Well, board discussions aside, the most important thing I have personally taken from this thread is to remember that people have different tastes in knives and if you're making what you like and you're liking what you make, then you should go on doing that and not worry too much about what other people tell you.
Years of having a gf with a big cheesecake website taught me that no matter what, there are a lot of guys on the internet that will tell you your girlfriend is too fat, too ugly, too tall, too short, too old or too plain.
I have heard it all in regards not just to a knife, to an actual human being that I actually love! So I understand what it feels like.
But I didn't let it make me stop loving her. It just made me realize that in the court of public opinion, everything is fair game and the jury is not going to give you an easy time.
So keep making knives the way you want them made, and enjoy both the process of making and the process of using.
As long as you're enjoying life the way you want it lived...you are automatically a success in my opinion.
