Well, my wife asked me last night when I was going to start making knives again! Thats all I needed to hear. To tell you the truth I got kind of burned out. Having to juggle everything just wore me down and making wasn't really any fun anymore. It actually came at a good time with everything I have had to do the last couple of months. Since I started making, knives have always been on my mind. I dreamed about designs, thought about them at work, answered hundreds of emails at all times during the day and it just went away earlier this year. I think the timeline of orders took a toll as well. That being said, Im going to take it slow at first. I have a bunch of sheaths that I need to use so I will be making knives to match them over the next couple of months. I will try and have a good variety of designs but I want to make what feels right at the time. I will post up everything I make on the forum and will leave them up for awhile before putting on the main exchange. I want to give you guys first chance. I have a ton of new wood that Ive never used before so Im pretty excited to get started, and I picked up a killer Scandi Jig from Dogwood Dan over on the Fiddleback forum. I will finally be able to produce consistent Scandi grinds for those that like them.
On a lighter note, I wanted to let you guys know what I have been up to and what I have in store this year on a personal level. The home remodeling should get finished up in a month, so that will be behind me. My kids baseball season will be ending soon, I have had a blast coaching. It was the first year for all the boys and they have done really well. My oldest, the athlete, has picked it up quickly. My middle one has outstanding hand eye coordination and is probably the best one in the league, which was a huge surprise. My youngest is a football player in a baseball uniform. He is 3.5 and actually tackles his own team to get the ball. My daughter is playing volleyball like her momma and is doing great. Nothing makes this old athlete more proud than to see my kids getting involved in sports. It was a huge part of mine and my wifes lives and we love it.
I started running a couple weeks ago. My wife was an outstanding cross country runner and still runs to this day. I was alway more of a short distance kind of guy. I figured I needed to get back into shape to keep up with the kids and I want to start running races with my wife so I started on a program. Its been extremely humbling to say the least. I use to be able to go out and run five miles on a whim but not anymore! Ive made progress from a mile to a three mile run yesterday and I feel great physically. I ached after every run but yesterday was the turning point and I woke up today with no soreness and was ready for some more. My goal is to run a half marathon by the end of the year and race in some 5ks over the next couple of months, breaking 24 minutes.
Thanks for all the kind words, I really appreciate them. Its been a long couple of months.
On a lighter note, I wanted to let you guys know what I have been up to and what I have in store this year on a personal level. The home remodeling should get finished up in a month, so that will be behind me. My kids baseball season will be ending soon, I have had a blast coaching. It was the first year for all the boys and they have done really well. My oldest, the athlete, has picked it up quickly. My middle one has outstanding hand eye coordination and is probably the best one in the league, which was a huge surprise. My youngest is a football player in a baseball uniform. He is 3.5 and actually tackles his own team to get the ball. My daughter is playing volleyball like her momma and is doing great. Nothing makes this old athlete more proud than to see my kids getting involved in sports. It was a huge part of mine and my wifes lives and we love it.
I started running a couple weeks ago. My wife was an outstanding cross country runner and still runs to this day. I was alway more of a short distance kind of guy. I figured I needed to get back into shape to keep up with the kids and I want to start running races with my wife so I started on a program. Its been extremely humbling to say the least. I use to be able to go out and run five miles on a whim but not anymore! Ive made progress from a mile to a three mile run yesterday and I feel great physically. I ached after every run but yesterday was the turning point and I woke up today with no soreness and was ready for some more. My goal is to run a half marathon by the end of the year and race in some 5ks over the next couple of months, breaking 24 minutes.
Thanks for all the kind words, I really appreciate them. Its been a long couple of months.
