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

An information-packed visual field guide to what we ought to know how to do, and what we'd like to learn how to do, from the legendary craftsmanship-focused Kaufmann Mercantile brand.

This comprehensive field guide to life shares Kaufmann Mercantile’s collective expertise on 48 helpful life skills that range from essential know-how—from frying an egg to tying a tie to brewing coffee perfectly—to aspirational expertise—like splitting wood, building a fire, or shucking an oyster.
 
Organized into five instructional sections, each prefaced by an expert, this handsome coffee table book includes original artwork that visually walks you through each “how-to” step. Browse these sumptuous pages to explore such topics as:

• Kitchen: How to care for cast-iron pans, preserve fresh herbs, and saber a Champagne bottle
• Outdoors: How to master basic knots, fix a flat bike tire, and forage for wild edibles
• Home: How to make natural cleaning products, stock a toolbox, and frame and hang art
• Gardening: How to grow a tomato, save a seed, and build a birdfeeder
• Grooming: How to sew a button and mend a hem, fold a pocket square, and organize a closet