Excellence – and the pursuit of it – truly grab me emotionally. It’s why I like what I like. It’s why I’ve been interested in the hobbies and pursuits that I’ve done. It’s what I have sought in my professional life, and what I am now trying to build. It’s how I gauge cars, knives, guns, [...]
I’ve been working on my usuba for hours now, and I still don’t have the edge the way I want it. It’s not that I’m demanding. I just want that edge straight and dead flat, the way it’s supposed to be, and sharp. I just want the usuba’s edge to be the way it’s supposed [...]
Sometimes people are truly and remarkably honest and it is an uplifting experience to deal with them. I came upon just such an individual yesterday. Ehsan, an absolutely stand-up guy on the knife forum that I frequent, is selling a particularly attractive knife. It’s one that I’ve been curious about for quite some time: a [...]
My colleague asked me in the office kitchen today, “Why do some knives say ‘Do Not Sharpen’?” Until he asked me that, I never knew there were knives that manufacturers would actually say “Do Not Sharpen.” It only took me about a second to realize why, though. “Probably because those knives are serrated with little [...]
Nothing worthwhile in life is free. Sometimes the cost is measured not in terms of money, which is why they are “free” from a narrow point of view. Their cost is blood, sweat and tears. Such is the case with many physical skills that demand practice, practice and more practice to really refine and internalize. [...]
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