HARRISONBURG HOMEOWNER
  • Blog
  • Sell a Home
  • Find a Home
    • Buying Guide
    • New Listings
  • Contact
  • Lakewood Estates
    • Active Listings
    • Plats and Covenants
  • Kiva Program

Alexander Brothers’ Homegrown, Handcrafted Products

10/3/2019

3 Comments

 
What’s the antidote to buying cheap, plastic goods produced in countries with questionable human rights records that you know will end up in a landfill someday? Buy locally sourced, sustainably produced and durable products that can last for generations. Where do you find such mythical-sounding items? Check out the Alexander Brothers’ wares. 

The Alexander Brothers are a company of four brothers working out of Timberville, providing Harrisonburgers and other Virginians with affordable, beautifully handcrafted, durable and sustainable goods. Trained in traditional craftsman’s trades, including blacksmithing, woodworking, and leather crafting, from a young age, the Alexander Brothers spent years honing their skills, which they view as art forms. One brother apprenticed at the Frontier Culture Museum as a blacksmith.

Items available for sale on their website, Facebook, and Instagram include kitchen ware, such as knives, cutting boards, bottle openers, and pizza cutters and leather goods such as journals, wallets, and tote bags. One of their newest items is the 8 inch chef’s knife. The knives’’ wooden handles are hand crafted from wood collected from trees during the brothers’ backpacking trips in West Virginia and Virginia. The wood used is specifically chosen for the presence of burls, which are abscesses or growths on a tree that produce a striking circular pattern in the wood’s grain. The wood is kiln dried, stabilized with an epoxy resin and slabs are created from it. The blades of the knives are forged from 15N20 steel. The knives are so popular that they’re almost sold out. The brothers are planning to produce a new trout and game knife hopefully in time for Christmas.

This blog’s authors were gifted by brother Shea Alexander with their award winning bottle opener. The bottle opener is produced with either walnut or maple wood and hand-forged iron. It’s small enough to fit on a keychain but has the heft of something substantial. Beautiful and rugged, the iron is subtly faceted and contains the company’s boldly classic logo. In Virginia Living’s forthcoming November issue, the bottle opener is receiving a Best in Virginia award.

In addition to their online venues, Alexander Brothers products can be found locally at Lineage in Downtown Harrisonburg and Randy’s Hardware, which has locations in Bridgewater, Timberville, and Mt. Jackson. Their products can also be found at Lost River Trading Post in West Virginia. More local opportunities to shop Alexander Brothers wares can be had this Saturday at Shenandoah Autumn Fest, at Spring Creek Roller Mills, Showalter’s Harvest Fest, and the Timberville Christmas Village. Supplies are limited, so don’t miss out on the opportunity to purchase some very special holiday gifts!

3 Comments
Shea Alexander link
10/3/2019 08:11:56 pm

So honored to share and be featured! Keep up the amazing work.

Reply
Mattias
10/3/2019 08:15:32 pm

Please keep up your great work! It’s exciting to see interest in fine craftsmanship!

Reply
Joyce McLeod Highland Foto link
10/3/2019 08:59:07 pm

The Alexander Brothers are true artisans, we've been very honored to shoot some of their products for their website. Every item is a piece of art. When you hold each piece in your hand, you can feel the quality and heart and soul they put into each piece. Their commitment to excellence, their craftsmanship and their ability to capture the unique beauty of the wood and other materials that they use are truly inspiring!

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    RSS Feed

    Categories

    All
    Appraisal
    Association Fee
    Backyard Fire
    Bank Owned Homes
    Best Of Harrisonburg
    Best Of The Valley
    Bidding War
    Broadway
    Bubble
    Buyer Profiles
    Buying
    Cash
    Closing Costs
    Commercial
    Coronavirus
    Deferral
    Depreciation
    Development
    Down Payment
    Featured Listings
    First Time Homebuyer
    Flipping Real Estate
    Forbearance
    FSBO
    Getting Ready To List
    GIS
    Harrisonburg
    Home Inspection
    Home Preperation
    Inventory
    Investment
    JMU
    Key Terms
    Kitchen
    Land
    Loan Commitment
    Local Guide
    Map
    Marketing
    Market Report
    Massanutten
    Mortgage
    Moving
    National Statistics
    Negotiations
    New Construction
    Office
    Organizing
    Penn Laird
    PMI
    Preston Lake
    Recasting
    Refinance
    REI
    Relocation
    Remodeling
    Rental
    Rockingham
    Safety
    Sales Forecast
    School District
    Search
    Sellers Market
    Selling
    Settlement
    Staging
    Tax
    Timberville
    Title Insurance
    Township
    TRID
    Utility Costs
    Utilty
    Video
    Virtual Reality
    Weekly Report
    Zillow

Picture
Picture
Email - Click Here
Phone - 540-246-9067
Website - www.mattiasclymer.com
​Schedule a Showing, Meeting, Etc...

Funkhouser Real Estate Group  |  401 University Boulevard, Harrisonburg, VA 22801  |  540-434-2400  |  ©2021  |  Privacy Policy  |  All rights reserved.

Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia
  • Blog
  • Sell a Home
  • Find a Home
    • Buying Guide
    • New Listings
  • Contact
  • Lakewood Estates
    • Active Listings
    • Plats and Covenants
  • Kiva Program