newedgeforge Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Good Morning all, I am new to this forum, and wanted to get feedback on a my website that I put up a little while ago. I am looking for critique's on my prices, designs, and over all opinion of my website. your commercial link has been removed, you really should have read Thanks again. Kent Hammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Can you tell me how you use repurposed steel to make high carbon steel? "used re-purposed steel to make new knives, and high carbon steel." You do know that Ferrier's definition is - ferryman. Did you mean Farrier? A farrier is a specialist in equine hoof care. Strongly suggest you not ask us to do basic spelling and grammer checks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 I suggest you actually read the Terms of Service you agreed to follow in order to be a member here. We charge for advertising Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 32 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: Strongly suggest you not ask us to do basic spelling and grammer checks! Yeah, that's a dark door you do not want to open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Oh my. Kent Hammer from Newedgeforge! How original! Wanna bet it's another inexperienced new guy trying to sell used Kaopectate in a fancy wrapper? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Now I didn't want to judge them personally; but I consider it a basic business practice to have proper editing done *BEFORE* you release media relating to your business and spellcheck isn't enough if you will be using terms that are not common. I also understand that this is becoming less common. I had an experience at one of my Dr's office where they had started charging for no-shows and had everyone read and sign a form about it. I pointed out that their form was backwards: it said that if you didn't inform the office within 24 hours of your appointment you would be charged the fee. As written you could inform them 4 nanoseconds before your appointment and not pay but if you had informed them 3 months previously that you were cancelling you would have to pay. They tried to argue with me about it; but I said read what it says; not what you think it says and finally the office staff agreed with me---they had been handing it out for months in the wrong wording! (Of course NPR recently mentioned a study done for a "fake" new social media platform, the *median* time spent reading the TOS was 14 seconds---they had written it to take 30 minutes to read and it included things like: payment was to be your firstborn child, etc...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newedgeforge Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 Well, I am glad you guys do not mix words. That is totally my fault for the grammar and I will fix that right away. And I should've definitely read the site guidelines much better. You are right Frosty, I am totally a new guy and inexperienced and I can see it shows. That is what I needed to read and see from experienced smiths. Thomas, I meant to write that I use old steel and new high carbon steel when making knives. I see now how that makes no sense at all! Frosty as cheesy as it sounds that is my real name, believe it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newedgeforge Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 I also made those grammar changes you guys suggested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzkill Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Sounds good. Now just head here and you'll be on your way to getting the most out of this forum: https://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/53873-read-this-first/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 that is included on the TOS page now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 No I've seen folks make high carbon steel from old steel; shoot I've done it myself! I just figured that that was NOT what you were trying to say. I was lucky to have my wife available to proofread my papers getting my second degree as I have issues in that area myself. Think how lucky you are not to have been named after Immanuel Kant; "Kant Hammer" would not be a promising name for a smith... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Kent, you are more than welcome to post your work here for criteaque. Or even ask about wording or phrasing. Welcome aboard, once you get the hang of this you'll find it is an invaluable wealth of knowledge and advise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 3 hours ago, newedgeforge said: Well, I am glad you guys do not mix words. No, we mix words all the time. What we don’t do is mince words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Though some of us do mangle them from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 1 hour ago, ThomasPowers said: Though some of us do mangle them from time to time. Well, sort of, I tend to use experimental words. I Mengel'a word now and then so to type. Welcome aboard Kent, glad to have you. Don't feel too special, you aren't the first guy to confuse us with his first few words. I kind of think it's a good character trait in a person, you should fit right in here. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Frosty; I stay away from those folks. I have friends who lost most of their families to them. I have an original copy of the 1939 edition of Geschmiedetes Eisen and before I would place it in my library I talked with my friend who has a picture of a camp on his mantle as that's where most of his family is. He said that to forget, to try to cover it up would be a terrible thing. I should keep the book and remember the history. The modern reprint has several missing pictures in it. I only show the original to folks who know the history and can deal with it in a mature way. Pity how they poisoned a symbol used for thousands of years all around the world... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Hoover Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 10 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: Frosty; I stay away from those folks. I have friends who lost most of their families to them. I should keep the book and remember the history. The modern reprint has several missing pictures in it. Also sad that burying history and attempting to forget it seems to be a growing problem as modern society wants to hide the atrocities of the past so that they can act as though everything is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mod34 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 As fascinating a discussion as this might be, it’s getting pretty close to the kind of political content that is forbidden by the IFI TOS. Let’s get back on track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Schöne Alte Wirtshausschilder, Leonhard, Walter: Published by München, Bruckmann, (1977) ISBN 10: 3765414948 ISBN 13: 9783765414947 is a great book on "Lovely Old Tavern Signs"; lots of great examples if you need to make a wrought iron sign for a business in the old school way. You don't need to read German as the pictures are fairly self explaining. It's a good idea to learn the basic vocabulary for Smithing in the language of the country you will be visiting so at a fleamarket you can say "I'm looking for books/tools/examples of kunstschmiede Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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