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The old timer who watched me burn a dozen hardy holes before saying one word
Back at a flea market demo outside Tucson in 2019, this retired farrier just stood behind my anvil for 20 minutes, then asked if he could hold my hammer and told me my grip was fighting the steel's swing, and I still adjust my fingers every time I start a new piece since then, has anyone else had a stranger's two sentence fix stick with them like that?
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kim69317d ago
You ever notice how the guys who actually know their stuff never say much? I had almost the same thing happen at a hammer-in in Missouri, old boy watched me beat on a piece of 5160 for half an hour and then just said my anvil was too high. Moved it down four inches and my shoulders quit hurting within a week. That one thing changed how I set up every shop since. The lesson I took from it is that watching beats talking every time, so when somebody stands there quiet, let them look and don't get your back up about it. Those two sentence fixes from old timers stick because they cost them something to give and they only give them when they mean it. Pay attention when one of them goes quiet on you, that is usually when the good stuff is coming.
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