The hardest thing we do as human beings is communicate. What we have here, is a failure to communicate.
This is one of those questions that comes up from time to time and can go one of two ways, it can cause a nice lively debate among grown-ups or it can go to name calling like a bunch of whiny children arguing about how's dad can beat up whos.....
I think there are a lot of very human emotions and insecurities involved in the lashing out. Thus is the nature of the beast...
EVERY maker puts a lot into their knives. The guy that is posting his 2nd knife is not less invested in that knife that I am in the knife that I am making today. These emotional attachments are what make us act crazy at times. That and money.
As for my .02, I offer this. I was in a natural history museum once and there was a quote on the wall that said, "if you want to make something from scratch, first you much create the entire universe."
This means that everyone starts with something. The way of the world is that everyone has to "label" their work as they see fit. Everyone is free to use whatever label they like and not be wrong, so long as they qualify what it means to them.
Simply put, be honest and straight forward with what you do and if your customer is happy with the result, then who is another maker to call foul? How can honest maker + happy customer = bad?
Beware the man that says their way is the only right way, in my opinion they probably have selfish motives and in my experience they are dangerous.
This thread will remain closed unless Tracy decides to open it again, if anyone would like to discuss it further, my phone number is 361-288-9777.
Thank you for your consideration,
Les
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