Del Corsi is a knifemaker, an educator, and a tireless promoter of other knifemakers. He lives in Kamloops, BC. He has been a knifemaker for close to 35 years and during that time he has written countless articles for Knife Magazine and other publications.
He has interviewed numerous legendary knifemakers such as Stephen(SRJ) Johnson, Mike Tyre, Wolfgang Loerchner, and Gaetan Beauchamp.
Mark divides his time between making knives, teaching knife-making classes, making Damascus, engraving, and leather work, and learning advanced skills from other skilled craftsmen, engravers, and Master Smith knife makers whenever he can.
Ernest strives for perfection and outstanding craftsmanship in everything he does. Knifemaking has become Ernest’s hobby and business. He makes hunters, skinnners, filet, chef, and folder knives. He says what he likes most is the “creativity, artisanship, and striving for perfection with every knife”.
Gary says there are hundreds of ways to make a knife and when making an art knife, he will often take several weeks just to design it. All his designs take into account ergonomic principles.
Corey has been making knives for 25 years. His interest in knifemaking dates back as far as he can remember. His first memories are of his Grandfather making knives out of used saw blades.
Nathan is one of Canada’s most northern Knifemakers. He lives in the Central Arctic in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut with a population just under 3,000. There are no roads, trees, mountains but the tundra has its own beauty with many lakes, rivers and it’s right on the Hudson Bay. When Nathan started knifemaking in 2014, he thought it would be strictly a hobby but over the years he has sold many knives to local hunters and fishermen as well as to friends in other parts of Canada and some customers from his Instagram account. He makes about 10-15 knives per year.
Burt Flanagan, an accomplished knifemaker and Paragon’s Product Line Manager. He lives in Whitewright, Texas, but offices in Mesquite, Texas, the home of Paragon Industries. He has become an expert in slipjoint knives and he's now challenging himself to perfecting integral liners, with the bolster and liner in one piece, and multi-blade slipjoints.
Tanner Dannish has been a full time knifemaker for four years. When asked what he likes most about knifemaking he replied “in today’s world there is something almost primal about using old skills such as blacksmithing to make tools that last a lifetime… it just feels right”.
Roger has a “builder’s eye” for design and does not use blue prints instead he draws out the design on the steel and starts to grind. He has a natural ability for grinding blades and adapts as he goes along.
Ed Storch calls himself a “Master Cutler” because he not only makes specialty knives of exacting workmanship, he also refurbishes, repairs, and sharpens cutlery. It all started in his early teens when he liked making tools. That led him to become a Blacksmith in the mid-1960s.
