Annoying comments

SShepherd said:
He still didn't buy it but maybe next time he'll think about what he says before he tries to lowball someone on a price.
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I bet he didn't offer you 75% off on insurance, either. Like psycho78 said, funny how some people figure if you make it yourself, it must be easy and you're willing to do it for free.
 
I'm not currently at a point where I can sell my knives so I haven't heard many comments yet. The ones I have heard is mostly something along these lines: "I bet you could get a lot of money from that!"

Last time somebody told me that I just paused for a little bit then simply said "not really". Didn't bother going into the details. Sad thing is-the last person who said that to me was referring to my very first blade..which is a complete piece of junk that I'm considering throwing away. It'll be interesting to see how his reaction would be if he saw a art knife if he thinks I could get money from mines lol..
 
Bladeful, don't throw that knife away. Keep it in an overlooked box on a dusty shelf and very infrequently take it out and stare fixedly at it for up to five minutes at a time. You'll kick yourself if you don't.
 
So, here's a cute one - not an annoying one (for me). At some point my girlfriend's nephew (11 years old) hears that I make knives and swords. This prompts him to send her this facebook message:

"I heard that your friend makes swords! That is awesome! Do you think it would be okay if he made me a sword with a blunt tip? Thanks!"


My girlfriend replies with something like: "I'll be sure to ask him."

The kid writes back the next day:

"Thanks a lot! Ps. If possible no blunt tip."
 
Mitchell Knives said:
I was showing someone a piece of A2 yesterday, and explained that I paid $30 for it.

They then suggested that I start buying my steel from Lowes because I can get the "same thing" for $5 there.

I tried to explain why that wouldn't work, but they didn't seem to understand.
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Lol. That works the same with a 300 piece of stainless damascus. Don't feel bad! Lol
 
I've had people say stuff like "I like that knife, but I don't like that the blade looks dirty". Meaning that they're seeing a hamon and thinking that it's some sort of defect.

I have a zdp 189 laminate blade, and I've had people ask about "the line" and that I can just take that to a buffing wheel and get that right out. :p
 
psycho78 said:
I've had people say stuff like "I like that knife, but I don't like that the blade looks dirty". Meaning that they're seeing a hamon and thinking that it's some sort of defect.
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My Dad says the same thing when I show him one of my blades that has a hamon. "What's wrong with it? Why would someone want that?".
 
We sometimes get so deep in the work we do to achieve these results that we forget people don't necessarily see the value we see. To those of you that invest so much in making the perfect wispy hamon, it should come as no surprise that to the untrained eye it seems more like a flaw than a feature. In fact, even to the trained eye it might appear as such... and all that hard work, all that sweat and blood... well, maybe it really was wasted. :)

Ah, but YOU know what it is... YOU know what it means.

Or do you?

It's been said that we tend to prize our own handiwork much more than others. Our work, it is said, will always seem more beautiful to us than to the common eye.

So are they right? Is it really a flaw that you should polish away? :)

Come on... admit it... you left the knife in a pool of chardonnay.
 
Okay two more comments. One about Damascus: So how do you press all those crazy lines in there? The other that really got me is: Do you have molds for all the different knives you cast?

And the one that wins out at the Shows I attend. "THAT'S NOT A KNIFE" exert from Crocodile Dundee.

Dave from Diller
 
dsloan said:
Okay two more comments. One about Damascus: So how do you press all those crazy lines in there?
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Damn, that's me you're making fun of. I thought those lines came from layers of steel being folded and hammered, like they said on the old ninja movies.
 
godspeed said:
A young man said to me,
"You can temper a knife by stickin' it in hot cornbread right out of the oven, and then dippin' it in some cold butter milk."

