Absolutely phenomenal.
I really wanted something classic old school prohibition look and feel.
I found everything in this amazing maker.
Kal Rey is phenomenal.
When I asked him what his prices were I was stunned as it was actually a little bit less for me to get something from him than it would have been to get the new toy that I was thinking of.
So as I was looking through his portfolio this really jumped out at me. Kind of like love at first sight.
Talking about it more with him I definitely decided that this was going to be what I wanted. And definitely ergonomically what I would like.
Funny thing is, that when I had this commissioned and was in negotiations with this guy I was personally a little late on getting the payment to him.
Well let's just say I finally got it off and into his hands and it was already made. And I asked him since he poured it yesterday if it was getting mailed day before yesterday!
So today I checked and found out it was already delivered.
Packaged securely for sure with multiple layers....
And my little buddy Wooda was super highly interested in checking it out with all the new smells.
He definitely put his seal of approval on this package because he has to check it out first.
And of course my little puppy dog knows exactly where the cool things are.
And of course the custom Makers Mark.
This maker specializes in world war I era Trench art. Inspired by the brutality and necessity involved with fighting in world war I.
Of course just before prohibition so quite a bit of the gangsters and violence that occurred was with veterans from that conflict.
Quite an amazing time that they had lived through. And of course the fact that mother nature ended world war I with a pandemic.
Yep that's right it wasn't won it was actually a negotiated unconditional surrender.
And of course times being what they were inspired prohibition era tools and weapons.
Will I ever use them probably not.
Why would I want to own them?
History and martial arts. Well that and it is also one of the recent examples of this makers work into casting metals.
I could totally paid way less for a much higher quality product. Arguably.....
However paying from this individual I am paying for something handmade and completely unique. One of his beginning castings and the uniqueness pour line and tiny imperfections... I am paying for something that wasn't machined out with a CNC and comes with a perfect finish. I wanted something custom handmade unique. And I got bit of exactly what I wanted. Both me and puppy are absolutely enjoying this.
And on top of it I hit him up and asked him if he would like to try out this website and get paid to advertise. Hopefully he does sign up and I'm sure that there are some individuals here that would be really interesting with custom knife and cool guy toys maker.
Especially considering the unique nature of both businesses.
and absolutely blockchain technology is an amazing business tool.
I am also working on harassing a friend of mine to start posting again here with his account and getting the process moving on his end.
Which honestly enough I've got a backlog of things that I need to do like check my curation trail list blah blah blah blah...
And of course writing more posts because of updates in the Armenian Azerbaijan conflict.
However today is an absolutely amazing day because I got a new toy and art however keeping your spirits up is definitely an amazing thing to do. Especially when something so small can lift your spirits make you smile.
Definitely going to stash this away. Supporting an artist especially when they are at the beginning of their career is important and I am extremely happy on being able to help him in multiple ways.
And this is exactly what this website hopefully will do for others so I didn't get a no.
I really wish I had the ability to onboard individuals myself but I do believe that I am getting there really quickly and I'm approaching roughly halfway to that goal already.
Thank you everybody so much for all of your help achieving my goals in ways that I didn't even know were possible.
And then on top of it surpassing my expectations over and over. Thank you to this community for showing me the value.
Of myself of life and the entire world.