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Wow, sad the hear this, you really helped me once when I bit off more than I could chew. Thanks again for that and best of luck going forward.
John Cahoon
John Cahoon
While off hand I can’t say I’m familiar with your work it is sad to see anyone leave the business, or hobby for some makers, particularly anyone who put in the time effort and money to be a part of this community.
Sorry to see you go mark , i feel lucky to recently have acquired one of your pieces. Its a bad ass chef knife that ill be using for the rest of my life. thanks for your contributions to the forum!
Thanks for everything Mark. I'll think of you every time I use the platen you designed! Which is probably every day...so I guess that's kinda creepy.
Wow I hate to hear this. I've always enjoyed your posts.
I'm sure you have your personal reasons and I have absolutely no reason to ask them. However I will say I've watched personal family members fight depression and no longer enjoyed doing what they enjoyed for eons. Bub don't take this the wrong way but all the folks I knew who faced depression said it wasn't a problem. Heck I didn't even think they suffered from depression. I'm just throwing this curve ball out there up to you to decide if it's even something to swing at. Best of LUCK. I'll miss your posts.
I made drums for about 6 years. Think rock and roll drums. Got into it by accident...had a good quality drum set that I wanted to fix up and refinish. Was looking to hire someone and eventually wound up on a drum making forum. Pretty soon I was making snares for myself. Then a whole kit, pretty soon people liked what I was doing a started placing orders. It went from being a fun hobby making drums for my own fun to a job that was forcing me to spend all my extra time working to fill orders. The fun was gone and I was resenting it all.It has become somewhat of a philosophical question for me at this point. Why am I making knives now? I find I no longer have good reason.
I use to make $750-1500 split cane bamboo fly rods. I made many but got burned out and just stopped.
Custom knives have been in my blood the longest. I started collecting and obsessing about custom knives for over 40+ years.
I did not make any, but I did buy and visit makers. I was lucky enough to live near Bob Loveless, Rick Browne, Phil Hartsfield, Bob Engath and even met Red Watson. I went to shows from LA to Solvang for years, never thinking I would make knives. Had years of Blade magazine I gave away because I never was going to make knives.
Then the internet happened, found the forums and "The Grinder in the Box" and after all that time I started making knives.
Custom knives was my first love and probably will be my last.
Now I make knives I can not afford to buy LOL. Now that I make slipjoints I would love to keep making them even if I did not sell one of them. Because I collect slipjoint and treasure each one