S.P.A. Custom Knives

Some of Shane's 2010 knives.

2010-07-21T13:52:00.000-07:00

Contrary to popular belief, Shane and I have not fallen off the face of the earth.

We're still here.

Shane is still constantly in The Great Oblivion working away. Here is one of his beauties,

Shane's #6 liner-lock folder made out of carbon Damascus blade, double carbon fiber bolsters, and woolly mammoth bone handle and red spacers.
OOh, I really like this one. Really!

The liners are titanium and it has a titanium thumb stud

with a black pearl inlay.
Be still my heart, black pearl inlay. Looving it!

I begged Shane to keep this one for himself because he sold his other one which I will tell you about in a minute.
But, nope. It's gone.

Shane also made a custom stingray skin lanyard.

Yup, wifey knows best- shoulda kept it hun.

So where have I (Lacy) been you ask?

Okay, so you didn't ask but I'll tell you anyways.

I've been taking care of are three munchkins and wondering if winter was EVER going to go away.

It's safe to say that Utah had a very cooold looong winter.

I even threatened old man winter with my "Lacy wrath" to which he so rudely laughed at me, and just to spite me, he hung around for an extra TEN months. (or so it seemed.)

Therefore, Lacy's brain is just barely thawing out enough to blog.

That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

This is Shane's first frame lock folder!

The handle is all .130 thick titanium

with a cpm s30v blade.

Little story about this one.

Once upon a time, a few months ago...

Shane said he couldn't make a frame lock folder

and his sweet adorable loving wife said that he could.

And guess what he did.

and they lived happily ever after.
The End

P.S. Wifey knows best.

This knife above and below has

Leopard pattern Damascus titanium bolsters and

walrus jaw bone handle.

This sheath has a stingray skin inlay.

Say that three times fast.

sting ray skin inlay

sting ray skin inlay
sting ray skin inlay.

and here it is.

Somebody, I won't mention any names...

Wanted to keep this one

and somebody else, I won't mention any names..Shane..

Said, "NO" and shipped it off to a new owner.

crack... did you hear that?

Don't worry, It was just Lacy's heart!

Above and below is Shane's Folder #3-Damascus back bar with Vine file work.

Crushed W's Damascus blade mokume bolster and thumb stud

and woolly mammoth tusk handle.
Yum! I love mokume. It reminds me of chocolate.

Have no idea why.

Yes, I am very strange.

Ladder pattern Damascus with white woolly mammoth tusk bolster and woolly mammoth tooth handle.

This sheath has elephant skin inlay. Way cool!

The beads on the sheath are woolly mammoth tooth on the left and woolly mammoth tusk on the right.

Shane made these beads.

Isn't my hubby so nifty?

I'm thinking mammoth tooth bead for a necklace would be really nice.

hmm, why didn't I think of that sooner?

Shane's faithful companion for 2 years.
and he sold it.

Wifey said don't sell it.

He sold it.

He misses it.

Wifey knows best.

#5 Folder-This is also crushed W's Damascus with mosaic Damascus bolster, woolly mammoth tusk handle.

These pictures do NOT do this knife justice.

So classic and rugged at the same time.

Very masculine.

Damascus back bar with vine file work and blue spacers.

Loving this Mosaic pattern!

Did you know they are not having Blade show west in Oregon this year.

Crack...

Don't worry, It was just Lacy's heart.

We are sooo going to miss it

but on a happier note Shane and I will be attending the

PKA knife show in Denver Co. August 20-22.

I'm excited to be there!

Shane will have a table there and we hope to see you there.

Love, Lacy

December and January knives

2010-01-27T17:08:00.000-08:00

Heavens! I have not blogged For like FOR- EV-ER.

(Ever watch Sandlot? I just had a Sandlot flashback.)

I have excuses and good ones too, but let's just say January and I DO NOT like each other and I can't wait til February comes. Please come quickly February. I know you love me...

Anyways... Shane has been working his little fingers to the bone.
Here are a few of his talents...

This green folder was made in December.

(This picture shows the truest color of the knife.)
This is the second folder that Shane has ever made. I love it!! It has jade green g-10 and the blade steel is ATS-34.

I love Green! This is a soft neutral green and it just speaks to me.

Really, it's saying, "Lacy, you want me... you need me... you don't have a green knife...I would look really hot in that display case of yours."
Sheesh, that green knife is pretty full of himself, isn't he? Truth is... he's right.

I really would love to have this green folder in my new display case!

Oh, I don't think that I've mentioned that I have a new display case. Don't worry it is still guarded by lazer- light maze detection and of course Ninjas with numb chucks. Guess what, I added a security thumb print recognition pad too. Very cool. Aren't I just so technologically advanced?

(crazy cool file work.)

If you haven't yet seen the first folder that Shane can just scroll down to the last post.

Back to knives... Did you know that you love me? You do love me.(Yes, this does lead to knives.)

This is why you love me. - I tell you ALL of Shane's deep dark knife secrets.-

Your welcome and I love you too.

For instance, did you know that Shane was really scared to make a folder? Yeah, He was.
He'd see a folder and say, "I'm going to buy that."
I'd say, "No, go make it."
He'd say, "I don't think I could do it."
I'd say, "I didn't think you could even make a knife at all, and you have, so go home and make one." We had this conversation quite a few times until one day. He did just go home and make one.

This is where our he said/she said thing continues. "See hunny, you can do it. You've even madetwo folders now and they are beautiful. You, my love, can do anything! Your abilities are endless. That's why I know you are perfectly capable of putting your dirty clothes in the hamper, instead of on our rocking chair. Love you."

This next knife was Shane's first knife of the year.

Shane made this knife as a retirement gift. It has such a soothing color combination. I love the California Buckeye Burl wood and the mammoth tusk bolster with that little touch of blue in the spacers. The blade steel is CPM S30V.

Oh my gosh, and check out that sheath. Shane did something new on this Sheath. He folded the lining over the top of the sheath. (I'm sure there is some fancy name for that but I don't know it and Shane is not around.) This sheath also has gator inlays. Can you stand it?I can't stand it! That is crazy cool.

My favorite file work!

Thanks for reading my crazy antics.

Love, Lacy

What's Been Going On At S.P.A. Custom Knives

2009-11-29T20:37:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! I know it has been a long time since we have made a post, but you know how it goes. Seems like we have just been so busy. Lacy and I have both been very busy with Thanksgiving, trying to get ready for Christmas, and trying to get a few orders out for Christmas presents. Lacy is trying to get our little Lilli to go to sleep so I thought I would give ya an update on what has been goin on at S.P.A. Custom Knives. As Lacy has said in an earlier post we had an excellent time at the Blade West show in September. The people we met were great and the sales were also great. I would like to thank every one we meet there for making the show a fun and successful one. THANKS! The knife that won the Best New Maker award is in the newest copy of Blade Magazine on I believe page 44 February 2010 edition. They are a little a head of schedule! LOL! This is my first knife to be in Blade, so it is kind of exciting. Since the show and the picture of my knife in Blade I have been getting quit a few orders on the list. So if anyone has been thinking of placing an order now is the time to do it.
While we were at the Blade West Show a feller stopped by my table a couple of times and looked over my knives. He picked one up and said he really liked the Damascus steel it was made from. I told him I bought that piece of Damascus from Chad Nichols, and he is right across the isle so go check out his steel because he does have some very nice Damascus. A little while later the same gentlemen came back to my table with a very nice piece of Damascus steel he had bought from Chad and he asked me if I would make a knife for him from it. I said that would be great! So here are some pics of how the knife turned out. It is about 12" overall and about 2" at the widest point, so it is sorta big. The handle is made from stabilized Giraffe bone. I think it turned pretty good.

