Hay guys I'm new to the forum and I have been making knives for 15 years. I'm new at this forum thing and would appreciate any advice for promoting my knives.

Very nice. Have you tried the table at a larger gun show route?

Another knifemaker on here donates to charity auctions and seems to gain interest by doing that.

Posting them for sale in the classifieds section on here works well. The knife section isn’t for selling, but over the years some people incessantly bump their own threads all the time to get around it. That behavior is a turn off for me. That’s my

Back when I did not know beans about knives...........



Russell Green River kit blades with African Blackwood scales. All from the same purveyor.


I am not a maker, rather a collector/user that buys custom knives. At one point I counted over 200.

So, here are a few thoughts from this buyer/collector/user’s perspective.

Every picture tells a story.



EDC kit blade w/ Cocobolo Scales




Ready to head to Rosa's Cantina!




The Dragon's Kiss: Quillon Dagger by Mike Walker, ABS Master Smith, leaf pattern damascus. Sheath by moi'.

Anywho, you sell the sizzle, not the steak.

I'd say put up your work with an interesting photo spread, and details on Hunting forums, Blade Forums, Instagram and FaceBook.

Perhaps upload videos to YouTube and provide links showing your creations being used.

O'Neil custom Nessmuk, A2 steel, spalted pecan scales



Folks that are interested will contact you.

Most of my customs were purchased due to pics posted by members of differing gun/hunting forums. I would later contact them to discuss a commission.

At the zenith of my collecting/using, I had 50+ customs by one maker. It started with him contacting me. He said,” I like your pictures, I'd like to make you a knife.” He did, and charged full price. We developed a friendship and I like to think that I helped put his daughters through school. LOL. Kinda like being an addict and he was my dealer.

I now count a number of makers as friends. These days it’s more about life than knives. Course there always is a bit of knife palaver, ones the worlds troubles have been solved, and as always, I’m just one knife away from being satisfied.

Ya!

GWB

I can you guys one thing you can count on, David Fleming is one hell of a knife maker. He's a cut above the rest. He and I have sold on Cowboy Knife Auctions on Facebook for several years and he has a heck of a following. Teskey's in Weatherford sells his knives. We full time knife makers are always looking for other avenues to sell and promote our work. I told David about this forum; I've been on here for years and have some loyal customers that came from selling here.

David, post some of your knives in the classifieds, you will amaze them with your work.

I encourage you if you have a Facebook account to go to his page and see the impeccable work he does. I've provided a link below.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560203432585

David, you can take Geedubya's advice to the bank. True fact.

DAVID just post in the classified. Lots and know it all's on this page.

https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/forums/2/1/trading-post-swap-classifieds

Thank you Bob

Welcome sir! Look forward to seeing your work