Well, Joe, I never thought my knife designs were interesting to you.

You teached me Lots of thiks, so I'm proud you like my work. BTW, Roy told me to change a bit my shapes, making a "false edge"on the spine of my knives, so they will not Remove wood of the targets unnecessarelly. They Were doing it, and I'm not hard headed, I undestood its point and changed the design...

About Roys knives, they are Not spikes, cause they have weight and Shape, they are Better, much better for handling than a spike. I think of them as Renaiscence Daggers, Narrow, but still Knives, not spikes. And Oh, I still like your big bowies.

Differente worlds, different things, As Roy always pointed, Dalmo is a guy who Loves to learn.

I learned a Lot with you ( I Use your thumb grip, many times), I learned with Roy (his style is very interesting), I learned with Ralph, with David....with Lee Fuggat, he also knows a lot on throwing knives.  I'm an open mind student, why not? The more I throw, the much I learn.

Many people have things to teach, here in Brazil its Me who teaches, but always knowing that a student could become better than me, and I will not Envy him, will Applaud him, instead.

Well, just a note, and its good to have you with us. Will try to ask people on salted water tempering, Unfortunatelly the Best source on Tempering (my amigo Fabio Codignoli) died of a hearth attack last year, at only 49. A Pitty, he was really a beacon on tempering for all of us, and also made some very interesting knives...He could take pieces of Iron, cook them, then turn them into Steel, as the Japaneses die, and Forge good swords out of the matter.

I really miss him, but thats life.

Abraço, my amigo, be well, I'm sure you have lots of things to talk on our group.

Dalmo

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