Ryan Forbes founded Copper Shed Metal Works in 2015 in Brookfield, Ohio, building a family-operated machine shop that produces handcrafted EDC gear. The operation combines CNC machining with hand finishing across titanium, brass, copper, aluminum, and mild steel, and Forbes stays hands-on with every piece, personally finishing roughly half the designs entirely by hand while three CNC machines carry the production load. Materials are sourced domestically, and everything wears the warm, patina-friendly finishes that make copper and brass gear age into something personal.
The Juggernaut is the brand's thesis in one tool: a pocket pry bar with modular, interchangeable components, offered in titanium, copper, and brass bodies with swappable attachments including a pry edge and even a slingshot head, plus bottle opener notches machined in. Around it, our selection runs the Knuck paperweights in brass and aluminum that nod to our knuckles collection, the Gent Pry and ShyBar for slimmer carry, and bottle openers in every personality from the Skull Key and Shed Head to the Carry-On carabiner in mixed-metal panel builds.
New work releases through weekly Sunday sales, so the lineup rotates constantly and favorites disappear between visits, with limited runs of fixed blades and fidget pieces appearing alongside the core tools. The shop also takes on custom machining, prototyping, and overflow runs for companies needing titanium or brass components in quantities too small for big manufacturers, which tells you everything about the tolerances behind these EDC accessories: the same machines making your bottle opener are trusted with other people's production.