Why Do You Make Knives?

I make knives, because all my skills and knowlidge about art, design, woodworking, sculpting, combines with my passion for sharp objects since I was 6.
Only thing that makes us different from animals is imagination. Creativity is basicly transforming one thing to another, but it gives you so much pleasure and satisfaction........
The feeling of finishing knife in the late evening, and when you wake up in the morning and look at your work you are asking "Did I do that? :confused:" no matter if it's perfect or messy work......
Wonderfull feeling. Only man who creates and gives all from inside can understand.

Sorry again about my grammar. :o
 
My short answer is simply because I like working with my hands. Hell, even seemingly boring stuff to the general public I like doing, such as just filing steel. (Is that normal?:confused:)

The better answer though, it gives me a opportunity to combine art with everyday tools and there is a massive amount of variation in this craft, so I'm never making the exact same thing over and over. It gives me a sense of pride when people asks for a knife and when they ask "Where did you buy it" and I tell them " I made it". If I was able to create sheaths, I would carry them with me more often. I also enjoy the community, when I first started this hobby, I had no idea that there was an entire community on it.

And for a introvert saying they enjoy the community..that's really saying something.
 
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great thread! I've always known I was not quite normal, but now I can see that I'm in fine company.
 
It started with a desire (or my arrogance in believeing that I could) to make knives that were better than what I had or could afford.

I was born and raised on a farm in NE Montana. We raised hogs, and butchered and processed 80 - 100/year as a way to get more cash for our work.

When young, my job was boning front shoulders. I was continually frustrated with the knives that we had to use. In part, it was a journey to learn how to sharpen them properly, and in part a journey to understand what makes a knife 'great'.

My grandfather was a Swedish immigrant, and a blacksmith. My father valued, and guarded an old carbon steel knife that he had made. No one was allowed to use that knife. It was easy to sharpen well, and seemed to stay sharp longer than any other. This knife became my 'water mark' when I started to experiment.

I found that the draw of my ethnic heritage, search to know more about a grandfather I never met, and my passion for knives led me to where I am today.

I love Scandinavian knives for their rugged simplicity and utilitarian purpose. I focus my efforts and quest for knowledge and perfection within this narrow discipline. I have found that the more I learn, the more I recognize how little I truly know. It will be a life-long journey for me, and hope that one of my children will someday follow my path.
 
"Cause it floats my boat"!

I like beans, apparently to much by my BMI!:eek:

I like that when I am dead and gone something of me will live on, besides the smell of an old dead fart!:grumpy:

I like making things with my hands, it saves my mind! :rolleyes:


It keeps me from going crazy and choking somebody to death, like my adoring wife, (she will kill me for that one)!:p


Not everyone can do it, and somedays I have a heck of a time! :mad:


I have had knives as far back as I can remember, when I cut myself with the first one!:foot:
 
I've been attempting to make knives for about a month. (2 completed so far.)

I became interested in making knives as a result of collecting knives for the majority of my life. The process is fascinating, and complex enough to demand my full attention. I also enjoy trying to turn a simple drawing into a usable tool. The design and technological aspects of knifemaking interest me.

If nothing else, it's fun most of the time. (Until I screw something up.)
 
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