I make that argument all the time when someone argues how evil the rich are. The response is usually a variant of “well, mumble mumble it’s just not fair that they have more money than me mumble mumble.”
I realized as an entrepreneur that it was not possible to work for poor people, as there was no living to be made by doing that. If you are not at least one level up in your clientele, you cannot make a go of it. Poor people cannot sustain poor people because there’s no margin.
That said, I love craftsmen, as I was once one. I especially admire knife makers. Consider what they have sacrificed for their craft, and be willing to pay them accordingly, particularly for the blood that they have bled in their work, to have made an edge for you to live.
If I may be so blatantly nationalistic, as to put in a plug for some fellow Americans, as opposed to the myriad blades made in China, one might just happen to take a look at what those most splendid of Americans are doing out in Missoula, Montana. Or, you could go with something soulless from China.
My Scyllis is pure awesome. Not cheap, but still, pure awesome. Sticks in the Kydex like crazy, until you really want to take it out, then it’s out, pronto! Wow! Take that from an old Midway Shellback. Those Zombie guys are pure American. Love’em! American craftsmanship isn’t cheap, but it is very, very satisfying.
BTW: Mine balances just above that choil. At the rivet. Yeah, that’s awesome. And it’s a Persian. That would be a slash, and then then a stab, but not the other way around. I’ll leave it to you to figure out why. Hint: has to do with the foot. Right vs. left?
January 12th, 2016 at 9:30 am
I make that argument all the time when someone argues how evil the rich are. The response is usually a variant of “well, mumble mumble it’s just not fair that they have more money than me mumble mumble.”
January 12th, 2016 at 7:34 pm
I realized as an entrepreneur that it was not possible to work for poor people, as there was no living to be made by doing that. If you are not at least one level up in your clientele, you cannot make a go of it. Poor people cannot sustain poor people because there’s no margin.
January 12th, 2016 at 7:38 pm
That said, I love craftsmen, as I was once one. I especially admire knife makers. Consider what they have sacrificed for their craft, and be willing to pay them accordingly, particularly for the blood that they have bled in their work, to have made an edge for you to live.
January 12th, 2016 at 7:49 pm
If I may be so blatantly nationalistic, as to put in a plug for some fellow Americans, as opposed to the myriad blades made in China, one might just happen to take a look at what those most splendid of Americans are doing out in Missoula, Montana. Or, you could go with something soulless from China.
My Scyllis is pure awesome. Not cheap, but still, pure awesome. Sticks in the Kydex like crazy, until you really want to take it out, then it’s out, pronto! Wow! Take that from an old Midway Shellback. Those Zombie guys are pure American. Love’em! American craftsmanship isn’t cheap, but it is very, very satisfying.
January 12th, 2016 at 8:06 pm
Crude of me to have not posted a link:
http://www.zombietools.net/shop/scyllis/
BTW: Mine balances just above that choil. At the rivet. Yeah, that’s awesome. And it’s a Persian. That would be a slash, and then then a stab, but not the other way around. I’ll leave it to you to figure out why. Hint: has to do with the foot. Right vs. left?
January 12th, 2016 at 10:03 pm
“Yeah, that’s awesome. And it’s a Persian. That would be a slash, and then then a stab…”
If you stab a dude, you’ll just make him angry. If you slash a dude, he’ll be too busy trying to hold his guts in to fight back.
Not sure who said that, but it ‘stuck’ with me (pun intended).