Learn about CNC machining, and methods for making knives and tools from John Grimsmo and the Grimsmo Knives team.
After starting in his garage in 2008, John Grimsmo became a self-taught CNC machinist. With lots of encouragement from his wife, Meg, he dedicated one day a week to making knives and documenting the process on RU-vid, and he called this series "Knifemaking Tuesdays" and it wasn't too long before John's brother Erik partnered with him. Now the business has grown to 12 people, and shows no signs of stopping. John hopes to be an inspiration for anyone going into manufacturing, and encourages everyone to "just start". His Full-Grimsmo philosophy pushes him to pursue perfection in everything he does.
Products: The Norseman The Rask The Saga Pen #writeyoursaga
john I have wanted a Norseman for a long time now and I finally was able to get one! ill have it in a week or so but Worth is what people are willin to pay right? I feel your knives are well worth the price and i cannot wait to get it in my hand! Love your stuff!
John! This is so amazing and what timing! I’m writing my Norseman review as we speak and then I see this!!! Im going to email you from my personal account in case you don’t remember me :)🎉🎉
It's a swiss lathe. It dont have a sub spindle. It have a counter spindle Difference is that a sub is smaller and or slower. less power and not as rigid but a counter is actually the same in terms of speed. Power and rigidity
Such stunning creations! Each time I view one of your videos it makes me desire one of your knives more. Someday I hope to have one for the end of my life is getting closer as each day passes. I admire your passion that is exhibited through your videos and creations. Thank you for bringing us such great content.
Hello John, so beautiful to see all the emotions, hard work, trial and error that goes in to developing such a beautiful knife, step by step you really see the heart and soul going in to making something that has been in your head literally for years now, so cool!!
I’LL NEVER BUY A TORNOS SWISS MACHINE!!! YOU NEED A SWISS GOT TO OPERATE IT???? HOW MANY PIERRE’S ARE AVAILABLE??? WHAT’S THE COST OF A PIERRE??? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I am very impressed. I’m also sad that a Canadian living 1 hour away from you who is fully prepared and willing to purchase a $2000 knife of yours doesn’t deserve a return email when enquiring about buying one of your in stock knives. Total turn off and disappointment. Enough for me to say thanks but no thanks. Let’s see how your disrespectful customer service serves in the next recession fellas !
I’m proud to support a Canadian fine knife maker and yes I’m Canadian. Not impressed that no one responds to my email however when I asked about purchasing one of your knives from you in stock inventory however. I bought a second hand knife because the careless impression I received doesn’t sit well with me when I’m ready to spend almost $2000 and $300 in tax. Not cool guys!
Awesome video. Good feedback from Sinkevich. I am curious if you going to try to make the blade a bit taller. Just to check how it looks. When the Fjell goes online I’m in!
This was so much fun to watch! I especially love any time I get to see different makers/designers/machinists discussing how and why they do the things they do, so getting to see your conversation with Shiro and Sinkevich was so great. I'd also completely forgotten that you filmed that bit where I was showing the sculptural art internals of the Magnus ClifkShift mechanism -- it's such a wildly different way of doing things than everyone else on the market, and such a fantastic juxtaposition with the MachineWIse Rota mechanism at the end. I'm so glad you were able to get Deylan on film walking through that one! What's fun is that if you take the BilletSpin CamPen mechanism apart, it looks remarkably similar to the Rota mechanism, everything is just upside down and inverted.
