January 22Jan 22 well folks...we lost another Master....Ed Fowler passed on..He was a real character and a bit controversial. You either loved him or hated him..either way he was a real craftsman.. He and I would have some great discussions over breakfasts back in the day...Another one gone...rest well amigo.. JPH
January 22Jan 22 The passing of so many greats has made me feel, personally, the weight of responsibility in carrying along their legacy. Rest in peace. Will ring the anvil for them.
January 22Jan 22 Rest in peace Ed and we will keep the blade sharp. Prayer of departed “Just close your eyes and you will see, All the memories that you have of me. Just sit and relax and you will find, I’m really still there inside your mind. Don’t cry for me now I’m gone, For I am in the land of song. There is no pain, there is no fear, so dry away that silent tear. Don’t think of me in the dark and cold, For here I am, no longer old. I’m In that place that’s filled with love, known to you all as ‘UP ABOVE’.” I can’t control the wind. All I can do is adjust my sails. ~Semper Paratus~ USCG 1964-1970
January 23Jan 23 He influenced me a lot and was very important for my first years of knife making. Rest in Peace, Sensei.
January 24Jan 24 Author in retrospect...I have been getting a lot of calls about other makers passing on lately..which is..I admit to be expected. I have been at this for 50 plus years now..yeah I am long in the tooth as they say...Yet knowing that these calls will be coming doesn't make it any easier to bear..I have seen folks come and go over the passing of time..I know quite well that my time to cross that bridge and stand before the Wise Lord will happen..It is the way of things.. I just don't want all that I have learned to follow me to my grave.. One reason why I am doing my YouTube videos and finishing up my last book..yet still there is so much more that I can show folks that are willing to learn..that isn't in any of my books...Yet sadly..there doesn't seem to be anyone who wants to invest the time or even has a serious interests in learning in the 'old way" of one on one mentorship.. My kids are off living their lives..no intertest there..and that's fine..I wish them long and happy lives ..yet still I keep hoping that sometime soon I will run across a youngster that has that fire in the belly to learn this stuff..Until then the search continues..I just wonder what will become of my equipment..anvils..hammers.. materials and all once I finally do walk across that bridge and stand before my God.. JPH
January 24Jan 24 Jph- I’ve got a student with that fire. His dad teaches philosophy with me at the university and their day job is being regenerative farmers with a CSA. These people exist- more and more young people are rejecting the false speed of modernity. dont lose hope. Also, could you share your YouTube channel?
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