Hello everyone. I'm a (fairly) regular over at BF and it looked like a lot of other members there are heading over here, so I thought I'd check it out. I found Bruce Bump's forum and I am hooked.
As for myself, I'm an Engineer (Mechanical) by trade, going to school part time to get an MBA (will be done in June!), but knives are my passion. I dabbled in making knives from old files when I was a kid, but never actually finished one. I have one stock removal knife in process that I hope to complete soon. I'm aspiring to get into forging, so I'm slowly saving up money to buy the requisite equipment. In the interim, I'm on the lookout for a local bladesmithing class. Someone barely beat me to the last spot in GL Drew's class the weekend of March 20 & 21 at Tryon (NC) Arts & Crafts, but they put my name on a list for the next one. I'm married to a wonderful woman and have a beautiful 10 month old baby girl that keeps me smiling constantly. We have an interesting schedule in that I work Mon-Fri and my wife works (as a Nurse) Fri, Sat and Sun; therefore, weekends are comprised of Daddy Daycare. This and our daughter being so young make finding time to work on knives tough.
Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself over here. If you know of an upcoming forging class within an hour or so of Easley, SC, drop me a line. I know there is an ABS Hammer-In coming up at Haygood Community College, but Clyde, NC is about 2.5 hrs away, which is a little too far with the aforementioned schedule restrictions and family obligations.
As for myself, I'm an Engineer (Mechanical) by trade, going to school part time to get an MBA (will be done in June!), but knives are my passion. I dabbled in making knives from old files when I was a kid, but never actually finished one. I have one stock removal knife in process that I hope to complete soon. I'm aspiring to get into forging, so I'm slowly saving up money to buy the requisite equipment. In the interim, I'm on the lookout for a local bladesmithing class. Someone barely beat me to the last spot in GL Drew's class the weekend of March 20 & 21 at Tryon (NC) Arts & Crafts, but they put my name on a list for the next one. I'm married to a wonderful woman and have a beautiful 10 month old baby girl that keeps me smiling constantly. We have an interesting schedule in that I work Mon-Fri and my wife works (as a Nurse) Fri, Sat and Sun; therefore, weekends are comprised of Daddy Daycare. This and our daughter being so young make finding time to work on knives tough.
Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself over here. If you know of an upcoming forging class within an hour or so of Easley, SC, drop me a line. I know there is an ABS Hammer-In coming up at Haygood Community College, but Clyde, NC is about 2.5 hrs away, which is a little too far with the aforementioned schedule restrictions and family obligations.
