct result. So please, feel free to explore. You can purchase one of my preferred waterstones, my premade gyuto, ko-gyuto (petty\/utility), or paring knives directly off the site. 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