Ministry & Outreach

  Bamba Forge has been creating opportunities and livelihoods in Uganda. Uganda is a beautiful country with some big problems. It is a country with one of the youngest populations in the world due war and the ravages of disease. In Uganda, if you are 30 years old or younger, there is a staggering 63% unemployment. People want to work, but jobs are scarce.In 2013 Tim Troyer started Bamba Forge as a collaboration with Ugandan leaders to create a way to provide skill training and job opportunities for a group of orphans and at-risk young men.They didn’t need a handout…...

I teamed up with Rustick Knives to create a really unique knife just in time for Blade Show 2017.   The billet was made from a handful of M134D Minigun barrels that Rustick processed for me into a 138-layer Damascus cladding sandwiching a 1095 carbon steel core! The silver line that separates the two is pure nickel. We chose The Gary Sinise Foundation's R.I.S.E.  (Restoring Independence, Supporting Empowerment) Program as the beneficiary of this charity auction.  They work tirelessly to provide severely-wounded Veterans with home modifications, adapted vehicles, mobility devices, and specially-adapted smart homes!   Come see us at Blade...

Ever wonder who stains our Wooden Display Boxes and puts our logo on them, or cuts, stains, laces and puts our logo on our Custom Leather Pouches? It's an organization called the "Blind & Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh (BVRS)." They do a terrific job for us, as evidenced by all the compliments we get from our customers! We're really proud to be helping BVRS achieve its mission to "provide competitive jobs for vision-impaired workers," and we encourage other companies in all types of businesses to explore using BVRS as a manufacturing partner!   Ken at work making leather pouches for our high-end custom...