Capitalizing on my mistakes

[Peter Nowlan]

Hey there,
I hope you’re all staying safe. I created a new article on my Blog but I have a hard time inserting links. I think my Blog is easy to find anyway.
I was asked to talk about some of the sharpening mistakes I’ve made and I decided to write about that and what I did about them.

It’s important to make mistakes, to fail but only if your ego prevents you from realizing a mistake was made. Lots of times it’s not really a mistake but a lack of knowledge.
Anyway I don’t have any freaking knives to sharpen right now so the Blog kept me busy for a bit.

Take care if yourselves and stay home.

[Altadan]

Hey Peter,

I was reading through your mistakes, and I gotta tell ya - even though it's mostly a permutation of the "Sharpening School" which formed my foundations some three years ago in my sharpening journey - I really benefited from getting "back to basics" with ya!
I was falling for the same fear of sharpening properly lest I be losing steel, but your emphasis on different levels of pressure - even on coarse stones - and the need to feel for the burr... it was good. I've got a knife that is blowing my senses now thanks to that little read!
Thanks!
Dan

[Peter Nowlan]

Dan thank you. I can’t believe it’s been 3 years since I started those videos on Knifeplanet. I’ve learned much since then. I could likely improve the video content but it could confuse folks. Also I just don’t have the time or desire to do more videos.
Happy for you.

[Radar53]

Hi Peter, sorry I missed this until now. I have to say that you are my "Trailblazer". If you make mistakes and write about them and how to avoid them, sometimes I don't have to make the same mistakes and wonder what the hell is going wrong. So please keep Trailblazing, making mistakes and writing about them ~ you make me a better sharpener.

Thanks