Smallshop
KNIFE MAKER
20 years ago I made my first knife...then got busy with my machine shop and didn't have time to do any hobby stuff....
one day about 4 yrs ago...a customer was late paying me on multiple invoices...to the tune of 60k+...I got angrier and angrier by the lack of communication from a great customer. (They did eventually pay as they really were a good customer going through a tight spell..) Anyway as I sat in my office wondering what to do....I thought, "I know...I'll make knives! I love working with steel, I love knives, and I love designing and drawing things...". So I started buying equipment over a few years and while running military work began learning knife making.
The one area that I was not happy with my skill was sheath making....Long story short...I became friends with a very skilled local sheath maker...who has made some amazing sheaths for high end custom knives and has recently designed a very clean, simple, and attractive, production sheath for my small EDC/Cowboy knife.
This has been a long journey that I have thought about chucking multiple times....and still have much to do...but am about 4 days away from an E-commerce site up and running.
one day about 4 yrs ago...a customer was late paying me on multiple invoices...to the tune of 60k+...I got angrier and angrier by the lack of communication from a great customer. (They did eventually pay as they really were a good customer going through a tight spell..) Anyway as I sat in my office wondering what to do....I thought, "I know...I'll make knives! I love working with steel, I love knives, and I love designing and drawing things...". So I started buying equipment over a few years and while running military work began learning knife making.
The one area that I was not happy with my skill was sheath making....Long story short...I became friends with a very skilled local sheath maker...who has made some amazing sheaths for high end custom knives and has recently designed a very clean, simple, and attractive, production sheath for my small EDC/Cowboy knife.
This has been a long journey that I have thought about chucking multiple times....and still have much to do...but am about 4 days away from an E-commerce site up and running.
