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"new" newsletter
big step
2008 shop happenings
2009 shop happenings
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latest media
workshop with Bob
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"new" newsletter
In an effort to keep you informed of what's happening here at the shop, I've decided to send out a quarterly newsletter, and this is the first installment. If you have any suggestions as to how I can make this more efficient or interesting, please feel free to make suggestions.
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big step
One of the big steps I took in an effort to maximum my time in the shop, and not answer e-mails or the phone, was to hire Chris last year. Not only has she handled those tasks with ease, but she has also created office systems and procedures for excellent customer service, Thank God for Chris! I've also hired Mark to help out in the shop. I don't know how I attracted such great folks to work with but I did. Mark is very talented, and helps out with everything from welding to mastering the forklift to rebuilding machines to putting handles on knives. Again, Thank God for Mark. Working together, our goal is to keep the quality up and increase production. I am happy to say that it has worked out great and I am very pleased with the progress we are making.
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2008 shop happenings
Last year, it was difficult for me to put the Order List on hold for as much time as I did. Though, this was a necessary step, accomplishing several things: developing a partnership with Shun and Sur La Table to provide knives of my design that are readily available, working with Todd, the writer of the New Yorker article, and finally, creating a strong working team here at the shop.
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latest media
Gourmet Magazine, June 2009, a mention of a treasured Kramer http://www.gourmet.com/travel/2009/06/packing-knives
500 Knives. Lark Books, July 2009. Juried selection by John Jensen. ISBN 978-1-57990-873-7
Splendid
Table, April 2009, interview with Bob, listen online
http://splendidtable.publicradio.org/listings/090425/
KUOW.org, February 2009, "Jeremy Richards visits Bob as he creates one of his custom knives" listen online at https://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=16889
Mad
Meat Genius, February 2009, a long-time customer of Bob's talks about
his experience http://www.madmeatgenius.com/2009/02/kramer-knives.html
Metropolitan Home Magazine, June 2009. "Design100... we celebrate one hundred of the best homes, architects, designers..." Picture of Page 50 on our site
The New Yorker Magazine, Sharper, by Todd Oppenheimer, November 24, 2008 http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/11/24/081124fa_fact_oppenheimer
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workshop with Bob
October 9-11, 2009. ABS California Bladesmithing Exposition and Knife Show, College of the Sequoias, Visalia, CA. Topics, forge design & heat-treat...
Contact: Jan DuBois (281) 225-9159 spqjanl@aol.com
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Thank you for your interest in my work, and your patience.
Bob Kramer, Master Bladesmith, ABS
www.kramerknives.com
(360) 455-4357
kramerknives@earthlink.net
