Bill Siegle
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
- Joined
- Oct 3, 2000
- Messages
- 6,751
Thank you!!! Thank you all for supporting my love of sharp things. Buyers and those who look, all provide me that special acknowledgement we all crave. I have no idea why I love knives in particular but I do know that it's the route I have chosen in life. Many of my friends have come into my life from some sort of interaction involving sharp stuff. I even got my first real job as a machinist because of someone seeing a knife I made. I am sure growing up working with my Family in the woods had a lot to do with it. I think a lot of my love comes from the history. In my collection is a Bowie knife from a past relative who by all accounts was an ass kicking tough guy. By the time I was hearing the stories, he was just a rough and tough man of the woods and most of the possible bad stuff had filtered out of the stories. I know him because I have his knife. I also have the knife my Uncle TJ was issued in the Navy during WWII. Not that he carried it since my Grandfather had made him one for real use. He sent the Camillus FUK home since he didn't need two. He served on the USS Hornet 
My Grandfather's knife and a couple my Dad carried are here too. Anytime I handle them, I can see the trout they cleaned, the flowers cut, even feel the relief of a sliver being removed as a child. Knives carry history in a way few other possessions can. I hope someday long into the future when I am long gone, someone might say "This was my Grandpa's knife."
My Grandfather's knife and a couple my Dad carried are here too. Anytime I handle them, I can see the trout they cleaned, the flowers cut, even feel the relief of a sliver being removed as a child. Knives carry history in a way few other possessions can. I hope someday long into the future when I am long gone, someone might say "This was my Grandpa's knife."
