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Permalink Reply by Herman Drake on March 4, 2020 at 13:41

Thanks for the advice 

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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Gary Yarbrough on September 6, 2021 at 21:19

Thank you

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Permalink Reply by harry e karmun on November 3, 2021 at 9:40

hello   i never heard of "ruana knives " until my friend showed me some . anybody know anything about them ?

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Permalink Reply by Andy Moon on November 21, 2021 at 0:11

Hi Harry - 

I have never owned one, but here is a link to their web site, specifically the "about us" page - USA made in Bonner Montana.

https://www.ruanaknives.com/aboutus

best 

mqqn

harry e karmun said:

hello   i never heard of "ruana knives " until my friend showed me some . anybody know anything about them ?

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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Jason Bowman on June 27, 2024 at 9:25

Hi, thanks for adding me. It looks like a lot of activity here is pretty old. I have been away from the knife world for a while. There used to a club in my area that had monthly meetings and hosted a knife show every year. Now it looks like neither is a thing anymore. I got involved with knifemaking in middle school, which led to a blacksmiths appreticeship, tool and die, and welding, and eventually into millwrighting. I ran an ornamental iron business for close to ten years until finances took me into industry and I spent most of the last 20 years traveling the country building all varieties of manufacturing plants and rebuilding machinery. Now I am finally back in my own shop and getting to play with knives again. Things have changed a LOT in the custom knife world since I had to turn down a different path all those years ago. There is quite a lot to adjust to now, but it seems like knife shows are no longer happening around me- are there still knife shows?  Are there still knife clubs? Is everyone just online? Well I do have better toys to play with now at least... The photo is a folder I made for my dad in my jr year of high school. I got electric out in the shop the following year, and this was the project that led me to finnally buy a drill press

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on July 1, 2024 at 12:04

Jason,

Best way to find out what is happening near you https://www.knifemagazine.com/events/map/

There are still knife shows, fewer each year, same with active clubs.

We do have a good deal of older material here, we house an extremely large amount of knife facts and info for research. There are also groups that are currently active and over the years those seem to rotate and change some

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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Andy Larrison on July 2, 2024 at 6:51

First off.....WoW.....that folder looks amazing!!  Like Jan said, knife clubs and shows aren't like they used to be.  There are lots of crazy...good and bad knife groups on Facebook....which also leads to lots and lots of scammers too.  If that knife you pictured is something you did well over 20 years ago, I'm anxious to see what types of items you produce nowadays.  

Welcome and please share your work.

Andy

Jason Bowman said:

Hi, thanks for adding me. It looks like a lot of activity here is pretty old. I have been away from the knife world for a while. There used to a club in my area that had monthly meetings and hosted a knife show every year. Now it looks like neither is a thing anymore. I got involved with knifemaking in middle school, which led to a blacksmiths appreticeship, tool and die, and welding, and eventually into millwrighting. I ran an ornamental iron business for close to ten years until finances took me into industry and I spent most of the last 20 years traveling the country building all varieties of manufacturing plants and rebuilding machinery. Now I am finally back in my own shop and getting to play with knives again. Things have changed a LOT in the custom knife world since I had to turn down a different path all those years ago. There is quite a lot to adjust to now, but it seems like knife shows are no longer happening around me- are there still knife shows?  Are there still knife clubs? Is everyone just online? Well I do have better toys to play with now at least... The photo is a folder I made for my dad in my jr year of high school. I got electric out in the shop the following year, and this was the project that led me to finnally buy a drill press

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