If you are wondering why I am so quiet...

Ivan Campos

Ivan Campos

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It is because I am at knifemakerRicardo Vilar's shop helping out to set up the shop for the seminar to be taught by Jerry Fisk to a group of Brazilian makers.
Jerry arrived yesterday and we are having a lot of fun and learning a lot form him since we met him. I can tell you I'll never be the same againg, when it comes to knifemaking, even if Jerry was leaving today.
Please follow this thread on the Bladesmith Forum - I'll be adding pictures as things happen. mThis one is from a tomahawk he forged this afternoon.
Take care
 

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Keep us posted and learn as much as you can, Ivan.

Next year we'll go to BirGorkha and learn how the kamis do it.
 
I am back in Tatuí, now, and Jerry should come tomorrow to watch the making a sorocabana in the traditional style.
Jerry surely has a lot to teach and is a great guy above all.
Regarding visiting the kamis, that is a trip I would love to make, Uncle Bill, and not impossible, given enough time to plan.
It surely would be an unforgetable experience!
 
I bet Yvsa *CAN*TELL*YOU* a few things about how long the kamis would put up with a dozen foreign smiths looking over their souders kibbitzing while the kamis were trying to concentrate. I can see the headlines now:

Royal Kami assaults US living treasure bladesmith! Japanese swordmaker legend narrowly escapes injury.
 
Originally posted by Rusty
I bet Yvsa *CAN*TELL*YOU* a few things about how long the kamis would put up with a dozen foreign smiths would put up with the kibbitzing while they were trying to concentrate. I can see the headlines now:

Royal Kami assaults US living treasure bladesmith! Japanese swordmaker legend narrowly escapes injury.
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:D :D :D :D
That's no doubt true Bro, but with Uncle Bill around the kamis would just have to suck it up and bear it, OR they all might come down sick with an unknown malady. The kamis are pretty dayumed sharp and like shop people around the world they have their ways.:D :D :D :D
 
Well, I know what this means.
I was just telling the old blacksmith who makes Sorocabanas that "The American" would be at his shop tomorrow morning and, even though everybody was a bit shy at first, when I assured then about Jerry's being such a great person to get along and a knowledgeable smith that will surely want to try his hand at it, the old smith was a bit glad and curious about him.
But as long as you show respect for the environment you are in, I think 90% of your problems are already solved, and if you speak the smake language (the hammer language in this case), things tend to end up very well and with mutual profit to boot.
 
Actually, I think the kamis would enjoy strutting their stuff -- for maybe a day or two. Especially, if we gave them a little money to compensate them for taking time off from their usual production (that's what they get paid for -- making knives) to show and tell.
 
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