Well I don't got any initials behind my name like ABS Apprentice Smith, or MS or anything for that matter! I still consider myself a newb and a part timer. Couldn't sleep last night and I caught the final episode on TV last night at about 2:00 AM! After watching it I decided this was the perfect place for time slot. I commend the participants but the show flat ..................................(OK Mama always said if you can't say anything nice..........) So will leave that there.
It is shows like this that set back what ever they are trying to represent a 100 years. No not true cause even back then they had more sense than the direction producers took this misfit of a show.
Oh, yes it will create interests in knife making, which if they follow the little bit of knowledge the show imparted, most will fail and the immediate gratification crowd are going to be full of demands for a while to say the least! Well I want one that will puncture a .............. and I want it in five minutes. What................you want that much for a knife!!!:ban:
I had this on my mind when I tuned into the forum this morning and in a effort to say something nice about the show, I will say this. I was not impressed at all.That is in now way a comment on any of the participants. they had to deal with the constraints set up by the producers. I was glad to see the knife making community represented on TV but, not this way! I think I only saw one reference to the science side of making a knife. Admit it or not, understand it fully or not their is a scientific side to knife making. Sooooooooooo, next time I am flipping thru the channels I will pass by this one, and yes the host I found very annoying! That is as close as I can get to Mama's Rule, without stepping over the line! LOL
My take on the show is you outta here!:s11798:
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My comments are in no way, a comment on any of the participants. They had to deal with the constraints set up by the producers. I was glad to see the knife making community represented on TV but, not in this way! I truly understand TV means ratings mean grammatical license, and even some pictorial licence, in an effort to make it interesting! Producers of these kind of shows could truly do a better job and still not make it boring as watching paint drying. They just have to get someone who is truly in the craft to help them decide, what it is people want to see on both sides of the coin. Then decide what airs and what doesn't!! Producer know what makes ratings but don't often know how to include the other side!
Again I am not bashing any of the participants of the show, (just the host)! I guess a deep voice and a not so ugly mug will get you a job on TV. However I found him kind of annoying! Truly though I know his way of narrating the show was greatly influenced by the script and the producers. Even though I don't know him I am sure he is someone's friend. So In and effort to keep any intention of bashing some one out of the conversation I have also gone back and edited my original comment on him!!
I truly believe their is room to accommodate both side of the room by presenting a much better side of the makers, as well as making it entertaining TV! They keep reaching for that fantasy item, when they set up parameters for these kind of shows that are not realistic or contain something a good blade maker would never do!
I do hope the show has a slot next time around but hope they can produce a show that is both informative and entertaining. Maybe I am old school but shows like the New Yankee Workshop done it for years and stayed on the air. Sometimes you would see ole Norm have a poo-paw that got out on their air but mostly it was a good show! It was informative with out stretching the truth, in other words real close to be what was REAL Workmanship, and was still entertaining, and it kept sponsors for years!! I have to credit that to the producer as well as I would imagine to Norm who wanted his work portrayed as real as possible. Even when the show could not hold prime TV ratings and was relegated to public broadcast stations it held ratings for a while before it was finally cancelled!!