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# November 14, 2011, 9:14 am
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/with-so-much-time-and-effort-spent-making-virtual/
- Published: 2011-11-14T14:14:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T15:50:54.000Z
- Description: With so much time and effort spent making virtual weapons in games like World of Warcraft and Monster Hunter, or cobbling together world monument #122 in Minecraft, it is refreshing to see a person who is actually making something. Made by Hand / No 2 The Knife Maker is a short documentary that focu
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

With so much time and effort spent making virtual weapons in games like *World of Warcraft* and *Monster Hunter*, or cobbling together world monument #122 in Minecraft, it is refreshing to see a person who is actually making something. [Made by Hand / No 2 The Knife Maker](http://thisismadebyhand.com/?ref=killscreen.com) is a short documentary that focuses on Joel Bukiewicz, a craftsman from Brooklyn who makes culinary knives by hand.

> *Mastering the basics takes, they say, 10,000 hours. That’s like 5 years in 40 hour weeks. I’d say it takes more like 15,000 hours. It takes a lot of work to get there. And when you get there. That’s day one. Then you can start and be making something that you can maybe call art.*

That’s a whole lot of sweat and blood, but Bukiewicz ends up with a finished product that he can hold in his hand. I imagine it somehow feels better than holding a virtual sword.

*\-Jason Johnson*