Wrong to Feel This Way?

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D_Golden

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well I turned ... Er alright I'm old. I never thought I would live this long and I was always busy with family life to ever REALLY concentrate on building knives. Years ago, I can remember a calming feeling that I had children so that a little bit of me would be around long after I'm gone. I still feel that way but at the same time, I don't feel that same way anymore instead, I want to make knives to leave a bit of me behind when I'm gone. Funny, something so cold a practical tool that almost all of use in one form or another everyday. I'm impatient wanting my skills to appear overnight for what other people took years to develop only so I can get out as many as I can in what I think is a short time for what life is. I could care less about making any money, instead I'm motivated by the thought of someone holding a knife with my mark fifty or a hundred years from now and still being able to appreciate the craftsmanship that went into making it.

I know this all sounds a bit heavy but some birthdays and especially these later ones get me to really ruminate on my mark on this world.:distress:
 
Perfectly normal.

Now go pursue that desire....

I'd like to be one who someday down the road, a person goes - "Don't know who they were, but they made one heck of a blade."

Really, do it....:)
 
My uncle was a custom maker. He is deceased (well before his time, sudden and shocking), and I still have one of his knives.

His wife and kids really cared about collecting them back after he was gone.

They bought them back from quite a few people. They are on display in their homes. Something they can look at and enjoy.
 
There's nothing like making something yourself, and the feeling that someone will get years of enjoyment out of it.

Do what you love to do. The rest will sort itself out. I think you will find that your legacy will live on.

Glenn
 
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