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I learnt recently that anybody who is determined enough can learn knifemaking. Many can even become Masters of the trade eventually.
However, there are a few who are simply geniuses in this much admired art. One can say that there are things a knifemaker can learn. Probably, in time, he will learn to be good, perhaps very good.
Then are those who pick up the skills of knifemaking in a year or two and quickly become the Masters of the trade.
Is it entirely possible that there are things an aspiring bladesmith can learn but there are certain things you may just have to be born with?
Life is not always fair but I suppose there exist knifemakers who are head and shoulders and perhaps hands above their peers, and they didn't take long arriving at where they are today.
So is it safe to assume that not everything can be learnt in knifemaking? Sometimes you are just born with it.
However, there are a few who are simply geniuses in this much admired art. One can say that there are things a knifemaker can learn. Probably, in time, he will learn to be good, perhaps very good.
Then are those who pick up the skills of knifemaking in a year or two and quickly become the Masters of the trade.
Is it entirely possible that there are things an aspiring bladesmith can learn but there are certain things you may just have to be born with?
Life is not always fair but I suppose there exist knifemakers who are head and shoulders and perhaps hands above their peers, and they didn't take long arriving at where they are today.
So is it safe to assume that not everything can be learnt in knifemaking? Sometimes you are just born with it.