What is Handmade?
Handmade also creates a lot of debate. For me, handmade means that I controlled every aspect of the making of the knife. Nothing is performed by a machine without me being involved. I use machines to assist me in my knifemaking. The machine does not do the work, I do. For example, my grinder does not grind the blade, I do. The grinder does nothing but make a piece of sandpaper move quickly. It is my ability, knowledge and skill that moves a piece of steel against this moving sandpaper to create the knife. Machine made would be similar to putting a piece of steel in one end and having a knife come out the other. Many knifemakers consider the use of CNC controlled machines to make a knife not handmade since the machine controls the operation.
