Whats It Like To Be a Knifemaker/Craftsman ?

True craftsmanship all 'round.

Horsewright Horsewright do you folks have apprentices (informal or formal) or young folks who learn from you? Or do either of you ever hold classes on your crafts?

Such tremendous skill and knowledge to be shared!
 
afishhunter said:
Gosh, Dave!
You make it sound better than I thought it would be!
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Just long hours sometimes......most of the time.....


Storm 8593 said:
Beautiful work by all concerned . One hopes you have a couple days afterward planned as rest days to recover
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Thanks! Yeah we usually hibernate for a couple of...... wait, we do our fall works at the ranch the following weekend. Gotta get ready for that. Then there's this Christmas thing comes around every year. Seems we're always pretty busy getting ready for that too.....


Eli Chaps said:
True craftsmanship all 'round.

Horsewright Horsewright do you folks have apprentices (informal or formal) or young folks who learn from you? Or do either of you ever hold classes on your crafts?

Such tremendous skill and knowledge to be shared!
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Yes we do sometimes. Mostly folks that come and hang out some, an informal thing. But some have come and learned quite a bit. Check out this post I did on just two such young ladies:

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/just-helping-out.1674803/
 
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