Please click on picture to get the full size image

I finished my first folder from scratch a few weeks ago. They are kind of a pain in the but to make but fun also. I made the liners from .050 titanium, the handles from black & blue G-10, and the blade from A-2 tool steel. This one turned pretty good for being my first one. It opens and closed smooth and the lock is solid and smooth also. I hope to make a lot more of these in the future. Here are some pics of the folder.

It also has file work on the outside of the back bar, and on the inside!

Thanks for checking out my blog & I hope you had a great Thanksgiving, Shane

Article

2009-11-13T20:27:00.000-08:00

EEEEEEEk!

You'll have to excuse the little school girl scream! But I have just a fun little tidbit to announce!
Our local newspaper did an awesome article on Shane and his knives (of course)!
It's been so fun hearing from people who have known Shane for years, and yet, had no idea what talent he has!
Thanks so much for all your kind words!

Knife Stalkers Store- Knives for sale

2009-09-29T06:52:00.001-07:00

If you would like to purchase one of these knives you may contact Shane at spakives@yahoo.com or call us at 435-725-6210.

Knife made at Ed Fowler Seminar- $400.00 This is a knife that was forged at Ed Fowler's seminar. It has a stainless guard, blue and turquoise spacer, and a stabilized buckeye burl handle.

Ladies and Gentleman's knives - These are up for a fun raffle at Knife dogs forum you can participate here.

Red Cricket- For Sale $130.00 Shipped With Red Kydex Sheath & Tek-lok. Twist Damascus, Red Jigged Bone Scales, Mosaic Pins, About 4 1/2" Overall

Green cricket- This will be the second prize winner for the same raffle as the set above on Knife Dog's Forum. You can get to it here.

The first of Shanes knives sold at Blade West-2009

2009-09-21T18:34:00.000-07:00

So if your a loving, adoring, and supportive wife (and I am) you have to take a picture of the first knife that sells at Blade West Show 2009, right?

You can see why this Carbon Fiber Fighter was the first to sell. It is just a really, really cool knife!

There isn't an inch of this knife that doesn't scream awesome! It has 3 bar composite from Al May. Double titanium bolsters and Carbon Fiber handle!
The sheath has sting ray skin inlays! How cool is that?

The mosaic pins in the spine are a first for Shane. It makes this knife unique.

And aren't I just so supportive to post that it sold too.

(Okay, so there may have been a few words said about the fact that we don't see him enough, Okay, I've said it more then a few times. ) but I'm still supportive!

Shane's supportive wife-Lacy

Shane's new name!

2009-09-18T15:00:00.000-07:00

Shane has many name's in our house.
Violet calls him "my little big daddy"& "my foot long daddy" (cuz he's long and skinny like a foot long hot dog, I guess. )

Lilli calls him "Hunny bunch sugar plum" It sounds more like unny bunch ugar lum.
Just yesterday, at the store when Lilli couldn't see her daddy she yelled as loud as she could, "Unny Bunch where are you?"

Questen calls him "DaddyO"

Just recently Shane earned a new name...

A week and a half ago, Shane finally crawled out of the Great Oblivion. He'd been there since the end of July. I counted to make sure he had all appendages and was happy to see, other than a little mammoth tooth dust and steel shavings, he was just fine.

We packed up his knives and headed to the Oregon Blade West Show.
We brought along Shane's Mom and Dad. Who are ever so proud parents!
Shane submitted some knives for judging.

One of the knives was this one. It has a mammoth tusk bolster and mammoth tooth handle. It has brass spacers and are you ready for this.... Black lip pearl inlays and mother of pearl inlays on the spine. Gulp... I'm so amazed at it! What an artist Shane is and he's mine so I get to brag about him.

So here is his new name.

Best New Knife Maker of the Blade West show 2009!

Yes, he won! This is the knife he won it with.

So keep an eye out for Shane's picture and the knife's picture in Blade Magazine.

What a special moment it was when they called his name! I think his dad, mom, and I all had tears in our eyes.

But don't worry Shane doesn't have a big head yet. In fact, I'm going to be in big trouble for this post, but our good news must be shared right?

I am absolutely possitve that all the nicest people in the world were under one roof at the knife show. Thanks to everone for friendships and kind words! You guys are great!

More about the show soon as long as Shane doesn't ban me from the blog!

Love, Lacy

P.S. Thanks to our munchkins-sitters. Without you guys watching our three little ones there is no way we could have made it to the show. Thanks! I hope you all recover quickly.

It's been years

2009-08-24T15:18:00.000-07:00

Since Lacy made a post! I know...I know... I'm ashamed of myself... are you happy now?
Anyways... Lacy slacks off, but Shane has not.
He has made many knives. Lacy just can't keep up with him.
So forgive me and here is a look at three of them.

Mammoth tooth and lots of silver. This is a beautiful knife. It was shipped off to a store in New York! Wow Shane! Good job, hunny.

Blue micarta knife and cpm s3ov steel

Giraffe bone and this knife has Shane's newest file work. This picture doesn't do it justice. This knife is definitely a beauty!

Anyways, Shane's been a busy man getting knives ready for the Oregon Show.

He had about 13 ready, but some of them found their way into my collection. It's amazing how they just pick themselves up and walk right into my (lazer beem alarm protected) cabinet.

Shane must make magic knives....:)

Happy Birhday, Hun!

2009-05-29T07:03:00.000-07:00

Today Shaner turns 29 and it just happens to be the 29th of May, 2009!

This is just a wild guess, but I think 29 is his number.
I just want to tell Shane how glad I am to have had the last ten years with him!
Your an awesome daddy!
A great provider!
A fun loving, scoundrel of a husband!
Happy Birthday!
Love you tons-Love, Lacy

Fire Coral

2009-05-27T08:27:00.000-07:00

This knife has such a unique color to it. It's red but with a bit of orange to it.

It has a fire coral handle. It's awesome!

and a mammoth tooth bolster

This knife was sold last week to Shane's work.

Buckeye Burl from Ed's Seminar

2009-04-23T08:29:00.000-07:00

So you may remember Shane going to Ed Fowler's seminar some weeks back. Here is one of the knives Shane forged at Ed's seminar.

He forged this knife with 5160 Steel using Ed's methods. He came home and finished it with a Nickle guard, turquoise and stabilized Buckeye Burl handle.

It melts into your hand like Chocolate. (I wonder where the kids put there Easter candy?)

Seriously though, It is an awesome fit!

Here is a picture of Shane and I. Why? Because I can!

