I am creating and discovering new techniques, new designs, and new skills as I craft The Endeavor Works tools. The name is a daily reminder to myself to be steadfast and acknowledge the stalwart requirements of starting this kind of business in this day and age. I like the idea of The Endeavor, too, because the ship itself was the means of exploration and bravery, not a weapon of war or a mechanism of commerce. The Endeavor Works name encompasses the variety of things I desire to make under one name. As I endeavor to create objects of great quality, utility, and beauty I know I will make tools, knives, cooking utensils, figural carved objects, vessels, and more.

“Works” in The Endeavor Works is a tradition. In the great metallurgy towns of old, like the knife-making town of Sheffield, England, a forge or factory is often called a “works” or “metalworks.” The metal shop would often just be named for the street it was on, for example “The Air Works” was on “Air” street. As a collector and devotee of the renowned tool and knife makers of Sheffield this is my hat tip to them and also a living reminder of the centuries of quality I’m modeling my works after. So The Endeavor Works company name is a reminder of the legacy of things of metal made by hand and a reference to an intrepid ship. On the deepest level, The Endeavor Works title is a reminder to myself, and anyone who cares to join me, to be more fearless and to take bold risks for the betterment. Maybe I’ll be shipwrecked or stranded, but I will have sailed. 

Truly, Aaron Christopher Williams, The Endeavor Works Founder and Maker