RIP Charlie Mike

[justjed]

700 replies, almost 70,000 views. The man made a mark on the world, missed by people he never met, and it is less without him.

 

[Jayphog]

Well, I've been away from the forum for awhile and I come back and find this. CM was a heck of a guy! RIP Charlie Mike!

 

[BellaBlades]

Lifes a bitch. Bitter sweet. Was carbidizing a lock bar the other day and thought of CM.

I already replied to this thread once or twice. Oh well.

He sent his carbidizer to me a few years back . We spoke about life , addiction and knives for a little while. I still remember it.

RIP brother. Not forgotten. Not one bit

 

[marcus52AR]

I really appreciated CM's DGAF attitude and interaction with us. Cool dude, RIP.

I can see my future self sporting a large fixed blade on my belt and thinking about you man.

I'm hoping to use his sudden passing as a reminder that I'm only here for a moment in time.

Now gimmie that dremmel so I can put my initials on my Rolex and go and grind some more blades.

RIP CMFTW

 

[TheFactor]

This tragedy still takes my breath away and I’m at a loss for words .

 

[VernonRemington]

Does anyone know what happened to SaB Tools? Cm’s former apprentice who was close to Matt and kind of kept the CMFTW thing going. Her Instagram has gone dark. Just a little worried.

 

[RaulDuke]

I did not know Matt Freeman (CMFTW Knives, RIP 1982-2019), nor did I know his work until after his passing. Since then I have learned enough about the man to appreciate him greatly and know that it was a terrible loss to the knife community. As a person in recovery, I identify with him and his fight in a very personal way. So, when I saw this nice chisel-grind example of his work, I picked it up and it fills a place of honor in my collection.

 

[mabrowns]

I did not know Matt Foster (CMFTW Knives, RIP 1982-2019), nor did I know his work until after his passing. Since then I have learned enough about the man to appreciate him greatly and know that it was a terrible loss to the knife community. As a person in recovery, I identify with him and his fight in a very personal way. So, when I saw this nice chisel-grind example of his work, I picked it up and it fills a place of honor in my collection.

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Matt Freeman not Foster

 

[RaulDuke]

Matt Freeman not Foster

Got it. Thank you.

 

[Yo Mama]

Does anyone know what happened to SaB Tools? Cm’s former apprentice who was close to Matt and kind of kept the CMFTW thing going. Her Instagram has gone dark. Just a little worried.

Same here, and it's been a few weeks at least

 

[T. Erdelyi]

 

[SpyderPhreak]

Good stuff Ted! Did you have that patch made?

 

[T. Erdelyi]

Someone on Instagram from the CMFTW Owners Group had them made.

The page is #cmftw_owners. He had a bunch made.

 

[Mr.Conservative]

 

[T. Erdelyi]

The knife is an HA brother’s in SC, the patch is for him too but he won’t get it till I get down there in August.

So through the magic of photoshop I made this pic for him.

 

[Moonw]

Late to find out about this truly shocking event.

RIP.

 

[WadeWilson]

Does anyone know what happened to SaB Tools? Cm’s former apprentice who was close to Matt and kind of kept the CMFTW thing going. Her Instagram has gone dark. Just a little worried.

Recently saw some activity from her. From what I briefly saw, she seemed ok. Good looking out, man.

 

[100eyes]

I haven't even posted here in a few years, but had to for CMFTW. The true king of waves. RIP.

 

[slims_88]

RIP Matt. I haven't been on here in a while. We talked on the phone quite often a few years back when he made a knife for me. Once I figure out how to get a picture posted up I will.

 

[slims_88]