Mitsuyuki, Ross

My knifemaking is the result of my hanging out with Ken Onion. His constant good ol' boy badgering finally got the best of me. During these visits he would be laughing and joking while doing his speed grinding number. Periodically he'd stop and let me gawk at his blade and say "See, look at that, you can do that too... so easy." Sure enough after my first lesson I was hooked. Of course there was a catch to all of this. Ken had that smile on his lips & twinkle in his eye when he asked "When are you going to buy your grinder? Oh of course you need the variable speed model... It's only $2000 plus shipping." My response was an enthusiastic "I have to go ask my wife" and ever since then I've been grinding away."