Can't believe it's the middle of March already. Next weekend is the first show of the season for me. The Blooming Arts Festival in Linden, TN will hopefully start out a prosperous year for this knife maker. I have been busy in the shop getting some knives ready which stared with making my own micarta handle material. The micarta turned out well, with the hippy micarta especially cool. I know I'll have to make more of this as it seems to tickle a lot of people's fancy. There will be 12-15 knives on the table along with my jewelry. This show, last year, was my first real show and was considered a success. So many nice people came by our tent to check out my wares. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and bestow upon us a wonderful sunny day.
More to come following the show.
Last year for my son's birthday I made a belt buckle for him. It was designed with one of his passions in mind. That passion is bicycle riding. As for me I put on way too miles as a kid and those seats aren't very comfy to this old tush. I'll leave the riding to those that enjoy it. After aquiring some old bike gears I set out to create a buckle he might like. It took a bit of gear swapping until I found the combination I was looking for. A few of the gear teeth had to be cut off the top and bottom of the piece so his belly wouldn't be punctured. Next I had to weld on a bar to attach the belt to and a hook for the hole. It was actually after Sam's birthday before it was sent to the chrome plater. There it sat for almost 4 months. Well I just got it back and it looks AWESOME! I really hope he likes it. He should get the package on March 12th. The picture doesn't quite do it justice.
Well that's it for now. We'll be back soon to show some of the finished knives and sheaths before they go to the show.
Earlier today Japan had an 8.9 earthquake and tsunami that wiped out a lot of stuff. Maybe that old end-of-the-world-thing actually is happening.
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