Visit to a shop.

[scottickes]

I'm not sure if this is the correct forum location for this thread. I had the pleasure of visiting Raymond Richards' shop yesterday. Ray was very accomodating and a pleasure to visit with. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit and found him to be an extraordinarily generous man with his time and knowledge. We shared ideas back and forth, but I was definitely the one doing the learning for the most part. I will be putting some of the lessons he taught me into practice, as I move forward.

If any of you have the chance to stop and see Mr. Richard's at a knife show, I promise you it will be time well spent and an enjoyable experience. His passion for creating solid, beautiful cutlery that performs to a high standard was very evident to me during my time there. His passion will stay with me as I move forward.

Lastly, I'd like to say thanks to Mr. Richard's. I enjoyed the visit, and look forward to future conversations and encounters.

Thank you sir, for you time and patience with me!

Scott (Ickie) Ickes

 

[Mace]

Scott,
Don't let him fool you.........he must have taken his meds yesterday!


Sounds like you had a nice visit.
Mace

 

[indian george]

Yep!!! He is a nice guy. Did he show you his forging outfit????

 

[Bruce Bump]

Ive met him at the Eugene show but it was hard because his table is always surrounded by scantily dressed young women.

 

[Raymond Richard]

Ive met him at the Eugene show but it was hard because his table is always surrounded by scantily dressed young women.

Bruce, I need to start paying more attention at the shows or maybe it was durring my nap time when those scantily dress young women showed up.

Scott, I enjoyed the visit. Us makers that do it full time turn into hermits and very seldom see anyone durring the week. I enjoyed the visit and your more than welcome to come back. BTW you can call me Ray......

 

[scottickes]

If there are scantily clad women at your table, then I won't be able to bring my wife to shows. Which won't bother her too much. She's a good little soldier....to a point.