GeorgiaGlockMan
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Hank, congrats.
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Billy’s Security Guard.
As the owner of four of your creations, I'll say you have every right to Honk the Hank Horn!!! 
belle&bows
Senior Member
Beautiful pieces of working art! Congrats on a hard earned and recognized achievement!
snuffy
Senior Member
Congratulations! You earned it.
Proud to have one of your works of art!
Proud to have one of your works of art!
turkeykirk
Senior Member
Congratulations on the honor. Lots of hard work there.
hopper
Senior Member
Way to go Buddy. That's a great achievement. They don't just give them things away. By looks at the blades you post in here, Very Well Diserved.
Gadestroyer74
Banned
That’s a huge accomplishment sir ! Congrats to you and All the hard work that went into achieving this.
Duff
Senior Member
You should be the president if you ask me. Beautiful work and congratulations!
Anvil Head
Senior Member
Congrats Hank! I know you worked hard to get accepted. The jury in process is a bit stressful I know, but worth the angst. I saw you go in the "sweat box", but didn't want to disturb your train of thought. I juried in back in 2012 at the Louisville show.
For those that haven't been through the process, you just don't know what sitting in front of the board of very accomplished knifemakers while they inspect, point and whisper about each of your presentation knives.
I know several who wound up going through it 2 or 3 times before they got their act together.
The only other time I got that nervous was when I juried in for Master Artist Certification down at the State Capitol. 15 judges in that room. Biggest satisfaction was my art presentations were my knives. The first and as far as I know only MA to get certification with knives.
Again Congratulations Hank, well done!
For those that haven't been through the process, you just don't know what sitting in front of the board of very accomplished knifemakers while they inspect, point and whisper about each of your presentation knives.
I know several who wound up going through it 2 or 3 times before they got their act together.
The only other time I got that nervous was when I juried in for Master Artist Certification down at the State Capitol. 15 judges in that room. Biggest satisfaction was my art presentations were my knives. The first and as far as I know only MA to get certification with knives.
Again Congratulations Hank, well done!
Congratulations sir!
godogs57
Senior Member
Man you should have stopped me and we could have swapped some lies! Yep, it always does something to your ego, or whatever it is, when you know they’ll be looking for any little shortcoming they can find. I didnt like the whispering part. But I did just fine…not perfect because no one is perfect. Your mention of going into the “sweat box” reminded me of the time I completed my Masters degree at UGA in economics. Now I did sweat in that two plus hour interrogation by my professors. A colonoscopy couldn’t hold a candle to that process.
mrs. hornet22
Beach Dreamer
Congratulations! 
Toot that horn loud and proud.
Toot that horn loud and proud.
madsam
Senior Member
Congrats on your accomplishment!!!
Headshot
Senior Member
Congratulations on a great accomplishment. Your knives are absolutely beautiful.
My knife collection just increased in value! 
Congrats Hank! Well deserved recognition!
Congrats Hank! Well deserved recognition!
godogs57
Senior Member
Got a couple of friends that have a good number of my blades. They are always cracking at me about how much their collection will increase in value when I kick the bucket. I always tell em “Dude, your’e older than me! Stay away from any banana peels on the floor”My knife collection just increased in value!
Congrats Hank! Well deserved recognition!
ddavis1120
Senior Member
Congratulations Hank! I'm sure it means a lot to receive confirmation of your prowess but everyone around here already knew you were a master knife maker.
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