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Jody
Answers Some
Frequently Asked Questions
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Here
I do my work now
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In
this village of New Glarus, WI
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| It's
a good place |
As
good as I have seen...
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| I
am making swords now |
When
once I made knives solely
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I
have an apprentice
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And
she does very well
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| So
well that I need not |
Oversee
her work
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| The
handles, leather wrapped and |
Often
the pommels on the Basket-hilts
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Are
as if I had done them myself
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| None
have been rejected... |
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| This
allows me time |
To
sculpt the cast parts in wax
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And
this is not a fast process
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| And
time to grind the sword blades |
A
slow process as well
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No
fixtures are used
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| They
are (except for some Limiteds) |
Ground
free-hand...
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| This
I am teaching |
Shan-Aan
to do
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| She
is creative and gifted |
And
I believe in time
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She
will be able to do
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All
that I do
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And
as well
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| Though
in her own way... |
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The
most asked question I receive is:
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Why
do I make swords?
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Because
I love swords
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| And
consider them an art form as well as a weapon... |
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| Why
would I choose to have |
A
woman apprentice?
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(I
apprenticed under John Nelson Cooper.)
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| Because
she can do it |
And
she has a rapport with that which she does...
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| Will
I attend a show? |
Yes!
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| But
that is something |
(with
the exception of walking through one small show in Janesville,
WI, this year)
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I
have not done in some time
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(8-12
years as best as I can recall)
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| I'm
not sure which one |
(West
Coast is preferred)
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There
are people I have not seen in some time now,
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| Since
I did attend shows with some regularity... |
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| What
is "The Far Side?" |
The
Far Side is what I call the shop where I work
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and
Howard, Amy and I
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| Have
gone to great lengths to insure that "Creativity" is
inherent here |
in
every thing we do...
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I
cannot please everyone
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But
it is my hope that some of you
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Who
read this on my site are pleased
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| And
it is for you and myself |
(I have to make swords)
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that
I do what I do...
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| There
is much more to come... |
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| Thank
you |
Jody
Samson
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June 2005
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