. . . 26 years of knifemaking experience.

"Only a handful of North Carolinians have the ability to take raw materials like
steel, stone, wood, bone and make knives like these.
Some would call it art."

Eddie Nickens
Volume 59 - Number 8
Wildlife in North Carolina

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PO Box 327; Bethania, NC 27010
Phone: 336-924-6053
FAX: 336-924-4854
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Tommy McNabb started teaching him self the art of blacksmithing in1979. He began making knives in 1982 when he hand-forged his first knife out of Damascus steel. Tommy has studied knifemaking and blacksmithing at the John C. Campbell Folk School and at Penland School in North Carolina. His skills have been appreciated at knifemaking classes for Montgomery Community College in North Carolina and for the National Rifle Association.

As founding member, he served as the first president of theNorth Carolina Custom Knifemakers Guild he is also a member of the American Bladesmith Society, The Artist Blacksmith Association of North America (ABANA), and is a voting member of the Knifemakers Guild. Tommy served as Treasurer of ABANA for six years, and has taught numerous workshops for Knifemakers.

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Carolina Custom Knife's work has been featured in the
North Carolina Wildlife magazine and many knife publications.