Fred Rowe
Well-Known Member
Someone left feedback for me on another forum that stated, I was a good man to deal with. I try. I took pride in the comment as any of us would. But further down the post the young maker said he thought my work was stunning and that it inspired him to see the knives that I made.
It is nice to know that people like your knives, but what is more important is that your work inspires younger makers.
We older makers will not and should not go on forever, but we should give back to the knife community as a whole, by tutoring new makers, giving guidance where we can and most of all giving our best efforts so as to inspire the new makers that will take our place.
There is no better feeling than to see someone you have apprenticed, hit their stride and become accomplished makers in their own right.
These thoughts came about after a hammerin a couple of weeks back at my place, where as I looked around the shop I saw the walking wounded. One with throat cancer, one with prostate another had just had open heart surgery and another had an upper spine replacement. We had a couple of guys there that were in there thirties also.
The next hammerin we hold I am going to make sure and have people of all ages attend; teens and twenties included, hoping we might inspire a young one to become one of the futures great makers.
Fred
It is nice to know that people like your knives, but what is more important is that your work inspires younger makers.
We older makers will not and should not go on forever, but we should give back to the knife community as a whole, by tutoring new makers, giving guidance where we can and most of all giving our best efforts so as to inspire the new makers that will take our place.
There is no better feeling than to see someone you have apprenticed, hit their stride and become accomplished makers in their own right.
These thoughts came about after a hammerin a couple of weeks back at my place, where as I looked around the shop I saw the walking wounded. One with throat cancer, one with prostate another had just had open heart surgery and another had an upper spine replacement. We had a couple of guys there that were in there thirties also.
The next hammerin we hold I am going to make sure and have people of all ages attend; teens and twenties included, hoping we might inspire a young one to become one of the futures great makers.
Fred