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I have friends who are blacksmiths in the north of Scotland, so I took a few master classes with,them. I loved learning a new skill. I will never look at a piece of wrought iron the same way now. I can now make semi-decent knife blades and candlesticks myself.

— Rory McCann

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I built two forges when I was in my teens. I was just really, really into metalworking and making stuff.

— Christopher Paolini

Again I entered my smithy to work and forge something from the noble material of time past.

— Jean Froissart

One thing I have throughout my career, it felt like I did my best to align myself with quality artists, quality work, and it is a situation of steel sharpening steel.

— Common

I'm really great with weapons: I did a lot of bo and staff training for 'Immortals.' I love knives. I'm a pretty good shot. But I love hand-to-hand combat.

— Kellan Lutz

I really feel like knife skills - not just in the kitchen, but in life - are really critical.

— Timothy Ferriss

We are also fortunate in being in quite a sheltered environment, in terms of people moving on to do other things, because there are relatively few companies in Scotland that are looking for the skill set that we've developed.

— David Milne

Success is like a lightning bolt. It'll strike you when you least expect it, and you just have to keep the momentum going. You have to strike when the iron is hot. So for me, I just kept striking and striking to polish out the sword that I was making.

— Michelle Phan

Home in Ireland, I went to Collins Barracks and spent some time wandering around, making notes on the various guns, knives and swords.

— Sarah Rees Brennan

✗Opposing Perspectives

In Scotland, I have a huge barn full of woodworking tools. I love working with my hands. I basically just make myself bleed a lot. I'm very accident-prone.

— Greg Wise

I have very good knife skills. I learned to butcher on my second job - I was 18 years old. Every other day we would break down six legs of veal.

— Tom Colicchio