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SMKW’s New Custom Shop – A Look Inside

By H. Clay Aalders February 12, 2021February 12, 2021
SMKW Custom

SMKW’s New Custom Shop – A Look Inside
By H. Clay Aalders

Knife customization is nothing new, but the range of embellishments used to be rather limited. Hand engraving is not truly a “lost art,” though it has largely been relegated to the realm of presentation pieces and full objets d’art. Computer controlled laser engraving has been around for several years, and has made customization affordable and opened a virtually limitless universe of selectable graphic options.
It is probably important to define the terms “custom” and “customization” for purposes of this article. “Custom” knives are themselves a misnomer, as the term typically refers to the largely hand-crafted product of small scale makers, even when made with no commission or input on the part of the purchaser. “Customized” knives are usually production offerings which have been modified on a spectrum starting with scale colors and replacement hardware, and ending with full blade regrinds/reprofiles and one of a kind scale treatments which can turn a production knife into an art piece.

This article appears in the February 2021 issue of KNIFE Magazine. Click the Blue Button below to view the whole thing.

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H. Clay Aalders

H. Clay Aalders is a lifelong edged tool user. He spent the past 20 years as a woodworker and fishing guide in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Tennessee. While guiding in Idaho, Clay worked part-time writing for a local newspaper, and upon moving to Tennessee began writing for the blog The Truth About Knives - spending his last 5 years there as Managing Editor. His background is in fixed-blade hunting and bushcraft knives, but has jumped into the world of vintage slipjoint collecting with both feet since coming to work at Knife Magazine. Clay’s primary role is as Digital Editor, curating and creating new content for our website and blog, as well as maintaining the Knife Magazine social media accounts (FB/IG: @theknifemag, Twitter: @knifemagazine). He is also a contributor and Associate Editor of the print magazine.

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