07-06-2017, 08:59 PM
Bobbo,
As Jan and I have touched on in another topic, our past influences how we think in the present. In my case, my thought and expression patterns are influenced by my thirty five year career as a telephone troubleshooter, and my lifelong passions for photography and sailing.
I have many photographs I made long ago. Some I like and some I like in spite of them resembling my skill level at the time. They reflect the state of my art at the time, and I feel it would be unfair to reject them out of hand. I hope you will see your present BESS numbers in the same context. Your numbers are presently sharp. I predict that they will evolve even sharper with experience and continued work. My friend and sharpening mentor, Steve Bottorff, consistently sharpens knives with lower BESS numbers than I do. This is as it should be. I am confident that I will narrow the gap with continued work.
Keep working. Keep analyzing and improving. The challenge is part of the mystique of sharpening. Enjoy the journey.
Ken
As Jan and I have touched on in another topic, our past influences how we think in the present. In my case, my thought and expression patterns are influenced by my thirty five year career as a telephone troubleshooter, and my lifelong passions for photography and sailing.
I have many photographs I made long ago. Some I like and some I like in spite of them resembling my skill level at the time. They reflect the state of my art at the time, and I feel it would be unfair to reject them out of hand. I hope you will see your present BESS numbers in the same context. Your numbers are presently sharp. I predict that they will evolve even sharper with experience and continued work. My friend and sharpening mentor, Steve Bottorff, consistently sharpens knives with lower BESS numbers than I do. This is as it should be. I am confident that I will narrow the gap with continued work.
Keep working. Keep analyzing and improving. The challenge is part of the mystique of sharpening. Enjoy the journey.
Ken