Love, Lacy

Sweet!! CPM s30v & Boxelder Burl Hunter

2009-03-25T20:28:00.000-07:00

Just see'in if your paying attention Wes!! Wes is one of my buddy's I work with. He is a big time hunter & is lookin for a good knife. We had both been hearing great things about CPM s30v & since I have been trying some new steels lately I thought what the heck, lets give it a whirl. He kinda told me what he was looking look and style wise and just told me to see what I came up with. So here it is if he doesn't like it then tuff! Just kidding! If he doesn't like it then I'm sure I can find someone that will. Heck as good as it cuts maybe I'll keep it! Being this is my 1st time using this type of steel I did a lot of research on the Internet about how to heat treat it the best way. After getting a lot of really different answers I called the stainless steel heat treating expert Paul Bos. He has been doing stainless steels for like 30 years of something and he really knows his stuff. He was kind enough to let me in on his secret recipe for this steel & I believe it worked like a champ. For those of you that don't know I recently went to an awesome knife making seminar at Ed Fowlers place. He taught us that we must test all out knives and know what they can do. I am a firm believer in that concept. I took some of the test I learned while at Ed's and tryed this new born knife out. The first test I tried was the edge flex test. Most makers do this on a soft brass rod. Not Ed Fowler he uses a steel honing rod. So I put a steel rod in my vise & started the edge flex test waiting to hear the edge chip. I was amazed! I flexed the edge with a lot of body weight pressure 8 times and no chips or cracks appeared to the naked eye in the edge. I was very pleased with that so on to the next test. From what I have been told & read you are lucky to get 100cuts on 1/2" sisal or hemp rope on most production knives. Most tests I have seen done only have produced around 60 to 80 cuts. This sweet hunk of steel crunch and sliced it's way through the rope 266 times and was still cutting with the right amount of force, but I was tired. That's A Lot Of Rope To Cut!! I was very pleased with that, so I deemed this knife fit for a handle and to live the rest of it's long life as a respectable knife. I decided to use black linen micarta for a good strong bolster, then a mammoth tooth sigar band, and some very nive Boxelder burl for the main handle. The handle and file work is accented with gray liners and spacers. I was going to post pics of all the rope shavings but I can't seem to find them. So here are some crappy pics of the finished knife. Sorry no sheath as of yet. Thanks for reading and please leave a comment to let me know what ya think. Thanks, Shane

Men are from Mars...Lacy is perfect!

2009-03-16T18:27:00.000-07:00

Men are from Mars-I get the beauty of knives. That I completely understand. To me it's an art. Just when I think I get everything about knives. Just when I think I've got what Oprah would call the little "light bulb moment" of complete knife understanding...
Shane walks in the door with a new boo boo.
Everything I thought I got about knives is gone. Oozes right out of my brain like the blood running down Shane's arm. How can a man have a grin on his face when he's bleeding like that?
This one wasn't a long cut, but it was deep. I'm standing there saying, "I think you need a few stitches Shane, I'll call your sister to come watch the kids..." He's telling me were not going anywhere.
Here's the culprit.

A beautiful crazy "knife stalker" knife.

It has orange and black G-10 for a handle.

That pointy end to the left caught Shane's arm.

Yeah, being a knife maker's wife is not for the faint of heart.

Lacy is perfect-Okay, so not so much. I'm a bit of a ninny.

But before all you men out there dubs me a complete wimp...

I have one question for you.

Have you ever ever given birth?

Well, I have THREE times and one time without any pain meds

AT ALL!

It doesn't matter that I was biting the bed and Shane's shirt

and possibly swearing.

I still did give birth without any pain meds AT ALL!

Did I mention, there was not any pain meds

AT ALL!

Okay then...

Comments

2009-03-07T12:54:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, I've finally fixed the comment so that you won't have to be logged into blogger to leave a comment. Please everyone let us know what you think- good or bad.
Thanks, Lacy

Little boy blue

2009-03-02T08:16:00.000-08:00

We're glad to have Shane back. Even if it was a day late. I said that he would stay an extra day and I was right. But then, I usually am. Shane should be use to that by now, when your right your right.
By the way... All you men out there can take a great big breath. The Great Oblivion is not pink. I repeat. The Great Oblivion is not pink.

Beautiful Blue Coral with Mammoth tooth.

Shane made this little knife in January.

Lacy referes to this knife as "little boy blue" Shane does not know this. Our little secret...

He wouldn't apreciate it because I've already named, or tried to name a horse, three cats, a dog, and our first born "little boy blue."

Prestine file work. Doesn't this knife make you feel like going to the beach?

Since nobody liked the pink for The Great Oblivion I was thinking pocadots. Yeah that sounds good purple pocadots... big ones...small ones...Shaner Hunny...When is your next seminar?

He...He...He... The evil cackle continues...

Quest for greater knowledge...

2009-02-26T10:35:00.000-08:00

Because my blogs become books it's necessary to

to record a few things none knife related. Except, that this is a bit knife related. Shane left for a quest of greater knowledge about forging. He's at Ed Fowler's house for a knife seminar.

The ragga muffin munchkins seen in this picture miss him. Oh, and so do I. He'll be back soon.

In the meantime, I thought I might paint "The Great Oblivion" Pink. Ha Ha...Do you think Shane will go for it?

No... Fine.

Knife Stalkers...

2009-02-15T14:53:00.000-08:00

You know me and all my name dubbing. Like Shane's shop is the great Oblivion. Because when someone goes to Shane's shop we never know when we'll see them again....
I first started lovingly calling all you knife obsessed men (and women) Knife stalkers. You know who you are. Admit it. If you've taken an hour out of your day to stare at knives on the computer screen you're pretty much obsessed. You know who you are. You might as well wear the title proudly.

Shane has made a knife worthy of this title also.

It's a little bit different, crazy, funky, and cool.

It has gray and black G-10 and copper pins.

Brick red spacers.
Yup, this knife is Knife Stalker#1.

Classy knife

2009-02-04T15:28:00.000-08:00

Lacy knows she's been slacking. Bare with me and keep checking in.

Giraffe bone handle and Mammoth tooth bolster.
Very classy knife!
It has a great rich coloring!
Man! This baby's sharp!
A few minutes ago when I wondered out to the great Oblivion
to get inspiration for Shane's blog I picked it up and just about
sliced my palm open.
I remember a time when I would have
held a knife as far away from me as possible.
Gone are those days.
Now I beg to keep every knife Shane makes!
I may have even, hid a few inside my back pocket so they could,
mysteriously, end up in my collection.

IN THE MEDIA AND MUCH MORE!!!!!

2009-01-20T06:47:00.000-08:00

Lacy's back and I'm happy to say my head is defogged. Now I wish I could say the same about our weather. We're currently trapped in a huge cloud and we can't see our neighbors house.

While I've been gone. We've had some great news...

First of all, Shane was seen in the march issue of Blade Magazine !!!

It's true! The editor picked a picture of Shane from the Oregon Blade show that we went to back in September.

Shane's in the "unsheathed" column by editor Steve Shackleford. So please go out and pick up your copy here http://www.blademag.com/article/march_09/. You can read the article here. http://www.blademag.com/article/unsheathed_march09/. I love it. I'm so excited for Shane. This is big for him. Yes. there is a glimpse of me too in the lower right corner of the pic.

Also, if you live near us and listen to our local country music. 105.5 Then you can hear Shane's add on the radio!

All of that and I'm going to treat you to a knife Shane made right after Christmas for his uncle Max.

I love this knives. Max almost didn't get it because Lacy was convinced that it belonged in her collection! Those red pins are so awesome! The mammoth bone has great texture and who wouldn't love the red Jasper?

Great file work!

There is is in it's full package. It's awesome, isn't it. You'd think I would be use to this by now, but he still amazes me.

All emails welcome.

spaknives@yahoo.com

Love ya-Lacy

Lacy's Awsome Kitchen Knife

2009-01-13T13:57:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone! Lacy has been a bit under the weather lately, so she has been slackin on the blog. Well I'm sure I would be as well if I had a cold as bad as she does. I will try to fill in for her for a post or two, but don't expect my writin to be as good or funny as hers. This knife that I am going to be writing about is one that I made for Lacy & her kitchen. It seems like we don't have any decent kitchen knives so i told her I was going to make one or two or three. We had some pieces of the solid surface kitchen counter left over from her kitchen that I saved, and I thought it might be kinda cool to use it on some knives. See her beautiful kitchen and the awesome counter top.

One of the knives I thought we needed most was one that we could do some real cutting and chopping with. Something for roasts, vegetables, and just a good all around kitchen knife. I had seen a few knives called Japanese Sontaku's. I always thought they were kinda cool lookin, and looked to be a good user as well. So any way this is what I came up with.

