Franz Tool Company

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

The Way You Hang Your Roll Of Toilet Paper Says A Lot About You

How do you hang your toilet paper? Under the roll and closer to the wall? Or do you hang your toilet paper over the roll? Well, a new study suggests there [...]

Knife Master Explains How To Properly Sharpen A Knife

It both is and isn't as simple as running a blade back and forth on a wet stone.

Beloved Mikey the lawn-mower-man killed in Harrison crash

A beloved Harrison icon, who was known for his trips into and around town on his lawn tractor, was hit and killed in an accident Thursday night while riding his

Sharpening your tools enough?

A question that always comes up at shows, and in person, is When should I sharpen my tools? The obvious answer is when they are dull! How do I know when they are dull? A quick answer is when you are pressing harder to make the same cut you did a few minutes ago. When you …

How to Sharpen Tools on a Bench Grinder

A bench grinder is all you need to turn rusty old hardened-steel tools, like cold chisels and punches, into useable workhorses.

Sharpen Up Your Kitchen Setup With This Precision Tool

Work Sharp's elite adjustable sharpener can tackle nearly any blade you throw at it.

Sharpen Your Tools for Efficient and Easy Work

One way to make easy work for you and your crew is to sharpen some of the tools in your groundskeeping arsenal. By taking a grinding wheel or hand file to certain edges of some of your hand tools, the sharpened edges can assist your crew to:

How to Sharpen Collaborative Communication Skills Using Moderating Tools

Using moderating tools in virtual meetings can help leaders overcome some of the emotional drivers that impede collaboration.

Military sharpens new tools to deal with brain injuries

Advances in the science on traumatic brain injuries is helping track a pernicious problem for the military

Top 5 Tools to Sharpen Your Mind

If you want to stay sharp well into your eighties and nineties, you need to be consistently and actively using your brain. By using your brain, I don't mean a

How to Sharpen and Maintain your Knife

Survival Skills: 5 Tricks for Better Knife Sharpening

Remember your first pocket knife? With that trusty new tool in your hand, you probably felt like you could take on the world. Until you dulled down that new blade, that is. But you just needed good sharpening equipment and a solid sharpening technique (of the two, the technique seems harder to come by). Whether you are sharpening with rods, a whet stone, or an actual stone from the creek, these five tricks can help you turn your dull knife into a sharp…

How to Sharpen a Knife (in 9 Easy Steps)

How To Hone & Sharpen Knives With The V-Sharpener

Learn how to hone & sharpen your knife easily at home using the A.G. Russell V-Sharpener. It has high grade alumina ceramic and diamond dust abrasive rods set at a preset angle to get a keen, sharp edge on your knife.