If you're a knifemaker, this site is the ultimate form of Internet advertising. If you're a custom knife collector, it is the ultimate resource - a database of custom knifemakers, if you will. Many times, a specific makers page will get lost on the web. They'll find that among the barrage of custom knife sites available today, their site is but one that may never be discovered by a potential customer, especially if a person is using a search engine and doesn't type the makers name directly into the browser! Even then, It's more than likely nothing will come up. This is extremely unfortunate because some of the best knives out there are on small sites like these! One of the biggest aims of this site is to bring all the smaller custom knife sites on the web together in one place where they're sure not to be missed! I charge absolutely nothing toward any knifemaker for advertising his link in our database on this site. I know it sounds too good to be true, but I feel the knifemaker has the hard end of the job (although I don't know one who considers it a job over a passion). After all, without them, we wouldn't have a hobby! This site is in its infancy, but I expect it to keep growing as I put a lot of work into it on a daily basis and I'm a firm believer, as I'm sure many knifemakers are, that you get out what you put into something.
Our dedicated team at Knifemakers Database offers a variety of services to knifemakers including but not limited to - custom knife consignment, advertising services such as links, banners, and full page portfolios, web site construction, custom knife photography services and graphic design services just to name a few. If you are interested in any of our services or just want to learn a little more about what we can do for you and your business, feel free to contact any of our departments through our contact page. We will be setting up a "services" page in the near future as well in order to provide you with more detailed information.
Beside the services we offer to the custom knife community, we will also be working with knifemakers to bring our visitors some of the best quality custom knives available on the Internet. While our selection is small at the moment, it will grow in the future as we expand the site . As a custom knife purveyor, we follow a strict set of rules to assure total satisfaction in each and everyone of our clients. Our moto is Honesty, Integrity and Loyalty before Material, Money and Self. The fact is that most purveyors on the Internet buy knives from custom knifemakers and then offer them up for sale at a slightly higher rate. The premium (their profit) that you pay is for the immidiate availablity of the knife you want. Most of the time, when you order a custom knife from a knifemaker, it can take weeks, if not months for the knife to be ready depending on the current demand for that makers knives. The higher the demand, the harder it is to get a knife from that knifemaker. The harder it is to get a knife, the more a purveyor can charge for having that knife immidiately available. This is not a bad thing - You can expect to pay a premium for an immdiately available knife because time is litterally money. If it were not for the purveyors who buy the knives on their sites from the knifemakers, it would be extremely hard for many of the knifemakers out there to make a business out of what they do. It would in turn be even harder to get the knife you want - when you want it.
The bad thing is when the cost of a knife is blown way out of proportion due to this premium. It is therefore of the utmost importance to know who you're buying from as well as what the average cost of the knife in question would be, if ordered directly from the knifemaker. Some of the knives on our site may include this form of profit. Many may not. It all depends on what we can get the knives for. At knifemakersdatabase.com, we strive to form a genuine relationship with the knifemakers we work with in order to get you , our client, the best price possible on the knife you want. As our customer, you can expect to be treated as if you were our best customer, every time. We have no qualms about directing you to another purveyor if we don't have what you want, so let us know what you want! We also list the knifemakers sites in our database so you can easily see what they charge for a knife of the same type - and how long the wait may be. We also place a "Custom Knives Available" link next to knifemakers in our database who may have knives available at the time. It's all about getting you what you want.
As mentioned before, we are a fairly new site. In order for us to become the asset to the community of knifemakers & knife collectors that we wish to become, we need your support. Feel free to sign up in our guest book on the home page. We want to get to know our supporters. If you are a knifemaker or custom knife dealer / knife purveyor looking to participate in this site by either linking through us or by selling knives with us, we would be more than happy to help you! At Knifemakers Database.com, our mission is to keep you looking sharp! For further information, please contact me. Thanks again for coming and be well!
Above: A set of three custom knives from my personal collection. From top to bottom - a Wharncliffe folder by Frank Dilluvio of the KMG wit Robert Eggerling Damascus, mother of pearl scales, fileworked backstrap and blue anodized titanium liners, a 2700 layer oil quenched Damascus hunter with an Oosic handle and nickel silver fittings by Herb Derr, also a member of the KMG, and a 440c stainless mirror polished upswept skinner by Don Parish with a fileworked, full tapered tang and mosaic pins.
