The wise smith versus the foolish smith.

[Tai Google]

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The wise smith xxxxxxxx ,? while the foolish smith xxxxxxxx .



Examples:
#1. The wise smith gets up early and puts in a full days work,? while the foolish smith drinks beer in the morning and sleeps all afternoon.

#2. The wise smith keeps his shop clean and has a place for every tool,? while the foolish smith stumbles around aimlessly all day long trying to find the right hammer.

#3. The wise smith gets it right the first time,? while the foolish smith has to go back and do everything over, over and over.

[toddhill]

Ha, ha, JPH. Seems like we have some things in common.

The wise smith looks for advice; the foolish one ignores it.
The wise smith builds relationships; the foolish one isolates himself.

[Tai Google]

Well,... I guess wise and foolish are somewhat interchangeable.

[Tai Google]

The wise smith has a few beers, has a smoke, takes a nap and then watches TV for the rest of the day,... while the foolish smith slaves over a hot forge all day long, to no avail.

The wise smith eats greasy ribs,... while the foolish smith eats grains and vegetables.

[metalbender]

the wise smith finishes the weld THEN puts himself out, the foolish smith panics, loses his heat and gets burned anyway

[Matt22191]

The wise smith never stops questioning. The foolish smith is sure he knows all the answers. (Substitute any noun you like for "smith" and this will still hold true.)

The wise smith puts on a leather apron before welding. The foolish smith gets excited, forgets the apron, hold the work pieces at crotch level, and strikes. Ask me how I know!

[Robert Dark]

The wise smith is out in the shop making knives, while the foolish smith is either posting to, or reading these darned forum posts.

I guess I am just a foolish smith.

Robert

[pipecrafter]

The wise smith takes time developing his tooling and learning how to use it effectively, no matter how archaic or backwoods. The foolish smith expects that an expensive grinder will allow him to make world-class knives without practice.

[TexasJack]

The wise smith inherited a fortune and invested it wisely before he started making knives.

The foolish smith thought he could become rich and famous if he bought $50,000 worth of tools and some scrap metal the guy down the road was throwing out.

The wise smith sat around with a few friends and downed a cold one, realizing that those moments of relaxation and fun were precious and to be appreciated.

The foolish smith posted his knives on Ebay and tried to fool people into paying higher prices by using phrases like "spalted" and "super high alloy 440 surgical steel".

The wise smith hung around KNet and learned new stuff all the time.

The foolish smith hung around KNet and pretended he was smarter than anyone else.

The wise smith had the support of his wonderful spouse and he tried hard to keep her happy.

The foolish smith heat treated his knives once too often in the kitchen and had his head reshaped by a frying pan.

The wise smith and the foolish smith both died and were buried in a cemetary. The wise smith's friends would sneak into the cemetary on moonlit nights and drink many beers in remeberance of their departed friend. Then, they would piss on the foolish smith's grave.

[azmike]

the wise smith doesn't try to re-invent the wheel (although he may reconfigure it to make it work for him)
the wise smith takes all that he has learned and adapts it so it works for him.
the wise smith responds to "they said it couldn't be done" with "well i guess i will just have to keep trying"---the foolish smith says "yea their probably right"
the wise smith is always open to new or different approaches to situations-----the foolish smith figures he knows the right way (his) and will always continue to do it that way.
the wise smith doesn't try studid ways to demo how sharp one of his blades is------ i say i'll never do that again----------azmike

[Gene Chapman]

the wise smith bought microsoft years ago, I didn't.

[Gene Chapman]

The wise smith has a working spouse

[toddhill]

This is why I want to be like you guys when I grow up!

Todd

[sharpenstein]

The wise smith never grows up!
Larry Sharp

[Voltaire]

The wise smith won't try to catch a falling knife. The foolish smith does it more than once.