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Staff photo by Troy Stolt / Mak Kelsay, owner and operator of 6Ear Knife and Tool hammers a red hot piece of steel into the shape of a kitchen knife inside of Kelsay's home, where he has a shop in his garage on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 in Ooltewah, Tenn. — Staff photo by Troy Stolt / Mak Kelsay, owner and operator of 6Ear Knife and Tool hammers a red hot piece of steel into the shape of a kitchen knife inside of Kelsay's home, where he has a shop in his garage on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 in Ooltewah, Tenn. Staff photo by Troy Stolt / Mak Kelsay, owner and operator of 6Ear Knife and Tool hammers a red hot piece of steel into the shape of a kitchen knife inside of Kelsay's home, where he has a shop in his garage on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 in Ooltewah, Tenn.

By Troy Stolt October 5, 2020 1 min read

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Ooltewah Knife Maker

Staff photo by Troy Stolt / Mak Kelsay, owner and operator of 6Ear Knife and Tool hammers a red hot piece of steel into the shape of a kitchen knife inside of Kelsay's home, where he has a shop in his garage on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 in Ooltewah, Tenn.

Staff photo by Troy Stolt / Mak Kelsay, owner and operator of 6ear Knife and Tool works to draw out a piece of steel into a kitchen knife with a hammer inside of Kelsay's home, where he has a shop in his garage on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 in Ooltewah, Tenn.

Staff photo by Troy Stolt / Mak Kelsay, owner and operator of 6Ear Knife and Tool hammers a red hot piece of steel into the shape of a kitchen knife inside of Kelsay's home, where he has a shop in his garage on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 in Ooltewah, Tenn.

Staff photo by Troy Stolt / Mak Kelsay, owner and operator of 6Ear Knife and Tool looks at a piece of steel he pulled from his forge inside of Kelsay's home, where he has a shop in his garage on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 in Ooltewah, Tenn.

Staff photo by Troy Stolt / Mak Kelsay works with a red hot piece of steel to create a tang for a kitchen knife inside of Kelsay's home, where he has a shop in his garage on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 in Ooltewah, Tenn.

Staff photo by Troy Stolt / Mak Kelsay, owner and operator of 6Ear Knife and Tool hammers a red hot piece of steel into the shape of a kitchen knife inside of Kelsay's home, where he has a shop in his garage on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 in Ooltewah, Tenn.

Staff photo by Troy Stolt / Mak Kelsay, owner and operator of 6ear Knife and Tool, pulls a piece of steel out of the forge inside of Kelsay's home, where he has a shop in his garage on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 in Ooltewah, Tenn.

Staff photo by Troy Stolt / A piece of high carbon steel being forged into a kitchen knife is seen inside of Mak Kelsay's home, where he has a shop in his garage on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 in Ooltewah, Tenn.

Staff photo by Troy Stolt / Mak Kelsay, owner and operator of 6Ear Knife and tool, uses a power hammer to create a tang for a kitchen knife inside of Kelsay's home, where he has a shop in his garage on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 in Ooltewah, Tenn.

Staff photo by Troy Stolt / Mak Kelsay, owner and operator of 6Ear Knife and Tool brushes off a blade that he was working to normalize inside of Kelsay's home, where he has a shop in his garage Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 in Ooltewah, Tenn.

Mak Kelsay, owner and operator of 6Ear Knife and Tool, creates knives in the shop in his garage on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 in Ooltewah, Tenn.