Warren Osborne – The Texan with Simple Tastes.

When you live in Waxahachie, a small Texan town of 15,000 souls, traffic jams and tall buildings hold little attraction. As near as Dallas may be, one rarely goes there. Every Bladesmith injects a little or a lot of his culture and way of life into his work. Warren Osborne has been exercising his profession full time since 1980, deciding to concentrate only on folding knives that have strong Texan influences. Producing knives for an essentially local clientele and at unbelievably low prices, he decided to see what was happening in town and, pushing himself a little. He didn’t choose the smallest one: he went to New York where the annual Art Knife Show was taking place.

The welcome that awaited him must surly have surprised the cowboy in his Texan clothes: all the models on his table were sold in just a few hours. What was the reason for such success? Perfect finishing, original design, and very attractive prices. The meeting of Stetson and skyscraper enabled him to situate himself in relation to the market in general, although his modesty held him back a little. This experience gave him the opportunity to grow, to create other models and to go further in the precision of the mechanisms, his choice of styles and diversity of materials. He has naturally brought his prices up in line with his competitors, but needing little to lead a simple life, he now produces less.

An enthusiast of Japanese blades, he dreams of going to the Land of the Rising Sun to watch at work one of these legendary bladesmiths who has become a living national treasure.

Yes, this man is just like his knives: simple, but possessing the essential.

More information on Warren Osborne can be found here: http://www.osborneknives.com/