How do you move forward when your knowledge outweighs your skill?

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Whiskey_Jim

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This axe is garbage. Flaws everywhere. I'm at a crossroads.
 
Practice practice practice :)

Things are looking pretty good to me in the above pic. The bit looks good, no major chips or anything. The handle looks nice but runout maybe a problem. Looks like you may even have some whiskey there to.
Whats the problem?
 
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Yeah it may not be the best you have done or will ever do, but it doesn't look like garbage. And of course the answer is practice.

I run and am moderately fast on the town level. Any seriously talented person would beat me but I'm fast compared to most of the locals that turn out. I had a friend ask me after a race how to get better at running. My answer sounded smart-ass, but the answer is- by running.
 
Add another "practice" to the suggestion box for me. Also, I don't really see a problem based on the pic. It feels like quite a bit of time and effort goes into a hang, but really, I've come to realize that it's not really that big a thing and re-rehanging an axe is just good practice.
 
Remember, experience is what you get when you don't get what you want!

Zieg
 
You either practice a lot to bring your skill up to the knowledge, or you go out and use the axes a lot and discover that those flaws may not be important at all :D
 
Looks alright from what I can see. The hang is not too open or too closed. If that's a rafting/constructor/miner head on there that certainly wasn't a mistake in judgement. But opting for a curve instead of a straight haft might have been. If the head doesn't jiggle or fly off when you swing it you've done good so far. Take into account that folks display a lot of really pretty, and overly meticulous craftsmanship on this site but that doesn't automatically mean the end function is superior.
 
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