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- Oct 21, 2002
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Well I finally did it, I am now a paying member of the Bladeforums. I have been tinkering with making knives and getting my shop setup for years. Now I am very close to having the shop ready to go and decided I would join as a "Knifemaker" to motivate myself to get the last few things done. I have lurked around this forum for a long time reading and dreaming of things I would like to do and enjoying looking at other people's projects.
I'll try and give a brief and hopefully not too boring bio: I was born and raised on a farm in South Texas. Learned a lot of useful skills since it was just me and dad taking care of the place. Went to trade school after high school and became a certified machinist. Worked in a job shop for a few years and then decided to go to college. I attended Texas Tech University and graduated with an Industrial Engineering degree. Since then I have worked in the semiconductor industry the last 20 years. I am married and have two kids, son 15 and daughter 12. I enjoy making knives, selfbows, hunting with my son, and alot of other outdoor activities.
I will try and post some pictures of my shop in the next couple of weeks. I have gathered and made quite a few things over the years. I have a KMG grinder, drill presses, wood band saw, cutting torch, welder, heat treat oven, and have just finished a Don Fogg style forge. I've probably made about 8 knives over about as many years, I will try and attach pics of my last two. I think the pictures are there so a brief description would be an O1 intergal with desert ironwood handle and a clip point hunter I made for my son out of damascus (L6 and O1) I made years ago under the instructions of MS Chris Marks. The sheath is my first attempt at leather work.
Regards,
I'll try and give a brief and hopefully not too boring bio: I was born and raised on a farm in South Texas. Learned a lot of useful skills since it was just me and dad taking care of the place. Went to trade school after high school and became a certified machinist. Worked in a job shop for a few years and then decided to go to college. I attended Texas Tech University and graduated with an Industrial Engineering degree. Since then I have worked in the semiconductor industry the last 20 years. I am married and have two kids, son 15 and daughter 12. I enjoy making knives, selfbows, hunting with my son, and alot of other outdoor activities.
I will try and post some pictures of my shop in the next couple of weeks. I have gathered and made quite a few things over the years. I have a KMG grinder, drill presses, wood band saw, cutting torch, welder, heat treat oven, and have just finished a Don Fogg style forge. I've probably made about 8 knives over about as many years, I will try and attach pics of my last two. I think the pictures are there so a brief description would be an O1 intergal with desert ironwood handle and a clip point hunter I made for my son out of damascus (L6 and O1) I made years ago under the instructions of MS Chris Marks. The sheath is my first attempt at leather work.
Regards,
Nice knife.:thumbup: Looking forward to the shop pic's.
