Geoff Keyes 700 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I just spent a couple of days on the fitup of a handle and bolster for a big fighter. Nice piece of blue dyed giraffe bone. And then I ground down into the cavity. Really! I know better! Now I don't know what to do. One of those days. 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 post Share on other sites
Jerrod Miller 600 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Add a "spacer" or decorative pin, maybe? Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff Keyes 700 Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 It's on an edge, the only way to save it would be to cut it off behind (about a 3rd of the handle) and make some kind of long contrasting spacer. Right now I'm too mad to think about it. G "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 post Share on other sites
Dave Stephens 489 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Geoff, Been there, man. My advice. Put it down and let it rest for a while. Wait until you've completed another project you are happy with and then pick it up and let the creative process start again. The negative energy you bring to a piece when you have a major setback is disease that will kill a project if you just try to push through it. Just my two cents. Luck, Dave 1 -----------------------------------------------"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly." -- Theodore Roosevelthttp://stephensforge.com Link to post Share on other sites
N. Runals 16 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Wise words Dave! I couldn't agree more. http://www.etsy.com/shop/NateRunalsBlacksmith?ref=pr_shop_more&view_type=gallerynaterunals.com My Instagram Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 2,573 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Geoff, Been there, man. My advice. Put it down and let it rest for a while. Yeah, let it rest a while.......like a year. I feel for you man, but Dave is right. Cool down, relax, work on something else and come back with a fresh outlook and a clear mind. “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff Keyes 700 Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 Thanks everyone. Of course I know this, but it's good to be reminded. And to get some sympathy. 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 post Share on other sites
C Craft 207 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I usually find that when I lay a problem child aside! The break allows for the part of the brain that is not thinking about it too come up with a solution, that works well! So take a break and you will find the answer come to you my friend!! C Craft Customs ~~~ With every custom knife I build I try to accomplish three things. I want that knife to look so good you just have to pick it up, feel so good in your hand you can't wait to try it, and once you use it, you never want to put it down ! If I capture those three factors in each knife I build, I am assured the knife will become a piece that is used and treasured by its owner! ~~~ C Craft Link to post Share on other sites
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