What do you do for a living?

I'm working on a degree in construction management at OSU, this will be my 4th year. Thats whats making me poor right now.To earn the cash for it, I'm working a few different jobs.
Full time doing maintenance at the county fairgrounds right now. I'm the head welder/mechanic/repairman and do most of the work with the bigger equipment.Have about 60 acres to mow all together, couple horse arenas to maintain and stuff like that.
Part time for a hay and straw farm. Had about 190 acres of hay and straw this year, kept me busy for a little while. Between that and the fairgrounds I did manage to get one day off in july.
Part time knifemaker, I suppose. Lately I haven't been getting a lot done.
Also take a lot of odd jobs here and there, working with horses, building things, repairing things etc.
 
For over the last 28 years I've been humping freight on third shift in a major food market. :grumpy: That's my full time job, I work part time as a knifemaker about 20 hours a week. :D I hope after 22 months when i get my guaranteed 30 year pension I want to reverse roles.
Scott
 
Hello

I am an Active Duty Soldier and Army Nurse (RN) that will be commissioned on September 16th. The most important job is a husband and a daddy to two boys... And the most prestigious, a friend to anyone who wants one... and an enemy when you don't want a friend.... Airborne!!!!!!!
 
fulltime sous chef for a small but pretty damn fancy restaurant in town. man the restaurant sure is something different than most people think. check out the book "kitchen confidential:anventures in the culinary underbelly" by anthony bourdain every word that man speaks it true!
been making knives and learning from some of the most generous people and best buddies that you could ask for for about 3 year now. someday when i'm good i'll do this fulltime :D
 
I'm a sales rep. I work for a company that represents around 15 different factories that specialize in home theater and whole house distributed music systems. I spend most days talking about cool electronics, plasma TVs, surround sound systems and dealing with distribution issues on a wholesale level. There's lots of writing reports and trying to decide which dealers should sell a particular line of product and which ones are bozos and not fit to sell our products.

It's a lot of fun, and a lot of work, but in the end, it's a way to pay the bills. There's little satisfaction in getting that next purchase order or processing the next RMA. Historically, nobody will ever remember who the rep of the year was for 2005. On the other hand, I've made many good friends over the years and it pays quite well and has allowed me buy my own home and build the shop where I can pursue my dreams and make knives!

If it was all fun and games, they wouldn't pay me for it, and there's lots worse jobs, so I'll count my blessings and deposit the checks:)
 
I,m a toolmaker/machinist and a part time knife maker ( 20hours a week or so). and my favortie job DAD , got two boys 1&3 .



cya
jimi
 
Full timer knife and gun maker now that there was a budget cut at the prison. I dont miss that job very much.
 
I am curently working as a roughneck on a drill ship in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, 14 days on and 14 off. I work on knives after resting for a couple of days and getting all the crap done when I get in. Though there is the posibility I may be changing jobs soon, I think the air conditioning is making upper management stupid.
 
RLS said:
Retired precison machinest , supervisor, made Hardinge lathes for 36 yrs. Now I make knives full time and drive school bus part time. :)
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Now that is the definition of a precision machinist.

BTW, I need a couple parts for my antique ESM :)

I'd like to see what kind of knives a guy who can make a Hardinge lathe can turn out. I'm thinking SWEET and SMOOTH folders :)

Edited to add; After looking at your profile, it looks like you're into forging these days. I'll bet there's still some sweet stuff in your bag.
 
Full time blacksmith, part time anything else that pays cash money. Also grade A+ dial a mechanic (Hey.... Tony? my cars doing such and such..... what do you think it is?) no money in that though.

One day I'll do it, I'll invent the thing that will make me filthy rich.... already have the formula too, it needs to be something every trailer home in america can't do without, and cost less than $50, too bad somebody beat me to the bug zapper :)

Been offline for the better part of the week working on a big project, will probably remain offline most of the rest of the week....... hmmm, steeel ;)

Tony
 
For the last 25 years I have been a sculptor and a dealer in fossilized ivory and bone.At 51 with 5 daughters I now have 5 grandsons and a new grand daughter. Life is good.
 
Field Artillery Officer in the Army. I came here to Fort Benning as the Fire Support Officer for the Third Ranger Battalion. Saw lots of the world doing that, but didn't make many knives! Now I teach Fire Support at the Infantry School. Much more time to call myself a part time knifemaker. I also hope to do it full time someday.
 
I play "Maytag repair man" on flight simulators for the Navy. Work on knives all day in my head , and most nights. Actually work on knives a whole lot less than I wish.

My contract will be up in less than a year. Hope to move out to the Northwest and make knives and fullfill my dreams while going broke.
 
I'm a Metrology Engineer. That's fancy talk for I measure stuff. I work at a commercial calibration and environmental test lab. This is also what I did in the USAF. Been doing it since '69, so I've kinda got the hang of it...
 
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