I made the blade from Chad Nichols stainless Damascus in a raindrop pattern. Awesome Steel! The bolster is nickel silver pinned with a mosaic pin. And finally the handle. It is some of that very cool counter top Pinned with two of the same mosaic pins as the bolster.

Now check out that vine file work! I'm not the best at the vine file work but I think it turned out pretty good on this knife. As you can see, I dovetailed the bolsters and used white liners and white and gray spacers just to add a little kick to knife.

Now Lacy has a very cool knife that matches her kitchen and that will be an incredible using knife as well. I just hope when it's on the counter top we can find it. See I told you Lacy is a better writer than me. Hope you all come back and enjoy some more bloggin later.

Thanks, Shane P. Atwood

Valentino's Frances' knife

2008-12-28T17:15:00.000-08:00

This knife was finished a while ago, but I kept it a secret. It was a special Christmas present.
Valentino asked Shane to make his girl a knife. Valentino picked out the pink G-10 and the yellow spacers. He picked well! Look at that little heart in the blade. Isn't that the best!

This vine work is my favorite!

I have to say. Lacy is feeling a little green with jealousy right at this moment. Just look at it. It is so stinkin cute!!!! Merry Christmas Valentino. Please send us some pictures of You and your gal with your knives. Thanks-Lacy

. Accident 2

2008-12-24T07:34:00.000-08:00

If you haven't read the first part. Please scroll down and read it first.

There I was waiting for a the bang of the crash. I heard somebody scream a blood curdling stop and realized it was me. I waved my arms. Shane was yelling too, but I couldn't comprehend him. There was the squeal of brakes as the truck stopped just a foot away from the front of her car.

Finally my mom was safely to the side of the road with us. Shane and I were crammed into the passenger seat. My mom started unloading the back seat of it's belongings. She gathered as many blanket as we had. She took the blankets to anyone who needed them. She invited strangers into the car. There really are angels among us!

We found out later, that a white car had broke down on the side of the road it was facing east. A green car was parked facing it to give it a jump. The cars covered each others lights,A red car came and hit into the white car. The car catapolted the green car into our lane where we hit it. Did you get all that. The bottom line is the first accident created our accident.

Finally the ambulance came an loaded us onto stretchers. I have to mention that the same paramedic who helped Shane and I was the same Paramedic who helped my mom and me when I was eight. That's a whole other story that I will tell on Lacy's Lovelies sometime. But, how incredible to get the same person 12 years later! There really are angels among us!

When we arrived at the hospital they hooked me to all kinds of monitors. I remember the nurse gasping as she looked at my stomach. She ran out of the room and brought a doctor in he pulled up my shirt and nodded. I had to look myself. There was a perfect purple and black bruise forming a seat belt only wider. I had a seatbelt bruise clear to the end of January. The baby still hadn't moved, but they gave me juice and after awhile decided he was fine. Then they sent Shane and I for x-rays. I may have had broken ribs on my left side but they couldn't be sure without harming the baby with the x-rays. I just know that it was weeks before I could sleep without sitting up from the pain.

Shane had two broken bones in his hand. He had surgery a few weeks later and had to have pins in his hand. When the hand healed the doctor took the one pin out by popping it through the skin. I can't imagine the kind of pain he was going through.

How generous of that doctor Huh? The other wouldn't budge after attempts at popping it through and the doctor cut it out? What a compassionate doctor.

When we went to that appointment we were waiting in out truck. A lady came up and started yelling. She said that we should have parked some place else so that someone that was hurt could have that parking spot. She saw only teenagers in a jacked up truck, I guess. We both got out of the car and her jaw dropped. I don't think she was expecting a very pregnant girl with a broken guy. You never can judge people.

The baby came Febuary12, He was healthy but small. We named him Questen. We always thought that Questen would have been bigger if not for the car accident. The baby nor I gained any wait after the accident.
We're thankful he was healthy. That Shane only broke his hand and we were all alive.

2001 Accident part 1

2008-12-22T09:32:00.000-08:00

This is our true tragic story.

On Dec 9, 2001 Shane and I were driving back to our house. We had been to my brothers wedding. My mom was following in her own car behind us. She was bringing a bunch of baby stuff to our house for us. I was pregnant and due Feb.

We were about half way home on our 2 1/2 hour journey. The roads had just started to get a little snow on the sides. I remember, It was one of the darkest nights I had seen. We came over a hill and right there in front of us was a green car across our lane. We only saw it when it was 2 feet away. We hit right between the doors of the green car going 50 miles an hour.

Neither Shane nor I remember anything but black for a few minutes. I do remember a lot of pressure and whirling and the chorus of that old song Last Kiss by Pearl Jam repeating through my head. Where oh where did my baby go...I thought we were dead.
My poor sweet mom who was following behind us said that she came over the hill and we were gone we had just completely disappeared in mere moments. She hit the brakes when she couldn't see us or she would have been in the accident also.

After blackness, I remember my mom outside of the window screaming and beating the door because it wouldn't open. Shane then reached over and started beating the door with his fist. He put his foot up and kicked it open. He doesn't remember doing that, but I think that's when he broke his hand. He must have been in shock.
My mom pulled us out and rushed to the side of the road.

As I held my large belly to cross the road. I knew the baby wasn't moving and should be kicking.

We were standing there in 5 degree weather. My mom ran back out to get her car out of the road. I grabbed her arm and begged her not to go out there. I new the next car wouldn't see the accident and it would hit her. She said we would go into shock from the cold, before help from and hour away would get to us. She ranked my arm off and went anyways. She had just got in her car when a huge truck with a trailer came barreling over the hill. I stood there and watched waiting for the bang of the crash...

Can you take "No" for an answere?

2008-12-15T11:11:00.000-08:00

Shane was asked to make a few knives for his work Christmas party.

He could make them any way he wanted.

This is how the first one turned out.

This knife to me looks like Shane.

When I saw it. I told him to keep it.

He said, "No."

I asked if I could keep it, because it just reminds me of Shane so much!

The Reds, grays, blacks and blues...

Very masculine colors and

all of Shane's favorites.

"I said I love you and it reminds me of you.

Please, let me add it to my collection."

-I added a few feminine wiles-

He smiled and winked...

and said...

"No."

He's always telling me no.

I tell him yes to...

Well... to a lot of things...

I'm over it now. I can take No for an answer, Shane. Can you?

Handy man

2008-12-10T07:47:00.000-08:00

This is Sean's knife. Sean ordered himself a Christmas present.
I love the turquoise.

It turned out really nice.
I wonder how nice Sean's wife Krista thought it was.
I'm not sure she knew Sean had ordered his own Christmas present.

Look really closely at these pictures.
Monday night, we received a little snow.
Notice our drive way doesn't have any snow.
Notice our side walk does.
Shane didn't shovel the drive way.
Questen didn't shovel the drive way.
Lacy didn't shovel the drive way.
Hmmm, Magic!

Last year, My handy man hubby inserted heated driveway,
before they poured the cement.
We have been on pins and needles for a whole year and a few months to
see if it worked!

Yeah! It worked! Why didn't we do the side walk, Shane?

Scouts

2008-12-04T14:01:00.000-08:00

In the past, Shane has taught the boy scouts how to put handles on knives. He has had a few demonstrations for the scouts on grinding also.

Last night, the scouts came to the Great Oblivion for a little demonstration and in a month or so Shane will help them build one themselves.

December finds Shane a busy man between His normal job, working for the phone company, helping the scouts, making knives for Christmas, and his family. I hope to get pictures soon, but some of the knives can't be shown until after Christmas, because they are gifts.

Happy Holidays to everyone!

