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The North Carolina Custom Knifemakers Guild Forum The North Carolina Custom Knifemakers Guild. Raising the general awareness of custom knives and the people who make them. |
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New Maker in Greensboro
Hi everyone,
Super excited to have found this forum on Knife Network. I am a machinist by trade, relatively new at that too but have a niche for it somewhat. For quite a while I have desired to have a hobby that could double as a side business. All sorts of ideas went through my head but nothing ever really landed. Then, just a few weeks ago, making knives came to me out of no where and for no reason really. I started reading everything I could and watching all the YouTube videos I could too and thought to myself, "I can do this!" ...the guys in the videos make it look easy. I bought what I could on a budget but I think I'm starting out pretty good. I'm going the stock removal method. First I cleared out a section of my garage and built a pretty good work area. Then I bought a Craftsman 2x42 grinder. I have a bunch of other tools but just trying to learn more and more. Is there anyone here on the forum near the Greensboro area? |
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Lots of good free info here , welcome to the addiction !!!
__________________ R.Watson B.C. Canada |
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Nice to meet you. I am new to knifemaking as well. You may want to come and join the NC Custom Knifemakers Guild. We meet four times a year in Troy NC. Great info and wonderful people.
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Thanks for the warm welcome. I do plan to attend the Knife Makers Guild as much as I can. How are the Gun & Knife shows? I've surprisingly never been to one before.
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Gun and Knife shows have never been good to me . But knife show are pretty good to knife makers . The best thing is to plaster pictures all over the internet , every where is the best way to sell a knife .
Hope you can get to some NC guild meetings . |
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Gun shows are hit and miss. Knife shows are also hit and miss. Like Art said plaster pics everywhere. Start a facebook page with your knives . That seems to do pretty good for the cost as its free. Welcome to the addiction.
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Hey Andy, thanks for the advice. Instagram seems to be a top place to go to also. I'm getting tons of hits and followers there.
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Phillip and I are about a 40 minute drive north just over the line in Danville, Virginia.
__________________ Barry Jones Knives |
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How do you get into Instagram knives on FaceBook??
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Art Instagram is just facebook but for Mobile phones. While it is not Facebook it is a social media forum much like Facebook. IE you can follow people etc. Its an app you put on your cellphone.
CW |
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I've been hard at work the last several months. Started making in December and I think I'm at 25 or 26 knives now. Here is a link on my Facebook page to those that I have made https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...0260038&type=3
I'm going to be out of town on vacation and will miss the July 18th meeting. Seems something has come up with all of them this year so far. I do really want to get out to one and get involved with the Guild and meet a lot of you. |
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They all look pretty good .
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Thank you Art
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Good looking Knives. I am just 30 or so miles south of you.
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Hi Andy, thank you for the compliment. I've enjoyed making them and hope to keep doing it for a lifetime. I looked at your webpage too and man I really like your military knives a lot. I'm in NW Greensboro. How about you?
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