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In Reply to: RE: "Their best workmanship is a fair match for that of anyone else." posted by Eli Duttman on June 24, 2016 at 17:36:15
"Some of current Chinese craftspeople revere quality and a fabulous history. "
That's the arts and crafts genre. The Cultural Revolution virtually wiped out all other individual skills. This was made clear to me when I visited a furniture store in Nanjing a number of years ago. The mantra of the sales staff was "No worries, everything is made by machine. We don't sell any junk made by hand." And that's just the outer layer. Need a plumber or electrician? Good luck, they apparently haven't taught those trades in China for decades. Everybody just wings it...
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I'm having difficulty tracking down a self taught sword smith whose work I previously encountered. The man communicates with Japanese masters. A jian (Chinese straight blade) he made was EXQUISITE.
World wide, we need to retain traditional skills. Yes, modern CNC equipment can do some terrific work. JMO, we need to add to the ways things get done. Augment, not discard, the traditional.
I've provided a link below to the 1st video of a set, where Keith Fenner repairs a badly damaged CNC machine using his remarkable know how and a K & T manual mill, etc. Those kind of skills can't be permitted to disappear.
Eli D.
"I'm having difficulty tracking down a self taught sword smith whose work I previously encountered."
Is this someone in China? I'll be glad to help if I can. My Mandarin makes the Chinese laugh, but others in my family are conversational.
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