Thread: workshop block

Originally Posted by JoeSomebody

Sometimes what helps me is to just get out in the shop and clean it up! Sometimes just doing something simple that requires no thought will let your mind wander. Also while you clean up you might run across a scrap of something that will let an idea pop. Good Luck!

A great Idea only time I clean up the shop is when I cannot find the tools.Bits.Drills I need and know they are somewhere under piles of the crap I generate,or the wife cannot get her car out of the garage

Honestly, in absence of a firm plan, I just start hammering and just go along with whatever the steel decides to be.
Sometimes I start making something, and halfway through I decide to turn it into something else because the steel is just moving that way despite my best efforts.

That said, I'm close to being back from holiday myself, and the first thing I'm going to do is finally to put a floor in my smithy so that I can finally get started in earnest. If you don't know what to do, clean up your shop

In the 60's, Sandoz LSD may have been a recommended cure.
Sorry Charlie. I know that was no help at all but maybe a trip/holiday away from the shop. You know look for inspiration in new surroundings.

Hi Charlie,
first i go fishing or hunting. Relax myself. Sometimes using a blade out there produces and idea for a new one.
Then i read. Sometimes a text will create a visual in my mind of a blade that i then start sketching. or i look through picture books like Knives Annual, knifemaking magazines, old razor collecting books and comics or even older illustrated works like Beowulf, etc.
Anything that might inspire me to contemplate a better blade.
One thing i learned is that ya can't just force it. Ya gotta let it flow..... from The Force.
Hang in There.
Adam

I find inspiration when I go help someone else. It takes my mind out of the mental race track rut.

Good to see you back

I take the moment to Google the subject I am usually interested in accomplishing. Then I hit "Images" Triggers me mind a good bit.
Funny what one can find under a subject title!
Razor shell videos, photos and facts - Ensis ensis - ARKive........
Back them with epoxy???
Just a quick Google of "razor"
~Richard

Originally Posted by onimaru55

In the 60's, Sandoz LSD may have been a recommended cure.
Sorry Charlie. I know that was no help at all but maybe a trip/holiday away from the shop. You know look for inspiration in new surroundings.

Mate! What am I going to do with you!!!!!

I"m not trying to hyjack this tread!!!

I hope all will enjoy!

I apologize for the 'humor' at the start!

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