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Just a small sample of the many many people who have taken the time to help me in my journey.
First and foremost, I've got to throw a huge thanks to Mike and the guys over at @SpectrumEnergetics. Mike has had to put up with me for a couple years now and is always willing to listen to my silly ideas and take my napkin drawings and convert them to absolutely amazing pieces. It's a surreal experience to actually hold something in your hand that was only a napkin drawing 2 months ago. Thanks, man.
Mike and Sue over at @GraymanKnives are absolutely wonderful people and their knives are 100% battle ready. I have used and abused this knife (including batoning firewood) and it's still going strong. I've had the pleasure of talking with Sue a couple times and let me tell you, their reputation of being some of the most stand up people in this industry is 100% on point. She's also one of the few that actually take the time to comment on all of the photos of their knives. Just that small gesture is appreciated and goes a long way.
Keith over at @CombatBeads has spent a lot of his time to give me advice or help with anything from tumbling titanium to sandblasting setups and so much more. Such a stand up dude. When Keith was first starting out with his CombatBead line he sent me one of his copper battleworn beads along with a small leather tag ... both of which are still on my keychain years later.
Like Keith, Adam from @Rustic.EDC is another one of those selfless guys that's doing this for the love of the community and has dropped what he was doing several times to help me out. Another pillar in our amazing EDC community. These pocket states that he's doing are simply amazing and such a clever idea.
I have a few pens from Ricky over at @HollowPointDesigns but this little .300blk is by far my most used. I have a wallet with space for my Victorinox Cadet and this pen so it's one of my few literal every day carry items. Ricky is another one of those makers that took the time to give me a lot of help and pointers when I was first starting out.
Kyle from @PocketToolWorks makes some amazing prybars and other small pocket multitools and is another guy that's taken the time to help me out when I was first starting to mess with titanium. It doesn't look like he's as active as he used to be but he makes some killer stuff so definitely check out his website.
The copper coin from Mark over at @fromdustgoods is another literal EDC item. It's in my pocket every day. Mark, like a lot of other makers I've had the pleasure of working with, did some work on a few of my Mudder Jeep tools that came out amazing. "I will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."" -Psalm 91:2
And last but not least, my man Zorris from @uzinhanks. I've had the pleasure of speaking with him on multiple occasions and the dude is straight legit. The hanks he's doing aren't just thrown together pieces of fabric. He sources his fabric from some off the wall places and he makes sure he's telling a story with each one. A lot of care goes into each one. He's making things happen over on his side of IG and is getting some big names together for some absolte wicked collabs. For example, go back and look at that crazy sick ano @multiwolf48 did to one of my CenterBrass tools. That was all because of the work Zorris put in to get us two in touch.
As I said before, this is a tiny tiny sample of the people I've had the pleasure of working with. This may be a small community but the people in it are the absolute best of the best and I can't imagine being anywhere else!
thanKful
Just a small sample of the many many people who have taken the time to help me in my journey.
First and foremost, I've got to throw a huge thanks to Mike and the guys over at @SpectrumEnergetics. Mike has had to put up with me for a couple years now and is always willing to listen to my silly ideas and take my napkin drawings and convert them to absolutely amazing pieces. It's a surreal experience to actually hold something in your hand that was only a napkin drawing 2 months ago. Thanks, man.
Mike and Sue over at @GraymanKnives are absolutely wonderful people and their knives are 100% battle ready. I have used and abused this knife (including batoning firewood) and it's still going strong. I've had the pleasure of talking with Sue a couple times and let me tell you, their reputation of being some of the most stand up people in this industry is 100% on point. She's also one of the few that actually take the time to comment on all of the photos of their knives. Just that small gesture is appreciated and goes a long way.
Keith over at @CombatBeads has spent a lot of his time to give me advice or help with anything from tumbling titanium to sandblasting setups and so much more. Such a stand up dude. When Keith was first starting out with his CombatBead line he sent me one of his copper battleworn beads along with a small leather tag ... both of which are still on my keychain years later.
Like Keith, Adam from @Rustic.EDC is another one of those selfless guys that's doing this for the love of the community and has dropped what he was doing several times to help me out. Another pillar in our amazing EDC community. These pocket states that he's doing are simply amazing and such a clever idea.
I have a few pens from Ricky over at @HollowPointDesigns but this little .300blk is by far my most used. I have a wallet with space for my Victorinox Cadet and this pen so it's one of my few literal every day carry items. Ricky is another one of those makers that took the time to give me a lot of help and pointers when I was first starting out.
Kyle from @PocketToolWorks makes some amazing prybars and other small pocket multitools and is another guy that's taken the time to help me out when I was first starting to mess with titanium. It doesn't look like he's as active as he used to be but he makes some killer stuff so definitely check out his website.
The copper coin from Mark over at @fromdustgoods is another literal EDC item. It's in my pocket every day. Mark, like a lot of other makers I've had the pleasure of working with, did some work on a few of my Mudder Jeep tools that came out amazing. "I will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."" -Psalm 91:2
And last but not least, my man Zorris from @uzinhanks. I've had the pleasure of speaking with him on multiple occasions and the dude is straight legit. The hanks he's doing aren't just thrown together pieces of fabric. He sources his fabric from some off the wall places and he makes sure he's telling a story with each one. A lot of care goes into each one. He's making things happen over on his side of IG and is getting some big names together for some absolte wicked collabs. For example, go back and look at that crazy sick ano @multiwolf48 did to one of my CenterBrass tools. That was all because of the work Zorris put in to get us two in touch.
As I said before, this is a tiny tiny sample of the people I've had the pleasure of working with. This may be a small community but the people in it are the absolute best of the best and I can't imagine being anywhere else!