To all you men, don't wait till Christmas eve to get your shopping done! Santa Shane... Hum um... camera... um... hum...

Hopefully, January will fill find Lacy photo happy!

Valentino's knife

2008-11-28T15:26:00.000-08:00

One of the latest from the Great Oblivion

This awesome knife has O-one tool steel and streaked ebony on the handle.
I think this knife is very sleek and classic. The pins give it some nice bling.

Oooh, this picture shows the streaks in the wood. Very nice!

Sorry, this knife has already been sold. See, you snooze. You loose.

It sounds like it's going to a cool guy named Valentino!

Ooooh, What a cool name!

Shankenstein a Love story

2008-11-18T08:56:00.000-08:00

I think this knife has been mentioned before, but it deserves a worthier note. Let me tell you how this little knife came to be...

Shankenstein a Love Story

Once upon a time... Over a year ago...

Shane bought this mammoth tooth. I'm not exactly sure he had me in mind when he first bought it.

(You know me...The minute I laid eyes on those two little slabs of stone I said, "If you put those on any other woman's knife, but mine, we're getting divorsed! If you put those on any other man's knife well... I'm taking you for all your worth babe!")

Okay, so I wasn't all that harsh, but I definitely left claim to them. They sat there on Shane's shelf for a while. Then they were gently wrapped in paper and sealed in a box. They stayed in that box for one year in a little corner on a dusty shelf in the back of a laundry room. Thus, because we moved to a little house without even a small "oblivion" (shop), while we built a new one.

Lacy did the unthinkable, Lacy forgot completely about those lovely lavender slabs of mammoth tooth. Yes my lovely reader, even mammoth tooth can be lovely.

Then the day came, my birthday actually, we moved into our new home. The box with the Lavender slabs came with us. Shane had his shop. He disappeared into that Shop for about a week...

That's when Shane's shop got dubbed "The Great Oblivion." It must take forever to get there and come back because once a person sets out for The Great Oblivion;" We don't see him for forever! Trust me! I know! I'm just worried one day "The Great Oblivion" will turn into a black hole and whoever ventures there may never return!

...Shane was building cabinets and then some new machine he had to put together and pretty soon I started to hear the roll and rumble of a man at work.

Sometimes...When the new machine would turn on the lights in the house would flicker and all I could think of was...I hope Shane doesn't have green skin and bolts sticking out of his neck the next time I see him. Our three little munchkins (children) wouldn't understand. They would run screaming a monster... a monster!

The day came when the machine was quiet. too quiet. It was the erie kind of quiet. Lacy held her breath for the appearance of Shankenstein. He stepped through that garage door and it was like seeing him for the first time. My green eyes laid on his blue eyes and there was a twinkle in them. Shane's wild thirst for making knives was over. His wait of one year, fifteen days, two hours and ten minutes was over. I know this because he'd been a beast to live with for one year, fifteen days, two hours and ten minutes.

You can imagine, I brushed the sweat of my brow. Thank goodness! No Shankenstein!

He had drank his cup of knife satisfaction and the beast was a man again. There in his palms was Little Lavender.

"For you, my love."He said,"because of your endless patience in me and your tireless dedication to our children." That's what he really said. Do you believe me?

It's what he wanted to say he just didn't know it. Instead he said, "Here, I guess you have to have the first knife out of my shop so you won't leave me."

See it's the slabs of lovely lavender mammoth tooth.

Wow! I wasn't expecting that! It's so pretty isn't it? Man, does he know how to kiss butterflies!

So there you have it. A great fairy tale. There was a monster, machines, mammoth tooth, metal work, munchkins, and a marriage saved. And they all lived happily ever after... until Lacy found the hidden box of coca-cola while frolicking in "The Great Oblivion."

The End

On this Veterans Day...

2008-11-11T08:32:00.000-08:00

I've been thinking about our country and all of it's changes of late. I admit to being scared of the economy. For our little community, the oil field is a big deal. I admit to being scared of what the president elect will do to the jobs in our town. Having said this I still believe in our country and its will to survive. I'm grateful to all the Veterans who have served to keep our freedom. I'm grateful to my ancestors who have served, namely my grandpas.

My uncle who died in the Vietnam war.

And more recently, my brother in law- Bubba and My friend Bobbies' husband Jim who was in Kirghistan . Jim served, leaving Bobbi home with three kids and pregnant and she gave birth while he was gone! To all those and everybody else-

Thank you!

Having our freedom gives Shane the ability to work where he wants to and do what he wants to do. Freedom let's him do the knives. I know sometimes I gripe about the time he spends in "the great oblivion" (He spends a lot of time out there) but I'm glad he's had the opportunity to be able to pursue after a dream that he may not be able to in some countries.

This is one of the knives he's made this month it has Maroon Micarta and

Red Wood burl on it.

This Veterans day I thought of another time when I was scared of the economy and what might happen. It was on 911! Shane, My brother and sister-in-law and I happened to be in Cabo San Lucas Mexico on that fateful day. We had just arrived the night before. I was sitting on the couch watching t.v. waiting for Shane to finish getting ready. (That happens more then you might think. Yes it does, Shane.) I couldn't understand what they were saying and I thought it was happening in Mexico. I was sick and sad! So sad for the lives lost and the families affected. I truly was. Then my brother Chase came running into the room with tears in his eyes and said that's happening in the United Stated and

I was not only sick and sad, but scared.

Scared for my family back home. Scared that we wouldn't get back home. Scared because the Mexicans would no longer take our money. (No money- No food or transpiration) Scared for the economy (Which I shamefully admit, didn't worry me when I thought it was Mexico.) Mostly, I was scared for the baby I carried in my tummy. I was five months pregnant with Questen (my first baby) I didn't know what sex the baby was yet. I knew this secure life I thought I was bringing this tiny baby into, that nudged and kicked my insides, was no longer secure.

Ten days later, when we left Cabo we were the first flight out since, 911. I wasn't scared of someone taking over the plane. I wanted my aching swollen sick pregnant body home.
As the plane took off the people started chanting
U.S.A! U.S.A! U.S.A!
When the pilot had announced that we had crossed the border we all clapped and cheered and again we clapped and cheered when the plane landed.

You may not understand the feeling from my simple words, but my lovely reader, I will never forget it. I knew in those moments...
The U.S.A. was a great country and it was most definitely worth fighting for and this Great Nation would survive!

Thanks again Veterans!

Shiver me timbers!

2008-11-07T16:42:00.000-08:00

My lovely reader,

I admit it! I admit it to the men! I admit it to Ladies!

Sometimes, a little bit of a bad boy (rouge) isn't bad!

If Shane had only known the affect a bandanna and earring do...

(Which by the way, I don't, in general, like earrings on men...

It's a woman prerogative to change her mind.)

If Shane had only known... I think he would have pulled

his head out of the mud on Halloween and dressed up.
I fell for a bit of a bad boy! There I was, a good little lass in my cozy little life,

and along came Shane.

Shiver me timbers!

I was a goner. I had no hope.

Me heart is held captive by me captain.

You know the saying "You can't change a man" well, I think it should say

"You can change a man, but only if he wants you to

and certainly not all of him."

Just when I think I've polished all the rascal out of him.

Just when I think he's the perfect gentlemen.

He squints his eyes just a bit, gives a wink and says,

"I think I'll just sit here and

watch you eat that ice cream cone"

I glare back at him.

But I see that pirate picture, and the truth is,

I'm glad he's a bit of a rascal!

What you might ask...

What does this have to do with knives?

I could tell you... pirates carry daggers and swords...,

but the truth is...

This blog has nothing, what so ever, to do with knives

because I can't get

my mind off of the stupid saucy pirate picture !

