So what's your "real" job?

[dall]

the knives are beautiful

 

[stihl sawing]

How do you put a price on something that will last for several generations, People that buy those knives will hand them down to their kids and so on. Beautiful craftsmanship.

 

[MustangMike]

Never mind craftsmanship, Rembrandt's of knife making! I'm very impressed.

I know from discussing the Samurai swords with my Aunt & Uncle the attributes of Damascus steel that are not present in other metal blades. Very difficult (and labor intensive) to do but it results in a blade that is far superior to others.

Many of those swords have survived for hundreds of years, and still have razor sharp edges.

 

[GoBigBlue1984]

I checked out both Dan and Kyle's webpages earlier........Holy Cow. Stunningly, beautiful craftsmanship. To top it all off, it appears as though Kyle plays the banjo as well. A+ in my book.

 

[MarkEagleUSA]

Don and son are true craftsmen.

As opposed to hacks like you?

 

[Lightning Performance]

Condom tester.

Second best job

Testing the flavors?

worst job

I'm a Walmart greeter

Best job

Sheep inspector.

whaaaaat...

Motivational Speaker, Life Coach, and Spiritual Guide…………when I'm not being a sarcastic bastard, and making up nicknames for ol' Lawn Dart Legs @Mastermind.

Say it ain't so?


Killing trees for solar power. Ironic ain't it.

 

[KenJax Tree]

I would love to have a Sunfish knife, however my tree guy budget only allows a Kershaw. My wife is a physical therapist so maybe a Sunfish is in the future one day.[emoji1]

 

[exSW]

I would love to have a Sunfish knife, however my tree guy budget only allows a Kershaw. My wife is a physical therapist so maybe a Sunfish is in the future one day.[emoji1]

Kid I went to College with is now a custom knife maker. He was,shall we say a unique individual. I'm trying to figure out how it came to pass that I can't afford his work.

 

[CTYank]

Retired, but finding exercise and the odd truckload of wood on close to 1000 acres of preserves and trusts down in the CT Panhandle, cleaning storm damage and invasives, fixing others' saws that dealers render impractical and reworking chain used for rototilling. Retired from working as computer consultant, programmer, dba, network engineer, shoulder to cry on. Previously paid bills by work as toolmaker, assembler of industrial machinery, machinist, welder, yada, yada ... Retired earlier after 20, from USN. Anything but boredom.
Seeds were sown by working as a groundie and chipper-feeder on 3-man line-trimming crew, college summers, here @ 16:1 in Homelite country.

 

[Benelli777]

Mechanical technician/ CNC's machinist Lead Hand for the largest valve manufacturing company in Canada.

 

[50blues]

Sad part is nuke operator is probably better for your health.

That is a fact and my back doesn't kill me all the time.

 

[Agrarian]

Embedded software engineer with an electronic engineering background. Lived on a small family farm growing up and learned to fix things - had to, there was no money for new stuff. Burned wood all my life (ok not while I was in the Army) and it is our primary heat source. 18 acres of woods - more than enough for a lifetime.

 

[beaglebriar]

That is a fact and my back doesn't kill me all the time.

I had a good buddy that had liver failure at the age of 27. I believe his poor practices at the body shop he grew up in and worked in as an adult was a big factor in his death. It's a fact that a lot of body men don't grow old.

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

Like Chet I belong to local 12 IUEC been installing passenger elevators for 20 year's. Before that managed a feed store.grew up an a dairy farm.

 

[Jetmd]

Would that be pullin teet's Kenneth?

 

[Guido Salvage]

Kid I went to College with is now a custom knife maker. He was,shall we say a unique individual. I'm trying to figure out how it came to pass that I can't afford his work.

My best friend from college is also a knife maker and a member of the Guild. The late Ron Frazier was one of his mentors when he got started.

 

[exSW]

My best friend from college is also a knife maker and a member of the Guild. The late Ron Frazier was one of his mentors when he got started.

Don't know if Gene is in the Guild but he is right there on the Arkansas/Oklahoma line where a bunch of those guys are from.

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

Would that be pullin teet's Kenneth?

Only when the power was out. milking 10 cows by hand will give a guy a strong grip.

 

[sawmikaze]

Real jobs blow..i wanna be a juggalo



We took 2 cherries today that were absolutely farkin miserable between the location/rain/mud.

Im movin to miami with @big t double to get a job at a poolside bar .

 

[MasterMech]

I'm an industrial mechanic with one of the major US jet engine manufactuers. Not the one that also makes dishwashers and refrigerators. I don't work on the engines but on specialized industrial machinery that is used to manufacture coatings on all those hot parts inside. Tbey keep me plenty busy!

In a past life I was a farm kid, started working on OPE for a local Deere dealer and graduated to light construction equipment. (Skids, mini-ex's, compact tractors and the like). Did a little work on a golf course and moved into my current job.