What happened to the knife community???

I've been away for about 12 years and have gotten on a few forums I havent visited and have noticed a dramatic pause, or has it stopped altogether? This forum used to be filled with daily posts, as did others.

Sad to see so many people I had the pleasure to interact with have passed on...

Robert, I've been trying to respond to your post since Monday but life kept getting in the way. I agree there are much fewer folks posting these days. I know I do less - still drop by to read most days. I'm making fewer knives myself, but still enjoy it.

Is your website still active? I clicked on it but didn't get anything.

I'm sad to see fewer posts in this forum, it is my favorite place.

I think that there are more than a few FIF watchers that have gotten into it thinking that they can make “easy money, fast”, and that most of them find out that it’s hard to make a decent knife, and it’s REALLY hard to make money at it. I suspect that many try it, then drop out. I’m still here making stuff, just don’t have a lot to post. I make only a couple a year mostly because I’m old.