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A lot of you that know me know about my family maple syrup hobby. I've talked about it and shown pictures before in the Lounge, and in the Pearl and Merle threads over the past few years. For those that don't know, my family has been making maple syrup here in northwestern Pennsylvania (not too far from Titusville) for many years. I'm the 5th generation in my family to make it. We do it the old fashioned way, using buckets, and some of the trees we tap are ones my great-great grandfather planted over 130 years ago.
I really wanted to have a knife made to pay homage to my family's history, and especially the maple syrup theme. So I had 25 of these knives made through Daniels Family Knife Brands, and these are called the "Syrup Maker Special" with red birdseye maple handles, and the rear tangstamp has my name in a maple leaf. They were built on the Titusville Cutlery Old Man Jack frame. My goal was to give these knives out to my dad, uncles, siblings, daughter and niece. All those who have helped me over the years to make syrup.
The remaining extras I sold to help offset the cost, and included with each knife was a small bottle of maple syrup that we had made this past March.
I wanted to post here and show how proud I am to have a knife made with my name on it, honoring my family hobby. I was able to design a sheepsfoot with longpull for this knife, which had not yet been offered by DFKB. I also had the knives serialized on the rear side of the blade, so I could give #'s out to match the birthday of my family members. #1 is staying in my gunsafe to keep preserved.
Overall, I love how they turned out. Great color, nice and thin to fit in your pocket. My wife made the artwork on the COA, and the tube label. And she made the breakfast we used for the photo! When I offered the extras for sale in my town I couldn't believe they sold out in 3 hours. Unreal. I'm so happy with how the entire process unfolded. And my Dad absolutely stunned to have a maple syrup knife with his name on it.
Here are some photos.
I really wanted to have a knife made to pay homage to my family's history, and especially the maple syrup theme. So I had 25 of these knives made through Daniels Family Knife Brands, and these are called the "Syrup Maker Special" with red birdseye maple handles, and the rear tangstamp has my name in a maple leaf. They were built on the Titusville Cutlery Old Man Jack frame. My goal was to give these knives out to my dad, uncles, siblings, daughter and niece. All those who have helped me over the years to make syrup.
The remaining extras I sold to help offset the cost, and included with each knife was a small bottle of maple syrup that we had made this past March.
I wanted to post here and show how proud I am to have a knife made with my name on it, honoring my family hobby. I was able to design a sheepsfoot with longpull for this knife, which had not yet been offered by DFKB. I also had the knives serialized on the rear side of the blade, so I could give #'s out to match the birthday of my family members. #1 is staying in my gunsafe to keep preserved.
Overall, I love how they turned out. Great color, nice and thin to fit in your pocket. My wife made the artwork on the COA, and the tube label. And she made the breakfast we used for the photo! When I offered the extras for sale in my town I couldn't believe they sold out in 3 hours. Unreal. I'm so happy with how the entire process unfolded. And my Dad absolutely stunned to have a maple syrup knife with his name on it.
Here are some photos.
Wonderful knife, you should go into production
