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    HE PUT THE STEEL TO THE WHEEL

    Jan 21, 2020 5 minutes
    BY MIKE HASKEW BLADE® FIELD EDITOR
    (knives
    from the collection of William J.
    Jury and William J. Jury III from
    David Darom’s book, The Great
     
    Collections)

    With a big smile, knifemaker Craig Morgan shares a quick story about his mentor, Bob Lum.

    “My friend, knifemaker Todd Begg, recently told me about the day he spent with the late, great Herman Schneider*,” Morgan related. “Herman told Todd that he never really had any interest in apprentices, but the only maker he felt had any promise was a ‘Chinese kid’ named Bob Lum.”

    That promise was fulfilled, probably more than Schneider could have ever thought possible.

    Born on Sept. 8, 1943, Bob Lum was third-generation Chinese and quite proud of his Asian heritage. He brought that pride to every aspect of his work in custom knives, and the most dramatic, far-reaching evidence of that

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