sixgunner455
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Ah, now that is poetry!
Methods and beliefs in sharpening.
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Ah, now that is poetry!
Valkman
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Well nothing else matters, does it? 
There is the steel, and there is what I want to make from it. If no one liked it or bought it nothing would change - I would still just be trying to get better to satisfy what I want to do.
Every knifemaker makes knives to satisfy one person - themselves. Then when others like it they sell. But tell Loveless you want blue liners instead of red and he'll tell you to take a hike - red liners make him happy.
But with me sharpening was a chore that wasn't really what I wanted to do - kinda like sheathmaking. Now it's much more important and after having a couple of people comment on how sharp my knives were I want to hear it more - but I want an edge that will hold up. So with me it's design, execution of design by grinding and then somehow getting it sharp. Geez, no wonder it's so hard!
There is the steel, and there is what I want to make from it. If no one liked it or bought it nothing would change - I would still just be trying to get better to satisfy what I want to do.Every knifemaker makes knives to satisfy one person - themselves. Then when others like it they sell. But tell Loveless you want blue liners instead of red and he'll tell you to take a hike - red liners make him happy.
But with me sharpening was a chore that wasn't really what I wanted to do - kinda like sheathmaking. Now it's much more important and after having a couple of people comment on how sharp my knives were I want to hear it more - but I want an edge that will hold up. So with me it's design, execution of design by grinding and then somehow getting it sharp. Geez, no wonder it's so hard!
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