I was tasked by Knife Rights with making a knife for Greg Abbott to celebrate the implementation of the new Texas knife law. I finished the knife in time for the ceremony that was to be Saturday of Labor Day weekend. Because of hurricane Harvey, the event was postponed. Turns out the governor was busy governing, and it seemed like bad form to try and throw a party while everyone was cleaning up. The folks who organized the event tell me that I'll still get to present the knife to the governor, but we just don't know when.
Meanwhile, the local news station wanted to do a story on the new knife law. After they heard about the governor project, they came out to the shop for an interview. This aired Friday night 9/16 on the 10 p.m. news. You can see the governor knife at the end. It's a little funny, the header on the website says "Getting the Facts Right," but they missed a few things. She called the forge a "guild." I've made more than 300 knives. Finally, the handle isn't mesquite from Abilene. The knife does feature wrought iron from the first railroad into Dallas in 1872. They left out that the spacers are 1836 silver half dollars. The stand is mesquite from Abilene, with 1840's era wrought iron nails from a settler's cabin near Jefferson, TX. The handle material is stabilized spalted sycamore from the grounds of the Texas capital.
Meanwhile, the local news station wanted to do a story on the new knife law. After they heard about the governor project, they came out to the shop for an interview. This aired Friday night 9/16 on the 10 p.m. news. You can see the governor knife at the end. It's a little funny, the header on the website says "Getting the Facts Right," but they missed a few things. She called the forge a "guild." I've made more than 300 knives. Finally, the handle isn't mesquite from Abilene. The knife does feature wrought iron from the first railroad into Dallas in 1872. They left out that the spacers are 1836 silver half dollars. The stand is mesquite from Abilene, with 1840's era wrought iron nails from a settler's cabin near Jefferson, TX. The handle material is stabilized spalted sycamore from the grounds of the Texas capital.
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