I was speechless.
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Holy schmidt, that's funny! Where's Kevin Cashen, when you need him? :p:D

The annoying comment I get the most is, "can you throw these knives?" :rolleyes:

I always say, "yep, sure can. just pay for it, and you can do what you want with it" :D
 
. I help a guy unload his truck, the cord that was tying the load down is jammed so I take out my knife and cut the cord. Later he borrows my knife to cut opened the boxes he was unloading. Later again I use my knife to cut the plastic strapping holding his bundles together. At another time he used my knife for something that I didn't see. Much later he comes over and upon handling one of my knives he says to me, "I have never needed to carry a knife, What do you need this for?"
I think he took my answer wrong when I said "For taking care of people who are unprepared for life."
 
I really don't care what anyone else says about my knives! I make them the way I want to make them and if they sell thats good if not well thats good too. I am not trying to make a living or suppliment my income making knives I just enjoy making them and anything I make from selling one of them is spent buying more steel, scales, shop materials, or taking my wife and daughter out to eat.
 
here's one, from a guy defending his copycat clones..

"Oh, these are exactly like the ones made by "__________"

same steel and everything........only they're cheaper"

:grumpy:
 
you know reading all of these reminds me of a story the late great Phil Hartsfield told me when i went to look at his shop,

so a man walks into his shop and asks "why should i spend so much money on a knife the same size as this (enter the generic CCC here)?"

Phil smiled, and replied "may i see that knife?" the man handed it over as Phil pulled one of his knives out. he then cut the edge off the CCC and handed it back, phil's still shaving sharp

"thats why"
 
Is That stuff Ivory? yeah its pre-ban, isn't that illegal?

In all fairness I do wonder how it is theres so much of it
pre-ban floating around. I know old estates and museums
are brimming with the stuff. Makes me wonder how customs busts
so many people trying to smuggle in tusks.
Ken.
 
hkpokes_you said:
So, here's a cute one - not an annoying one (for me). At some point my girlfriend's nephew (11 years old) hears that I make knives and swords. This prompts him to send her this facebook message:

"I heard that your friend makes swords! That is awesome! Do you think it would be okay if he made me a sword with a blunt tip? Thanks!"


My girlfriend replies with something like: "I'll be sure to ask him."

The kid writes back the next day:

"Thanks a lot! Ps. If possible no blunt tip."
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Hahaha. This made me cry laughing. You completely described almost every interaction I have with my girlfriends 14 year old son - I guarantee the first email was sent while his mom was watching, and the second when she was out of the room. Always scheming.
 
kc custom said:
Is That stuff Ivory? yeah its pre-ban, isn't that illegal?

In all fairness I do wonder how it is theres so much of it
pre-ban floating around. I know old estates and museums
are brimming with the stuff. Makes me wonder how customs busts
so many people trying to smuggle in tusks.
Ken.
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Once again misconceptions lead to illogical thoughts and actions. At this point many elephants are killed to control populations in parks and preserves. Original most elephants roamed vast areas and their habitat destruction was minimized by the fact that they kept moving and the habitat had time to recover. When, restricted to reserves the habitat doesn't get this opportunity and any over population takes a quick toll with huge creatures that feed on tree branches as well as grasses. This habitat destruction also has effects on the other species sharing the area and biodiversity suffers. Unfortunately an uniformed public and restrictions brought about by poaching makes it difficult to get the fresh ivory from legitimate sources to the best markets. The sale of ivory from legitimate sources such as this could be used to help maintain elephant preserves.

It is like Yellowstone park. The lack of hunting and predators caused large increases in Buffalo and elk. I remember going to the park early in the spring for business when I was in the office machine business. It stunk from all the dead elk. The do gooders screamed like gut shot hogs when Montana had buffalo hunts to control the population of bison leaving the park, Same with elk. I support the reintroduction of wolves in these areas. It is either that or hunting or birth control. Thinking the Park is a natural environment at this point is ridiculous. I also believe that when wolves leave the parks and back country wilderness they should be open game. This will keep predation down on livestock and the wolves will figure it out. Wolves (nor buffalo) were not hunted to the edge of extinction by sport hunting or even hunting in any modern sense of the word.

Off topic rant:D
 
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