A Poem called 'My Knives'

[D lisch]

I been making and braking knives the last few days. I will be taking my JS performance test on July 26th at my annual Blacksmith Swap meet. I wrote this poem to share with you all. I hope you like it, or at least get a good laugh out of it...


My Knives

It's the knives in my life that cut me to the bone, it's the one's that I think about whenever I'm alone.
It's the one that I just finished, and the one I can't get out. It's the one that I'm so sure of and the one that gives me doubt.
I am striving for perfection, and perhaps a buck or two. But to make the perfect knife there's really nothing I won't do.
As my knives are looking better, my expectations grow and grow, so the knives I make right now cut me deeper then you know.
I have laid my heart upon the anvil and poured my sweat into the steel, and I would hope that you could see my knives reflect the way I feel.
So I will take from those before me and pass it on to those behind, until the knife that's in my hand matches the one that's in my mind.
David Lisch

 

[SHEBOP]

Blessings & Well Wishes for your successful JS Performance Test!
Great poem, David!

 

[Hmathews]

Well said. I'm presenting knives for voting status at the Knifemakers Guild Show in Orlando in two weeks and have been going through the same thing. It will be another year and a half before I can test for my JS, but it's coming. Good luck with your test, but with this kind of attitude and understanding you won't likely need the luck.

 

[Jos]

Poems are not really my thing. However, I do wish you luck for your JS performance test.

Kind regards,

Jos

 

[Keith Montgomery]

That's a pretty good poem.

If you prepare properly, the performance test should be a slam dunk, and it looks like you are preparing properly.

 

[psycho78]

genius!

 

[Kevin Jones]

Thanks for sharing Dave. Your words convey your passion for the art.
Best of luck on your performance test. :thumbup:

 

[Russ Andrews]

Your words get right to it..
Introspective eloquence.

Thanks

 

[The Moose]

Good luck to you! :]

 

[blakesnowden]

you know what that poem needs Dave ?
that poem needs a " fricken bear head on the back of it "

 

[Raymond Richard]

Dave, When you going to put your poem to music? That shouldn't be much of a task with your back ground. Good Luck with the test! What steel are you going with? Hey you still got the rat tail?

 

[Stuart Willis]

Nice poem and good luck with the JS test.

 

[MVF]

Very nice, thanks for sharing it and Good Luck!

 

[Lorien]

I sort of missed this thread a couple of times, and finally read the poem just now.
That's soulful, real, honest stuff. It's great to read something like that in here.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[D lisch]

Thanks ALL . Ray, I went with 5160, glad I did. The rat tale is gone but not forgotten, if you come to the swap meet I put you up for the night. IF anyone else from seattle comes to the swap meet I'll make you dinner, as I have A BBQ planned for that night. need info send me a PM.

 

[Raymond Richard]

Thanks ALL . Ray, I went with 5160, glad I did. The rat tale is gone but not forgotten, if you come to the swap meet I put you up for the night. IF anyone else from seattle comes to the swap meet I'll make you dinner, as I have A BBQ planned for that night. need info send me a PM.

I saw the picture of you shooting Bruce Bumps canon. You had a hat on but it looked like skin all the way around. You did save it? I believe the 26th is the day my wife comes back from Uganda so I'd better stay home but thanks for the offer. 5160 is pretty much the norm for the test knife. Will Tom be testing you?