Austin Thrasher
Well-Known Member
I am a part time maker. I’ve done a few small and local shows just trying to get my name out there. I am a machinist by trade and currently work in a die shop repairing and making stamping dies. My knives are starting to look halfway decent and I am constantly striving to make each blade just a little better than the last. I hail from rural Southern Indiana and grew up in a little farm outside of town where nearly every waking moment other than work or school was spent outdoors enjoying life in some capacity or another. I would say my love for cutting tools stems from my personal enjoyment of hunting, fishing, and camping and the need for a quality blade in everything I do outdoors. My first attempt at a blade came about when I found a piece of scrap steel in the woods and decided to try to make a knife on dads old hard wheel grinder. My desire grew from there and when I decided I’d had enough of all the cheap, China made knives that were always dulling or breaking way to quickly, I started researching how to make my own. My grandpa always told me that I couldn’t be a real man unless I carried a pocket knife and a ball point pen because a man needed both every day. Well, I’ve always got the knife and most of the time the pen. I hope that at least classifies me to be half a “real” man in Papaws eyes haha!
Anyway, glad to be here.
Anyway, glad to be here.
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