whats the difference between a knife maker and a blade smith?

We makers are the prettier more dainty types, and the smyths are the burly yetti looking mofos carved out of solid rock.
 
Tai Goo said:
The traditional answer was black boogers, but then gas forges came in.
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Ha!:thumbup:

Actually, it is probably quite the opposite these days. The guys forging closer to shape, grind less than their stock removing bretheren. I see WAY too many videos/pics of folks grinding without respirators and I KNOW from working 14 yrs in a machine shop that they are blowing black crud out of their schnoz and tasting "tin can" in the Craft Dinner.

Bladesmithing, simply gives me more options. From integral bolsters, scrolling and swepted profiles to San Mai, Damascus and rough forged texturing. It is mostly an aesthetic choice but quite often it is the ONLY choice for me. I can and do make purely stock removal blades when it is the logical choice. I often think it would be nice to grind out precision ground, air hardening, flat stock and send it off to a reputable HT service. I'm not saying it is less work... just a hell of a lot cleaner and insurance friendly. Ha!
 
You can take the booger out of the knifemaker,... but you can't take the knifemaker out of the booger. ;)
 
OK, guys. Lets keep it to the subject.

I think three pages is enough to say:
" Knife makers make knives by any means...and bladesmiths pound out the blades first".
 
bladsmth said:
OK, guys. Lets keep it to the subject.

I think three pages is enough to say:
" Knife makers make knives by any means...and bladesmiths pound out the blades first".
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I've been searching and searching for the true meaning of what I am; now I know. I'm only human.

:rolleyes:Fred
 
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