So you want to be a knife maker

Full time knife maker = Tool rich and money poor lol

Tknx Jeremy! Great video and all so true. Love your videos!

You really give straightforward outstanding information. I appreciate your honesty and the effort you put I to your content. Thank you!

People sell cheap at beginning is normal. You didnt like it because you cant sell yours. But sell for too cheap as 50$ are waste of time

The biggest thing is design a attention to detail about 90% of the custom knives I see are lacking one or the other and many lack both. Unless you're bringing something truly unique and of high quality I dont even understand why you waste your time.

I absolutely love making knives but I don't ever want to make them for a living. I never wanted to sell a single knife i have ever made but people keep seeing them and talking me into selling them one. It's not so much that I don't want to make them a knife more than I want to make what I want to make when I want to make it. If someone wants to buy one i feel like I have to make them a knife and put their knife over mine so it kinda takes the fun out of it

How to retire with a small fortune as a knife maker: start with a large fortune.

hey do you make and sell those bevel jigs ?... or a video on how to make one ? thanks

What I don't see talked about much: You can't look at what's being made and say 'Ok, I will make the same thing and try to make money, because that's what other people are making'. Then it becomes like 'Why does someone want to buy from you when they can get something almost the same from someone else?' Make your knives unique, find your niche.

It's my retirement plan, I'm making knives and some general blacksmithing and welding work, bit of machining work

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.

I'm just getting started and have done a couple knives. The one I'm on now has taken a year on and off. It's for me and I'm in no rush obviously. I honestly didn't have the tools/supplies to do what I wanted to when I started this knife. I'm a perfectionist and maybe I'm too afraid to screw things up while learning, hehe. Right now I'm practicing spline file work on scrap. But I'm not confident enough to do the blade I'm working on yet. Filming it just seems like it would add a lot of time and effort. But what you are saying makes sense. And I appreciate the effort you put into this video. Merry Christmas to you and yours!

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.

Do a forged in fire style brutal torture test see if the blade damages easy

Can you also do video about photography

I love your advice...word of mouth is more than enough for me. I grind one day a week due to full time job. Also don't be afraid to turn people away if your schedule is busy unless they're willing to wait.

Very, very informative video. Lots of food for thought. Thanks.

Great post! Love it.

Love the knife you made👍

I'm a knife maker😁

Very useful and nice video, thank you for that! Everything is said very true and correct! Everyone to think and make the right decision for themselves! Thank you that there are people like you who "OPEN THE EYES" of other people thanks to your personal experience! Including for me!
thank you💯👍

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.

How do you learn knife making?

Literally a perfect video.

Great video. Not negative at all. I have been making knives for 2 years and I am taking the plunge. Quitting a full-time IT job, seeking part-time employment in community affairs, the other half of my week ( plus weekends) will be knife making. SUPER STOKED!

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.

I’ve been making knives and giving them away lol , I just like doing it , some ppl say I should sell them I say ok 300$ , they say no how 100$ I say if it ain’t worth 300 $ I loss money , might as well give them to ppl I love

Unless you really just want something custom, like a specific design made just for you, I just cant convince myself to buy a knife from a 'mom and pop' knife maker (especially since most carry a lofty price) because I buy most of my knives as a tool first. As you said, there's not a great way to know if the knives someone makes are actually good tools. The maker wants to get paid for their time, but did that time produce a knife that's worth that much money? Harder to say. For me, custom knives are sold and priced more like art.

Love your photography bit!! Coming from a full time photographer who just started grinding.

What kind of insurance do you use for knife making?

Thank you for this video and these valuable tips

Awesome advice! I have been a pro photog since 2010 and started knives about 2 years ago. spot on!

thanks man ,)

Great video dude

I am a knives Maker

Hello buddy I was wondering if you can make a vid on all the heating processes I can’t get my head around it

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😂

Whether you are selling knives, decorating services, artwork, woodwork or otherwise, the selling price should reflect the end product. So when it comes to knives, if you have a good product, price it accordingly. For some knife makers it may take 20 hours to produce a functional piece of junk, but for others that 20 hours may produce a tool that is a thing of beauty that will last a lifetime. Ultimately the knife buying public will determine what they wish to spend their money on. 😉

I’m 13 and if I sell for £30 and buy Steel for 20 and spend 9 hours making I would be happy

This is good advice especialy right now in this economy....
Seems like everyone is jumping at starting a new career after covid.
I will add a few things that may help someone.
Years ago I thought "man I'm going to buy a plasma table and start a business plasma cutting".
So I did and to my surprise or maybe even ignorance...I found myself doing everything under the sun with that business. Things I never thought I would do or even wanted to.
I became a very proficient welder in all forms... a pro painter and metal finisher "even in the rain"..
Learned how to run a grinder till the cows came home and left again..
Learned how to literally work 48 plus hours non stop to finish a project due to the lack of finding quality help!
Learned how to be a computer programmer and trouble shooter.
Learned how to repair that equipment to keep it running during critical jobs "customer waiting on me to finish".
Learning how to deal with wacko customers "this will happen I guarantee it".
Trying to source materials and supplies when out of stock everywhere..
Learned how to finish a job with metal slivers in my eye's for day's "more than one occasion and don't reccomend"
I learned how to pull rabbits out of my @$$ to make it all work.
This doesn't even touch the advertising side or how to get your name out there.
My point is.. Be willing to learn more than you ever factored in, don't ever start thinking you are the best at it, (someone is always better with more equipment).
Be willing to push yourself and your skills, it will pay off eventually.
Be willing to wear many hats, sometimes all at once.
I still do plasma cutting and 15 years later that plasma table "went through several" is maybe 5% of the entire circle when I thought it was going to be 95%.
I now forge and make knives too and all that I mentioned still applies to that as well.
It's not easy but still beats punching a timeclock and spending time pretending to worry about someon elses business "did that too".
If you can do all this and still say I like it at the end of the day, your doing okay!

My knives are good enough to sell because I learned from Mr. Simple. 😂

I’ve recently decided that this is the path I want to pursue,, knife making and sharpening,, I’m new to both and new to YouTubing,, any advice for a Rookie ??

Awesome thanks

Great advice im currently unable to work full time due to poor health so knife making is something I can do when I'm well enough and make a couple of extra dollars

This is great info. Applies to everything. Not just knives. Take pride in your work and you can dictate your future.

I’ve been working on my first knife for over 10 hours now lol

great video, love your channel!

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.

You are look like a cooker