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Mike Bowler

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Hi it's been a while since I posted on here but made a few knives since .I would like to show you some of my work .and hope to get advice on my knives to help me improve my work .I have 3 mentors over here in the UK 1st is Bernie Garland,Grommit knives and IRBailey

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Mike Bowler said:
I see 224 hits on the knives but no comments
please comment good or bad
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Mike the knives look OK to me.
The makers and knife collectors here do not give away praise easily, you earn it all.
They probably even look at your post count (5 and a member since 2009? - You may want to contribute more to the forums?)
If you you wanted feed back on your knives how to better them? You may want to ask that in shop talk.
But really I would not worry about lack of comments to much. Top knife makers do not happen over night. It takes years and usually it's MANY YEARS to become a top maker.
And you could say that about becoming a top collector - They don't get were they are at over night either...... it takes them years of collecting to get were they are.
Good luck on your knife making - keep posting.
 
Pocketknifesheaths said:
Mike the knives look OK to me.
The makers and knife collectors here do not give away praise easily, you earn it all.
They probably even look at your post count (5 and a member since 2009? - You may want to contribute more to the forums?)
If you you wanted feed back on your knives how to better them? You may want to ask that in shop talk.
But really I would not worry about lack of comments to much. Top knife makers do not happen over night. It takes years and usually it's MANY YEARS to become a top maker.
And you could say that about becoming a top collector - They don't get were they are at over night either...... it takes them years of collecting to get were they are.
Good luck on your knife making - keep posting.
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thanks for your post i understand now
 
Mike,
I would say you are off to a good start. I consider myself a rookie and tend to leave the constructive criticism to the more experienced makers, from which I learn too. I have found a lot of encouragement from this forum so don't be discouraged from the response. Not all hits are from makers.
 
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