I made it into Blade Magazine!

[Steven Long]

It's small but it's in there. Couldn't be happier right now. All of you voted me as Best New Knife Builder earlier this year and now I see my work published... can it get any better than this? Thank you all for helping me get this far in such a short amount of time.

A small word of advice for the really new guys... Don't give up and take a lesson from each and every mistake, learn from it and keep trying until you get it right. I thought I would never figure out the grinding in the beginning, and I never thought a year ago that I would be making something good enough to get published in a magazine.

 

[LlamaHerder]

Way to go, Steven! You certainly earned it!

 

[Chill8433]

Great job Steven. I think I aid to myself the other day, "I'm never gonna get this grinding thing".

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[blancefitz]

That is great, Steven. It is well deserved recognition, in my opinion. I bet you are on cloud nine.

Bill

 

[dereklee12]

Dude Steven thats awesome! Ive been keeping up with your work and I figured I would come across it sooner or later. Sooner! great job man, really!

 

[Shawn Hatcher]

Well deserved, my friend. Congrats!

 

[akey]

Congrats to you!

 

[backtines]

Good for you dude .. I'm very happy for you.. Awesome!

 

[Calvin Robinson]

Congratulations! That makes you feel good dosen't it?

 

[BossDog]

Congratulations!

 

[HHH Knives]

AWESOME! Good work Steve.

Blessings

 

[rhinoknives]

Steven,
Great news! Doesn't it feel good to see yourself in print! Now the real works starts. LOL

 

[Steven Long]

Way to go, Steven! You certainly earned it!

Thank you!

Great job Steven. I think I aid to myself the other day, "I'm never gonna get this grinding thing".

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I appreciate it! You WILL get the grinding thing down. Just keep on practicing and one day it will just click. I still struggle sometimes but I have less going into the scrap bucket now.

 

[Steven Long]

That is great, Steven. It is well deserved recognition, in my opinion. I bet you are on cloud nine.

Bill

I am floating pretty high on cloud nine right now. Excited is an understatement. Thank you!

Dude Steven thats awesome! Ive been keeping up with your work and I figured I would come across it sooner or later. Sooner! great job man, really!

Thank you so much! That means a lot to me.

 

[Steven Long]

Well deserved, my friend. Congrats!

Thank you, Shawn! You have been a huge inspiration and a lot of help and I sincerely appreciate it.

Congrats to you!

Thank you, akey!

 

[Steven Long]

Good for you dude .. I'm very happy for you.. Awesome!

Thank you, Mikey!

Congratulations! That makes you feel good dosen't it?

Oh yea! Very good. I just wish that they didn't mess up my picture, but hey, it's in there and I am honored. Thank you, Calvin!

 

[Steven Long]

Congratulations!

I appreciate it, Boss!

 

[Steven Long]

AWESOME! Good work Steve.

Blessings

Thanks, Randy!

Steven,
Great news! Doesn't it feel good to see yourself in print! Now the real works starts. LOL

Haha! It feels great! Thank you, Laurence.

 

[killingerBlades]

Congrats man you have earned it!

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[Jim Coffee]

Congrats Steven, All your hard work is paying off you have come along ways in a short time.