We have left parts of this page intact, since Mel expressed in his own words so well his beginnings as a knifemaker. Mel has passed on, but we suspect he has not quit making knives. --WK
Hi, my name is Mel Sorg, and I have been a knifemaker since 1988,
when it first occurred to me to take an old mower blade, and grind
myself a knife for clearing out around a deer hunting stand.
From those crude beginnings came many more equally crude knives,
but slowly I started to get the hang of it, and what had once been
an occasional hobby is now more of a passion.
I bring to my now full-time knifemaking a lifetime of interest in the art of the using knife, including several years working as a professional meatcutter in a butcher shop and many seasons in the field after deer and small game. Add to that several years living in Chicago, which piqued my own interest in designing a proper defensive blade.
While my work has run the gamut from tiny carving tools to large brush clearing blades my main interest is in making a knife that is compact, and comfortable, and cuts - whether at home, on the job, or in the field. I produce several varieties of fixed blade knives and recently have begun producing some folder designs.
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