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[devlin]

And to be clear, the titanium market is a highly competitive market. Competitive in the sense that those in that game, are the best.

This one reason why I am almost ignoring Ti as an option for me to pursue. Given where I am in the journey and what is needed to do Ti at a level that is needed I don't think for me it's realistic to be honest. Maybe in a few years I can re-evaluate that but then it will probably be too late to enter the market an offer anything worthwhile. It means a drastic reduction in potential clients which I am accepting of at this point. It's been great to watch your journey though.

[fortyfour]

This one reason why I am almost ignoring Ti as an option for me to pursue. Given where I am in the journey and what is needed to do Ti at a level that is needed I don't think for me it's realistic to be honest. Maybe in a few years I can re-evaluate that but then it will probably be too late to enter the market an offer anything worthwhile. It means a drastic reduction in potential clients which I am accepting of at this point. It's been great to watch your journey though.

I felt the same way when I first started. I came to the table with a lot of skills and knowledge, but really felt I needed a lot more time behind the torch and just the "making" of bicycles before I felt ready to tackle Titanium. Not to say I couldn't have done it right from the start, but I think the hill to climb would have been much steeper and the mistakes would have been far more costly. When I first started dabbling with the stuff about a year ago, I finally felt like I was ready for that challenge. It has made me a better welder that is for sure. There's nuances and subtleties I see now and things I do now, that I would not have arrived at had I not challenged myself and pushed my own skill sets by pursuing the material.