Dan Eastland of Dogwood Custom Knives joins Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco on episode 336 of The Knife Junkie Podcast. Find show notes and links for this episode at https://theknifejunkie.com/336 (https://theknifejunkie.com/336).Before starting Dogwood Custom Knives, Dan spent time as a landscaper, a U.S. Army Infantryman, a carpenter, furniture maker and outdoorsman... all requiring a variety of blades. As a stay-at-home dad, a friend and Dan's wife conspired to get him into woodworking to stave off madness. Years later, a blacksmith showed him how to make a Bowie knife and he was hooked.Dan was invited to Fiddleback Forge by Andy Roy to sand, sweep and do whatever grunt work was required of an apprentice. When he graduated from his apprenticeship, Dan kept working with Fiddleback and Fletcher knives learning valuable lessons in knife making, customer service and running a small business.Success as a knife maker according to Dan: "If one day a grandfather hands his grandson one of my knives and says, 'My Dad gave me this knife when I was your age.'” He adds that knife making is his true calling, "I go to bed at night reading about knives and wake up in the morning thinking about knives."Find Dan and Dogwood Custom Knives online at www.dogwoodcustomknives.com (https://www.dogwoodcustomknives.com) and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/dogwoodcustomknives/ (https://www.instagram.com/dogwoodcustomknives/). Dan is also co-host of the Knife Perspective Podcast -- a link to it can be found on the Dogwood Custom Knives website.Be sure to support The Knife Junkie and get in on the perks of being a Patron -- including early access to the podcast and exclusive bonus content. Visit www.theknifejunkie.com/patreon for details (https://www.theknifejunkie.com/patreon%20for%20details).Let us know what you thought about this episode. Please leave a rating and/or a review in whatever podcast player app you're listening on. Your feedback is much appreciated.Also, call the listener line at 724-466-4487 or email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) with any comments, feedback or suggestions on the show, and let us know who you'd like to hear interviewed on an upcoming edition of The Knife Junkie Podcast.To listen to past episodes of the podcast, visit https://theknifejunkie.com/listen (https://theknifejunkie.com/listen).