Leaving A Career In Design And Marketing To Start Making Handmade Custom Knives
Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?
My name is Chris Sofia and I make handmade custom knives in Austin, Texas. Mostly Chef Knives, I like the idea of thinking that my products and effort will create a situation where I’m invited to dinner, but now and then I make something that will guarantee an empty seat…
It’s the most romantic passion-filled set for failure conception you can imagine too. With no knowledge of production, manufacturing, or even how to make a knife, I spent my last unemployment check and purchased all the wrong materials to make some terrible knives, but something about the process pulled me in a way I’d never been pulled before, and in a way, I’ve always dreamed of being moved. Follies and hardships aside, every day has led to new challenges to overcome, developing physical skills.
What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?
My background is in marketing and graphic design, I hate sitting still, and I’ve always been interested in knives, swords, medieval arms, armor, etc. So I...
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