Master Smith Lin Rhea just sent me an email to advise that "Ben Seward passed his JS performance test this evening during the storm at our monthly meeting of the Central Arkansas Knife makers in Maumelle, Arkansas".
Congratulations Ben!
Dan Cassidy
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Congratulations Ben!
I had the honor of officiating the test. He and his knife performed very well. I am hoping to recieve some photos soon and will post them as I get them. I usually take snapshots at such times but I felt like my full atention should be on the procedings so we'll have to wait on the pics.
His knife was a 9 inch 5160 blade forged full tang and cord wrapped. It had a nice distal taper which I feel contributes to it's over all performance.
Way to go Ben! Wish I could have been there.
Thanks a lot y'all. I'm really glad to have that behind me... kind of nerve racking. Now for atlanta!
Congratulations Ben. Looks to me you have some good mentoring there. Good luck in Atlanta.
I just completed this video for the ABS YouTube Channel of Ben's JS Performance Test.
[media] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqlce5_NvCM&hd=1 [/media]
Dan Cassidy
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