Things Not To Do When Making A Knife

[Andries Olivier]

NEVER keep your drinking water and parrafin in similar containers. Three large gulps of parrafin will give you the runs for three days.

Never assume a sound looking block of wood won't split without warning while cutting on the bandsaw. Allways use a pushstick.

If you stick a blade 2 inches deep into your body, don't ask your wife to take you to the doctor. She might faint on the way.

[Tarl_cabot]

As my old pappy used to say...."Dont force it Son! Use a BIGGER HAMMER"!

[AchimW]

Never touch a piece of dry steel with your bare hands (before being sure it's not hot!). It doesn't have to glow to burn you.

[NuViking]

For goodness sake, save the beer and weed for the end of the job. It just seems to use more coal and absolutely nothing gets done in lines of knifemaking.