Hardtack MT Handcrafted Woodwork · Fort Benton, MT
Hardtack banner art — a woodwork shop interior with the Hardtack name and the line ‘Crafting with Precision, Powered by Quality’

Woodwork made to be kept.

Cutting boards, carved flags, serving sets and small goods — built one piece at a time in a small shop in Fort Benton, Montana.

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From the bench

Real pieces from the shop — every product photo on this site is a photograph of actual Hardtack work, not a rendering.

End-grain walnut cutting board with a juice groove
End-grain cutting boards, built for a lifetime of daily use.
Nested walnut cutting board set in solid black walnut, hanging on a wall as round art
The nested walnut set — four pieces of solid black walnut that hang together as one.
Montana-shaped wooden flag with a red firefighter axe, on the workbench
Carved flags with inlaid axes, stars and stripes cut by hand-guided CNC and finished by hand.
Handmade bread bow knives in walnut and cherry on a striped board
Bread bow knives — the offset handle keeps your wrist straight and your knuckles clear.

How ordering works

Browse the shop page here, then check out securely through our Square store — the same prices, with shipping already included anywhere in the continental US. Every piece is made in our Fort Benton shop; made-to-order pieces carry their lead time right on the listing, plain as day.

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A small shop with a day job

Hardtack MT is Carlos Rodriguez — Fort Benton's water and sewer superintendent by day, woodworker every hour he can steal after. The shop runs on evenings and weekends, in small batches, with quality put ahead of volume.

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