Les,
I'd like to make a few comments, but not as a knifemaker, more a kit maker, rehandler, wannabe. I do visit a lot of knifemakers sites, all of them I can find a link for in fact.
What I like to see/not see is:
- Consistent navigation buttons. In the same location and on every page.
- Proper rendering of the site on my computer, with my browser.
- Some personal info from the maker, and a picture of himself.
- A page of available knives, those that are for sale now.
- A gallery of past work, and the prices they sold for.
- Easy on the eyes, not too much contrast, i.e. black background and bright text.
- Lot's of pictures, sorry guys, I have a fast connection.
- No animated gifs or scrolling text.
- No typos, oops, It just a personal thing with me I think (don't go scouring this post looking for them now).
I've visited your site and I like it. It doesn't render quite right using the Foxfire browser, but does using Safari (I'm using a Mac). On the "About Us" page the bottom middle photo shows up in the text, rather than under it. The navigation is consistent except on the R & D World Tour page. Some of the buttons are missing at the top.
Perhaps you didn't want specific input on your site but more general observations regarding content. If so, sorry......
That's all I have,
Mike