Plague Files #1 - SCIENCE! 

Glad you are back! Thanks, it made me smile upon notification of a new video!

Holy crap! Cliff youre alive? Good to see you man.

Ahhh... the man that sold me on the MT-151 is alive! Love the video Mr. Stamp

Thanks for the video, Cliff. It sure would be nice, to see you around here a bit more often though. : - ) We do miss you. Aug 8, 2018, is a long time ago.

Concise and useful as usual Cliff. Glad to hear from you. Hope you are well. BTW, love that slim chopper!

Welcome back Cliff Stamp ! You have great timing... I only just discovered your videos and the treasure trove of thought provoking and interesting info & concepts presented in them, and I was thinking it was a shame you weren’t posting currently. I did a one hand, non-dominant hand one stick fire challenge a while back and it was definitely an interesting experience retraining to not only use my left hand, but also not rely on the stability provided by a support hand. Several times I’ve given thought to doing exactly what you mention here, retraining to use my non dominant hand long enough to reattain proficiency in day to day tasks. The resilience of the brain and the neurological changes that accompany something like that are fascinating. Plus, it’s gotta be just plain useful having ambidextrous ability 😀 Many years ago I practiced a lot of sleight of hand, and I also play guitar... both things definitely had a long-term positive impact on my general dexterity in my non-dominant hand, even for unrelated tasks.

Cliff is seen here preparing for the day he winds up like Jamie in GoT. Starts the day fully functional, and ends the day with a bloody stump where his dominant hand once was.

Looks like me chopping with my dominant hand. I'll never understand why I find it so relaxing to watch wood being chopped.

Guess who's back,back again, guess who's back guess who's back guess who's back!!!!! Real nice to see you again! Hope to see more vids, its been to long!

Hey Cliff what’re you at! Good to see you back man!

4 years later! Glad to hear you again! What are the notes you took chopping the log, please?

Wow... glad you are back!!!!

Nice. I have always enjoyed your chopping vids. Is that the Gavko Excalibur?

Heck yay you’re back

good points, and good to see you back man!

Left hand practice is fun; it makes you realise how truly incompetent you would be if you hurt your right hand in the wilderness. ;)

I like that knife. Funny I’m left handed I started taking martial arts 5 years ago after a home invasion an they broke my left arm an ribs. I couldn’t fight so I learned to be very dangerous with both hands but you have to keep doing it. Seems for me I can lose it fast . It might just be me being hard on myself. But I feel a difference if I don’t train both sides equally

I've been wondering about this for a while. Many people say that. If it's not scientific, why bother? Now the really important question. What knife is that?

Cliff, this is thought provoking stuff..... science and philosophy do cross over, both can be meditative. Knife sharpening fits both categories too I think. Does philosophy underpin science? Or vice versa? When I have a blunt edge I want it sharp and both subjects impact on how I go about achieving it..... oh and then I have to go to work..... more like this please. Thanks.

IT’S ALIVE!!?!!

Science FTW!

Assumption vs Valid Assumptions., invalid basic assumptions.. there's a topic

Was this aimed at anyone hahaha

So good to hear from you. You've taught me so much and continue to be an inspiration. Thanks, Cliff

Hey, Cliff's back.

How's the assisted learning work been going btw?

Once upon a time I tried to learn how to sharpen with my left hand. What I discovered was I lack the patience and the tenacity to relearn. Sometimes I think I should erase everything I know (including the parasite movements and techniques) and start over freshly from the basics.

Good to see you back Cliff. :) Always enjoy watching your videos. Just cutting and some intelligent commentary is lovely. I'd almost listen to you read the phone book while you cut. :P Hope you and those you're beholden to are all and safe and well in these crazy times.

I’d likely be using a chain saw to make those cuts right now. Efficiency would demand it. But I hope to join you in sharing your in edge and blade based experiential data sharing soon!

That looks like the knife that Gav made you years ago.

"Now, this isn't sci... ahem... I haven't implemented controls to eliminate all the variables, thereby increasing the quantifiable accuracy of my results, but..."

CLIFF!!! Woo buddy!

Good to see a vid from you! Hope there will be more.

The king is back!

Happy to se youre back to making videoes mates

Hes returned!

You're back!

good to c u again mate

The man the legend!

Great to see you upload a video Cliff. I still play with that Chris Caine you sent me. All the best with your teaching, I bet that is super rewarding.

Beautiful stuff mate. I was talking with Michael Christy about this. Running a test is difficult, and without people being informed as to what can be improved nobody will know the difference between science and mistakes. With Steve’s testing, a lot of really experienced people had no reason to doubt some of his more controversial results. An informative video as to what common mistakes would be helpful. I must say your videos on testing already are very informative as well.

More to come I hope.

Your left-hand chopping looks like my right hand chopping!

Have you ever brushed your teeth with your left hand ?

Good to see you're still around!!!

Was not expecting an upload glad you're well

Glad to have you back!!!

Hey Cliff, what knife is that? I love the shape of it, I've been looking for something just like that but really had no luck.