Brazilian Bladesmiths - Under New Management!

[BrB]

Friends,

In 2003 I have publisehd the Brazilian Bladesmiths website. The idea came through during the S?o Paulo Knife Show of 2002 when I realized that the language barrier was the biggest challenge for Brazilians blademakers to get on the international market.

Particularly, my goal was to give show the brazilian work outside the country. On the personal level, my goal was that the sales would fund the equipment in my shop.

The time spent and the priorities changed. Today my family needs much more time than I have and keeping the site has been very complicated in recent months, especially after the arrival of the twins.

This, and other particular problems, led me to the decision of closing the site. Then I thought that this work could not stop. There were 5 years of investment with good results for many blademakers.

Then I spoke to Ivan Campos, he made an offer and we negotiated the site.

I am sure that Ivan is the most qualified person in Brazil to take this job on. He has excellent contacts here in Brazil and abroad. He traveled to the Blade Show several times. He has a site of national sales he can merge with the Brazilian Bladesmiths (creating the so dreamed version of the site in Portuguese) in addition to a magazine and the SPKS Show.

From my part, I thank for all the years of good work. I am definitely retiring from the "public" or "political" cutlery and also disaffiliating from SBC (brazilian ABS). I will dedicate my free time to do what I wanted from the beginning, 5 years ago ... Playing in the workshop and perhaps make some knives, without much pretension.

Good luck to Ivan and the Brazilian Bladesmiths team.

[SharpByCoop]

Hi Jeff,

I want to thank you for FIVE years of unselfish promotion of some of the finest knives we have encountered here on TKN--and all over the world.

Yes, I am pleased to hear that the site will not fold, and I am also confident, as you are, in the future success piloted by Ivan.

Many thanks to you, once again, and I wish you nothing but the very best!

Coop