Custom Knife Maker Dave Rydbom of Kingdom Armory – The Knife Junkie Podcast Episode 298
Custom knife maker Dave Rydbom of Kingdom Armory joins Bob “The Knife Junkie” DeMarco on episode 298 of The Knife Junkie Podcast.
Rydbom has been knife making under the Kingdom label since 2008. He always intended to grind quietly under the radar, working with his hands, supporting his family, making knives in titanium, bronze and steel.
Dave lives by the words of 1 Thessalonians (4,11): “Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands.” He doesn’t use fixtures when working and all grinding is done completely free hand.
It took 12 years soup-to-nuts, but the Kingdom Armory cleaverish folder called “Bill the Butcher” has been made into the production Spyderco Stovepipe.*Affiliate link
He also worked on the Unagi folder with Chad Nichols and Les George.
You can find Kingdom Armory online, as well as on Instagram and Facebook.
Dave Rydbom of Kingdom Armory is my featured guest on episode 298 of #theknifejunkie #podcast. Had fun chatting about knives with this custom maker about his knives - and axes - as well as his production design the Spyderco Stovepipe Share on X
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