SHOKR, I can almost garuntee that I will have the exact same problem, probably worse. I live in Scotland, highest knife crime rate in the world. It is illegal to carry a butter knife here and people are terrified of any kind of knife. To make it worse, I am 16. People assume that because of my age that I rob shops, take drugs and am in a gang, the fact that I make knives means I kill people. I can't mention that I do it without people either phoning the mother or threatening to call the police. The concept of handmade being better than the glorified spoons that you buy from shops here is unheard of, I had a commission cancelled because the customer heard that it would cost £60, less than the material costs. Trying to sell knives here is a major problem because the people who would buy them want tactical looking things which are frowned upon, I can't make a reputation for myself selling those and there is no market for non tactical knives. People just don't understand, I think that the way to go might be doing some demonstration video and showing as many people as possible.
