Project 365 - This is a test!

Day 0 - Test

Mini Tank Flipper - The blade is made from Takefu laminated stainless steel with VG10 core, the knife has Mokume bolsters (Chad Nichols) and sculpted ironwood scales (October 2012)

Are you ready? We start on Tuesday!

Project 365 - What would you like to see?

Last week we announced the 365 project we have for 2013 and have started working on what we want to show you. Obviously 365 is a lot of photos so we will have to dig deep to find interesting material but it is a challenge!

This is what we are planning so far:

• What is on the bench?
• Work in progress - close up of knifemaking operation
• Machines & tools
• Materials & supplies
• Just finished knives
• Older and more recent creations
• Pens and their making
• Watches and their making
• Collaborations with knifemakers and designers
• Collaborations with manufacturers
• Shows and other related adventures
• In the press

We will probably come up with more ideas as we go but we thought we would ask you as well:

Is there something you have always wanted to see? Any other ideas?

Use the comment section to share your ideas. Thanks!

Project 365

This is a guest post by my wife Valerie.

"Greetings everyone! As you may or may not know I am the one who takes care of keeping up with our website, the blog, photographing knives etc...
I was recently inspired by my friend Suzanne and her 365 project involving a skeleton named Sam!
(Check it out here)
A 365 project is a whole year of taking and publishing one daily photo. It can be anything one wants to feature so I thought it would be a great opportunity to showcase Elishewitz Custom Creations, the knives, the watches, the pens, the shop, the shows and anything else we may be up to. I am planning to show day to day activities but also dig out old photos of early models, interesting pieces Allen has created over the years and more.

I am planning to kick this off on January 1st so keep an eye on the blog!"

New instructional videos

This summer Chris Crawford came to spend a few days in the shop and film 3 new instructional videos. They are now available for sale on Chris' website: Order your DVDs here

The new topics are:

Liner lock designs



Fixed blade making



Knife embellishments