A message for you beginners.
- Thread starter Calvin Robinson
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TacticallySharp
KNIFE MAKER
By my OOPs bucket I must be a grand master, Not! LOL
The best lessons I have learned are when one of my knives gets reviewed by a master who truly looks at your work. Most also will tell you how they would do it.
Calvin this is so true. Thanks for sharing!
The best lessons I have learned are when one of my knives gets reviewed by a master who truly looks at your work. Most also will tell you how they would do it.
Calvin this is so true. Thanks for sharing!
Freeman Longhunter
Active Member
As they say, success is a stale finale, it's the struggle that is the true success.
rhinoknives
Well-Known Member
To paraphrase Henry Ford, It's not how low you fall, Its how high you bounce from failure!
CAJones
Well-Known Member
Thank you for this.
I have to agree George. You have to know what you are doing wrong in order to fix it. The easiest way for this is to find someone better than you. I've had the pleasure over the last year to meet a lot of really good makers. Last summer I was able to have Steve Culver critique my best knife (at the time). The 2 things he pointed out were a handful of fishhook scratches in the finish and that 1 plunge was a slightly different radius than the other. In telling a friend what was said his comment was that Steve was being overly critical. My reply was that he wasn't, he was giving the critique and advice that I asked for.... That I needed!
I can't begin to express the gratitude I have for you guys that share your knowledge so freely. Thank you.
Chris
I have to agree George. You have to know what you are doing wrong in order to fix it. The easiest way for this is to find someone better than you. I've had the pleasure over the last year to meet a lot of really good makers. Last summer I was able to have Steve Culver critique my best knife (at the time). The 2 things he pointed out were a handful of fishhook scratches in the finish and that 1 plunge was a slightly different radius than the other. In telling a friend what was said his comment was that Steve was being overly critical. My reply was that he wasn't, he was giving the critique and advice that I asked for.... That I needed!
I can't begin to express the gratitude I have for you guys that share your knowledge so freely. Thank you.
Chris
Jbh blades
Well-Known Member
You all are posting inspiring ideas. Thank you!
John Wilson
Well-Known Member
Very true. A lot of things have come very easily to me in my life, but anything that I am really good at is something that I struggled mightily to get proficient at. Knifemaking is in the latter group. I can't say any part of it has come easily. Everything that I learn seems to come from a royal butt-kicking.
I'm a big fan of Walter Sorrells on youtube. He said something that really helped me: "Fail your way to success." And that's been the utter truth for me. As a newbie, my successes are a direct result of perseverance when I have really begun to doubt myself. Just pushing through the frustration makes me realize that it's not rocket science, but it definitely is a lot of hard work. If there's a secret, it's that shortcuts produce results that look like you took shortcuts.
I'm a big fan of Walter Sorrells on youtube. He said something that really helped me: "Fail your way to success." And that's been the utter truth for me. As a newbie, my successes are a direct result of perseverance when I have really begun to doubt myself. Just pushing through the frustration makes me realize that it's not rocket science, but it definitely is a lot of hard work. If there's a secret, it's that shortcuts produce results that look like you took shortcuts.
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Tim Peterson
Guest
Very True. This came at the perfect time.