Josh Dabney
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Where to start...
I can't express my gratitude enough to my friend for welcoming me into his shop, home, and life for a brief but memorable day and half.
Having only a little online contact in the past and the connection of my mentor and his student DCknives when I found out I was vacationing 12 miles from his place I got Sandy's number from Dave with the intention of a cold call and request for a shop visit.
I'm always apprehensive about calling folks out of the blue like that but the oppertunity before me overwhealmed my apprehension quickly :biggrin:
Once settled in I gave a call and the response I got was something like this- Yeah... I know who ya are, your not here yet ? Well get on over here I'm sittin at the leather bench waitin on ya. -Apprehention out the window and I'm in my truck and on the way.
You name it, we talked about it. A more humble man with amazing and perhaps unparalleled expertise in his field I've never met.
Having had extensive teaching from Dave already Sandy guaged my work, skipped MOST of the basics and plowed right into more advance topics like tool making, use, and elevating the basics for cleaner work.
One aspect of sheathmaking I'm really starting to enjoy is carving and tooling. Up to this point I've come up with amaturish carvings with potential. Stepping up from amature to pro level in anything can be extremely difficult without a pro taking you under his wing and teaching you the finer points of the art. The details of a true professional may be rarely recognised to the untrained eye but mastering the details is a must to reach the next level.
For sharing with me his wisdom and expereience in the finer points of leatherworking I'm forever gratefull and indebted to a man I'm proud to call freind- Mr. Sandy Morrisey
Aside from leatherworking I think we both learned a little about life during our visit and discovered a 53 year age difference is but a blink of the eye. Instead of being seperated by generation gap I believe we were brought together by the undeniable commonalitys of our unique lives.
This thread is worthless without pics right ?
Thanks again my Friend !
I'll be looking forward to talking with ya again soon !
-Josh
I can't express my gratitude enough to my friend for welcoming me into his shop, home, and life for a brief but memorable day and half.
Having only a little online contact in the past and the connection of my mentor and his student DCknives when I found out I was vacationing 12 miles from his place I got Sandy's number from Dave with the intention of a cold call and request for a shop visit.
I'm always apprehensive about calling folks out of the blue like that but the oppertunity before me overwhealmed my apprehension quickly :biggrin:
Once settled in I gave a call and the response I got was something like this- Yeah... I know who ya are, your not here yet ? Well get on over here I'm sittin at the leather bench waitin on ya. -Apprehention out the window and I'm in my truck and on the way.
You name it, we talked about it. A more humble man with amazing and perhaps unparalleled expertise in his field I've never met.
Having had extensive teaching from Dave already Sandy guaged my work, skipped MOST of the basics and plowed right into more advance topics like tool making, use, and elevating the basics for cleaner work.
One aspect of sheathmaking I'm really starting to enjoy is carving and tooling. Up to this point I've come up with amaturish carvings with potential. Stepping up from amature to pro level in anything can be extremely difficult without a pro taking you under his wing and teaching you the finer points of the art. The details of a true professional may be rarely recognised to the untrained eye but mastering the details is a must to reach the next level.
For sharing with me his wisdom and expereience in the finer points of leatherworking I'm forever gratefull and indebted to a man I'm proud to call freind- Mr. Sandy Morrisey
Aside from leatherworking I think we both learned a little about life during our visit and discovered a 53 year age difference is but a blink of the eye. Instead of being seperated by generation gap I believe we were brought together by the undeniable commonalitys of our unique lives.
This thread is worthless without pics right ?
Thanks again my Friend !
I'll be looking forward to talking with ya again soon !
-Josh
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