Graham Fredeen
Well-Known Member
Howdy folks,
Guess its about time I stopped in and made my first post over here instead of just lurking about.
I see a few familair faces over here, and many new ones.
For those who don't know me, my name is Graham Fredeen and I'm located in Colorado Springs, CO. I've been making knives for I guess around 6 years now (pretty much weekends only though
) so don't know if all that time counts or not . Started out with some crude stock removal blades before I knew much of anything and then built a forge around 4-5 years ago and proceeded to teach myself how to forge and have been smithing ever since. Spent the past few years building myself some modest equipment and gradually improving my work to where it is now. Just recently finally got around to joining the ABS after some nudging and persuasion from some fellow bladesmiths, so I'm officially an ABS apprentice and will probably go for a JS certification in about 2 years (got to get that basic membership requirement down first).
For those interested, here are a few pictures of some of my work:
Anyway, this seems like a great place with a great group of people, so glad to be part of it and look forward to sharing in the craft with everyone here.
Guess its about time I stopped in and made my first post over here instead of just lurking about.
I see a few familair faces over here, and many new ones.
For those who don't know me, my name is Graham Fredeen and I'm located in Colorado Springs, CO. I've been making knives for I guess around 6 years now (pretty much weekends only though
) so don't know if all that time counts or not . Started out with some crude stock removal blades before I knew much of anything and then built a forge around 4-5 years ago and proceeded to teach myself how to forge and have been smithing ever since. Spent the past few years building myself some modest equipment and gradually improving my work to where it is now. Just recently finally got around to joining the ABS after some nudging and persuasion from some fellow bladesmiths, so I'm officially an ABS apprentice and will probably go for a JS certification in about 2 years (got to get that basic membership requirement down first).For those interested, here are a few pictures of some of my work:
Anyway, this seems like a great place with a great group of people, so glad to be part of it and look forward to sharing in the craft with everyone here.
