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Big news. Y'all need to know. Feel free to ask questions. Like every challenge I have faced I'll face it head on. I'm honored to make knives for y'all.
Edited to add: Well I made a video to explain all this and couldn't get it to load anything but the thumbnail here on BF for some reason. So here is whats going on.
The man I sub lease from here in Norcross is getting evicted from his space. (I've never missed or been late for a rent payment ever.) I found this out Monday morning. We have till the 30th to be completely moved out. Meanwhile the building in Mississippi was supposed to be finished and ready for work when this lease was up in October. There is a big gap there. I have contacted my contractor and he is moving the schedule up a lot and guesses I can be in there in 60 to 90 days. This still leaves a gap, but a much shorter one.
I am very anxious about keeping knives up on fridays. I have never missed a Fiddleback Friday since they started almost 20 years ago now. But this may happen. Blade show is first weekend in June as well. Ideally I will have knives for the table....
My timeline here: I have a big batch I'm doing this week. Its a mix of group buy knives and Friday knives. Carley has enough glued up for me to do another batch next week. Then I'm off to MIssissippi to meet with the zoning variance board on Monday and back here on Tuesday to begin cleaning and organizing for the move. I expect that to take 3-ish days. Once everything is staged I will get a uhaul and move the majority of my equipment to Ms into the basement of the cabin there. I'll spend a few days (hopefully Leah can come w me) relaxing after that. Then back here.
Since yesterday several knifemakers that I know locally have offered to help me out by letting me work in their shop. I love this community. So hopefully I will be able to keep up with Fridays and also have a showing at Blade Show. So there is hope, and the rest is just work. Y'all have seen me face challenges in this endeavor again and again, and I know I'm up to it. In the end I will be in a wonderful new shop that I own and designed myself with zero debt and making knives for y'all again. I have to keep my eye on that goal and keep moving forward.
Thanks for all your support!
Andy Roy
You folks have always supported and encouraged me and I value this dearly.
Edited to add: Well I made a video to explain all this and couldn't get it to load anything but the thumbnail here on BF for some reason. So here is whats going on.
The man I sub lease from here in Norcross is getting evicted from his space. (I've never missed or been late for a rent payment ever.) I found this out Monday morning. We have till the 30th to be completely moved out. Meanwhile the building in Mississippi was supposed to be finished and ready for work when this lease was up in October. There is a big gap there. I have contacted my contractor and he is moving the schedule up a lot and guesses I can be in there in 60 to 90 days. This still leaves a gap, but a much shorter one.
I am very anxious about keeping knives up on fridays. I have never missed a Fiddleback Friday since they started almost 20 years ago now. But this may happen. Blade show is first weekend in June as well. Ideally I will have knives for the table....
My timeline here: I have a big batch I'm doing this week. Its a mix of group buy knives and Friday knives. Carley has enough glued up for me to do another batch next week. Then I'm off to MIssissippi to meet with the zoning variance board on Monday and back here on Tuesday to begin cleaning and organizing for the move. I expect that to take 3-ish days. Once everything is staged I will get a uhaul and move the majority of my equipment to Ms into the basement of the cabin there. I'll spend a few days (hopefully Leah can come w me) relaxing after that. Then back here.
Since yesterday several knifemakers that I know locally have offered to help me out by letting me work in their shop. I love this community. So hopefully I will be able to keep up with Fridays and also have a showing at Blade Show. So there is hope, and the rest is just work. Y'all have seen me face challenges in this endeavor again and again, and I know I'm up to it. In the end I will be in a wonderful new shop that I own and designed myself with zero debt and making knives for y'all again. I have to keep my eye on that goal and keep moving forward.
Thanks for all your support!
Andy Roy
You folks have always supported and encouraged me and I value this dearly.
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