So when did YOU sell your first knife???

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was it within your first 10?

or maybe after you had been making them for quite awhile?

or cuz your guys knifes are so awesome that people just had to have them?


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That would have been back in 1987 after making about a handful. While I could see my mistakes other people thought that they were terrific, which in turn fueled my passion.
 
I sold the first one I made with a belt grinder to a friend for the cost of materials plus $20 .
 
Sold my first knives in 1992. Some I had ground from planer blades years earlier. Also sold my first forged blades then. This is when I consider my knifemaking really began.
 
I've only completed 6, but have sold 4 and gave away one. I have 14 more on order...
 
1954, was made from a "Swedish two man timber saw" in high school shop class, sold it for $7.50 and bought another saw blade with the money. It was about knife #10, the rest were destroyed in testing and attempts at hardening.
 
I sold my first knife two years ago and it was the third knife that I made on a grinder. The knives that I made before I started using a grinder sit on my bench to remind me of how grateful I am for the equipment I now have.
 
I really lost track of how many I made, I gave away a bunch before I sold my first. I spent alot of time getting feedback, especially on handle materials. I am going for 20-30 given away before first sale, like Ed said I also bent a bashed a bunch as well, I have 4 that I use as shop knives, and maybe 5-6 more in my vast collection of Randall (PC Randall) knives. I will have to look at my records to see who purchased the first one, I think it was a neighbor.
 
I've completed about 10 so far and have given one away. I feel bad even giving something away that's not perfect. Soon I will sell though.
 
Haha Patrice... you better get selling.

I gave many knives away to friends and family, sooo many that they got tired of getting them for birthdays and Holidays. I don't know what # of knives made was the one I sold but it was around #50 to a friend. It is easy to give them away and not worry excessively about performance etc. Every knife I sell I am a nervous wreck until I hear from the buyer that they are happy. I imagine that worry will lessen as time goes by, I hope it never ends completely.
Ryan
 
I was probably around the #15 mark or so, but I stopped counting around the same time; almost every one prior had been given away as gifts to friends. I had a lot of trepidation about selling my work in the beginning, but that faded pretty quickly after having a few sales under my belt (although I still have a twinge of anxiousness after I ship one until I hear from the customer that they have received it safely and are happy with their purchase.)
 
Tiiiiiiiim said:
I've completed about 10 so far and have given one away. I feel bad even giving something away that's not perfect. Soon I will sell though.
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Considering the beauty and quality of the knives I've seen you post pictures of, that blows me away. I thought you had been making for years. You know, sometimes I realize I've just run into someone who was born with a talent that it is going to take me years to achieve....this is one of those times. :)
 
chainring said:
Considering the beauty and quality of the knives I've seen you post pictures of, that blows me away. I thought you had been making for years. You know, sometimes I realize I've just run into someone who was born with a talent that it is going to take me years to achieve....this is one of those times. :)
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Aw shucks. Ha ha. I'm not all that. Furniture making had blessed me with patience, quality control and a tolerance to sanding, among other things. A lot of people get patience confused with skill. I guess it's a skill in itself. Thanks for the very kind words Mathew. *pops swelling ego with a sharp knife*
 
As an incorrigible and fully committed lifelong neophyte, I sold my first knife a few months ago.
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Tiiiiiiiim said:
Aw shucks. Ha ha. I'm not all that. Furniture making had blessed me with patience, quality control and a tolerance to sanding, among other things. A lot of people get patience confused with skill. I guess it's a skill in itself. Thanks for the very kind words Mathew. *pops swelling ego with a sharp knife*
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Tim,

Patience is a virtue and a by-product of discipline. Your work is outstanding.
 
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