Justin King
Well-Known Member
(Note: edited to include a list of contributors and volunteers, see below)
With Tracy (Bossdog)'s blessing I am asking for input from other makers (especially U.S. makers but not exclusively so) to help see that our military men and women are well equipped to perform their widely varying tasks when it comes to edged implements.
I posted recently in the Custom Knife Forum about a small knife I was planning to send in a care package to a deployed Army unit which was requesting small fixed-blade knives. I was contacted by another forum member who saw the thread and was wondering how he could do something similar, which lead me to search the military contacts further to see how many are asking for knives in particular. Note that these are all deployed personnel and in many cases their PX is chronically short of stock or dosn't exist in the first place. The number who are asking for knives is considerable.
I am hoping there are more makers out there who would be willing to donate their work in some form, so that as a group perhaps some of us can make a real difference in helping these men and women be able to do their jobs as effectively as possible.
I do not have a formal organization or plan in place to make this happen so I am asking for input on any level. I do send care packages overseas to deployed units regularly, and am familiar with that end of things to some extent, but how to organize things on the maker's end is wide open and will depend on what kind of participation there is from other makers. So what can we do?
I would like to open a discussion and get a feel for who might want to get involved and how we might make it work. I have a contact in mind immediately that represents 6 guys, who could really use some good, fixed or folding knives for technical/rescue applications. Any help would be appreciated by more than just myself.
Edit: I want to thank everyone who has volunteered or donated in any way to this effort. I will try to keep this list updated, if I have anyone misrepresented or misspelled, I apologize, please let me know so I can correct it.
List of Contributors:
Aldo Bruno/New Jersey Steel Baron- blade steel
Dave/ Great Lakes Water Jet- water cutting services
Tracy/Midwest Knifemaker Supply- Micarta scales, and the public platform to make this effort possible
Big Smitty/Possum Knifeworks-PR for sheath and misc. donations
Doug White/Whiteeugene-micarta scales, ss tube, corbys
Bruce M.-micarta scales
Ironwolf-multiple design contributions
R.Keith-future donation to cover shipping/misc expenses
Bill T.-misc. hardware as needed
Volunteer Makers, in no particular order:
Rodney J.
Big Smitty/Possum Knifeworks
Randy Haas/HHH knives
Murphda2
Nowicki
Bill T.
Denny Eller
Tune_up
Cal Harkins
Justin King
Carey Quinn
Jerry Bond
Gahagan
Rudy Joly
I would like to take a moment to thank Murphda2 who has been instrumental in this effort out of the gate. I really appreciate your help.
With Tracy (Bossdog)'s blessing I am asking for input from other makers (especially U.S. makers but not exclusively so) to help see that our military men and women are well equipped to perform their widely varying tasks when it comes to edged implements.
I posted recently in the Custom Knife Forum about a small knife I was planning to send in a care package to a deployed Army unit which was requesting small fixed-blade knives. I was contacted by another forum member who saw the thread and was wondering how he could do something similar, which lead me to search the military contacts further to see how many are asking for knives in particular. Note that these are all deployed personnel and in many cases their PX is chronically short of stock or dosn't exist in the first place. The number who are asking for knives is considerable.
I am hoping there are more makers out there who would be willing to donate their work in some form, so that as a group perhaps some of us can make a real difference in helping these men and women be able to do their jobs as effectively as possible.
I do not have a formal organization or plan in place to make this happen so I am asking for input on any level. I do send care packages overseas to deployed units regularly, and am familiar with that end of things to some extent, but how to organize things on the maker's end is wide open and will depend on what kind of participation there is from other makers. So what can we do?
I would like to open a discussion and get a feel for who might want to get involved and how we might make it work. I have a contact in mind immediately that represents 6 guys, who could really use some good, fixed or folding knives for technical/rescue applications. Any help would be appreciated by more than just myself.
Edit: I want to thank everyone who has volunteered or donated in any way to this effort. I will try to keep this list updated, if I have anyone misrepresented or misspelled, I apologize, please let me know so I can correct it.
List of Contributors:
Aldo Bruno/New Jersey Steel Baron- blade steel
Dave/ Great Lakes Water Jet- water cutting services
Tracy/Midwest Knifemaker Supply- Micarta scales, and the public platform to make this effort possible
Big Smitty/Possum Knifeworks-PR for sheath and misc. donations
Doug White/Whiteeugene-micarta scales, ss tube, corbys
Bruce M.-micarta scales
Ironwolf-multiple design contributions
R.Keith-future donation to cover shipping/misc expenses
Bill T.-misc. hardware as needed
Volunteer Makers, in no particular order:
Rodney J.
Big Smitty/Possum Knifeworks
Randy Haas/HHH knives
Murphda2
Nowicki
Bill T.
Denny Eller
Tune_up
Cal Harkins
Justin King
Carey Quinn
Jerry Bond
Gahagan
Rudy Joly
I would like to take a moment to thank Murphda2 who has been instrumental in this effort out of the gate. I really appreciate your help.
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