What it takes to be a knife maker

[jared08]

patience, dedication, passion, obsession, creativity, decent background in math and science, and artistic as all hell...

[Chef Niloc]

Gods will, a little luck, and some bandages

[Patatas Bravas]

An excellent teacher or two?

[sachem allison]

s#!t for brains and relentless dedication and a willingness to help out a young kid who is a bit overwhelmed and not asking for anything in return and getting a bunch of equally dedicated other guys to do the same thing , even though they to are overwhelmed and have a bunch of other stuff to do. A bit of tenacity and sticktoitness.

[unkajonet]

A man of steel

[sachem allison]

a willingness to fail and fail and fail until you don't.

[sachem allison]

but most importantly the love of a good woman or man.

[tkern]

Making a knife?

+ 1 . A good knife maker is another question.

[tk59]

I'm with Mark. You gotta be at least a little crazy...

[Twistington]

I would like to say something pretentious like passion... but a mild form of autism seems more important.