So you want to be a knife maker

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I often am asked about the business side of knife making. Here are a few quick yet very important things to thing about.

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Videos on our journey to homesteading. With a recent purchase of a little piece of the Alberta prairie, we're looking to sell our nice suburban home in search of a more meaningful life beyond chasing the "American dream" working for some big company and making someone else rich. It's not about the money, it's about getting the most value from the work I do to improving the life of my family.

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Full time knife maker = Tool rich and money poor lol

EkimKnives

The easiest way to retire early as a knife make? Retire before you start making knives!

beastlymetaldrummer

Insane coincidence. I was JUST talking about this very thing with a buddy last night. We're a couple of middle aged guys who are still trying to figure out what we want to be when we grow up, and every thing you discussed in this video was something we touched on in our chat. The thing is, my father-in-law is going to be liquidating his metal fab shop in a couple years, so I'll have access to a LOT of good gear to get a knife shop started, but I've still got to figure out if this is what I want to do for a living. I've got a couple years to figure it out, but that's not much time when it comes to putting together a not insignificant amount of capital to invest in gear all at once. I really appreciate your video, it's given me some new things to consider and a new podcast to listen to as well. Thanks!

BenRowland

This is fantastic information. I currently work at a maximum security prison and picked up blacksmithing and knife making as a hobby. My current job is fairly miserable and I am considering resigning and making knives full time. I really enjoyed this video. Inspiring and terrifying at the same time. Lots to consider.

sierrasix

I’m a knife maker on the threshold of selling my knives. You addressed a ton of my concerns. Thank you,

carolandpaulm

Being retired and a new hobbyist knife maker, I think trying to turn it into a business would take the fun out of it. When you have to worry about advertising, taxes, insurance, schedules, book keeping, sales, costs, etc...that would take the fun out of it.

glenpaul

Just set up my makeshift knife making shop in my parents shed. Wish me luck

brodyromano

Great Video thank you for all the Info, I'm about 2 yrs from retirering from the Federal Government and I'm glad I watched your video because I want to go full time knife making soon after retirement.

medevack

This goes to say for ANY maker... not just knife making. Cheers for the needed info! Time to MAKE stuff!

michaelcall

I’m making my first knife at the moment and I’m so excited. I’m only 12 but my dad has taught me to use so many tools😂

thesendits

You should do more of these business topic vids I found them super helpful thanks🤘

dom

Well said and to the point. It's never as easy as you think it will be. Once, it's a business you have to run it like it's a business. It's all about finding your niche and making it profitable.

richardbohlingsr

The business/marketing side is definitely my weakest point... I had a huge misconception that I get a following on Youtube/Instagram & my knives will sell themselves... The thing i do when looking at a knife to sell, I ask myself "would I buy this knife" if the answer is no, back to the grinder... The guy that got me into knife making is the one that really got my butt in gear... I would think I had "the perfect" knife & he would tear it apart... It stung & I would make excuses, but then get to fixing everything... Thanks for all this... have a great day... take it easy...

evaderknives

I feel the best thing to do if you want to start knife making as a profession with the intention to make money is start off small. Neck knives, friction folders, simple bushcraft/hunting blades, things that arent super time consuming or complex so that you can sell them for ~$60-$100 without it being unsustainable. It allows you to learn as well as getting your name and your work out there before investing large chunks of time and money into making quality chefs knives, daggers, bowies, or choppers. Marketing is also 90% of the game in terms of business. Leveraging social media as well as word of mouth through customers and even wearing your work when out and about to catch potential customer's eyes are all solid ways to market your work.

morgancampbell

How to retire early by working your butt off. Love your work J.

frankbusuttil

I ran a photography company for about 8 years. What you said is so true I would add quality control over prints so many potential clients just wanted a CD with photos I wouldn’t do that because of quality control my editing computer was professionally lab calibrated to the pro lab I was using so I could make measure color profiles were as close to the print as possible while editing. I had to explain to a man that Walmart doesn’t care about crop or color.

matthewtx

I know allot of people that have been fantastic at a particular hobby and after making it a business lost interest. I’m a Big fan of yours and really respect you honesty instead of pumping BS out there. Some day hope I can be able to purchase one of your masterpieces.

scotmetcalf

I started making knives for the same reason. There are so many I love, and want, and They're pretty expensive. So I started making my own, and really enjoy it. I don't sell them (I just don't think they're good enough), but I really enjoy making them.

thesuperzfamilyvlog

Great video! Something important I would like to add to this: Just because you like doing something, doesn't mean you gonna like it as a job.

It's good to remember that hobbies are mainly done for your own enjoyment and you do it for YOURSELF. But when you turn your hobby into a full time job, a lot more responsibility and time schedules are introduced, meaning now you do it for OTHERS. There's a risk that will kill your original passion.

sttonep

I'm a bit late to the party. I started as a full time knife maker after losing my job. I am a creative and love working with my hands. It's all I know really. I am a goldsmith, so the transition to knife making was quite easy for me. Nevertheless, trying to sell knives at a good price is always a problem. It was a problem in the jewellery industry too for me. Your video helped me out a lot. Thank you for that. I think marketing myself or my business is the way to go.

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