Jim P Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 I had a dream about sharpening a knife I had made. It wasn't about the making, just the final sharpening, right before you give it to the owner. Next day at work I remembered the dream and while I was running my machine I sketched it out. I still haven't made it. But I drew it out and saved the sketch. It's not bad. I belive in divine inspiration, have any of you ever had that happen to you? Think/dream about making a knife you haven't made yet? See one in your head and have to sketch it down? Maybe being without a shop for so long is messing with my mind. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Keyes Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 I often have these weird serial dreams, doing the same task over and over. I've been dreaming about some stuff that I have in process right now, trying out different solutions to problems. Mostly it's like working overtime without getting paid . Right now I'm trying to design a lock for a sword cane, but asleep or awake, I'm stalled. It's not really my favorite thing to do, but it happens when I'm really wound up in a project. Geoff "The worst day smithing is better than the best day working for someone else." I said that. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. - - -G. K. Chesterton So, just for the record: the fact that it does work still should not be taken as definitive proof that you are not crazy. Grant Sarver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giuseppe Maresca Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Not exactly on making knives, but I dream very often that I steal or find tools, steel or weapons. Most of the times it's rusty stuff, tongs, old knives, hammer heads, left in strange desert places like dead railway lines, or prairyes or beaches. Once I dreamt that the sanmai billet I gave (in reality) to a friend was flawed. Mourir pour des idées, c'est bien beau mais lesquelles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Sheffield Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 All the time...I think that once I get the chance to try to make them once again the dreams will go away. Life has made it impossible right now, so I think I'm getting withdraw issues. My life is like shaving with a razor sharp machete. It's a bit awkward and I feel a sting every now and then, but in the end I'm happy with the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIXFOOTER Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I do that all the time, especially when I start doing something new. When I started making stained glass I kept a notepad next to the bed. Would wake up at 3 am and sketch 2 or 3 designs. Wife hated it LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim P Posted July 24, 2008 Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 I have been talking to my wife and had an idea I just had to write down. Almost always a tool or a knife idea. I went through the withdrawl issues, making things for a living and not being able to work on your own stuff is maddening. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan B. A. Jackson Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 you guys are probably think im crazy but i do dream of knives...........just not making them i was eating it......i was eating the knife in my dream its the only knife dream so far viva whatever country this is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan B. A. Jackson Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 you guys are probably think im crazy but i do dream of knives...........just not making them i was eating it......i was eating the knife in my dream its the only knife dream so far viva whatever country this is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Vaught Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 I have dreams about working though problems that I'm having. Finding ways to do things with the limited tools I have. Sometimes when awake, my wife and I will driving down the road (I'm almost always awake when driving) or just sitting together and I'll have a great big "Eureka!" and have to tell here about. She thinks I'm nuts. I don't argue with her... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Sheffield Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I had the longest and most convincing dream about filing 3 knives. So much so that when I had woke up this morning I went looking for the blades. It really pissed me off. All that work and nothing to show for it! My life is like shaving with a razor sharp machete. It's a bit awkward and I feel a sting every now and then, but in the end I'm happy with the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverriverknives Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 I too have dreamt of making knives. In fact it is almost every night. I have made several sketches of these blades ranging from small fixed blades of about 5.5 inches up to an 18 inch seax. Strangly i don't dream about folders. Probably because they do not interest me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 (edited) I have only ever had one dream of forging a blade...it was a couple weeks back and it was a keris blade. So I started making one I too believe in divine inspiration Edited November 10, 2008 by Monty Regards, Mumtaz Baber Jack of all trades, master of none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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