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I joined this forum after years of lurking so I could get help as I learned how to make knives. The process was slow and frustrating.
Like many people starting a new hobby, I rushed into things arrogantly and produced some fairly cringeworthy knives for someone with my previous job (restoring and selling antique knives, swords, and other related items).
I eventually slowed down and recognized that I needed to go back to the fundamentals. During this time I failed to photograph any of my work, but they were only slightly better than the previous ones.
Earlier this year (about three months ago) I finally quit drinking after 16 years of varying degrees of drunkenness. I have nothing against drinking in general, but when you are downing two cheap forties of malt liquor before noon, you have a problem. I am lucky enough to have friends and family who finally got me to see that. After I got over the initial withdrawal, I found myself with a LOT more time to practice my work and I finally saw an improvement.
Now that my mind was relatively clear, I could finally put my practice to work on making pieces I was actually proud of. My work started being purchased by people I know, and after they showed them off to their friends and family, I finally had legitimate customers hitting me up for knives and cutting/charcuterie boards.
And now, I am finally making enough functional blades that I am comfortable calling myself a knifemaker. I know that I have a very long journey ahead of me if I ever want to be as good as the rest of the Knifemakers on this forum, but I am excited for the adventure ahead of me.
To end this long and boring post, let me share with you some of the knives I have made in the last month. I hope you like seeing them, you might see some of them pop up in the Knifemaker's For Sale section soon at what I hope you find a reasonable price.
Like many people starting a new hobby, I rushed into things arrogantly and produced some fairly cringeworthy knives for someone with my previous job (restoring and selling antique knives, swords, and other related items).
I eventually slowed down and recognized that I needed to go back to the fundamentals. During this time I failed to photograph any of my work, but they were only slightly better than the previous ones.
Earlier this year (about three months ago) I finally quit drinking after 16 years of varying degrees of drunkenness. I have nothing against drinking in general, but when you are downing two cheap forties of malt liquor before noon, you have a problem. I am lucky enough to have friends and family who finally got me to see that. After I got over the initial withdrawal, I found myself with a LOT more time to practice my work and I finally saw an improvement.
Now that my mind was relatively clear, I could finally put my practice to work on making pieces I was actually proud of. My work started being purchased by people I know, and after they showed them off to their friends and family, I finally had legitimate customers hitting me up for knives and cutting/charcuterie boards.
And now, I am finally making enough functional blades that I am comfortable calling myself a knifemaker. I know that I have a very long journey ahead of me if I ever want to be as good as the rest of the Knifemakers on this forum, but I am excited for the adventure ahead of me.
To end this long and boring post, let me share with you some of the knives I have made in the last month. I hope you like seeing them, you might see some of them pop up in the Knifemaker's For Sale section soon at what I hope you find a reasonable price.
