“Live a life you don’t need a vacation from” that's how Greg describes his life and his 38 years of knifemaking. He lives on a ranch in Kitscoty, Alberta and is a full-time knifemaker. He sells his knives internationally, with a large portion to collectors. He has 13.2K Instagram followers and has been featured in several knifemaking magazines. Many of his knives have been reviewed on YouTube. He says he feels blessed that he has a career where he can be an artist, a craftsman and a businessman and still have time to enjoy many outdoor hobbies.
Featured Knifemakers
Steve Vanderkolff
“Some folks have the privilege of growing up in a household with tools, and some of us grow up where a screwdriver is used only for opening paint cans”. Steve’s journey in knifemaking began with a blank canvas and an empty work bench. It all started back in the mid nineties when he went to The House of Knives to get a set of throwing knives. They wanted $60 for a set of three knives, ridiculously expensive, so he decided he would attempt to make his own. He went out and bought a piece of Home Depot mild steel and a bench grinder. That was the first step on the road to his ongoing addiction. He went through the standard progression from hunters to bowies to almost swords then back down the size range all the way to 5½” fixed pocket carry gentleman’s knives. At this point he has progressed to folders and is busy exploring the variations available to that genre.
Del Corsi
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 Landry-Doran
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 Skaar
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 Greer
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 Daigle
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 Jones
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
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
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”.