Worlds Shortest WIP

[T.A.DAVISON]

Looking good Bruce. :thumbup:

Todd



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[Bruce Bump]

Based simply on the thread title alone, this required a peek. I prefer seeing the finished product, not some long, drawn out thread that features every twist and turn of it's making. Thanks, Bruce, for recognizing some of us don't like the agony of following WIP threads.

I wonder how many knives I miss seeing because I don't bother to look at WIP threads?? Bruce, thanks for this thread. Not only do we see your great work, but yer keepin' it simple, thanks! And as always, a super finished product - and some of the finest feather damascus known to man.

Best,

Bob

You probally are missing some knives because theres a finished knife at the end. Trouble is you dont know where the end is. I have trouble reading every thing so just look at the pictures.

 

[betzner]

You probally are missing some knives because theres a finished knife at the end. Trouble is you dont know where the end is. I have trouble reading every thing so just look at the pictures.

Bruce, I actually brought this point up because I think that I am not alone in avoiding the WIP threads. Might make sense for makers who do WIP threads to also do a "Finished" thread, showing the finished product. Just a thought. The more who see the product, the more potential buyers there are.

Best,

Bob

 

[Bruce Bump]

Bruce, I actually brought this point up because I think that I am not alone in avoiding the WIP threads. Might make sense for makers who do WIP threads to also do a "Finished" thread, showing the finished product. Just a thought. The more who see the product, the more potential buyers there are.

Best,

Bob

Point well taken. A separate finished knife thread would solve the trouble of clicking and scrolling down a long wip thread.

I think the best way to do a wip would be to keep all the photos and not post them until the knife is completely finished. At the beginning of the thread could be the finished knife and if makers want to continue to see how it was constructed they could scroll through the whole thing. Many times a thread goes for weeks with many remarks in between important pictures and it gets kinda confusing. Thats why I rarely read every post and just scan until a picture comes up

 

[Alden Sherrodd]

Bruce you must be making good money now, if you can hire a professional hand model for your WIPs!
Seriously, thanks for the text deficient WIP for those of us with little patience.

Thanks
Alden

 

[NickWheeler]

Very cool Bruce! :thumbup: Love the knife!!!

Not only did we get a peak into your process on this one, we learned that trying to show how a knife is created is considered agony to some!

 

[Bruce Bump]

Very cool Bruce! :thumbup: Love the knife!!!

Not only did we get a peak into your process on this one, we learned that trying to show how a knife is created is considered agony to some!

Thanks Nick and everybody else for the nice compliments.

Nick, it goes without saying that you are a perfectionist. You're wip shouldnt be called a Work In Progress. What you and Lorien have put up here is a tutorial so complete that a book couldnt contain it. The makers are drinking it in and the masters are taking notes. Ask me how I know. Makers will save your thread and refer back to it for several years to come. The lucky ones now can even ask questions as its in real time.

I believe a Work In Progress is a series of pictures during stages of the construction that give a peek at how a maker performs the tasks needed to make the knife. If it moves along smoothly and quickly its a pleasure to watch but if it goes too many weeks people post in the middle of it and the flow is interrupted. My new idea, thanks to Bobs comments is to do a wip and not even post it until the knife is finished. That way the finished photo can be at the top and the comments and questions can be at the end. The collectors dont waste time scrolling and the makers can see an uninterupted genuine "WIP" or with better text, a "tutorial"

I love a WIP thread better than most here, I should know as there are many of them good and not so good under my own belt. This little one here is just a quick and dirty thread of this little slippie. Its presence here is just something to look at, I hope it doesnt start any ill feelings.

 

[betzner]

Thanks Nick and everybody else for the nice compliments.

Nick, it goes without saying that you are a perfectionist. You're wip shouldnt be called a Work In Progress. What you and Lorien have put up here is a tutorial so complete that a book couldnt contain it. The makers are drinking it in and the masters are taking notes. Ask me how I know. Makers will save your thread and refer back to it for several years to come. The lucky ones now can even ask questions as its in real time.

I believe a Work In Progress is a series of pictures during stages of the construction that give a peek at how a maker performs the tasks needed to make the knife. If it moves along smoothly and quickly its a pleasure to watch but if it goes too many weeks people post in the middle of it and the flow is interrupted. My new idea, thanks to Bobs comments is to do a wip and not even post it until the knife is finished. That way the finished photo can be at the top and the comments and questions can be at the end. The collectors dont waste time scrolling and the makers can see an uninterupted genuine "WIP" or with better text, a "tutorial"

I love a WIP thread better than most here, I should know as there are many of them good and not so good under my own belt. This little one here is just a quick and dirty thread of this little slippie. Its presence here is just something to look at, I hope it doesnt start any ill feelings.

This really is a great idea, Bruce. I know it would cause me to always tune in to see all the stages of production, if it were "wrapped and packaged" like you explain here. Super!

Best,

Bob

 

[Lorien]

as soon as a work in progress ends, it is no longer a work in progress.
If the final product is finished before the thread is created, then the thread is only a history of the object's manufacture, not an ongoing record of the progress of its manufacture.

Putting an image of the completed knife at the beginning goes completely counter to the spirit behind the posting of works in progress, imo. The progress incorporates viewer involvement, set backs, time lags- warts and all.

Perhaps a thread which incorporates both the finished product and the process which led to it in a prepackaged way could be referred to as a 'working process' thread. Neat, tidy, no warts, no heartbreak- easy and convenient for those who desire that.

 

[rafterp]

Daddy used to say, "Some guy's would bitch if you hung their mother with a brand new rope!" I've kinda come to interpret it as, "You can't please em'all."

I know I personally get stoked when I see the letters WIP on a thread. Usually means I'm going to get to see a thread chock full of pics and explanations...info on making knives. I believe though if I didn't like that process, WIP would be a clue to look for another thread that says, "My new knife...a photo." Just wanted to say thanks to Nick, Lorien, Bruce and all you others that post step by step pictures of you making knives, in a forum titled, Custom & Handmade Knives...no matter what you call your thread, lol. Guess the ones bored by WIP could look under "Gallery"

 

[RogerP]

I love WIP threads - long ones and short ones. I think putting the completed knife at the beginning is like giving away the ending of the story in the first chapter, then saying "for those that are still interested, read on". Uh uh. The ending is there for those (like my wife) who want to read that first. Just click on the last page of the thread - no need to scroll through all the intermediate pages. For the rest, let the story unfold as it will. IMO, of course.

Roger

 

[NickWheeler]

I like your ideas Bruce!

I absolutely don't want to derail Bruce's thread with my other post. It's a great thing that we can click on and view, or not, whichever threads we like. It was just interesting to me, to see that some people like to see how a knife is created and others would rather they just sort of materialize.

Neither is right or wrong... just different

 

[Ben B]

Folks,

The #22 arrived already and it is as if Bruce Bump has been making slipjoints for the past 20 years. Measures at just a hair over 3 7/8" closed. Good, smooth walk-and-talk. Pinchable. Super-clean nail crescent. And that combination of the smooth stag and the rough. Oh, and the damascus. I tried to get some decent shots but I'm no pro...

Thanks Bruce!

 

[Ben B]

 

[Burton Harruff]

Very nice folder. I love the shape and the damascus is the icing on the cake.-Burton

 

[Bruce Bump]

Nice photos Ben. Thanks for posting them. Glad you're happy with the folder.

 

[unky_gumbi]

love the knife, and every time I see that feather damascus I start to drool a little