Richard Hambrook
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- Joined
- Jul 29, 2007
- Messages
- 22
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Wow, I didn't realize that this would have caused such a huge response. That's good and bad I guess. I agree whole hearted about enough with the tool wars. I guess I didn't realize there was such a thing. I feel like I just walked into a war that I didn't know existed. My sincere opologies to anyone whom I may have offended. I was simply just giving an "opinion". I new some people may not agree but hoped they may respect it. After all, its just an opinion! I have just found something that I feel makes me a better engraver. Even if it is because I am more comfortable with it. Call it a "romance period" if you like. My response to that is I've been married for 14 years and I am still in that romance. I never thought that after being a Marine for eight years that I would get offended easily, but some of these responses have done that. I greatly admire and look up to all of you and I mean "all of you". Sam was the very one to really ispire me and I thank him for that. Marcus and Ken, I have admired your work since I first started engraving. Chris DeCamillis, you are also one I need to thank in my long list of people to thank! All of you that said that the tool doesn't make you a Master are correct. I have been engraving for almost eight years at Browning and A business at home. You can only imagine the amount of hours I have placed on the bench and I have a lot still to learn. Whenever I teach someone to engrave, I alway start them out with a hammer and chisel. That is where the real art is and I would hate to see that be gone forever. I am not one to post pictures of my work only because I have a problem with feeling never completely satisfied. Maybe I will show something soon.
Best of luck to all of you.
Rich Hambrook
Wow, I didn't realize that this would have caused such a huge response. That's good and bad I guess. I agree whole hearted about enough with the tool wars. I guess I didn't realize there was such a thing. I feel like I just walked into a war that I didn't know existed. My sincere opologies to anyone whom I may have offended. I was simply just giving an "opinion". I new some people may not agree but hoped they may respect it. After all, its just an opinion! I have just found something that I feel makes me a better engraver. Even if it is because I am more comfortable with it. Call it a "romance period" if you like. My response to that is I've been married for 14 years and I am still in that romance. I never thought that after being a Marine for eight years that I would get offended easily, but some of these responses have done that. I greatly admire and look up to all of you and I mean "all of you". Sam was the very one to really ispire me and I thank him for that. Marcus and Ken, I have admired your work since I first started engraving. Chris DeCamillis, you are also one I need to thank in my long list of people to thank! All of you that said that the tool doesn't make you a Master are correct. I have been engraving for almost eight years at Browning and A business at home. You can only imagine the amount of hours I have placed on the bench and I have a lot still to learn. Whenever I teach someone to engrave, I alway start them out with a hammer and chisel. That is where the real art is and I would hate to see that be gone forever. I am not one to post pictures of my work only because I have a problem with feeling never completely satisfied. Maybe I will show something soon.
Best of luck to all of you.
Rich Hambrook