Let's Have An Auction for Ray!

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ddavelarsen

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As most of you know Raymond Richard had a terrible misfortune last weekend. His shop burned to the ground and he lost almost everything. Fortunately his family and home came through okay, so let's count our blessings.

Meanwhile, we've been thinking about how we can help Ray get back to work. ;) Can't have idle hands! That's just trouble. :D

Chuck Bybee and Nick Wheeler have suggested that we put an auction together. All proceeds from donated knives will go to help Ray put his shop back together.

We haven't put all the details together yet but here's what we have so far.

Chuck will take photos of the knives and provide some web space for the pictures and auction details. We'll accept blind bids through the weekend of September 30th. Knives need to arrive at Chuck's by September 23rd so he can get pictures posted. Knives in the retail price range of $150 - $350 are probably ideal.

Anyone interested in providing a knife for auction please contact Chuck Bybee, Nick Wheeler or me. We'll know more over the next couple of days how this is going to play out but be assured that your donation will go to getting one of our best back into production.

We also need help keeping everything organized from anyone interested in helping out. Just contact one of us to see what's happening. We're going to need help keeping track of bids, addresses, all that stuff.

More soon, and thanks for all of the offers so far! You folks are great.
 
Thank you Dave! :)

Personally, I think my heart skipped a few beats when I saw Ray's post. It's absolutely one of the worst things that could happen to a Bladesmith.

Ray has always been quick to help here, and deserves some help to get back to the forge. I don't know Ray real well, but enough to know he would not come in here and ask for help.

But WE CAN HELP.

So let's do it. There's a strong belt of knifemakers here... and that's a damn good place to start. :)

-Nick-
 
I felt physically sick when I read Ray's post. I feel fortunate to be part of this community and I want to help Ray.

We are working in the background to get the auction going. As soon as we have more information it will be posted here.
 
BTW-

I really want to thank Dave, Chuck and the rest of his team, Brenda and Jessica. While I wanted to help, these fine folks are the ones that really got the ball rolling. :)

I'm here to try and help.

-Nick-
 
I've been there, those pix definately made me feel ill. I was fortunate and only lost one fourth of my shop and a months worth of work time. Nothing like what ray is having to deal with. Pray you never have to. Mail sent...we're definately in!
 
Kit, thanks for making this a Sticky!

I want to thank everyone who's written me with commitments to make a knife for this auction; it's doing my heart good to see the swell of support we're giving our compatriot.

How would you folks feel about me posting your names here? I think it might help others who are considering making that decision to do so knowing they're not going to be a lone hero in a big storm. :)

Besides, the support is getting to the point I can't keep it all in my little brain reliably anymore and I'm going to have to make a list anyway...

Thanks again everyone, this is just cooler'n I can say. :cool:
 
Latest developments:

We now have the following domains paid for:
www . knifemaker-support . com
www . knifemakersupport . com

Tomorrow I will work on getting web hosting donated.
 
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