Trust me Terry,I make lot's of mistakes and have to do allot of re-working on some of my knives and Damascus that I make.I am far from perfect..As Alex Daniels told me a few years ago
"90 percent of knifemaking is learning how to fix your Mistakes"
If you never messed up you wouldn't learn or have fun.
I used to make a skinner or small Bowie in a day after heat treat,Now it can take up to 2 weeks or longer to finish a Bowie and a week on a skinner as I just can't stop at just "OK" on them.Now if I stayed with the same style and pattern all the time I would be able to do them faster,But I like to learn new things and push myself and that is why I mess up..I have a couple of orders for a skinner like I have done years ago and I am curious if I can make them look better now than then....
Heck I don't see myself as any where near as good as allot of guys on these forums.Guess it is like Donna saying she is fat all the time..
I guess I better quit as I am getting long winded here.
Bruce