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Originally Posted by jimmontg
I looked and saw where you're located and thought you might try some of your local community colleges for knife forging classes. I used to live in Burnsville north of Asheville and my local cc had classes not only in knife forging, but blacksmithing. Blacksmithing is another way to make some extra money if your son is looking to make a living, because making knives isn't going to be a good career choice unless he makes it big. Most knifemakers have a second source of income or an understanding working wife. I do more leather work than knives by a large margin plus I'm retired.
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Oh we are not looking to start a business. It's just a hobby. Personally I would like to make very nice presentable kitchen and belt knives to give as gifts to my family. That is my goal. My oldest son is 25 already does blacksmithing as a hobby, we have a forge, it is a Farriers forge, not ideal for knife making, but it has worked for the last few years. Both my older boys grind out knives with sanders in the shop using extension cords, but i put in 220 outlets to get a variable speed grinder with more mojo. I want to get involved now that my shop has power and well, i have a lot more purchasing power than they do.
I do not want to spend 3500 on one of Wuertz's machines. For a grinder with a VFW i was thinking around $1500 for a new unit, but i thought someone may have a gently used unit they can part with.
Are the OBM units good for what i want to do or would you say a KMG is the baseline?
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