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You're not my supervisor
You're not my supervisor
I'm on board with all of that. I can only speak for myself, but I was personally only referring to the nastiness and taunting insults that were spawned by disagreement.I think there is plenty of room on the forums for all kinds of users. But I don't believe in any sacred cows.
Pretty much had my fill of the political correctness in todays society and I would hate to see this forum get to the point where folks can't speak their mind. I would much rather have some heated debates on occasion.
Most of use that have been around here for a while have butted heads on occasion with different opinions. It's not necessarily a bad thing. Man up, put it behind you and move forward.
Some folks are taking it personally when there favorite user gets criticized. The boutique axes from Sweden come to mind. I have a couple that I really love and have had them for a long time. But they are not the best choice for everything. Nothing wrong with pointing that out.
I have also been guilty of that on occasion. Its not a good look and you know what they say about an arrow once sent. I am less than perfect and I know it.I'm on board with all of that. I can only speak for myself, but I was personally only referring to the nastiness and taunting insults that were spawned by disagreement.
This is the "Axe, Hatchet, and Tomahawk" sub-forum. That covers a tremendous amount of territory in history, usage, and design. My own little segment of the ax world these days (because I have forged light camp axes with hickory handles in the past, and grew up using an ax for brush clearing and processing fuel for the wood stove that kept me warm in the winter time) is tactical tomahawks, particularly full tang 'hawks, intended for actual carry by military, LEO, and first responders.
I’m also under the impression that Bladeforums is read by a larger group than just the people that post here.
I get links back here when I google even remotely axe related stuff. Now multiply that times the huge number of blade-related queries coming from others.
~Daniel Dennett, "Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking"
- You should attempt to re-express your target’s position so clearly, vividly, and fairly that your target says, “Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it that way.
- You should list any points of agreement (especially if they are not matters of general or widespread agreement).
- You should mention anything you have learned from your target.
- Only then are you permitted to say so much as a word of rebuttal or criticism.
When offering contrasting opinions it's best not to quote another user and refute their post point by point. That's useless and boring as hell. Just state your own opinion and add whatever facts you have to the discussion.
Post contradicting opinions all you want. Just don't let it get personal. That's never helpful.
Six years ago this forum was primarily about people tying doilies onto their Cold Steel hawks and thinking themselves bladesmiths for the effort. I think this forum is a much more interesting place now.
Surely what would help here is a sub sub-forum or a split into two or even three seperate sections, and one being for tactical stuff?
Imagine if all the knife sub forums were merged in a single forum like this one, that'd make for some interesting reading.
This forums is a very interesting place now, in the last 5 years or so.
Maybe this is the best period in the history of this forum so far, thanks to the great gathering of people with knowledge and experience.
There were good periods in the past too, around 2002-2004 with enthusiastic and nice members setting the tone (Old Jimbo for example).
I feel lucky that I have been and am still around and feel like an awed child sitting at the feet of wise adults.
Takes a real Man to admit that. We all have to take a slice of humbleberry pie every once in while.I came to this forum thinking i was hot shit. I wasn't. I joined axe junkies thinking i was hot shit. I wasn't. Probably almost got banned from this site and did get banned from axe junkies.
At this point i realized I'm terrible at this craft.
I humbled myself and begged roster for forgiveness. I went back to cutting handles from factory junk and realized that my arrogance prevented me from learning how to cut real profiles. Now i quietly perfect my craft.