Steven Janik
SUPERMOD & AWARDS BOSS
Hey guys,
When you were a kid playing ball on a sandlot, did you ever wish you could you have played with the greats? Who wouldn't have wanted to be on a team with The Babe, Stan Musial or Hammerin' Hank Aaron? Maybe we all can't aspire to ultimate greatness like these guys, but we all wanted to be there, didn't we?
Well guys WE are there now!!
We are all winners in our own right. This forum is proof of that. We take care of our families, we help others and we work hard at it when others are scratching just to make it.
While artistic ability and talent are all reached at different personal levels, the opportunity to have our work looked at and praised by the truly great masters of the knife culture is something that I don't believe can be achieved in many other hobbies or professions. Give Rembrandt some paint and he is a master, give me the same paint and I'll do the porch, but I will be thrilled when he steps back and say "that is a fine looking porch, buddy".
Just think of yourself shooting hoops in the school yard one day where the rim hasn't seen a net in many years and graffitti is sprayed on the backboard when along comes Michael Jordan, gives you a few tips, pats you on the back and say "great job, keep up the hard work".
We really are there now, Look around you.
Read of the accolades that our fellow Knife Dogs have garnered and I don't think you can disagree.
I want to take this little fragment of time and throw out a huge "attaboy, sir" to Bruce D. Bump, whose work ethic, sense of detail and selfless commitment to helping others (knife makers, orphans and people in general) make him an icon in our world. When the history of knives, guns and fine art is written and edited, he will be right there in alphabetical order with the other masters.
Regards,
Steve
When you were a kid playing ball on a sandlot, did you ever wish you could you have played with the greats? Who wouldn't have wanted to be on a team with The Babe, Stan Musial or Hammerin' Hank Aaron? Maybe we all can't aspire to ultimate greatness like these guys, but we all wanted to be there, didn't we?
Well guys WE are there now!!
We are all winners in our own right. This forum is proof of that. We take care of our families, we help others and we work hard at it when others are scratching just to make it.
While artistic ability and talent are all reached at different personal levels, the opportunity to have our work looked at and praised by the truly great masters of the knife culture is something that I don't believe can be achieved in many other hobbies or professions. Give Rembrandt some paint and he is a master, give me the same paint and I'll do the porch, but I will be thrilled when he steps back and say "that is a fine looking porch, buddy".
Just think of yourself shooting hoops in the school yard one day where the rim hasn't seen a net in many years and graffitti is sprayed on the backboard when along comes Michael Jordan, gives you a few tips, pats you on the back and say "great job, keep up the hard work".
We really are there now, Look around you.
Read of the accolades that our fellow Knife Dogs have garnered and I don't think you can disagree.
I want to take this little fragment of time and throw out a huge "attaboy, sir" to Bruce D. Bump, whose work ethic, sense of detail and selfless commitment to helping others (knife makers, orphans and people in general) make him an icon in our world. When the history of knives, guns and fine art is written and edited, he will be right there in alphabetical order with the other masters.
Regards,
Steve