Michael Walker

Michael Walker is a knifemaker whose studio is in Taos, New Mexico. He is designer of several CRKT production knives and more than 20 knife-locking systems, including the Lake And Walker Knife Safety system (LAWKS®) developed with Ron Lake and used on many CRKT locking liner folders. He was listed in Who’s Who of American Inventors in 1992 and was the 2004 Blade Magazine Hall of Fame inductee. Walker’s pieces have received more than 20 awards in the U.S. and internationally. He says, “Having the idea, getting the idea to actually work and seeing the finished object; that is where it’s at for me,” he explains. “Everything in-between is just work.” The work of almost 20 years shows his mastery of design, technical expertise, and materials. “It is the achievement of balance between form and function,” Walker says. His work has been the subject of magazine articles and books worldwide. He says, “I will always make knives, although branching out into other forms of art, furniture and jewelry making again is a possibility. I am a designer and craftsman.”


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