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Just as the subject line states, I am sick and tired of having my character judged by people who don't know me from a hole in the wall. The two people I am referring to know who they are, too. I wanted to eamil them both, but I thought I'd post it here instead.
The first instance is where I asked for a small scrap of steel for a friction folder I am trying to build. As usual, someone has to stick their nose where it doesn't belong and call me a cheapskate. There are a few things I've learned...first is that the best way to learn something is to have someone who knows more about it show you a few things. Second is that to keep costs down, it is to your advantage to simply ask and see if anyone has materials they can give to you for a project. When you're 25 and you are $100,000 in debt because you decided to go into a profession that is dedicated to helping others and the education costs are ridiculously high, you'll do whatever it takes to keep your costs down. Excuse me for living. The nice thing about being open and up front about it is that if no one had any spare materials they wanted to give, then the thread would've died! I wasn't being dishonest, hiding my intentions, or anything else. A lot of folks over at the Shop forum have been super helpful
and things are progressing nicely. It just pisses me off when someone has to ruin an otherwise good thing just because they assume the worst in other people.
The second example of what I am talking about came from another forumite who accused me of trying to simply get a free sheath by doing a big sheath review and write up of our various local makers. Maybe this guy isn't all that bright, but if anyone on Bladeforums knows me for anything, I hope to God it's as a sheathmaker! Do you hinestly think I need to spend 10+ hours and upwards of $30 in shipping to do a sheath review just so I could get a free sheath from another maker??? There are two major things wrong with that logic (or lack thereof). First, I have a stach of Kydex and Concealex in the basement and I could make a sheath for any knife in less than two hours and for a couple dollars. Secondly, not to be cocky, but I think I make some of the best sheaths available, that's the whole reason I started selling them to begin with! I don't need someone else to make me a "free sheath", especially when that "free sheath" would cost upwards of the equivalent of several hundred dollars once you add up my
time and factor that in.
I think what galls me the most about these two incidents is that my character is being attacked by two people I don't even know. I have been a contributing member of Bladeforums on a daily basis for a long time. I have spent hours that I can't even count building a website that is full of pictures and information that promotes other makers, honors people who were members that have passed away, and literally gives away information that can't be found elsewhere. I have helped tons of people with step-by-step iunstructions for making sheaths, when I could keep all this info as "proprietary" and sell it instead. I have sent people free stuff who wanted to try their hands at making sheaths, and I have even made sheaths for people and not charged them. It really pisses me off when someone who knows nothing about what I do looks at one posts and makes a judgment, then attacks me in public for all to see. It really makes them look stupid, but it also does a good job of ruining my day.
Anyway, so that's it. I am sorry if I stepped on people's toes by asking for a favor in one instance and offering a favor in another. To the two people who are responsible for this whole thing, I hope you find something to do with your time other than spending it trying to drag me through the mud. And, most importantly, to the people who are a joy to deal with day in and day out at Bladeforums, thanks for making this such a cool site to visit, and such a great community where one person is free (most of the time) to help another out without suspicious, hateful, petty people trying to bring them down.
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My Custom Kydex Sheath page:
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/1298/frames.html
Palmer College of Chiropractic
On Two Wheels
agocs_s@dd.palmer.edu
Madpoet (Mel Sorg, Jr.) Tribute page:
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/1298/madpoet/main.html
The first instance is where I asked for a small scrap of steel for a friction folder I am trying to build. As usual, someone has to stick their nose where it doesn't belong and call me a cheapskate. There are a few things I've learned...first is that the best way to learn something is to have someone who knows more about it show you a few things. Second is that to keep costs down, it is to your advantage to simply ask and see if anyone has materials they can give to you for a project. When you're 25 and you are $100,000 in debt because you decided to go into a profession that is dedicated to helping others and the education costs are ridiculously high, you'll do whatever it takes to keep your costs down. Excuse me for living. The nice thing about being open and up front about it is that if no one had any spare materials they wanted to give, then the thread would've died! I wasn't being dishonest, hiding my intentions, or anything else. A lot of folks over at the Shop forum have been super helpful
and things are progressing nicely. It just pisses me off when someone has to ruin an otherwise good thing just because they assume the worst in other people.
The second example of what I am talking about came from another forumite who accused me of trying to simply get a free sheath by doing a big sheath review and write up of our various local makers. Maybe this guy isn't all that bright, but if anyone on Bladeforums knows me for anything, I hope to God it's as a sheathmaker! Do you hinestly think I need to spend 10+ hours and upwards of $30 in shipping to do a sheath review just so I could get a free sheath from another maker??? There are two major things wrong with that logic (or lack thereof). First, I have a stach of Kydex and Concealex in the basement and I could make a sheath for any knife in less than two hours and for a couple dollars. Secondly, not to be cocky, but I think I make some of the best sheaths available, that's the whole reason I started selling them to begin with! I don't need someone else to make me a "free sheath", especially when that "free sheath" would cost upwards of the equivalent of several hundred dollars once you add up my
time and factor that in.
I think what galls me the most about these two incidents is that my character is being attacked by two people I don't even know. I have been a contributing member of Bladeforums on a daily basis for a long time. I have spent hours that I can't even count building a website that is full of pictures and information that promotes other makers, honors people who were members that have passed away, and literally gives away information that can't be found elsewhere. I have helped tons of people with step-by-step iunstructions for making sheaths, when I could keep all this info as "proprietary" and sell it instead. I have sent people free stuff who wanted to try their hands at making sheaths, and I have even made sheaths for people and not charged them. It really pisses me off when someone who knows nothing about what I do looks at one posts and makes a judgment, then attacks me in public for all to see. It really makes them look stupid, but it also does a good job of ruining my day.
Anyway, so that's it. I am sorry if I stepped on people's toes by asking for a favor in one instance and offering a favor in another. To the two people who are responsible for this whole thing, I hope you find something to do with your time other than spending it trying to drag me through the mud. And, most importantly, to the people who are a joy to deal with day in and day out at Bladeforums, thanks for making this such a cool site to visit, and such a great community where one person is free (most of the time) to help another out without suspicious, hateful, petty people trying to bring them down.
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My Custom Kydex Sheath page:
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/1298/frames.html
Palmer College of Chiropractic
On Two Wheels
agocs_s@dd.palmer.edu
Madpoet (Mel Sorg, Jr.) Tribute page:
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/1298/madpoet/main.html
