people who think they know everything!

[Peter Ellis]

You know, the fellow may very well be right. Literally correct. He didn't say "I don't have anything left to learn", he said "there is nothing anyone could teach me".

With that belief, it's quite possibly true.

[bustedlifter]

Reminds me of an old saying,'Intelligence has it's limits but stupidity knows no bounds.' Or something like that. I've learned many,many things on here,maybe that dude could,too, not the least of them being humility.

[katsass]

Along these lines, an old horseman's saying gives the same meaning to many of these thoughts, but said differently. "There ain't a horse that can't be rode and there ain't a man that can't be throwed".

This individual is obviously a self proclaimed "expert". Breaking that down, an 'EX' is a has-been; a 'SPERT' (spurt) is a drip under pressure. As stated by many here, I also have learned soooo much from others on this forum, and I've been doing leather work for about 50 years. If you quit learning, you stagnate.

Edited October 25, 2009 by katsass

[cem]

That always annoys me when someone says that have being doing this for so and so years just because you have been doing it that long doesn't mean that you have been doing it right.

[RunningRoan]

That always annoys me when someone says that have being doing this for so and so years just because you have been doing it that long doesn't mean that you have been doing it right.

I agree! This kind of attitude is also one of my biggest pet peeves. Experience or time spent does not automatically equate to expertise.

[Go2Tex]

No, I see his point. He's been doing what he does for 30 years and so far it's working. Like Peter said, he doesn't necessarily think there is nothing left to learn, but he might not believe he needs to change what ain't broke.

[JohnBarton]

Some folks are just comfortable doing what they do and they really believe that what they do is the best way to do it. I have seen a lot of those flea market belt makers who figure out the easiest fastest way to get it done and give the customer a quickly made belt with their name on it. They are like the sketch artist on the boardwalk who learns a certain technique and never aspires to be more that that.

This is just bread and butter leather work where a guy created a job for himself but is probably lacking the passion for it. As a former fleam marketer I can tell you that it's not any fun standing there day after day dealing with a lot of people who just want to nickle and dime you.

He might be the type that quite possibly could never understand the feeling that a Peter Main belt evokes in the owner as well as Peter's fellow passionate leather workers who get to see it if only just in pictures.

I run into people in the billiards business who profess to know it all all the time. It's hilarious to hear them prattle on in ignorance of what is really going on.

In case anyone here wants to know - I have been making cue cases for nearly 20 years. I have been on LW for about 2 years now I guess. Since being on LW my list of things to try grows daily. My skills as a case maker have grown substantially during my time here and thank you all for that.

That said I myself have been guilty of acting like a know-it-all on the subject of cue case making and other things related to pool. So lately I have had to take a few steps back and reassess the difference between what I really know and what I think.

[thecapgunkid]

God loves that goober too, so be glad that you did not strike back at him and walked away. Sound thinking. Nevertheless, if I have any kind of question I'll come to someone like you over someone like him any day because folks who stand on that type of phrase...you know... I been doing this for thirty five years... may well have been doing this one year thirty five times.

ON a different day, maybe if you bring him a piece of your work, you might recruit him to a website and forum such as this and he'll change his ways in a hurry.

Don't shoot yore eye out, kid

The Capgun Kid

[UKRay]

That always annoys me when someone says that have being doing this for so and so years just because you have been doing it that long doesn't mean that you have been doing it right.

But who is to say what is right or wrong? Let's face it, leatherworking is not an exact science. IMHO, someone who has been making money doing something for thirty years is more convincing than someone just starting out and thinking they know all the answers.

Remember that there are two sides to every story. The guy may have had a good reason for saying what he did...

Ray

[scottishshoemaker]

Every Day is a School Day, forget him Leatheroo..