The Great American Knife Tour™ Sponsorship

The Great American Knife Tour is a 25-day road trip through American knife country, July 1 through 25, 2026. 35 makers, in a Honda Pilot, my daughter running the camera, and every stop filmed and shared with the community. Nothing like it has ever been done before, and a sponsorship is how you get to be part of the first one.

The tour runs on gas, food, lodging, and a lot of miles. Your sponsorship covers the road and puts you in the story. Pick the lane that fits and we will handle the rest.

Aux Cord, Gas Sponsorship. Add a song to the official tour playlist. The playlist is public and stays up for the whole community to play long after we get home, so your pick rides along the whole way. Your song goes on the list, simple as that.

Shotgun, Food Sponsorship. Tell us where to eat. We will do our best to hit your spot when it lines up with the route, and if the timing does not work on this trip we will get there next time and think of you when we do. Either way you get a shoutout by name.

Director's Chair, Video Commission Sponsorship. Pitch a short video idea and we make it. Knife related, silly, a challenge, your call. Videos are produced in the order they come in, on the road and after the tour wraps, so the work gets done either way. A few ground rules, nothing dangerous, nothing involving religion, politics, or firearms, and nothing aimed at a real person or business. Final creative call stays with me so it lands right and stays on brand. This tier is limited to 25 spots for the life of the tour.

On the Record, Lodging Sponsorship. Send in a question and we ask a maker on camera. If a few sponsors land on the same maker we run it as a speed round, and every question gets its sponsor credited no matter what.

However you pitch in, you get named. Every sponsor gets a public shoutout, and every Friday we draw one name from that week's sponsors to win a free year of our paid Patreon tier.

This is patronage, plain and simple. You are helping a first of its kind tour celebrate American knife making in the year America turns 250. Every dollar goes to the road. Thank you for being part of it.

After checkout, add your song, meal pick, video idea, or maker question in the order notes so we can match it to you.