The Kaufmann Mercantile Guide: How to Split Wood, Shuck an Oyster, and Master Other Simple Pleasures

The Kaufmann Mercantile Guide: How To Split Wood, Shuck An Oyster, And Master Other Simple Pleasures

Kaufmann Mercantile thoughtfully curates and sells timeless products for slow living, with a focal point on functionality, quality, and craftsmanship. Building from that philosophy, The Kaufmann Mercantile Guide is an on a regular basis, accessible reference book for the utilitarian in all of us.

The Kaufmann Mercantile Guide: How To Split Wood, Shuck An Oyster, And Master Other Simple Pleasures

In this comprehensive field guide to life, editors Alexandra Redgrave and Jessica Hundley share Kaufmann Mercantile’s collective expertise on 48 helpful life skills that range from what we ought to know the way to do, from frying an egg to tying a tie to brewing coffee, to what we’d like to learn to do, like splitting wood, building a fire, growing our own food, or shucking an oyster.

The Kaufmann Mercantile Guide: How To Split Wood, Shuck An Oyster, And Master Other Simple Pleasures

Organized into five instructional sections (Kitchen, Outdoors, Home, Garden, and Grooming), each and every is prefaced by an expert and includes original artwork to visually walk you through each and every “how-to” step. Supplemental sidebars feature the most productive tool for the job, whether it is a dibber for planting, the most productive rawhide-and-ash snowshoes, or flammable smoking bags for making authentic BBQ.

The Kaufmann Mercantile Guide: How To Split Wood, Shuck An Oyster, And Master Other Simple Pleasures

This guidebook is a well-thought to be collection of how-to’s, perfect for someone who wants to live a slow and thoughtful life, or a gift for any person who does.