sethshaun
Active Member
Hey y'all, I'd like to not be a stranger so I will say hi. So here is how the obsission started. Dad said, "I think I want to make knives"....and I said ok (on the inside I said yeah ok 
this won't work). So he got a Wayne Goddard book and played around on the Internet...and since he worked in a metal shop for 30 some odd years....he felt pretty confident about it. He started to gather tools and materials and I just kinda hung out in orbit ocasionalyu peeking at what he was up to...(I was too busy reloading ammo and messing around with my critters). Then I noticed he was serious and said how hard is this? He gave me the book, I read it and realized how many of the tools we had already. So I got ahold of an old saw blade and some nice wood from a friend of mine makes custom writing pens. So I drew a shape and consulted pop, Mr. Goddards book and the web as needed. I learned a lot from that first one and felt the obsession to make a better one. I ordered some 1095 (it was the simplest steel I could find) and some stainless tubing and got some camel bone from a knife guy,Dan Piergallini, (very nice and informative gentalmen) at the Lakeland gun show. This second knife turned out leaps and bounds better than the first, IMHO.
Two weeks later I went to the gator knife show in Lakeland and saw many inspiring knives. I was strolling through and noticed a style of knife that really stood out to me and sitting there was a guy named Steve Davis. I asked how far he lived from a certain gunstore/pawn shop close to the Smokies. I had recognized his art from the knives in the store. He answered many of my beginners questions and pointed me to this forum. He was right it's a fantastic site!
this won't work). So he got a Wayne Goddard book and played around on the Internet...and since he worked in a metal shop for 30 some odd years....he felt pretty confident about it. He started to gather tools and materials and I just kinda hung out in orbit ocasionalyu peeking at what he was up to...(I was too busy reloading ammo and messing around with my critters). Then I noticed he was serious and said how hard is this? He gave me the book, I read it and realized how many of the tools we had already. So I got ahold of an old saw blade and some nice wood from a friend of mine makes custom writing pens. So I drew a shape and consulted pop, Mr. Goddards book and the web as needed. I learned a lot from that first one and felt the obsession to make a better one. I ordered some 1095 (it was the simplest steel I could find) and some stainless tubing and got some camel bone from a knife guy,Dan Piergallini, (very nice and informative gentalmen) at the Lakeland gun show. This second knife turned out leaps and bounds better than the first, IMHO. Two weeks later I went to the gator knife show in Lakeland and saw many inspiring knives. I was strolling through and noticed a style of knife that really stood out to me and sitting there was a guy named Steve Davis. I asked how far he lived from a certain gunstore/pawn shop close to the Smokies. I had recognized his art from the knives in the store. He answered many of my beginners questions and pointed me to this forum. He was right it's a fantastic site!
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