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    Merry Christmas

    I like the Christmas tree!
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    Thoughts on Gift Giving

    I think that's a great way to introduce folks to knifemaking. I've invited several folks over, but only had 1 or 2 to actually make a knife. Like you most of my knives are given away to friends 'n family. I usually only sell 3 to 6 knives per year - just enough to sorta cover the cost of...
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    Some sheath work

    Opaul, your leather work is always outstanding - and you did it again. I can look and see what 'n how you did it, but my stuff just doesn't turn out as nice. I expect I need more practice? {g}
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    What to charge for sharpening

    Seems like I read someplace a guy got $1/inch to sharpen. By the inch seems a fair way to do it - a 4" paring knife will take much less time than a 10" chef/fillet knife
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    old age

    Congrats on hear those "It's not cancer." magic words. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family Mike. AND to everybody else.
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    three done

    That walnut really looks good - hard to beat good looking Walnut Burl. On the Rosewood if you wetsand with CA glue with 400 grit the sanding sludge tends to fill the pores for a nice finish. Then sand with 400 grit to the bare wood removing all trace of CA glue except for the filled pores...
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    old age

    Hey, laugh if you want but before retirement I once found myself in the bathroom at work, looked around and wondered why I'm in here. Then realized I had some papers in my hand I was taking to the copy machine - the trip from my office to copy room took me past the bathroom and for some reason...
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    old age

    Chris, you are treating that psoriasis aren't you? When you have arthritis and psoriasis both, you most likely have psoriatic arthritis that gives you a 3X more likely to die from cardiactic issues. OR, that's what my cardiologist said from his reading. Once he found that, he got me on...
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    old age

    Folks, there are pros 'n cons to getting old... I don't mean just "older", but OLD!! I'm almost 77 these days and while I do fully enjoy my retirement, there are couple things that come up to bite me more often than ever before. Like walking into a room, then can't remember why I'm in the room...
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    Smoke and Mirrors: Secrets of cooler knives

    Yep, it sounds like mirrors would help with that :)
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    Pry tab on handle of full tang blade-Bad idea?

    Think about how thick the tang is - if it's fairly thick as in a camp knife I don't expect there would be a problem flexing the tang while using the tab.
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    Damascus and High Carbon Steels are not food safe -- aka the Jay Fisher Rabbit Hole

    Jay Fisher isn't selling knives, he's selling "art". Check this pair of chef knives - they're NICE, but $14,000 for the pair? https://www.jayfisher.com/Concordia_Talitha_Deschutes_Jasper.htm
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    Burnishing 3-4 layer edges

    I try to be sure the glue is spread complete to edges, then clamp so the edges are clamped tight so no gaps are left. Even with that a gap is sometimes left. There is an edge kote (Amazon #B004303LMC) that's a thick dye that works pretty good to fill small gaps. It's available in black, and...
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    2X72 water mister

    I think grinding the bevels would be the only time the mister would be used. I turn it off for everything else when the dust collection system is running. When grinding the bevels I turn the dust collection system off so the mist/water isn't sucked into the system/filter etc.
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    The Laser Thread

    I see, looks like painted rather than anodized. Can you tell if truly anodized or just painted?
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    The Laser Thread

    From the photos the cards look pretty good to me
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    2X72 water mister

    Josh, do you have a vacuum dust collector also? If so, does the water in the mist affect the filters of the dust collector?
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    2X72 water mister

    I'm still too new at this mister to make a good comment. Seems like it would help some. Looking forward to responses from other folks with more experience using the mister.
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    2X72 water mister

    Hello ya'll. I've been wanting a way to help prevent burning a blade while grinding - and with thin kitchen knives it sure is easy to get a dark brown - or heaven forbid a blue tint while grinding. I dip in water each pass when grinding HT'd SS like AEB-L, etc. I wondered about a water cooled...
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    Thanksgiving/Black Friday Sale

    Darrn, not trying to be nasty here, but from your profile I see you say Nebraska - but on the website it's like many of the scam sites where there is no location info at all. When I visit a website and can't find where they're located it makes me VERY nervous about ordering from that site...
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