Greetings, folks! It’s
been a while hasn’t it. I hope everyone
is doing well and enjoying their adventures in woodcarving.
As most of you know, I have been making woodcarving knives
and gouges for about five years now as an enjoyable hobby and a small side
business. The fabrication of these tools
has brought me a lot of satisfaction and pleasure, not to mention the joy I
have received from hundreds of happy customers.
With a heavy heart, I have decided to stop taking custom orders for
knives and palm tools. This decision was
certainly not made lightly as I have enjoyed having a hobby that has been able
to pay for itself.
The main reason for me coming to this decision was simply a shift
in my personal interests. Although I
have enjoyed making these woodcarving tools in the past, my interests have
evolved into making custom folding knives.
I find that I enjoy my time much better and find even richer rewards in
making my folders than I ever did making woodcarving tools. And, since this is my hobby, I guess I get to
choose how I spend my limited number of spare hours in the week.
I still have quite a few handles cut out and blade steel in
my shop, so I will periodically post tools on the “Available Tools” page when I
get the inclination to make a carving tool or two. I will also take requests, so if you are just
dying to own a particular tool, drop me an email and I will do my best to make
one to your specs the next time I work on woodcarving tools.
I would also like to invite you to visit my new blog at Robinson Edge
where you can follow me on my new adventures into the world of custom folding
knives. I even have a few of my knives
on that site posted for sale if you are interested. I will continue to post the occasional
woodcarving here and will also leave up all of the previous posts and tutorials
for everyone to use. I want to offer a
great big thanks to all those who have purchased my knives and gouges and I
hope they continue to make mountains of chips for year to come.