What happen's in " The Great Oblivion" stays in "The Great Oblivion"

2008-11-05T11:53:00.000-08:00

Shuuuuh! Ha Ha! That is what Shane thought and he was sorely mistaken.
Yes.. He was.
Knowing that you, my lovely reader, were in dire need of a posting that had an actual knife in it. I decided to post about this knife. It's a lovely knife with a bold shape that I like very much! It has black MiCarta and cocoa bola wood on it.
This knife is a kith knife.
That was k-i-t-h.
Can you say it with me kkkiiiithththt?
Good job! Now lets say it three times together.

Kith, Kith, Kith.
What is a Kith knife? It stands for knife in the hat. Shane and some fellows on a knife network forum all make a knife and put their names in a hat. draw out names and send each other the knives they have made. That way everybody gets a new knife. Does that make sense? Leave a comment if it doesn't. Go a head dish it out I can take it. I'm already feeling used and abusedand cheeted on, so one little comment about not making any sense just won't matter.

Let me explain... So there I was out in "The Great Oblivion" being such a good little wife.

I was asking Shane some questions about this knife and well... Let's just say Shane was getting a little frisky.

Out of the corner of my eye and down on the floor I see a glint of red. So I double take for a closer inspection. I see something that was completely appalling. Oh my gosh! I thought. There hidden quite conveniently under Shane's Black tool box is a whole box of coke!

What the hell, Shane!

I know what you're thinking gosh Lacy it's just a box of Coca-Cola. Give the man a break, at least, it's not Beer or something worse. See, here is the issue. About two weeks ago, I drank my last coke from the fridge. I sipped, ever so slowly, so that the sweet yummy goodness would last me til the next day. Shane had guzzled his last pop also. We had agreed to not buy any more boxes of pop and only drink one bought with lunch. There has been times I have made one little pop last three days.

Upon the evaluation of the situation, forsooth, there will no longer be any kind of frolicking aloud in "The Great Oblivion". Thank you!

Pumy-umy-umkins!

2008-10-31T08:30:00.000-07:00

Here's my scrumy-umy-umkis man carving pumy-umy-umkins for all of his sweety pies! He has made three knives that I have not yet reported on because life has been too
crazy-azy azy with Halloween. I haven't had the time to take the pictures, but I will get on that as soon as Halloween is over.
In the meantime, be as good as a gumdrop and be patient.
No, Shane is not carving the rolly polly pummy-ummy-umkins with one of his knives, but that may be a future adventure-
Kitchen knives.

You deserve a Klondike Bar!

2008-10-23T09:34:00.000-07:00

A certain blue eyed man who happens to make knives. Actually, cleaned out the garage. Now I know, to some standard this garage still looks dirty. But, if you had seen it before, you would know that,

That blue eyed guy deserves a Klondike Bar!

By the way, that white door happens to be the port hole to "the Great Oblivion" he obviously needed to clear a path for me to find my way. It was like walking through a jungle!

Just in case you're not sure what I'm talking about. Here are some links to real Klondike Bar commercials.

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=qalOYQrgxqQ&feature=related

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=O9vSAepxC9o&feature=related

I think they're hilarious.

When I see this picture, I'm thinking he deserves more then a Klondike bars.

( you know what I mean...)

Maybe, I'll by him two Klondike Bars. (What did you think I meant?)

Let's hope they survive the trip home from the grocery store. I'm craving chocolate.

It would be okay if I had just a little nibble wouldn't it? Afterall, he wouldn't have cleaned the garage without my spell... Hee, Hee, Hee....

Go to the Lacy's lovelies link to figure out what in the world this woman is talking about now.

Elfin fighter knife

2008-10-20T12:16:00.000-07:00

My heart doth have a bitter-sweet twinge. The "Elfin Fight knife" has found a new home.
I am going to let you in on a little secret- Shhhhh- Don't tell Shane I told you.

I picked out the Stellar sea cow bone (which I'm shortening to S.S.C. bone) to go on this knife. He tells people he has had it in the great oblivion for a year and when he saw this yellow Mammoth tooth that he decided to use the s.s.c. bone. This is all true, however, he brought to me the s.s.c. bone and something else and asked which one looked better. I knew immediately, it had to be

S.S.C.

Ooooh, I love that vine work.

Shane makes his own sheathes and this knife looks great in it's case.

I decided to let him sell it. (I don't really get a choice, but I try.)

Because I don't think it would work well as a neck knife. Do you?

I don't think it will work well in my purse either.

Sigh... I must let it go.

Fare thee well, Have a good life in MI.

Come and get it...

2008-10-18T20:59:00.000-07:00

Reader...Reader... Read all about it. Shane has sold all of his knives from the Blade Show, except this one. This is this only one left! Get your S.P.A. Knife here. Before they are all sold out. It's a beautiful knife with a giraffe bone bolster, brass cigar band, and mammoth tooth.
If you're interested email us at spaknives@yahoo.com . He's asking $500. Make him an offer. You never know... In the meantime, I'll butter him up for you...
Well, maybe not. He's watching U.F.C. I'll be lucky to get a nod of his head for acknowledgement.

Birthday music? Hop on over to my side of the road and you'll understand...

Keep it together- Forever.

2008-10-14T06:25:00.000-07:00

Ed Foweler is a field Editor for Blade Magazine and I think he said he'd been making knives since he was in sixth grade and that was about ten years now. Ha, don't you just love him!

We met Ed Foweler at our own table. He was going around the room checking out everybody's knife and Shane said, "Hi Ed, It's nice to meet you I'm Shane..."
Later that day, I was at the table by myself and Ed was at the next table looking at our neighbors knife. He happened to look over at me and I smiled. He said, "I like you, I can tell your good people. You and your husband, Keep it together-Forever." Ed repeated that same saying a few times throughout the show. "Keep it together- Forever"
I took this picture simply because Ed has a great face. Just look at it. It's one that makes you want to know everything he knows. He looks so wise and he is. He gave great advise. There is also a twinkle in his eye. Do you see it. That's were his since of humer comes into his face.

This is the same picture. I made it black and white and added a little orange to it. It made it look a little antique. I love how it fits with Ed's hat. We were able to get to know Ed even better the last day of the show. Through Ed, we met Shannon and Butch Deveraux (hope that's spelled right). We really enjoyed our evening with the three of them. Butch won the Best New Maker award and it was well deserved!

Ed even called Shane after the show which made Shane's week! He is so good to us!

Ed Caffrey

2008-10-10T07:51:00.000-07:00

Here is Shane at the show. At our table. By this point we had already sold one knife. We had been told that nobody sells one on the first day. I think we were very lucky and we appreciate that. I would have thought to take pictures sooner, if Shane would have been around for it. Ha ha.
This is Ed Caffrey. Now, when I asked for this picture, Ed said only if you remember, I am just a regular guy. And he is except, People who know knives, should know Ed's name!

At the beginning of the Show. Shane introduced himself to Ed. I was at our table, holding the place together, and watching.

This is how I met Ed...

I was sitting at the table. Alone, of coarse. When out of the corner of my eye, somebody walked up and knelt down at our table. I was surprised to see Ed Caffrey sitting there.

Ed said,"Me and you have to have a little chat."

I have a guilty conscience. I do. When I go through airport security I just know they will end up searching me. They never do. I'm sure if for any reason I had to take a lie detector test, I would fail. I would. I'm a ninny.

So there I was, with Ed and thinking What on earth, have I done wrong? But recovering myself, I squeezed out a smile and said,"why...?"I'm sure my voice cracked and stuttered.

He proceeded to tell me, not to let Shane leave me here because that was what he did to his wife and she know longer came to the shows with him because of it.

