Even a master craftsmen can have an off day too, thinking about the fight he had with his missus the previous night, making a slip on the electric plane, finding the blank not quite as good as he normally gets, shaping for a pinhead that gives him the shits and doesn't put his whole soul into it.ric_vidal wrote:’tis all about processes and piece work. Some are are good at it some are crap. Pick the difference... good luck!
I don't do boards, (yet ) but do woodwork, and everything in real craft is an expression of the self, and some days you are in the flow, and other days less so.
That's where standards come in. Some have 'em and some don't.
Good for you natho, unfortunately your ability to read between the lines is right up there with Mr Magoo.Natho wrote:Like alot of comments posted on these forums by so called 'indusrty experts' you have gotta read between the lines and see some of these people are pushing their own agendas and own products. I guess that's the freedom of these forums. I like to challenge that.
Ric does have an agenda, as far as I have read between the lines, and it has been unerringly about quality of product, from quality blank to quality work to quality finish.
Sure, he talks the shite about design stuff but it doesn't read as proselytising to me, more about challenging the bog standard ideas, you know, a bit like what you claim to be doing.
Anyone who has been around surfing for a few years would know that the average surfer is as much a follower of fashion as the Double Bay ladies who lunch. I'm all for challenging that.