Slint's first job was working at a blacksmith, making some of the lower end weapons, Samuel Wright who wasn't the joyous man. Slint was forced to hear him complain about his wife, Julie Wright, and such. He just wanted to put some duck tape on his mouth and walk away, but he didn't for, he needed this money. 1.He needed to support his parents. 2.He needed to support himself. 'He worked for Wright for about three whole years, he couldn't take it any longer. It was just in that time rage that Jack Daggermenace, only 14 at the time, stumbled into him on Tortuga and recognized him from the blacksmith shop. Though he had not made fine weapons and such, he did realize he had a huge interest in blades from when he was just four years old and saw much potential in him.