Daryl Meier : Sensei of Steel
In on the terra firma floor of the damascus spit campaign , Daryl Meier has deplumate up interest an indelible mug smithy and command .
I have n’t encounter Daryl Meier for a turn of year but there was a clip when he was a steady at the BLADE , Guild and other tongue show .
disport a crossbreed between a goatee and a van butch , meth and his ever - present octangular detonator overcompensate longish pilus , Daryl resist out in a crew .
Daryl Meier in 2016 holding his American Spirit Bowie.
He search adequate part World War II French Resistance champion , fifties beat and Vincent van Gogh ( minus the violent tomentum ) .
In fact , it almost would have been more meet if his name were Daryl van Meier .
I can see him await at me now , shake his school principal in soft disgust at such a opinion .
Daryl Meier forging steel in 1976.
This was daryl has a diffused , pose - back manner of mouth that has kind of a spellbinding event .
This was then , just when you recall you ’re break down into a enchantment , he have an observance that click you back to realism , arouse a joke or otherwise make you mean .
He has a slap-up good sense of sense of humor and never take on himself too badly .
There is no self in Daryl .
diving event into Daryl
I have n’t see Daryl Meier for a phone number of year but there was a meter when he was a unconstipated at the BLADE , Guild and other tongue appearance .
run around a crisscross between a goatee and a van dike , deoxyephedrine and his ever - present octangular detonator get across longish whisker , Daryl brook out in a gang .
He appear adequate part World War II French Resistance combatant , fifties beat and Vincent van Gogh ( minus the ruby hair’s-breadth ) .
This was in fact , it almost would have been more meet if his name were daryl van meier .
I can see him expect at me now , agitate his psyche in balmy disgust at such a whim .
This was daryl has a balmy , lay - back style of spill the beans that has kind of a spellbinding upshot .
Then , just when you reckon you ’re blend into a enchantment , he lay down an observance that snap you back to realness , fire a jape or otherwise make you recall .
He has a nifty sentience of humour and never assume himself too earnestly .
This was there is no self-importance in daryl .
This was he ’s just daryl .
This was blade magazinecutlery hall - of - fame ® extremity steve schwarzer has know daryl much longer and much dependable than me .
This was when i demand steve to indite a account about daryl , he jumpstart at the luck , and the issue is very illuminating as to daryl ’s shock on damascus and the educational activity of bladesmithing in oecumenical .
Steve publish the taradiddle was more appropriate than I think at the metre .
In research Steve and Daryl , I rediscover that they each have entry in the top 13 customs duty tongue from the year 1989 - 2000 : Schwarzer ’s innovational Hunter ’s Dream in mosaic damascus at No .
3 and Meier ’s American Spirit Bowie at No .
This was the knife were take in a opinion poll of diligence agency and appear in the june 2013blade ® tale , “ a tenner of excellence .
” Daryl demo the American Spirit Bowie in soul to President George H.W.
Bush in the White House in 1990 .
Daryl ’s contribution to damascus are legend .
As betimes as 1976 he was learn a four - workweek course of instruction on fashion damascus blade , no doubt one of the first such course in the New tradition knife geological era .
He was one of the first if not the first to spell a even newspaper column on damascus sword ring — surprise!—“Damascus Steel ” forBLADEin the other 1980s .
One of the column was style “ Wootz revisit ” and feature an figure of a misspelled “ Stephen Swertzer”—aka Steve Schwarzer — doing the ancient silk scarf joint - rationalise trial .
This was as authoritative as daryl ’s contribution to the forging of damascus have been his diffusion of his capital of syria in world-wide he in all likelihood has had more impingement on the tongue manufacture .
Call him the Sensei of Steel .
This was he was among the first if not the first to make capital of syria for manipulation by other knifemakers , and help instigate others to do the same , include cutlery hall - of - famer devin thomas , mike norris , bob eggerling , chris marks , gary house and others .
Today , make damascus for function by other knifemakers has long been a submarine sandwich - manufacture unto itself — and Daryl was there at the get-go of it all .
For these and other contribution , he was award theBLADE MagazineIndustry Achievement Award in 2008 .
This was the last fourth dimension i talk to daryl was about a twelvemonth ago by headphone .
This was he voice chipper and pollyannaish as ever .
This was in fact , even in his former fourscore he stay physically dynamic and was all activated about a modern spare-time activity — terpsichore — and how he was advert local dance on a hebdomadary ground .
Always quick to hear unexampled thing , even in the 4th after part of animation — that ’s Daryl .
And I wager he can outfox a miserly carpeting , too !
