My journey has now truely begun

Yeah, it's kinda like that. One of those Zen moments when it all just comes together. Wish you many more of them.
 
Amos Iron Wolf said:
Yeah, it's kinda like that. One of those Zen moments when it all just comes together. Wish you many more of them.
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As do I. Thanks for taking the time to start this thread.
 
Wonderful story Duncan. Thanks for taking the time to share it with us over here on the other side of the world. Enjoyed the Ed Fowler connection. He truly lives in a correct part of the world as well. Wind River Country.
 
It can be hard to convey to others a true sense of something that's very meaningful to you but I think we got it loud and clear Duncan. :thumbup:


-- Nate
 
Nice post. I enjoyed reading it.
You seam to live in a wounderful place. Makes me want to see it in real life, feeling the smell of salt water and blowing warm wind.
Some of us that cant travel to knifeshows and nice knife stores may have other things that brings joy.
I like the nature and lucky enough, or just through liking whats around, I love big forests, high mountains, small (and big)lakes, streams, and villages so small they dont even have a store. I like the big differences between cold winter with a meter of snow and warm summer full of moscitous.

Im glad to read that you have begun to get the hang of high degree sharpening. In my parts of the world its still a sign of skills and manhood, something to be proud of and gives appritiation.

Bosse
 
Thank you for the kind comments Duncan. I would have responded earlier but had a student. a senior studying metallurgical engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines, at the Willow Bow for 9 days of total submersion in knives, days started about 9:00 am and lasted to 3:00 am. leaving little time for taking to friends on the computer. We both learned and it was good times.

Our champion lady knife is a simple tool that in her many forms generates many memories and is always there to help us in our work and pleasure if we nurture her properly and like any relationship we learn by doing.

I am very pleased that you enjoyed sharing Knife Talk with me and I still enjoy visiting that sheath you sent me.
 
Sounds like a great time Duncan buddy. It always helps me clear my head from the everyday hustle to get outside in mother nature, if only for a couple hours. I'm glad that you achieved the level of sharpening skill that allows you to correctly maintain your knife collection without having to be dependant on anyone else. Once I got my first shaving sharp edge I went on a non stop sharpening marathon for months. I sharpened and stropped everything in the house, even knives that I'll never use. I still have a long way to go but it feels good to be able to keep my tools sharp.

I really want to see New Zealand one of these days, it sure looks beautiful in all the pictures I've seen of it. My dad used to be a motorcycle racer and spent enough time over there to come back to the US with an accent. He's told me a lot about it and it sounds great.

Thanks for sharing.
 
Cheers everybody who have commented on this thread, there a a lot of names that I would like to go through and comment on personally, thank you Ed for coming in as well.
Ryan...the knives are getting a bit of a work out, have been speaking to festerfromenzed ( Cossack )_ and he has given me a few hints with stropping etc
Have a great day folks...and what a day it is! :thumbup:
 
Good to hear the knives are getting some good use, theres much too many knives sitting on a shelf getting no use around these parts (not that theres anything wrong with that either).

If you really want to take the stropping to the next level consider ordering some diamond compound. I recently bought a three pack from DMT that came with three syringes, one 6 micron, one 3 micron and one 1 micron and it really made a difference in the finish I can achieve on the edges. Highly recommended, its pretty spendy but once you pay for it initiallly, one syringe should last you for years.

Have a good one.
 
Amos Iron Wolf said:
Yeah, it's kinda like that. One of those Zen moments when it all just comes together. Wish you many more of them.
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Aye, those moments burn into your memory permanently. Mine was in snowy forrest dead tired under star bright sky upto my knees on snow :) After it hit me, my tiredness was gone instantly :D

And I had my puukko on belt. Thanks for sharing your moments duncan.
 
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