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So here's the latest and the greatest from the shop of T.M.Hunt. Things have been going pretty well around the shop. Orders are being placed, orders are going out, almost like its a business around here or sumthin! 
Sometimes I get a little behind and when that happens, I stress pretty hard about it. Im always trying to think about how to be more efficient and faster without sacrificing anything that I have been so insistent about over the last few years.....
Most of you know by good buddy Murph is a very common sight here in my shop, he's been with me for a long time and helps me immensely doing just about everything you can think of involving getting knives out the door. As well as my Dad who has probably been worked harder than hes wanted to from time to time around here, but all for the cause. Besides them, its very hard to get people here to help me do what I do. You dont necessarily hit the ground running here. I'm too picky and insistent on doing things and getting things done a certain way. (Ask Murph) but its all because I have a vision for how my products perform, look, fit you name it, I worry about since my name is on the side of it.
So, lets go back to a chance meeting Murph had with one Allen Morrison a few short months ago. Those of you that know Murph knows he likes to eat, likes to drink, and loves to flap his jaws when their not doing either of the other two. That all played to our hand when a conversation between him and Allen started when they where both eating lunch at one of their favorite pizza joints just a couple of miles down the road. They talked about hiking, military, motorcyles and eventually the talk came to knives. Well you can imagine what that all started. A couple weeks later, Allen contacted me and asked about a apprenticeship. Now I've had a couple of people ask about it before, but once they found out its hard work and I wasnt going to give them free reign of my shop and fill their pockets with money, they all declined, so, I didn't take him seriously. Instead, I gave him a list of rules and expectations that I figured would scare him off. But to my suprise, he accepted, so Murph and I invited him over one night for a meet and greet, drank a few beers, gave him some shit to see if he was thick skinned enough to put up with us and we came to the conclusion that we liked him immediately. (Just don't tell him that,)
I figured the place where he could start out and be most helpful is buy helping me do my sheaths. I do all of my own leather work and it gets to be a full time job of its own. Allen came over a few times and the more he was over the more he started asking about kydex. Well, I don't do kydex. Don't have the time, and theres to many talented people out there doing it for me to get into it. However, I do have some of the equipment laying around for small projects, so Allen tried his hand at it and has gotten very good, very fast.
Now my ultimate goal is to employ a small group of craftsmen to where each one has a highly developed skillset all of which come together on whatever products come out of my shop, not just knives, but all of the things I have planned in the future as well (stay tuned) so, instead of trying to mold Allen into what I wanted him to do. Since we havnt been able to run him off, we decided to provide him with some equipment and see what he can do.....
So, first of all meet Allen (Trap here on the forums) oh, and by the way, today is his birthday!
Here's a little taste of the kydex work that he's been learning and doing here in the shop.
Here is a good assortment. Several sheaths including new neck rigs for the Hornets, waste carry for setup for my new "ringpop" self defense nuck, working on a few different variations of card/money clip wallets, and even making some gun holsters that he's even set up customers for.
Heres the goods he's doing it with, all tucked into a small corner in my shop that he has seemed to take over. We decided to go a little bit different route with how where doing things. I wanted more versatility on what we could do, so we are vacuum forming everything. The heat press is awesome for heating the kydex, its digitally controlled on its heat and has a build in timer so we can't really screw it up. Then it goes to the vacuum table and then turn on the vacuum pump and that's pretty much it.
Proud pappa in his smiling glory.
Don't make too much fun of him, he packs, holster made today out of scrap material.
So, as you can see, in the last couple of months it has progressed well. These are just a few pics of assorted projects. I expect he will add more since he takes shoots of pretty much everything he does. Give him a warm welcome guys/gals. He will be a great addition to this community we all love so much!
Sometimes I get a little behind and when that happens, I stress pretty hard about it. Im always trying to think about how to be more efficient and faster without sacrificing anything that I have been so insistent about over the last few years.....Most of you know by good buddy Murph is a very common sight here in my shop, he's been with me for a long time and helps me immensely doing just about everything you can think of involving getting knives out the door. As well as my Dad who has probably been worked harder than hes wanted to from time to time around here, but all for the cause. Besides them, its very hard to get people here to help me do what I do. You dont necessarily hit the ground running here. I'm too picky and insistent on doing things and getting things done a certain way. (Ask Murph) but its all because I have a vision for how my products perform, look, fit you name it, I worry about since my name is on the side of it.
So, lets go back to a chance meeting Murph had with one Allen Morrison a few short months ago. Those of you that know Murph knows he likes to eat, likes to drink, and loves to flap his jaws when their not doing either of the other two. That all played to our hand when a conversation between him and Allen started when they where both eating lunch at one of their favorite pizza joints just a couple of miles down the road. They talked about hiking, military, motorcyles and eventually the talk came to knives. Well you can imagine what that all started. A couple weeks later, Allen contacted me and asked about a apprenticeship. Now I've had a couple of people ask about it before, but once they found out its hard work and I wasnt going to give them free reign of my shop and fill their pockets with money, they all declined, so, I didn't take him seriously. Instead, I gave him a list of rules and expectations that I figured would scare him off. But to my suprise, he accepted, so Murph and I invited him over one night for a meet and greet, drank a few beers, gave him some shit to see if he was thick skinned enough to put up with us and we came to the conclusion that we liked him immediately. (Just don't tell him that,)
I figured the place where he could start out and be most helpful is buy helping me do my sheaths. I do all of my own leather work and it gets to be a full time job of its own. Allen came over a few times and the more he was over the more he started asking about kydex. Well, I don't do kydex. Don't have the time, and theres to many talented people out there doing it for me to get into it. However, I do have some of the equipment laying around for small projects, so Allen tried his hand at it and has gotten very good, very fast.
Now my ultimate goal is to employ a small group of craftsmen to where each one has a highly developed skillset all of which come together on whatever products come out of my shop, not just knives, but all of the things I have planned in the future as well (stay tuned) so, instead of trying to mold Allen into what I wanted him to do. Since we havnt been able to run him off, we decided to provide him with some equipment and see what he can do.....
So, first of all meet Allen (Trap here on the forums) oh, and by the way, today is his birthday!
Here's a little taste of the kydex work that he's been learning and doing here in the shop.
Here is a good assortment. Several sheaths including new neck rigs for the Hornets, waste carry for setup for my new "ringpop" self defense nuck, working on a few different variations of card/money clip wallets, and even making some gun holsters that he's even set up customers for.
Heres the goods he's doing it with, all tucked into a small corner in my shop that he has seemed to take over. We decided to go a little bit different route with how where doing things. I wanted more versatility on what we could do, so we are vacuum forming everything. The heat press is awesome for heating the kydex, its digitally controlled on its heat and has a build in timer so we can't really screw it up. Then it goes to the vacuum table and then turn on the vacuum pump and that's pretty much it.
Proud pappa in his smiling glory.
Don't make too much fun of him, he packs, holster made today out of scrap material.
So, as you can see, in the last couple of months it has progressed well. These are just a few pics of assorted projects. I expect he will add more since he takes shoots of pretty much everything he does. Give him a warm welcome guys/gals. He will be a great addition to this community we all love so much!
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