I said something domb like, "It's nice to meet you... I know nothing about knives, but even I know who you are. " I put my hand out to shake his.

He stayed and talked about knives for about 15-20 min. Then Shane was back and he talked to Shane for about 45 min. He was so nice and down to earth.

Later, he asked us to go to dinner with him and a group of his knife buddies. We went and were introduced to other people like the Hackey's. Sandy and Dana Hackey are from Colarado and I just love them!

So that's how I met Ed. That's my story and I'm sticken to it. I promise that is how it happened. Oh, now I'm feeling guilty again and I don't even know what I did...

The Blade Show!

2008-10-09T06:49:00.000-07:00

This is it! The all powerful and all mighty Blade West Show. This is our view from our table. This is just a tiny portion of the show.

Above, That's Ed Caffrey just left of center in the kacky shirt .
See the guy to the right in the kacky shirt and black hat. He's standing below the sconce next to the green table. When we would retell this story we would call that guy "the knife guy." Then we would have to specify because, let's face it, everyone in that room could in one way or another be called the knife guy!!

But this particular guy, had knives strapped to his wrist with black leather. Then he would throw his arms forward and the knives would come shooting out of the sheaths and fly up and around into his hand. He did this about three feet from my face! It was one of those moments, when you want to let out a little yelp, but don't because, you're in shock and you don't want to offend the guy.

Having kept myself from being a ninny, I smiled pretty. Told him "wow" cause that was all I could say and told him he needed to go talk to Michael Raider. Michael Raider is the sword guy and knows all about self defence. (I'm sure Michal Raider apreciated this.) While saying all of this I was prepared to duck because this man with the knives on his wrist talked with his hands and I just knew any moment one of the knives was going to fly out and take one of my green eyes with it!

I still don't want to offend the guy because I'm co-dependant and want everybody to like me. Which is another issue...

I think the guy may have, really, invented something that for the right person, who had to protect themselves from ninjas or something , this might be the key.

That reminds me... Did you know I have a whole herd, yes herd, of ninjas protecting my knife collection. I do. So don't event think about it....

If you don't believe me. Click over to my blog when you finished with this one. Scroll down to my archives and click on September then scroll down to the picture of the knives. It's called Hubbies Got Talent! it will tell you about the ninjas!!
So what I was getting at, is if you try to get one of my knives. You might wish you had a set of knives strapped to your wrist.

This is Peter Bromely. His table was kiddy corner from ours.

He is not a "sweet little Mormon girl."

What the heck are you talking about Lacy. He is not even a girl. I know this. Believe me, I'm glad he is not a sweet little Mormon girl because then he would not be Peter Bromely. Then he would be Petra Bromely and that just wouldn't be any good.

So what am I talking about? Let me tell you. I like Mr. Bromely. He was very kind to us and gave us great advise. He's been in the business a long time and you should recognise his name, if you're into knives.

This is why Mr. Bromely is not a "sweet little Mormon girl."

Shane was a wanderer at the show. He wanted to see everybody else's work. This left me alone at the table a lot. Mr. Bromely who I had already been acquainted with, at this point, would walk by to go out side. He had a little baggy in one hand and his other hand inside the bag. When Mr. Bromely would move there was a smell I was not accustomed to. It was not quite hazel nut, not quite vanilla, and not quite musk. I couldn't put my finger on it. So I asked, "What are you doing with that bag?" (Shane had wondered back at this point)

"You probably don't smoke do you?" He asked

"No, I'm a sweet little Mormon girl." I replied

Putting his hand on his chest to refer to himself.

"Well, I'm not." Mr. Bromely replied with mischief in his eyes.

He then explained to the naive young girl that it was tobacco in his bag and he was filling his pipe. I was surprised at how sweet it smelled.

This is Mr. Bromely and I.

Note- All pictures are posted on the blog in order as they are taken.

WE ARE BACK!!!

2008-10-04T10:56:00.001-07:00

First of all, I apologize for the Halloween music. I like festivity, it keeps things interesting!

Well, we arrived in Oregon wed sep 24. We had all of Thursday to do as we wished. (You can read about it on my blog.)
Shane and I had been looking forward to the blade show. It not only was for Shane's knives but this is the first time we've left our children since I was pregnant with Questen. Questen is our first child and he is now six. Yes, six years since we've been alone. And if I wanted to be really technical, we went on that trip (to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico) September 9, 2001. We were there on the tragic 9-11, which is an entirely different story, that all tell about some other time. So if I wanted to be really technical, it had been exactly 7 years and 15 days since Shane and I have been on vacation without munchkins!!!

To add to that, Shane had been out in "the Great Oblivion" (the knife shop) since July. Well, sometimes, he would let me come out to "the great oblivion" and sit quietly in the corner so I could watch him work.

Now you understand how excited I was for the show.

His hard work has paid off. Here are the knives he made and we took to the show. I think that you can click on the pictures to see them bigger.

There pretty ain't they? I know, aint, aint a word, da, da, da....
Anyways, the show was great! It was fun!
The other knife makers were all so kind to us and I would say even the one's that made Shane feel a little "Star struck" were extremely down to earth and very friendly.
(Within the next few days I will have a post(s) on some of the people we met and became friends with.)

So I want to tell you how Shane did at the show. So, one of the reasons why I write on Shane's bog is because I can brag about my hunky knife making husband, because he won't do it himself. So having said this let my bragging begin-

I feel like Shane did really well at the show. That's not the truth I feel like Shane did awesome!!!
He sold five knives and a little axe.

Sold- Mammoth tooth bolster and Ebony wood

We all know that I have a hard time parting with Shane's knives. There a part of him and there beautiful and I would like to keep everyone of them! Being a women, I have mixed emotions. I also, jump for joy when he sells one and especially when I think the knife is going to have a happy home. This big boy went to Canada. A man by the name of George bought it and it just seemed to belong him.

Sold- Mammoth tusk

This little neck knife went to a very nice lady in Oregon.

Sold- green malachite bolster and mammoth tusk

I have been begging Shane to do a green knife for over a year! So when he brought this little knife in from "the Great Oblivion" to show me, my heart did a little sing and soar. la.. la.. la..
Then he told me. IT WAS NOT LACY'S. Darn!
Don't worry, I'm over it now because George bought this one, as well. His wife really liked it. What can I say, She had great taste!

Sold- Mammoth tooth bolster and mammoth tusk

This knife was the first one to sell and it was so exciting to think that we had sold one!!

Sold- Mammoth tooth bolster, jasper cigar band , and curly wood

I also, wanted to keep this one! It was an eye catcher.

I'm glad it caught a buyers eye!

Sold- mini battle axe

So stinkin cute! That's exactly what the man who bought it said.

I have to say, at the show I didn't experience to much separation anxiety.

I was just so proud of Shane every time a knife sold.

Five knives and a mini axe for a first time show is awesome!

In the next day or so, I will post the ones still for sale. In the meantime, If you're interested you can email Shane at spaknives@yahoo.com. He would be happy to send you pictures.

Daren's knife

2008-09-22T11:38:00.000-07:00

There is this man named Daren. He makes, builds, beautiful kitchen cabinets. Which upon seeing his work, a strange very inquisitive women started calling him weekly, if not daily, to try and determine exactly how she wanted her cabinets to look. Can you do this? Can you do that? How much is that going to cost me? She would ask. To Daren's relief the women sent her husband to pick up some samples one day. This said husband, happened to be a knife maker and asked, (Making my voice deep) "If you have any left over scraps of wood, when your finished with our kitchen, can I keep them?I make knives and the wood would be great for the handles. " (Still keeping my voice deep but changing it slightly) Daren replied, "You make knives? I collect knives. "

And thus, A new knife was born. Well not exactly right then, but the idea of it was.

