What's your day job?

[Jason Fry]

Presumably most of us in this forum make a knife once in a while.

I'm interested in what people do for their primary income, particularly if it's something unusual.

Did you know that Terry Vandeventer, mastersmith, is a herpetologist specializing in venomous snakes? Mike Quesenberry drives trains.

Any of you guys (or gals) have an interesting or unusual job?

 

[fitzo]

I found working for 30 years in several positions as a flunky bench chemist for a Big Pharma company pretty interesting, and, once in a while, even fulfilling.

I find retirement far more enjoyable, enfeebled or not.

 

[WValtakis]

Power plant operator, currently natural gas fired turbines but I've also done biomass and repaired wind turbines.

 

[DevinT]

Day job = cantankerous old guy
Full time = cantankerous old knife maker

Not very interesting

Hoss

 

[fitzo]

D DevinT Sorry to off-topic. Is that a 3B in the pic on your site?

Cantankerous is a gift of aging, and, indeed, can be interesting, depending. No? Another tool in the tool box.

 

[Atlas Knife Company]

I build and sell forges and anvils for a living.

 

[N.W. Gean]

Fast food/College is my day job right now.

 

[Daniel Carraher]

I teach golf for a living, some people think I’m decent at it

 

[DevinT]

D DevinT Sorry to off-topic. Is that a 3B in the pic on your site?

Cantankerous is a gift of aging, and, indeed, can be interesting, depending. No? Another tool in the tool box.

It’s a Beche, same engineers, almost identical, made in Germany.
A very nice hammer.

Hoss

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Goldsmith.

 

[Lorien]

I'm a trail design/build/maintain/assessment contractor, in addition to designing knives and now making them. Total mom and pop situation- livin the dream!
also, increasingly cantankerous

 

[Forrest Taylor]

Insurance Adjuster for a decent sized company.

 

[JamesBro]

Now I just play around in my shop or where ever but I used to mark utility lines till retirement....Call b4 you dig!

 

[Steelhog]

I work for one of those trillion dollar technology companies. Knife making is a much needed break from my job.

 

[Drew Riley]

I'm currently working as a Stationary Engineer in a hospital boiler room, though I recently got promoted to HVAC Tech. Unfortunately, we're so short handed, I haven't been able to leave the boiler room quite yet.

 

[TheEdge01]

Plant Tech at Kingsford Mfg.

 

[Catdaddy2]

I putt around making fixed blades and slip joint mods. Haven't made a dime and have given most away to friends or coworkers. As far as my paying job I'm been a electrical lineman for over 33 years at a big utility co. and actually like my job.

 

[argel55]

Plant Superintendent at a Dairy plant for 24 years mixed with field service farm level for 20 years. Said good by 6 years ago Halloween. Full time knife maker and grand children chaser.

 

[Sean Yaw]

Computer Science professor.

 

[HSC ///]

In my 4th year as a full time Knifemaker, mostly kitchen cutlery. I make and sell about 10-12 Knives a month.

previously as manufacturing operations head for smaller CNC aerospace machine shops. Also owned and operated auto Collison shops for awhile.