First piece of advice, is don't give up. I have been a part time maker for 7 years now, and for the first time I have a backlog of 1 years worth of orders, that isn't alot of knives, since I only work weekends and evenings at it, but I used to have knives laying around waiting for a buyer or the next local gun show, now I have none layong around and have to cancel my table at an August show that I would likely do prety good at.
I sold at local shows with prety good results, tried the forums for sale areas with little to no results, and a hunting forum with good results, and most of the sales led to another contact or another sale, and it has grown very slowly, but steady. Another boost for me was in Blade magazine, a little picture of me and one of my knives in the Knifemaker showcase, and from that I had alot of orders, and made alot of new friends as well. And a web site is a great tool to get your work in front of buyers, and there are free web hosting sites that work great.
I make user knives, alot of different models, and offer alot of handle options, as well as options in steel, stainless or carbon steels. Always treat the customer well, and try to accomidate there wishes, unless it will have a negative effect on the performance of the knife, then explain why you would rather not do what they ask.
I think it takes alot of work besides making a great knife to sell them, and it is all part of growing as a maker, if you stick it out and don't give up, sorta, I used to hate hearing this but, pay your dues. Before you know it you will enjoy a list of orders, and some new friends to boot.
Sorry for the long post, just trying to answer the question from my own experiance.
Dale