Do you find it difficult to let go of your work?

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dax51

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Having made less than a dozen knives, I find it very hard to let one go. Is it just me? When I have completed a knife I find myself constantly picking it up, feeling it and looking at it. Maybe it's because I've put so much into it. I don't know. Even when I have agreed upon a price before I start a knife, I find it takes me a while to make that call saying the knife is done.

I wanted to know if anyone else feels this way?

Dave
 
There have been some pieces that were not easy to let go of. I kept one for around a year, 98% done and only lacking final finishing and permanent mounting. I finally finished it up for a trade that I couldn't pass up.

When I sell or give away a piece I have "feelings" for of, I always tell myself I can make another one to keep, but I never do.

I think that as a knifemaker, you will know when you have hit the big time, when you are too poor to be able to afford your own product. That's the goal, isn't it? :confused:
 
I've lost so many knives that getting paid to never see one again is a treat. If I do make one I don't want to let go of I'll make 2 more right after, one for me 1 for "stock".
 
My wife used to say I would always have wait until the love affair was over before I would sell one. After a while it gets easier as more and more of them go out the door.
 
I have a love affair with some of my knives as well after completion...thinking "All right! This one is now considered my one of my 'Private Stock' and will never be sold". Later on you realize "Yeah, I can make another one just like it....and that dang power bill is due again.....ok...I'll sell it"

You are just doing what every knife maker does until he or she hangs it up for good...
 
Absolutely.

I've had blades I've liked so much that I've actually gone back and made myself another one to keep because I liked the design or feel so much. Right now I'm working on a large chopper on contract for a friend, and at the same time making myself one with some different materials.

I also get satisfaction though knowing that something I made and love because I know it works well is going to a good owner and will probably be used more than it would in my possession because I have dozens of knives which I love.
 
I only regret it when I don't get enough money for it. I'll sell just about any of my possessions for the right price.
 
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