Does anybody else do this ?

Bruce,

You just aren't hanging around with the right knifemakers.

I know a guy that actually built his forge door in the shape of a dragon's face. The same guy "sings" to his knives. He sing-chants "ohm" in the tone he wants the knife to sound like at the end. It seems to work.

I know a number of smiths that talk to their knives. Some chant, some talk to them like you would a small child, some tell them what they want to be used for, etc.

Some people feel a certain "magic" in forging knives...the blending of all elements. The steel is earth, the fire and air from forging, and water for cooling.

Whether any of it is true or just superstition, who cares. A good behaviorist will tell you it is just goal setting through creative imagery.:D

Bruce, you need to hang out at a Renaissance Faire. You'll find alot more "normal" smiths like you. :p

Pam
 
Bill will probably kill me but since he's on his way to Salem with Fowler and I miss him enough already to be reading Blade Forum ........because when he's home he is reading it toooo much. He calls his knives his "children".

We have three human children and he's a great dad, already teaching the boys to forge and they've made many wooden knives using his belts...the daughter is five and mostly underfoot. When a knife is completed its' like a part of him. I haven't heard him talk to them yet........but I know he'd just as soon keep everyone he makes. Doesn't believe anyone can have too many knives.
He hasn't given them individual names and does sell them off so he can keep making knives but he does sure mourn their loss......

Mrs. B.;)
 
Bruce, You are deffinetly not nuts. I do talk to mine as I make them. but never had your dramatic results. I've noticed that some blades are quite bloodthirsty while others are not. You must make friend with them. :D (or leave them alone) eric
 
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