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What makes you think I'd have any knives!? ;) I thought about it as I was posting that. Would have been pretty funny. Man, I can't wait until I can start grinding some steel again... or at least go back to work. I'm not allowed to lift anything over 10 pounds for a few weeks... At least that...

Locust is a cheap wood around here, about $1.85 a board foot. Not much pattern in the grain, it works a lot like oak, but I think locust is a really pretty wood with the yellow color. It's also fairly oily. I plan on making a longbow out of some sometime. It's pretty easy to polish it up too.

Thanks for the smile, Murph. The lortabs don't make me like whacked out, but they do make me a little loopy. I have to be careful what I do say though, because if I don't think it through or concentrate long enough it doesn't make sense :p Les, that'd be terrible! But hilarious :D Here's...

I first want to apologize for any incoherency in my posts that I may post in the next few days, or posted already. I can explain some of it. Here's how my story goes... Wednesday, I did not work, so my friends and I went to play laser tag, which is sort of like paintball, but with infrared...

That's very interesting! I tried to look up the numbers on the blades, but I really can't find much about them from Case. Being made by Chicago Cutlery helps explain that.

I was volunteering at my local church's rummage sale set up, and I found a set of Case kitchen knives. They were in very good condition (appears that most of them have gone through the dishwasher more than just a couple times) :mad: The spines of the handles appear to have warped or shrunk...

I can't add much input, but I along with these questions, what about the steel type of a kitchen knife? Is carbon steel vs stainless steel a big factor? Dealing with water often I would think stainless would be preferred, or something like D2 or even A2 which has some Chromium for corrosion...

I've used super glue on porous woods and small voids with success. Make sure you let it dry naturally before sanding. I use super glue to cover the piece, sanded it smooth with 220 grit (repeat to fill any deeper voids), went to 400, then buffed it with white compound and got a pretty glassy...

I'm no where to the point where my knives are a complete mirror. And I would rather have a 400-600 grit, hand rubbed or machine finish than have a scratched almost mirror. If I wanted to make the prettiest knife I could, I would use a stainless steel and not worry about hardening it, because I...

You are 6120 days old. I win :D

Thanks for the kind words everyone. It should be a nice source of income (at least $100 a week on average) and I get to be outdoors instead of behind a cash register like at a Mickey D's.

I'm pretty excited right now. I just got hired by Mike's Express Carwash. Part time, of course, to work around my school schedule. Put in my application on Monday, first interview on Tuesday, now on Sunday I get the call for a second interview. They said I'm hired as long as I pass a drug test...

At least he can keep it safe for you!

Let's remember not to bash USPS in this thread. I personally haven't had any issues, except one box was declared to be delivered, but wasn't in the mailbox. Stolen, perhaps. It wasn't worth much though.

This place has Ern covered ;) http://www.caseashells.com/st_girly.html

Thanks for setting this place up, Dave! I just hope that the experienced people will visit and be able to answer questions.

Keith, I sent you a PM 2thumbs

Frank, I hope you know since you posted one pic, you have to post more as it progresses :)

Phillip, sending a PM!

Ernie, in the original posting of the hardnesses, it says that the 1080 is 38. Is that a typo?