John Wilson
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It's funny how things tend to come full circle. Friends ask me how I got started making knives, and the truth is that I sort of fell into it. I would sharpen knives for friends and that progressed into reconditioning old knives. Reconditioning became making new handles and guards, and then it dawned on me when I'd finish that the only part of the knife I didn't make myself was the blade. So, I began making knives.
For the last several years I've been so busy making knives that I had to turn people down when they asked me to rework an old knife. This one was different. I've been kicking around the idea of making folders for a very long time and when this request came in, the timing was just right. I'm glad I did it. After doing this one I think I'm ready to start making folders.
I'll quit jabbering and get to the point. A good friend of mine asked me to dress up an old pocket knife he had. He wanted nice scales on it. "What the heck" I said, "I'll give it a shot."
New scales turned out to be just the beginning. I reground the blade, replaced the worn out nylon washers with bronze ones I made, and then I couldn't send it back with all the play it had in the blade when locked open, so I make a new stop stud to take out the play.
So, when I say full circle- it once again dawned on me that the only part I didn't make from scratch was the blade and the liners.
For the last several years I've been so busy making knives that I had to turn people down when they asked me to rework an old knife. This one was different. I've been kicking around the idea of making folders for a very long time and when this request came in, the timing was just right. I'm glad I did it. After doing this one I think I'm ready to start making folders.
I'll quit jabbering and get to the point. A good friend of mine asked me to dress up an old pocket knife he had. He wanted nice scales on it. "What the heck" I said, "I'll give it a shot."
New scales turned out to be just the beginning. I reground the blade, replaced the worn out nylon washers with bronze ones I made, and then I couldn't send it back with all the play it had in the blade when locked open, so I make a new stop stud to take out the play.
So, when I say full circle- it once again dawned on me that the only part I didn't make from scratch was the blade and the liners.
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