A Workshop on Seward Street

Eight years of slow, stubborn craft from a converted garage three blocks from Lake Michigan.

Founder

Intranig Lieon

Intranig has been a working drummer since he was fourteen, gigging through the bars of the North Side and the basement studios of Evanston. He started turning his own sticks in 2017 because he kept losing studio takes to off-the-shelf pairs that warped after a single session.

What began as a workbench in the back of a rented garage became a small operation — three benches, two lathes, one wood stove — supplying drummers across the country.

The stick is the only thing between you and the kit. It deserves attention. — Intranig

Timeline

How We Got Here

2017 — A Bench in a Garage

Intranig turns the first batch of 200 hickory pairs for friends and bandmates.

2019 — The Fire Step

After a year of testing, we add controlled flame-tempering to every hickory pair.

2021 — Seward Street

We move into our current 1,200 sq-ft workshop on Seward Street, Evanston.

2023 — Three Benches

Brian and Mei join. We can finally finish a pair from log to label without rushing.

2026 — 40,000 Pairs

Forty thousand sticks shipped to every U.S. state and a handful of countries beyond.

What We Believe

Three Quiet Convictions

Material first.

We buy our hickory and maple from two small Appalachian and Vermont sawyers we've known for years. We pay more than market and we get the straightest, densest blanks they cut. Without good wood there is no good stick.

Slow is fast.

A weight-matched pair takes about three hours of human attention from blank to box. That sounds slow until you realise it's the reason our customers keep coming back.

Made in plain sight.

Visitors are welcome at the workshop on Saturdays. Send us a note before you come and Intranig will probably put a stick in your hand.