[TheForge] trade secrets

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

I've certainly experienced that " You wanna steal what?" look 
from blacksmiths and metalworkers, more often than not .
It seems to be less common now, but i can hold up my end of shop 
talk better, biasing the results...still...
Lots of smiths play it like a game, trying to extract more 
valuable info from one in exchange for common knowledge or even 
deliberate misdirection.
Historically, it has handicapped the craft's development and was 
almost it's demise.
We are part of an aberrant subculture that bares our methodology 
on request...and sometimes whether one wants to hear it or not.
Outside of an academic context...sharing knowledge is commonly 
considered naive......( that's us).....pete f

Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> You think we're gonna tell you Bob?.....pf
> 
> schade at acegroup.cc wrote:
>> I was wondering what kinds of things that we talk about here every day 
>> might have been considered "trade secrets" at some time.
>>
>> Are there still trade secrets? Would we know if there were?
>>
>> Bob
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