burninatorzw
Wingard Wearables Co
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Many may already know this, but Dwight McLemore, author of two texts on tomahawk combatives (among many other books he wrote and illustrated) passed away very recently. I always wanted to talk to him on the tomahawk combatives, to discuss what went into his texts and other perspectives—but never got around to cold calling him. I rarely cold call folks because it is intrusive.
And this past April, Jack Vargo, the author of The Spike Tomahawk, passed away. I had been in correspondence with Jack since 2015, and he generously spent many hours of his time over the phone, answering questions, sharing his deep knowledge of the subject beyond what was in his text, and mentoring on technical and business practice side of things. I was able to meet him a couple of times at the Fort Frederick Market Fair, but he finally sold out of inventory, and was done with the shows. I always had more questions for him, but often held off on calling, not wanting to pester him too much because our conversations were never short, always long.
No book or conversation captures every aspect of a topic, what the author researched as the text was drafted, what got edited out, etc. So the passing of these two men means a loss of knowledge and experience to the tomahawk community. I feel I should not have hesitated calling them. There are a couple of more people on my list to call, and I don’t want to miss out on capturing their perspectives. We must remember that folks who hold so much knowledge often freely share it.
So take opportunity to talk to people before they are gone! Y’all have a peaceful Sunday.
And this past April, Jack Vargo, the author of The Spike Tomahawk, passed away. I had been in correspondence with Jack since 2015, and he generously spent many hours of his time over the phone, answering questions, sharing his deep knowledge of the subject beyond what was in his text, and mentoring on technical and business practice side of things. I was able to meet him a couple of times at the Fort Frederick Market Fair, but he finally sold out of inventory, and was done with the shows. I always had more questions for him, but often held off on calling, not wanting to pester him too much because our conversations were never short, always long.
No book or conversation captures every aspect of a topic, what the author researched as the text was drafted, what got edited out, etc. So the passing of these two men means a loss of knowledge and experience to the tomahawk community. I feel I should not have hesitated calling them. There are a couple of more people on my list to call, and I don’t want to miss out on capturing their perspectives. We must remember that folks who hold so much knowledge often freely share it.
So take opportunity to talk to people before they are gone! Y’all have a peaceful Sunday.
