I am not a professional knifemaker

I do admire your principals though. I've never sold a knife and given away about a dozen I've made. I've always pointed out everything wrong with each piece and even feel I have to apologize for not being more skilled or paying more attention to detail.
I suppose that kind of behavior wouldn't make it long in the knifemaking world.
 
Leatherface said:
Sarge,
A very wiseman once told me, that once you get paid for your hobby, it turns into a job...Trust me I love working with leather, and one day I hope to be pretty good at it...I just wish at times I had never decided to try and make money at it...

I still want a knife from ya..I will just have to wait until the next charity thingy :D

Munk...I need some .357 mag 125grn XTP's at around 1200fps...Wild Dog problems when I am out looking for snakes, dont ya know...:thumbup:
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Leatherface, FYI...your http://www.azraelscustomleather.com/custom_knife_sheaths.htm page is 404'ing Page Not Found.
 
Somewhere in a darkened Cantina...the smell of coffee and doughnuts saturates the air:

Hi my name is Rob and *I* am not a professional knifemaker

All: "Hi Rob!"

Sorry couldn't resist:o :D

No harm meant Sarge--I enjoyed your post and understand why you needed to put it on here. I just couldn't pass up a chance to make a stupid joke.
 
Hi Sarge:

That's what you get for doing such nice work! Your knives are always desireable.

I sold five of mine in the last week or so. I was sorry to see them go, glad the pile of them got smaller and now worry about my liability over the knives.

Sticking with it as a hobby is a good idea, I think.
 
CitizenQ said:
I understand brother. What I am telling you is that the page you have linked to "Knife Sheaths" (custom_knife_sheaths.htm) in the left navigation doesn't exist.
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Thanks bro..I see what ya mean..All it did was link to a pic of the sheath on the frontpage and different prices...The pic of the Kerambit sheath was done by our very own Steve Ferguson!! sweet pic isnt it?....

Grrr now I gotta go and fix that...Anyone wanna trade a leather sheath (I have snakeskin!!!!) for redoing my website???:D


Steve...Look into a LLC...doesnt cost much and it covers you incase of an accident...


All your cowbell are belong to us!
 
Leatherface said:
...Anyone wanna trade a leather sheath (I have snakeskin!!!!) for redoing my website???:D...
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Dave...that's what I do...
...and I would gladly build you a website that would Rule Planet Earth in exchange for a Busse 7 to 8 inch blade and sheaths for every knife I ever buy from now until I die. Not to worry brother...'ol Q don't hava lotta doe rae me. In fact Q's not interested in anything right now other than a single Busse blade.
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(Sorry to step on your topic...I'll shutup now)
 
CitizenQ said:
(Sorry to step on your topic...I'll shutup now)
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So called "thread drift" ain't a problem for me, just adds to the conversation. By the way, I still don't sell knives. ;)

Sarge
 
Since Sarge is donating to Steve Ferguson's wonderful work to support Ram, the way to get a "Sarge knife" and help Ram is obvious. AND a win-win for everyone!>>>>>>>>>>>> Steve


This bears repeating in a thread devoted to the concept that Sarge does not sell knives. There is a way....


munk
 
When you need to post to tell people you dont sell knives, its time to sell knives! haha!

Selling doesnt mean you kill the hobby. No one ever said you have to take orders. make what you like, and then let the knife find its owner. Plenty of makers chug along making what they like and selling what others want.

But i hear you....the second you know a knife is going to someone else, a certain free-ness to it dies and you begin to worry about that hairline glue line that could have been better....it wrecks some people..
 
TikTock said:
When you need to post to tell people you dont sell knives, its time to sell knives! haha!

Selling doesnt mean you kill the hobby. No one ever said you have to take orders. make what you like, and then let the knife find its owner. Plenty of makers chug along making what they like and selling what others want.

But i hear you....the second you know a knife is going to someone else, a certain free-ness to it dies and you begin to worry about that hairline glue line that could have been better....it wrecks some people..
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None of my knives are "show grade" or overly fastidious. If I started selling them, I know I would gradually start obsessing over their appearance and minute details, that in reality have little to do with a knife's actual performance. When you've got your hand shoved up in a deer's carcass, fossil ivory handle slabs with beautiful mosaic pins don't mean a hill of beans. ;)

Sarge
 
Amen. Just makes you think a great knife is junk. I've been reading about makers hammering almost completed knives into trees and such.
 
