Really what that means is unless someone comes up and asks me to make one for them, about twice a year I get super into it, disappear for 5-10 days, and come out with a smattering of different styles to hopefully sell.

Usually I end up making things for Christmas and birthdays to give away, so I don't actually make any money off the hobby.

There's also a pile of clothes sitting in my corner I probably won't think about again today, and I actually do need to wash dishes....

I came here to laugh, damn it!

[–] Bigoldmustard@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It’s okay to not ruin your hobby by monetizing it.

I would love to make knives but I know I’ll do it once and then spend a bunch of money on better stuff and never do it again.

My success story is drumming. I’ve been doing it 5 days a week since I bought the kit in the pandemic. People always ask me if I’m going to play in a band (I used to play guitar in a couple local go-nowhere acts). That time of my life is over for now though, I just enjoy getting incrementally better at it.

Hope the next knife you make is really dope and you feel really good about it.

[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 3 points 8 months ago

I don't do any kind of marketing beyond "oh yeah, I make knives too" and I am always fairly loose with deadlines specifically because I don't want it to feel like a job.

I never really thought to myself "I'm gonna make money off this" but I know I could if I actually tried to.

Not sure what the next knife I make will be, but I will most likely be using my forge welded 15n20/1084 billet. So regardless, it'll look pretty sweet