Ed I just priced your unit. Why would I be paying 20% tax when I’m not in the UK ? What do you calculate this out to be in dollars?
Expedia,
I am registered in TX as an LLC. If you define a business as working and not charging for services I indeed have a business! I read a book quite awhile ago about the 10000 hour rule to become expert at a task/sport/endeavor. Had to look it up - Outliers by Malcom Gladwell. Anyway, that stuck with me and I look at every knife that I sharpen as an opportunity to build my skill set. They get a sharp edge and I get the experience of hundreds of knives of different shapes/styles/steel. Right now I have a full time job that pays the rent - my dabbling in sharpening is a passion for sure but still a hobby. The quote below kind of sums up my thinking on doing stuff.
PS. I get the coaching and expert feedback from this site as well as a few others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practice_(learning_method)#Deliberate_practice
Psychologist K. Anders Ericsson, a professor of Psychology at Florida State University, has been a pioneer in researching deliberate practice and what it means. According to Ericsson:
People believe that because expert performance is qualitatively different from a normal performance the expert performer must be endowed with characteristics qualitatively different from those of normal adults. [...] We agree that expert performance is qualitatively different from normal performance and even that expert performers have characteristics and abilities that are qualitatively different from or at least outside the range of those of normal adults. However, we deny that these differences are immutable, that is, due to innate talent. Only a few exceptions, most notably height, are genetically prescribed. Instead, we argue that the differences between expert performers and normal adults reflect a life-long period of deliberate effort to improve performance in a specific domain.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference">[3]</sup>One of Ericsson's core findings is that how expert one becomes at a skill has more to do with how one practices than with merely performing a skill a large number of times. An expert breaks down the skills that are required to be expert and focuses on improving those skill chunks during practice or day-to-day activities, often paired with immediate coaching feedback. Another important feature of deliberate practice lies in continually practicing a skill at more challenging levels with the intention of mastering it.<sup id="cite_ref-Mayer,_R._E._2008_4-0" class="reference">[4]</sup> Deliberate practice is also discussed in the books Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference">[5]</sup> and The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference">[6]</sup> among others. This includes, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, by Angela Duckworth<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-0" class="reference">[7]</sup> and Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference">[8]</sup>
Expedia,
When you fill out the payment form for the Hobbigoni with a U.S. address they drop the VAT and add a shipping charge.
I just noticed they offer a left hand version. I must of missed that when I ordered mine. I thought it was awkward where they located the on button.
If you are interested in a right hand model PM me.
Ed K.
Yes, Ed I sent you a private message.