Knife design from a whole different angle

<p>Antony Richards  Ep 12</p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Antony started out doing silversmithing and went onto do two degrees in design.</li> <li>Remembers in 1996 walking into an army surplus and buying a knife when you could carry a knife without issues.</li> <li>In 2012 he and his partner decided to go into business together where the decision was made that they would put time and energy into making products.</li> <li>In 2015 they had a house fire in their home which involved their office space. So, during the rebuild of their lives and home/ office.</li> <li>Recount how his father always wanted to be a chocolatier but never did and it made him want to do the person who doesn’t get to do the thing that makes him happy.</li> <li>Works out of 2m x3m shed and decided that he didn’t want to wait till he had a bigger shed.</li> <li>Fells he is in a very lucky situation that he is where he can make what he wants and has a partner that supports him.</li> <li>Feels that knives are the very integral to who we are now and historically.</li> <li>He started out making kitchen knives but realized that he wanted to make something different.</li> <li>As a designer, he looked at the idea of the knife as a problem that needed to be solved.</li> <li>Isn’t looking to create art knives he wants to create a usable product.</li> <li>Is hoping to submit his 3 knives soon to become a member of the Australian Knifemakers Guild.</li> <li>Feels he kind of takes some of the accepted rules in knife making and pushes the, to dee if he can make them work.</li> <li>Workshops are like budgets you can work to what you’ve got as efficient as possible. Of always be wanting more. And never get anything done with what you have.</li> <li>The 18 cutlery co came from a tattoo of 18 in the palm of his hand. And the idea for that came from a manga movie (Akira).</li> <li>Talks about his initial design and starts out his ideas in small thumbnail size pics before he moves to full-sized drawings.</li> <li>Even then he still hasn’t finished the design process till