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Congratulations on making the Knifemaker’s Guild!
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Congrats Hank! My wife uses one of his pieces of art almost daily!
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Dang! I was scrolling through the Fire getting ready to post this. Y’all beat me to it. I’m so proud that they saw fit to include me. It’s a three year process to be considered for membership. Working up through probationary status, etc. Each step your blades are examined and critiqued by your peers. After approval, you progress another step up the ladder so to speak. I was requested to bring four blades to the Blade Show in Atlanta last week for final judging. I ended up bringing five in case they wanted to see more. The guys picked apart every blade, asked me questions regarding my processes….things like that. Another man called this part being “in the sweat box”. 😏 I had confidence in my abilities so I tried not to sweat this part. I was either good enough or I wasn’t was the way I looked at it. My five knives were three stainless (CPM154), one Damascus and one of my file knives (vintage Nicholson file). Strangely enough, they gave me the thumbs up and welcomed me into their membership! Proud moment for me. Thanks for all the positive feedback from you guys. Very much appreciated. Here are the knives I submitted for review: Two with CPM154 ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/QMqQtNCv/IMG-9713.jpg) CPM154 stainless on left, file knife on the right. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/jjCfs6Vn/IMG-9710.jpg) Damascus and Blesbok handle: ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/P5sVvxfq/IMG-9714.jpg)
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"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."
Albert Einstein
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Congrats. I like that ironwood B&T in the first pic.
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Congrats. I like that ironwood B&T in the first pic. It’s been a very popular model for me. I just brought it out of retirement last year. I found my pattern for that blade in my workshop and wondered where it had been all this time. Its name the Kinchafoonee Hunter. Named after the creek that flows past my house.
You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.
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Congrats. I like that ironwood B&T in the first pic. It’s been a very popular model for me. I just brought it out of retirement last year. I found my pattern for that blade in my workshop and wondered where it had been all this time. Its name the Kinchafoonee Hunter. Named after the creek that flows past my house. What are the dimensions on that?
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Congratulations! I had no doubt that you would make it! I wish I could have been there, but I had a conflict this year.
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Congratulations! I had no doubt that you would make it! I wish I could have been there, but I had a conflict this year. Yep. I was looking for you Harry. Good show. Horrific traffic.
You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.
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That blade is 7 3/4” in length with a 3 1/2” blade. I can make that blade (or any others) in any length if a person needs to tweak it a bit.
You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.
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Congratulations!
Earned Respect!
Some spelling errors can be corrected by a vowel movement.
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Well earned and very much deserved
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Well earned and very much deserved Thanks! Keeping that knife outta the dishwasher right?
You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.
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Yep. It looks as good as new. I told my wife and kids to not put any of my knives in the dishwasher!
Guns don't kill people, it's mostly the bullets
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Yep. It looks as good as new. I told my wife and kids to not put any of my knives in the dishwasher! Fantastic news. Hope you’re dried out by now. We got 11” in my rain gauge Wednesday and Thursday
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Congratulations! I’m not the afficiano that some are, but every one of your knive are great looking and more so, appear very functional - the sweet spot in knives IMHO.
Always nice to see good folks recognized.
Bob
Enjoy life now -- it has an expiration date.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Congratulations! I’m not the afficiano that some are, but every one of your knive are great looking and more so, appear very functional - the sweet spot in knives IMHO.
Always nice to see good folks recognized. Thank you very much!
You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.
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