I have done that. There is one knife in the white mountains...a 15" bowie hammered into a tree in the middle of nowhere. Im sure i could never find it, but its in the basin of the pemi wilderness, about 10 miles in, between owls head and zealand hut. Start searching!

Sometimes its easier to keep/give away/destroy a flawed knife than to sell a flawed knife at a lower price. Most makers dont let much leave their shop as a sale that dont meet what they consider their criteria for fit and finish.

While this upsets some people who see a 90% beautiful knife going to waste, you never know where those knives go, and their floating around could certainly come back to bite you in the ass as time goes on.

So yes, ive hammered into trees. I left one at the bottom of a riverbed to rust....and ive destruction tested a few that would break your heart.

The details can drive you nuts if you let them get to you! A while back a maker even quit making because the details got to him so badly that he was paralyzed at the grinder.

You have got to keep a zen mind and a good sense of humor...its just steel and wood and effort in the end.
 
Point taken Sarge! I also probably contributed to this because I was so impressed with the puukko he did for Ram that I was lucky enough to get, that I PM'd him with a question as to how to possibly straighten the crooked blade on my Crow knife. I was not asking him to make anything, but advice given could quickly lead to being taken advantage of and ones fun hobby hijacked. Won't happen again.

Best,

Norm
 
Svashtar said:
Point taken Sarge! I also probably contributed to this because I was so impressed with the puukko he did for Ram that I was lucky enough to get, that I PM'd him with a question as to how to possibly straighten the crooked blade on my Crow knife. I was not asking him to make anything, but advice given could quickly lead to being taken advantage of and ones fun hobby hijacked. Won't happen again.

Best,

Norm
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Here now Norm, never hesitate to ask for my help if you need it, that don't bother me a bit and I'll help you best I can. This knife deal ain't a new experience, I used to get pestered to death by reenactor friends hounding me to "make me this" or "make me that". I finally put my foot down and put the word out that I'd be happy to show folks how to make their own stuff, but dayumed if I'd tie up my time making it for 'em.
Advice? No problem. It's free, and my friends tell me all the time that I'm "full of it". At least I think they're talking about advice. :rolleyes: :D

Sarge
 
I finally came to accept failure in the shop in one of three ways:

1 - testing the knife to destruction - both for "scientific reasons" and just for kicks
2 - "Shop knife" - never sees daylight again.
3 - throwing it at the neighborhood tomcat



I'll let you guess which happens more often...and which one I enjoy the most. :p
 
Daniel Koster said:
I finally came to accept failure in the shop in one of three ways:

1 - testing the knife to destruction - both for "scientific reasons" and just for kicks
2 - "Shop knife" - never sees daylight again.
3 - throwing it at the neighborhood tomcat
I'll let you guess which happens more often...and which one I enjoy the most. :p
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Here kitty, kitty, kitty. . . . . . . . .:D :cool:

Sarge
 
Sylvrfalcn said:
Here now Norm, never hesitate to ask for my help if you need it, that don't bother me a bit and I'll help you best I can. This knife deal ain't a new experience, I used to get pestered to death by reenactor friends hounding me to "make me this" or "make me that". I finally put my foot down and put the word out that I'd be happy to show folks how to make their own stuff, but dayumed if I'd tie up my time making it for 'em.
Advice? No problem. It's free, and my friends tell me all the time that I'm "full of it". At least I think they're talking about advice. :rolleyes: :D

Sarge
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Thanks Sarge, I appreciate the offer. I have to tell you I have seldom been more impressed with a small knife than I was with your #9 puukko you did for the Ram fundraiser. I cannot believe what a hellaciously sharp little blade you did there, and the sheath is a little jewel. The handle and blade and sheath are easily matches for the production puukkos I have.

I have a slight inkling as to what you are talking about with your reenactor friends. Once word gets out that you have that skill you're a marked man! My goal is to get some files and start grinding away and see if I can possibly get as close as you have done to a great little knife. I have no clue on the sheath though so will have to read up.

Thanks again.

Norm
 
TikTock said:
I left one at the bottom of a riverbed to rust
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Now that just sounds dangerous. I'd hate to walk in that creek.

Yea, I read that thread where the guy quit because he couldn't get perfect results. And I see your point, wasn't trying to flame you at all. Your knives have crossed from plain old tool into a functional work of art, and it makes a difference if you can see a glue line when you're charging a premium. I understand.

BTW are you going to Blade Show? What table? I'm dying to heft your blades.
 
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