Meet Your Maker

An interest in “all things sharp” has been a life long passion. From as early as I can remember knives have held a special fascination for me. To me, knives were tools that ventured with you into the wild, helped spark my young imagination, and to a kid of the Indiana Jones generation….. they just seemed to speak of adventure and excitement. I just can’t think of a time when I didn’t have a knife clipped to my pocket, stashed in a pack, or hanging from my belt. Well, life marches on but I believe that your childhood core interests remain with you.

That sense of adventure and appreciation for a fine tool, is still a spark that motivates me and a compass that helps set my course. I’m just drawn to the outdoors, and I love the gear that gets me there! I’ve flyfished for grayling in the arctic circle, hunted Kudu in South Africa, chased Elk through the Oregon timber, and pursued Royal Stag in New Zealand. I’ve worked as a homebuilder, a developer, a photographer, and a federally regulated class 3 weapons dealer. Those experiences have helped shape me into who I am, but have also shown me the reward that comes from doing what you love, even if you might not have someone to teach you how. You’ll take your lumps and get your cuts, but there’s nothing like learning how to do what you’re passionate about.

In that spirit, I’m self taught in this endevor as I am in most of my other interests. There’s just no substitute for trial and error, learning from your mistakes and successes, and letting life experience be your teacher. I believe God created each of us with unique individual interests. I plan to pursue them with everything I have, and let the rest fall into place. Someone once told me that “the past is history and tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.”
I’m a father, a son, and a brother… and I’m a knifemaker. These are my knives.

About The Blades

David M. Rydbom
Ashland, OR
USA

1 Thessalonians 4:11
“Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.”

Ephesians 6:17 (Paul’s letter to the people of Ephesus)
“Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”