John T Wylie Jr.
Rockstar and ACE vBulletin troubleshooter
How rude of me , I never introduced myself , though I see many names here from other knife forums.
Married 20 years to a woman I have known since I was 7 , have 3 awesome sons.
Been making knives since 2005 , don't make as many as I wish I could , usually I send 2 batches of blades out to Paul Bos a year , so I would estimate around 30-40 knives per year . I do keep some 1095 around to HT myself , so that I can make sole authorship stuff.
I started making my own leather sheaths , since Gary Graley don't do fixed blade
Recently started messing with slipjoints , none finished yet ( including the trapper Kit Carson made and sent to me to finish....if you are reading this KIT I am working on it ! ).
My 1,100 sq ft shop has a Bader BIII , 2 floor production drill presses , 2 blast cabinets , a couple 1x42 belt sanders , 4x36 belt sander , 9" reversible disk , 7 HP compressor ,HF metalcutting band saw , HF Mini Mill ( just got it , haven't milled anything yet ) , 2 brick forge with a propane forge still being built , also have a separate leather working room . There is a Index 55 mill in the shop , owned by a neighbor , and an old Davis 14x40 lathe owed by the same neighbor.
My other hobbies include shooting ( enjoy full auto a lot ) , archery , digital photography , watching anything racing related and doing stuff with my 3 sons.
Old picture of the shop , taken when I was replacing the roof on the house:
Yup , its a mess....sometimes more than others:
Homebrew reversible disk setup:
notice the mandatory archery straw bales outside the shop , that is part of my 20 - 30 yard practice range.
Indeed the leather room is just as messy
I have had a few local guys over to the shop , my best bro Tim comes over as do a couple others , heck even Neil Blackwood graced my shop with his presence one evening during shop , as did Jens Anso.
Anyone in town for the Vegas Knife Show in January or SHOT show give me a holler......if you look closely sometimes during the knife show you can see Les George pop out of my trunk
Married 20 years to a woman I have known since I was 7 , have 3 awesome sons.
Been making knives since 2005 , don't make as many as I wish I could , usually I send 2 batches of blades out to Paul Bos a year , so I would estimate around 30-40 knives per year . I do keep some 1095 around to HT myself , so that I can make sole authorship stuff.
I started making my own leather sheaths , since Gary Graley don't do fixed blade
Recently started messing with slipjoints , none finished yet ( including the trapper Kit Carson made and sent to me to finish....if you are reading this KIT I am working on it ! ).
My 1,100 sq ft shop has a Bader BIII , 2 floor production drill presses , 2 blast cabinets , a couple 1x42 belt sanders , 4x36 belt sander , 9" reversible disk , 7 HP compressor ,HF metalcutting band saw , HF Mini Mill ( just got it , haven't milled anything yet ) , 2 brick forge with a propane forge still being built , also have a separate leather working room . There is a Index 55 mill in the shop , owned by a neighbor , and an old Davis 14x40 lathe owed by the same neighbor.
My other hobbies include shooting ( enjoy full auto a lot ) , archery , digital photography , watching anything racing related and doing stuff with my 3 sons.
Old picture of the shop , taken when I was replacing the roof on the house:
Yup , its a mess....sometimes more than others:
Homebrew reversible disk setup:
notice the mandatory archery straw bales outside the shop , that is part of my 20 - 30 yard practice range.
Indeed the leather room is just as messy
I have had a few local guys over to the shop , my best bro Tim comes over as do a couple others , heck even Neil Blackwood graced my shop with his presence one evening during shop , as did Jens Anso.
Anyone in town for the Vegas Knife Show in January or SHOT show give me a holler......if you look closely sometimes during the knife show you can see Les George pop out of my trunk
