[Jewelry making - Article 01041] - Re: [Orchid] Apprenticeships?

[kevdan]

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    In regards to my apprentice I have even convinced several of my
    jeweler friends to take him on for a week at a time so that he gets
    a wide variety of experience, at first they were afarid he would
    become competition but after I explained to them my theory they were
    cool about it. I ask them how long it took them to get to the level
    they are at now. In my case I have worked every day at the bench for
    14 years and I am 34 years old This guy is in his twenties so unless
    he is gods gift to the jewelery world I have a forteen year head
    start on him by the time he has forteen years in he will be my age
    and hopefully as skilled as I am or better but I will now have been
    a jeweler for almost thirty years and by that time I hope to be a
    demi god able to make solder leap across the biggest gap and make
    big diamonds set themselves and yield to my will. 

Kevin

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