Today I made a tough call.
I had been talking with some guys who run a local motorsports club which is responsible for an ORV park in my area. They have this signage project that needs done, and because I'm a trail builder by profession, they were directed to me as a potential contractor.
Well, I spent some time looking at the scope of work, which was brutal, but paid well enough. And I really had to think on it and figure out how I would manage it.
After a few days of mulling it over, I made the decision to stay the course and continue focusing 100% on my cutlery design, leatherwork and knife making. While that's a tough row to hoe financially, I have been making progress. So I guess the short story here is that- even with the temptation of making some good money- I'm all in on the knife business.
Designing and making knives, and to a slightly lesser extent making sheaths, is what I want to do. There will be opportunities popping up here and there for trail design/building jobs and I may take the odd one because I love that work, too. But I feel like a Rubicon was crossed today, and just felt that maybe I should mark that with a quick post here.