Antony Richards Ep 12

• Antony started out doing silversmithing and went onto do two degrees in design.
• Remembers in 1996 walking into an army surplus and buying a knife when you could carry a knife without issues.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Works out of 2m x3m shed and decided that he didn't want to wait till he had a bigger shed.
• 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.
• Feels that knives are the very integral to who we are now and historically.
• He started out making kitchen knives but realized that he wanted to make something different.
• As a designer, he looked at the idea of the knife as a problem that needed to be solved.
• Isn't looking to create art knives he wants to create a usable product.
• Is hoping to submit his 3 knives soon to become a member of the Australian Knifemakers Guild.
• Feels he kind of takes some of the accepted rules in knife making and pushes the, to dee if he can make them work.
• 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.
• 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).
• Talks about his initial design and starts out his ideas in small thumbnail size pics before he moves to full-sized drawings.
• Even then he still hasn't finished the design process till he has made the knife.

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Antony's shout out for content creators

Jordon Peterson https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/podcast/