Shane starts with a billet (point for Lacy!) which is a big block of steel and he grounds the knife out of it. He uses his own patterns and has never used anyone else's. Although, I keep asking if he would let me design one. He hasn't given in yet. At some point the knife has to be heat treated. Why? Shane will explain that someday. This is Daren's knife before it was beautified by Shane.
This is the end result, but just wait until you see it in color. By the way, The annoying lady wasn't trying to be annoying, she just likes things pretty and when you spend that kind of money. You want it the way you want it. Anyways.... I think I... I mean the lady did pretty well here's a picture of the kitchen.
Don't you just love how she combined old with new. I also just love how there's

beautiful contrast in the cabinet's colors.

Okay, I'll get back to knives. Quit yelling at me!

Here it is. I just bet after seeing the knife, that Daren thought all of my.... the lady's nagging was worth it.

Daren came to "the great oblivion" (Shane's shop). He asked a few question's himself. Which made that lady not look so annoying. Daren picked out the blue Mammoth tooth and the pattern of steel and approximate size.

Shane pulled the rest together with a Mammoth tusk bolster blue and yellow spacer.

Ooooh, I like this file work!
It's a beauty. Isn't it? Daren acted just like a proud poppa when he received his knife.

Good bye till we're back from Oregon! - the annoying Lady, Lacy.

Ahh crap... nothing will ever top the eagle knife

2008-09-19T07:49:00.000-07:00

Bare with me okay, let me give you a little bit of background:
So I grew up in a pointy house on top of a hill that has a great big drop of. A cliff. It was the perfect spot for eagles to nest. They could soar and see the whole town. Food was plenty from mice to snakes and maybe even occasionally, one of our cats. How sad.
That's why my dad, Randy, named our home Eagle's Nest.

I know, first Rose Cottage and Now Eagle's Nest. We might be a bit strange, but we're entertaining. I'm still thinking of a name for our new house. I'm sure you wanted to know that.

My dad, Randy, really likes Eagles. I think they're his favorite animal, bird... What ever.

So when Father's day and his Birthday came, I told Shane to make him a knife.
(My dad was born on Father's day and even when the two occasions don't fall on the same day. we tend to celebrate them together anyways. )
Now admit it, we all have one person in our lives that we cringe thinking of what to get them on special days.
Not because we don't love them, but because there just plain hard.
My dad is that person for me. Sorry dad, It's true I love ya.
So I thought, problem solved.
Here it is.

Shane searched high and low to find a carved eagle. It was carved out of elk horn. Perfect. He pulled the rest of the knife together with an amber wood spacer and a Damascus bolster. He did awesome! .
My dad loved it and it was probably the best gift I ever gave him. Every year, When June rolls around I think Ahhh crap. ..Nothing will ever top the eagle knife.

Famous

2008-09-17T07:25:00.000-07:00

Don't you just hate it when you're just about to take a bite of the most scrumptious dessert and the phone rings. You're regretting putting down that beautiful scrumptious bite and answer the phone. Because good edicut is to answer the phone and so you do. Only to find the familiar plugged nose twang of, " hello, Mr. (or Mrs.) so and so. You know immediately that it is not a beloved family member or loved one or even the dreaded dentist office. It is a stupid (Forgive my rudeness, but I know your thinking it too. ) SALES PERSON!!

Okay so a year ago, while we lived in the little house My mom and I dubbed Rose Cottage, the phone rang. Having six children (ages 8, 5, 4, 2, 1, and 10 months) in my care, and in a squished 1000 square foot home, the chaos was much. The darn phone rang every ten minutes that morning.

So when the phone rang I was at my wits end. I picked it up with the thought that if it was a sales person he/she might might get a verbal licken like they'd never had before.

Hello.

Is Mr. Shane Paul at home?

What nerve this guy had. He even used Shane's middle name. I'm not going to mess with him I'm just going to haa...

S.P.A. the knife maker? the deep voice asked.

Being the typical woman that I am, my mood changed from desperate house wife to sugary sweet.

Why yes, it is. What can I do for you? I asked

He proceeded to tell me that he was from Canada and he was an avid knife collector. He had just bought this knife in the above picture from an auction up there. He said he wanted to know what kind of guy Shane was. Well, he's just a hard working, good husband, and good father of three. (I really did say that.) He said Shane was well known up there and he needed to get his butt to a knife show. Okay so he didn't say butt.

He later called Shane back and they talked for about a hour and Half.

So there you have it. Shane is famous in Canada, Who knew?

That phone call got Shane's thoughts a twirling and now a week from today we'll be in flight to the Blade Show West.

Here's the famous knife again. It is a beautiful knife. It has a giraffe bone bolster and Mammoth tooth on the end with black and yellow spacers. Points for Lacy!

Shane likes to call this pointy thing a "toad stabber." Really, Shane likes toads and wouldn't hurt them. The last rain storm he even swerved to miss one of those cute little hoppers. Beautiful file work he calls "The Celtic" He doesn't know why.
Please if you're a sales person and the name Shane or Lacy is on you're list.

Don't call us. Just don't do it. I might be little, but I'm tough and I have

enough chaos in my life you don't need to add to it.

Seriously.

There is a certain company that's pushing their limits.

I won't name any names, ahh urrr Chase Bank ahh urr.

-Lacy

The Beginning

2008-09-16T11:31:00.000-07:00

This is not the first knife. I repeat, it is not the first knife.

Shane is my very talented husband, whom on a whim, decided he would like to try to make knives.

My name is Lacy. That is me in the profile. I'm just the author of this little shin dig and wife of this crazy talented man who, if you remember, started on a whim.

Now I must admit, I was a bit skeptical. After all, Shane had started on many great and wonderful hobbies only to spend time, money and in a few months he would be on to his next great adventure.

So being the typical loving and encouraging wife I said, "Now how much are you going to spend?!"

Shane being the typical very communicative charming husband didn't answer me. But in the next few weeks bits and pieces of machinery started showing up.

It wasn't too many days before he came strutten in the house. He had this look on his face like a kid who had just ate a whole bowl of ice cream.(I wish I had it on camera) He was sooo content. The most important thing is, though, he had this knife in his hand.

"Let me see it." I said not sure what I would find. It was beautiful. "Who did you by it from?" I asked."I made it."he said. "No you didn't. Which knife maker did you by it from and more importantly how much did it cost?" I asked. I watched his eyes which are Shane's give away when he's teasing me. There wasn't a bit of mischief in them.There was a sparkle of pride in his beautiful blue eyes and I knew he did, indeed, make it.

I grabbed it out of his hand to give it a closer look. It was warm from him working on it. It had a beautiful patterned silver blade with a silver bolster and a bluish (giraffe bone) handle. It was perfectly curved and sparkled. All girls like sparkle. I was in awe and for once I was speechless. Shane would say, " yeah for once."

It is still one of the prettiest knives I've ever seen. Although, every knife that Shane makes is a true competitor.

I will post a picture of it soon.

So Shane had found his niche. I no longer have to worry about his next big hobby. I just worry now about how much he's spending on Knife paraphernalia.

Shane has now made knives for a few years. I can't count how many he's made and sold. Occasionally, he makes one for me or a beloved family member. (Now, if he hasn't made one for you, it doesn't mean that you're not a beloved family member. He just hasn't had time or hasn't realized that you want one. So don't worry beloved family members.) Some times, I talk him into not selling one and letting me keep it. Okay, so I steal it.

On September 24 we leave for his first knife show in Oregon. Wish us good luck. I'll be sure to post our adventure.

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