Validation

At the Home and Garden show in April, held at the National Guard armor in Waynesboro, I met Becky Jane Newbold of Validity magazine. She asked if Arcadia Knives would be interested in doing an interview for the magazine. As we talked I tried to put the interview off for a while due to construction at work and many other reasons. Again in June I was totally involved with the knife set for my son’s wedding gift. So in October I finally talked with Cody from Validity and did a phone interview. The questions were easy to answer and I felt very comfortable talking to her about making my knives.
 

I thought the article was going to be in the November issue but it apparently was too late to get it in. With great anticipation I waited for the December issue, the Christmas issue, to arrive at Wayne County Chamber of Commerce. As luck would have it, when I stopped in to see if the magazine had arrived, Becky Jane was there and had a bunch of copies with her.

The article was really nice. They were nice enough to put a few pictures in and made me look WAY better than I am. I am so happy it came out this well. Thank You Becky Jane and Validity magazine for validating my work and the work of all the other great artisans in the area.  Keep up the good work.

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2014 started out with my cat having an abscess on her face and needing surgery. I reckon that’s how the year is going to end for me also. Animals! Kato had to be taken to the animal hospital this week with a bite to her face and an abscess over her eye. Here she is knocked out and waiting for the vet to take care of her.  She’s so lucky she catches mice around here to earn some of that hospital bill. Although most people don’t use dead mice as currency. On the bright side, she doesn’t have to wear that awefull cone on her head, bad side is cats don’t like to have medicine injected into holes in their head.  What am i going to do with her?

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I recently got a call from a local lady that wanted some of my bottle stoppers to give as Christmas gifts. These are what I came up with during a long evening working at the wood lathe. They were delivered today and hope they make everyone happy when they are received.

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P.S. As I was writing this post I got a call from a returning customer looking for a pair of Bird and Trout knives for him and his son. He has already bought four of my knives over the last few years and I look forward to making as many knives for him as he wants.  You can never have too many knives.

See y'all this weekend at The Farm Holiday Bazaar in Summertown, TN.  Saturday from 9-4 and Sunday from 12-4.