About WalkeR

Whether it was with blocks, Legos, drawings, I’ve looked at the world around me and then processed the information through my hands. Some of my earliest memories are days in my dad’s wood shop carving things with a chisel or drilling holes in random wooden blocks. About three years ago, I was inspired by a YouTube video by The King of Random explaining How to Make A Mini Metal Foundry for melting aluminum cans and brass bullet shells. With this video as my guide, Christmas money in my pocket, and a trip to the hardware store, My backyard was now ready to melt my dad’s empty beer cans and old bullet brass bullet shells (make certain they are empty)l in my backyard. Lots of aluminum fish molded from a steel cornbread pan and it wasn’t long before I was itching to melt copper. Since my little .furnace was not hot enough, I went back to YouTube, found some investors (also known as Mom and Dad), ordered parts online, and built a new furnace with fire brick and mortar. The heat was fun, but casting metal was challenging and the required mold material to make a quality casting was out of my budget.

YouTube came to the rescue when a video on knife making video showed how my furnace and materials I already had; could take me into a new direction. A little extra money enabled me to order some steel and pins; and my dad donated some burl wood for the handle. A week later, I finished my first knife. The blade was crude the handle was rough but I loved it. I was hooked. A month later, I received a commission for a Japanese chef's knife and within a year from building my first furnace, I was taking orders for Christmas knives and investing the proceeds into new tools and materials. A trip with my Dad to Blade Show in 2018, only 8 months after my first knife, inspired me to craft a short sword and my first damascus blade. Two years in, a science fair win for a style of heat treating, and I am still at it, determined to push my skills and attention to details with each knife. I am young and new to the craft, but I am determined.

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