A little bit about John McDonald
Cutting Edge
Article by Steve Beck, Wanganui Chronicle.
There is scant room in the garage for John McDonald’s car, but then that is as it should be for someone honing his skills in a new career that is crowding out the available garage space.
It is a long way from his days as an apprentice in Scotland, and his subsequent years as an engineer both there and in New Zealand, as he embarks on a journey he hopes will see him cutting into the lucrative United States’ market for a specialist line in collectibles.
However his engineering background has been a boon in creating the equipment he needs to carve out his new career in Hunterville, far from the big city hustle and bustle which had been his previous job out of Auckland.
Then he was John McDonald, specialist engineering representative. Now he is John McDonald, knife maker, garage-based and quickly building a name for his company, Alba, itself as he crafts custom-made knives.
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