The materials we have available to us, allow us to make not just knives but heirlooms.
Pocket knife repairs – restorations and fixed blades
With all that in mind, stock removal uses known steels that are put through heavy rolling and other mill operations during their manufacture from crucible to the final bar.
Knives Unplugged is the name of our solar powered knife shop in the Ozarks. We offer hand made knives from Jerry W Smith USA and our line of custom kitchen cutlery marked Knives Unplugged. We also offer knife scales and handle materials made by Debbie Smith.
A knife maker can make a blade in any length, but life is short. Life is too short to be somewhere that you’re not happy, content, and feel safe. Once, I felt comfortable as a full time knife maker, I realized that I could make custom knives anywhere and wasn’t tied to a geographical location….
Knives are tools made to cut apart and separate. They can also make things like friendships, bonds, and memories that last. We weren’t at the 2010 TKCA knife show for just a few minutes when my youngest son Parker had struck up a conversation with Ruffin Johnson. Ruffin at the time, was in his 40th…
Five years of handmade knives and fun on the road. Texas is a big state, so big in fact that my Family and I spent five years traveling to shows every weekend with my knives. We met lots of great people with amazing stories. Other custom knife makers, dealers, collectors, and users all with different…
Flight 1549 (Miracle on the Hudson) was the real life event behind the creation of this handmade knife. I was contacted back in 2010 about a year after the Flight 1549 rescue on the Hudson. The customer was a Homeland Security Director, who was involved in the rescue. He said that it made him realize…
The custom knife above was used on SpikeTV’s Deadliest Warrior Season One Episode One. You never know. Way back in 2008, I made a couple of knives for a guy. In 2009 he was featured in the Deadliest Warrior premiere episode as one of the Apache Indians. The knives can be seen in the throwing…
I has been an honor over the years to have my handmade knives go on deployment with many of our armed forces. Each and every deployment knife is special. Many are ordered by fathers for their sons and daughters that are scheduled to deploy. Wanting their children to have a “Good Solid Knife” to carry…
It wasn’t long before I discovered the Loveless Style of custom knives. Not long after making the replica of the Dundee I was introduced to the Loveless Style knives by fellow knifemaker Mike Lovett. Mike had learned the Loveless way from Bob Loveless himself. The more I researched Bob and his way of making knives,…
One particular handmade knife stands out in my memory of those first few years. It was right after I started making custom knives full time. A fellow called me and wanted to know if I could make a knife just like the one in the movie “Crocodile Dundee”. Not just a knife that was large,…
