Ah Friday, back again to greet us with warm weekend weather and plenty of spring chores to handle around the home. It was another productive week around Baker HQ with our fearless leader back in his normal position. Early Wednesday the entire staff jumped in for production of another round of Gator Piss. Something about those big group tasks bringing us all together really sets off the week inspiring good connections, jokes and hard work as a close team. With our Piss re-stoc

High-fives all around! Somehow we made it a week without our fearless leader, Coy during his west coast escapades. All joking aside, it’s good to have the man back east after what certainly seemed like a very productive trip. In his place, Shop Lead, Jay Baker did a fabulous job keeping everyone on-task and hosting our drop announcement reels. The manufacturing team took the week to really crush the upcoming schedule of drops, not only running a sizably larger batch of Stainl

We started the week with a heavy push to tie up the last loose ends around Baker HQ prior to a week-long west coast trip for our fearless leader, Coy. Between an inspired start to the production week for Jay and the crew and the push to pre-record any necessary media with Coy, Monday and Tuesday FLEW by. Leaving us a little shell-shocked and whooped this Friday morning. Nothing wrong with that though, after all, these busy and productive weeks are what make this business fun.

Another beautiful week at Baker HQ has almost concluded. After feeling the effects of a snow-heavy winter over the last few weeks, temps have warmed and we’re currently appreciating that perfect meld of cool-but-not-cold, hoody-in-the-morning type of weather. As the heat of our forges and furnaces slowly warm the shop, we want to appreciate the temps because before long we’ll be in the thick of another hot and humid North Carolina summer and wishing for some cold air to blow

In a brief respite from the unusually heavy winter season, our region received the relief of some sunnier, warmer days this week. I won’t lie to you, our staff is a hardy bunch and the snow didn’t much bother us, but something about that vitamin D streaming through the trees on the morning drive to work has us all a little more chipper than usual. Along with the first reminders of spring, so came a pretty big personal announcement from our fearless leader, Coy Baker. Who alo

Ah, winter! Cool temps are sweeping the nation and our little mountain town has been no different. We arrived at Baker HQ on Monday morning to find a fresh 6-8” of snow in the parking lot, which has seldom been WITHOUT snow over the last few weeks of inclement weather. Regardless, our production team relishes the cool air, as it keeps things moderate on the shop floor in the heat of a big run. The Production Team hit the ground running this week with a custom order list a mi

Ah, Friday! A welcomed wind-down from a busy week. Something about the snow and cold temperatures that have recently struck our little mountain town have us thankful for a nice warm place to work and homes to return to each night. This week began as we might have expected. When you host this many old machines, you prepare yourself to engage in plenty of repairs and maintenance. When our primary Blanchard cried out for some attention to start the week, we knew it might be a m

The new year has already been good to us, there is a strong sense of big things coming, even within our tight-knit staff. As we all collectively tackle the return to full production after the holidays, everyone is operating at full capacity across their stations. The week began with some big custom orders, and as the production staff pounded away, administration was working on a handful of new product offerings we have in the works. Perhaps the largest news to sneak out of t

2025 is here and after a brief Christmas respite, we’re right back at it with the same tenacious attitude that got us this far. This past year opened huge new doors for our company, from hosting our first booth at Blade Show Atlanta, the hiring of a handful of now staple manufacturing employees, to refining our processes on a wealth of new products and attacking the Research and Development side of new offerings. Along with the many great things, we also experienced an enormo

Ah, the week leading up to Christmas is upon us at last. We say it plenty, but this time it’s all too real; this month FLEW the hell by. Feels like just yesterday was the first of December and here we are staring down the year 2025. Regardless, the weeks leading up to our Christmas break inspired the manufacturing staff, who built up quite a head start on the next month’s drop schedule in advance of the break. Head starts mean more R&D, more intrusive and engaging media, and

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