First off... it's daytime now. Beerballs indeed. Fuck you.
You people are like a bunch of middle-school girls. You're all so knowledgeable about knives but all you do is buy them and look at them - and jerk off over them. Don't want to forget the "metal masturbation" aspect.
Even "Joss" (what a name - and avatar!) admitted to this. You spend hundreds of dollars on "utilitarian" items that will never be used...... However I get dragged over the coals and the quality of my work and character is impugned - just because I didn't react with the requisite, giant hard-on over these pimped out wastes of time and material.
You don't make knives. You just buy them - and "appreciate" them, whatever the hell that means.
And regarding the pictured Tai Goo knife. How is that not crude? Don't give me some phony art-school horseshit about subtlety or understatement. Just tell me - How does this knife - forged from leaf spring I'd bet, I lot of his are - with the forged socket handle wrapped in cord, rattan, whatever - fit with your worldview of "knives elevated to fine art". No they're not. They're craft. I've tremendous respect for the "craftsmanship" of all the knives pictured. I just think it's lots of effort and talent going to waste. I was never out to insult the products of my fellow makers, just you idiots, their fan club.
1. You don't know anything about us, Brock.....Lombardo, and RogerP both write for cutlery magazines...think Anthony does gun mags, too. I had an article published in KI a few years ago...we know a little...about knives, what goes into them, and how they are made. Many of us HAVE made knives...Roger made one not so long ago, forged it, and finished it....It was his first knife, and STILL looks better than yours does. I have a 2" x 72" grinder/buffer, and a 1hp drill press in my garage/shop...made my first knife in 1998...If you have ever been to the OKCA show in Eugene, then you would have seen me use that knife to attempt competing in the rope cutting competition.
2. Joss is his real G-d given name..he is from France...they have different names over there.
Again, you imply that we don't use our knives.....Hans just posted pictures of doing so, Roger has used his, Anthony for sure uses his, and I have about 20 users, including the JW Smith Evolution Folder that I have been carrying since October(great knife, BTW).
3. You and your accolyte got jumped on for being smarmy puds....from the word go...not because you have a different opinion, or don't agree with the "collective unconciousness" of BladeForums Customs.
4. Don't care for a lot of Tai's work, but it IS art, and elevated at that. Hand finishing to high grit is an artform, and an exacting one. Try it sometime, if you have the skills..which I seriously doubt.
5. You are not going to enjoy the discourse you will get..so why bother? Stick to pedalling your substandard wares to those that don't know the difference, and be happy about it!
ESAD, motherf***er!
STeven Garsson
