Recent content by leonardlafranceiii

I love it! I wanted a HFB stonewashed version, but this one was gifted to me by a buddy, so I couldn’t complain!

That’s beautiful!

I hear ya! I spent 15+ years at desk jobs and never really did anything with my baby soft hands when I picked up a hammer to make blades. There really is something about making functional art from nothing. A lot of those blades found new homes, one even went to Jack Carr at a meet and greet for...

Appreciate it! 🙏🏽

Nice work on the blacksmith’s knife!

I’ve loved knives for forever, and started my nice knife collection with a HFB karambito… soon after that I started making and forging my own blades in my garage, and have added some Winklers and things to the arsenal.

I’ve got 2 that I regularly rotate, but no Rolex for this guy. The Timex expedition regularly gets mistaken for far nicer timepieces, and I love the choco chip NATO straps. As for the Citizen, my grandfather had a Mickey Mouse watch I always loved, and when they released the 50th anniversary...

My carry gun for nearly a decade: Glock 43 with night sights, Standard Co. FFT (recently installed), and Strike Industries +2 base pad extension.

My main gig is a real estate broker, but I’ve been making kitchen and hunting knives in my garage since 2022. The rest of my time is with my wife and kids at my son’s BJJ gym, and mentoring my church’s youth students. 🤙🏽

Hey everyone! Happy to finally see forums are a thing again! I’m Lenny, checking in from a small Christmas-famous town in Mid-Michigan. By day I’m a full-time real estate broker, helping people find homes… and by night and weekends I’m in my garage forging custom knives. When I’m not in the...