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A new friend of mine, Damon Lusky, who has as of recent been apprenticing under me, has now stepped up to be a Fletcher Knives LLC employee. Damon will work with me and in turn, learn the trade as best as I can teach it and use it as he chooses. I have held off on taking on an apprentice, despite the wishes of several people. Also, I have never extended the offer of someone helping me do my work on a regular basis. I'm very particular about how everything is done and I hold a very high standard for the work. It was always very important to me that I find someone with what I think is just the right background, the right imagination, creative spark, and ethic. There's a level of natural talent for the trade that I feel an apprentice should possess in order to really take advantage of the teaching. Damon has it and I believe that I'm investing my knowledge in someone that I truely believe can take full advantage of it. I have very high hopes for him and faith that he can do very well. I think that knifemaking is not one of those lives that an individual chooses, but a life that chooses them. Call it fate or what have you, but I believe it is what happened to me, and I think that knifemaking chose Damon.
You can also imagine what else this means. Production is going to go through the roof. Get ready.
You can also imagine what else this means. Production is going to go through the roof. Get ready.
