Occasionally friends, acquaintances, former customers, [...]

As with sports, scholarship, and home brewing, knife making has many levels of possible involvement. Many start out buying pre-made blades and putting handles on them. This is a good practice, and as long as the maker is honest about the fact that the blade was made by someone else, it’s perfectly respectable.

An Interview With Midwest Knife Maker Supply (updated 2020) [...]