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I’ve only been at it for two years and I just give them away! I do have a dream of being able to make a little walking around money by selling them at a farmer’s market in the summers as I have a big chunk of time off in the summer! I could never really be paid adequately for my time though, because you can buy such things for so cheap elsewhere. I just do it because it helps me relax and I find it very enjoyable.You seem to have developed quite a talent for carving spoons.
Do you make them in enough quantity to sell? Or should I ask, is there a market for handmade spoons? And can you get enough $ for them to pay for your time?
You’d have to distinguish your work from the cheap imported stuff.
Several years ago, I learned how to cut, grind, and polish bottleneck slides our of wine bottles. At the time, Vik was working at a local private golf club, and ahe cooperated by bringing empty bottles home for me, ~ hundreds of bottles. I tried many, but found that the necks of some red wine bottles were ideal, so she focused on them.
I had thought about selling them as a way to make money, but after seeing how cheaply some sellers sold them on ebay, that killed that idea. I spent way roo much time on each one. You can cut and grind a slide pretty fast, but taking them all the way and polishing the glass takes a lot more time. Which meant I’d have to price them way higher than so many available online.
I did make a little money by participating in a fall craft sale at the farm. I put little custom made hang tags on them, put them in a nice cigar box, and put them in a table along with all of the grapevine wreaths I’d made. I did sell four or five, at $25 each, which surprised me because this fall craft walk is not really a guitar oriented affair. Sold a lot more of the grapevine wreaths
Hey ~ a guy has to do something after gardening work is over.
I occasionally give them away as gifts to guitar playing friends, and of course, use them myself. I have them laying all over the house.
Very handaome animal, Greg! And love the great looking custom knife. Does he call it a Trapper?
Unless you need a screwdriver, or some other Swiss Army Knife like tool, an elegantly simple Jackknife will do all the cutting you need.
I am a coffe drinker. Hot tea once in a great while, maybe an herbal, occasionally. But Vickie is the tea drinker in our family, hot and iced tea all day. A genuine tea enthusiast. And she HATES sweet tea. When we go to Georgia, she always has to specify NOT sweet tea.
Rachel, I will have to try peanut butter and onion sammiches! I have some sweet vidalias I’ll be harvesting soon, and will let you know.
Now here’s another one for you ~ peanut butter and dill pickle sandwiches.
A Scrimshaw Sharpfinger for Schrade Saturday!
That is an extremely well designed blade shape. Super versatile and useful pattern. I have it’s big brother with the same shape, the 15OT Deerslayer, which is less of an acceptable carry out in public due to it’s size. I could tuck that one of yours in a front pocket, and tote it discretely anywhere.
I’ll be looking for a Sharpfinger at the next knife show.
My wife thinks people from Dallas are Yankees!Haha!
My family is from Pennsylvania, and Texans call anything to the north and east "yankee".
It's funny that Yankee really means Connecticut, but the farther you are from there, the bigger the region is, until all Americans were called "yanks". That probably didn't sit well with boys from Dixie.
.So true.
I am so glad to hear that you keep this beautiful old blade sharpened and carry it.I've got my newest old knife all sharpened up and ready to carry:
Corliss Cutlery (1900-1910)
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and NU play’s later. Hope your all’s weekend is going well. 
I remember when I learned the term "carpetbagger".
Thin sliced sweet onions are perfect for a PB&O sandwich! Pickles and pb sounds odd, but I thought that about the onion, so I'll give it a try.
Knife content: my new Corliss making bunny ears this morning.
Bob's correct Barney, made in Germany, between WW1 and WW2. 'Warranted Forged Steel' is also a very typical mark for these knives
Have a great weekend everyone
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