THE GRIND HOUSE EXPERIENCE
The world of custom knives is a binary ecosystem composed of makers and collectors. One could not exist without the other.
Strangely, though, there always has been an invisible wall between the two groups. Collectors often feel a particular maker is unapproachable or out of reach. Meanwhile, makers often are on guard with collectors because they know many of them will say or do anything for the chance to get on their books, or to buy a knife at table price.
Recently, though, those walls came tumbling down—and in Alvin, Texas, of all places!
In November 2017, knifemaker Lee Williams announced on his Instagram page that he would be teaching a knifemaking class to a small group of people at his shop—aptly named the Grind House—just outside Houston, Texas. Participants would have the opportunity to build a knife from start to
