Any Oklahoma knife makers here yet?

bartblade · Apr 4, 2005

I have not been on here for a while and just wanted to know if there are any new knife makers on here in the Ok. area!

me miller · Apr 4, 2005

There are several around- M.E.Miller El RENO- Sweany FROM Sandsprings-Bifokie From Stillwater- Raker from Tahlequah are just a few. You have one close in Rob Weber fromDewey but I don't know if he posts here.

Sweany · Apr 5, 2005

I don't think Rob gets on the forums. He's working on the journeyman knives last I talked to him

Hey Bart, check out the KGA

http://www.theknifegroup.com/

How ya doing Mike

Tom Buchanan · Apr 5, 2005

hey bart, tom buchanan here.guess mike didn't want to admit he knew me.
probably cause he's seen some of my work. p.s. i'd post a smiley but i don't know how.be well

bartblade · Apr 5, 2005

tom do you live in ok and if so anywhere near bartlesville?

bartblade · Apr 5, 2005

ahh tom i see you live in cushing thats still pretty far off. i e more than my wife would let me go. anyway what type of knives do you make i have dabbled in fixed,hidden tang, 3 butterfly, and 3 lock backs y t date.

Tom Buchanan · Apr 6, 2005

hi bart, i make mostly skinners, hunters and bowies. haven't got into forging yet, just stock removal. plan do do a folder befor long.

me miller · Apr 7, 2005

Sweany I was glad to see that you hosted the SaltFork Blacksmith Assoc. and that Rob made it. Looks like he is joining too.Good to hear from you.

m l williams · Apr 7, 2005

Not new; real old. Broken Bow is a long way from Cushing. Just forge. You guys are all up there in a little wad. Lots of potential for sharing ideas. mike

Sweany · Apr 7, 2005

Mike, I was heading up to Ks to see the folks in Feb, Rob was out in the shop. I did a uturn and stopped to see him. He made the slickest western belt buckle,nickle silver cowboy Overlay (horse,cowboy,cross) on a welded cable base. Too Kewl..

Those Salt Frok hammer ins are a buncha fun..... One here Sat. in Tulsa.

Come on down Bart!?

DaDanoska · Apr 7, 2005

I'm not in OK, but I'm darned near it. I'm in the southwest part of MO. I live about 10 minutes from OK. I'm a newer maker, I've only made a handful of knives and have a small, makeshift shop right now.

Neal Drake · Apr 7, 2005

I'm here in Marlow,currently doing stock removal but in the process of getting into forging. Are there any mastersmiths in Okla, other than Williams in Broken Bow?

m l williams · Apr 8, 2005

There will be some more Master Smiths from Oklahoma after the Blade Show in June.

bartblade · Apr 8, 2005

where is the blade show taking place at in june? i havent heard anything about it.

m l williams · Apr 8, 2005

In Atlanta; June 3-5. It's a big one.

Erinkotz62 · Apr 30, 2022

me miller said:
There are several around- M.E.Miller El RENO- Sweany FROM Sandsprings-Bifokie From Stillwater- Raker from Tahlequah are just a few. You have one close in Rob Weber fromDewey but I don't know if he posts here.

I just moved to El Reno, ok, is their anyone here who teaches knife making? I’ve always wanted to give it a try.

Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith · May 1, 2022

Welcome Erinkotz62.
Fill out your profile info so we know where you live and a bit about you.

The Moran School of Bladesmithing is run by the American Bladesmith Society. It is at the Texarkana College in in Texarkana Arkansas. That is about a five-hour drive from Oklahoma City. The Moran school teaches classes on basic bladesmithing to engraving. Classes range from three days to a week. I believe they have a class that starts online and ends with in-class sessions.

Bladesmith - Texarkana College Community & Business Education

Since 1988, the Bill Moran School of Bladesmithing has offered world-class training in beginning bladesmithing, Damascus steel, handles and guards, advanced

cbe.texarkanacollege.edu

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