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As knifemakers, you probably have made the decision that your profession is a lifelong educational process.
In the first couple of months, depending on your propensity to improve, you would be making presentable knives.
A couple of years down the road, you would probably discover that your knives have improved through experience and through trial and errors.
Then, it's about a decade has passed, you believe you can now move to the next level. What kind of targets would you set? Do you set more and more difficults tasks for yourself? Or, would you learn to perfect the deceptively simple tasks that your peers have been doing day in, day out without much fanfare?
What in your mind's eye be the "next level" be to you?
I understand that some blades may look simple and maybe even easy to make but on closer inspection, one cannot help but come to the conclusion that the knife is perfect in every way. A flawless piece of handiwork. Would you call that the "next level?"
In the first couple of months, depending on your propensity to improve, you would be making presentable knives.
A couple of years down the road, you would probably discover that your knives have improved through experience and through trial and errors.
Then, it's about a decade has passed, you believe you can now move to the next level. What kind of targets would you set? Do you set more and more difficults tasks for yourself? Or, would you learn to perfect the deceptively simple tasks that your peers have been doing day in, day out without much fanfare?
What in your mind's eye be the "next level" be to you?
I understand that some blades may look simple and maybe even easy to make but on closer inspection, one cannot help but come to the conclusion that the knife is perfect in every way. A flawless piece of handiwork. Would you call that the "next level?"