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Old 03-19-2008, 12:48 PM
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Well, I am not a fan of worms, other than for fishing, but I started with a 4 X 36 and used it for the first 3 years of making knives. Knives made on the 4 X 36 paid for the KMG. It is not ideal but until you get to the point where your personal skill is greater than the abilities of the equipment it really does not matter. Learning to control the grinding of a blade on the 4 X 36 was a skill easily transferable to the KMG. And frankly other then the grinding of the blade itself , the 4 X 36 is a small part of the making of the knife. So I guess my point is that the equipment is almost irralevant and it is the learning of the skills that is important. Your equipment should only become a factor when your skill level far exceeds the capabilities of the equipment.
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