Smallshop
KNIFE MAKER
The big city (havre 8k people) closest to me has a men's ministry that started a year ago. A talk about walking the walk, a bunch of home made sausage and home made chili, neat guys to visit with...AND....They gave away an old german hunting knife that was prettied up a bit and a sheathmaker made new sheath for it(old one had been lost)...it was raffled off. There was a line of guys waiting to paw over that knife...yes I was in line...lol.
The guy that started this men's night was the sheathmaker...very nice guy. He saw some of my WIPs online and asked if they could buy one for this year (jan 2018). I said no but I will donate two knives...IF...he would make the sheaths. He was delighted to do so!...I didn't really have time for two sheaths with my current work load....
So you get about 60 guys playing with a couple knives you made and keep a fledgling ministry from having to spend $$ un-neccessarily...So I call it a win/win! And it has motivated me to work on handle designs and heat treating.
Excited to be helping with this one...
I'll post some pics when i can....
The guy that started this men's night was the sheathmaker...very nice guy. He saw some of my WIPs online and asked if they could buy one for this year (jan 2018). I said no but I will donate two knives...IF...he would make the sheaths. He was delighted to do so!...I didn't really have time for two sheaths with my current work load....
So you get about 60 guys playing with a couple knives you made and keep a fledgling ministry from having to spend $$ un-neccessarily...So I call it a win/win! And it has motivated me to work on handle designs and heat treating.
Excited to be helping with this one...
I'll post some pics when i can....