just have ? on blade color of my D2 blades that come out of the oven. wrapped in 2300 foil.double fold and i hope sealed good an tite,cold oven ramp to 1100,held for 10 min ramp to 1850 for 25min.
took em out 1at time and to the plate .first 1 color was white after unwrap.secondhad blueish...
lookin good Jason. man i wish i had that chunk of mesquite got an order in for 1 of my big hunters and the guy wants mesquite burl and im out of stock right now
was back in tthe shop tonite Boss,cant keep a hard headed man down.ever once in a while i look to the left and see my foe on the back bench waitin to get at me again but hes gonna have to work realy hard next time cause im bringin backup.a knife vise.
wel count me out for sure this time . this bade has cost me dearly and do mean costly ,on pride and money.
last tues i was in the shop and decided to give the coca blade another light passing with 400 and then to the cork to clean er up. verything went wel until i hit the bufer .1dumb move on...
thanx randy, tomorrow begins cleanup and dryin out ,had 2 of my saddles on their nose in there 2 so major dry and oil for them
.been dry gere pastyre dried up what the hoppers diddnt eat and then get 3 1/2 inches in JULY
i guess im not ment to participate in a KITH. been working out of tpwn and got home today ,checked the shop and my finish room was full of water.it came in over my finish bench from the top shelf right over my blades that i had HT rust out but on all of em .good thing i do all my grindin after...
you may be correct on that mark,as i know jack about woods other than my local,mesquite,bois d arc,black walnut ,locust. am pecan.the old guy is almost 80 yrs old so who knows how what he marked as what.benn sittin here watchin old episoges of MOONSHINERS and sewin up 6 sheaths and man are my...
thanx for puttin em up mark. aldos 1084 1/8 . 4 in tip to scales long clip blade with some profiled bocate scales and stainless hardware . cross draw sheath is sittin dryin as i type. now this wood came from an old retired grip maker that was in a box of wood that i bought . it was written in...
i havent been doin much for the last month ,lost my dad ,so im back at it pickin up where i left off tryin to get orders filled.i still have the blade ready for a finish and scales
just got some cork in from the Boss,thought there was a screw up ,man are they got some texture to em . they are 600 grit,whats the correct way to break em in as ive read around,HELP dont wanna screw em up not knowing
got mine blanked ,shaped and Ht,just have a load on my bench right now.10 to be exzact.will try a pic if i can think of it before and after i do the bevels
buckshot pattern alabama billet and real sambar stag with buffalo,all nickle hardware 4 1/4 blade ,9 1.4 oal 1/8 in flatgrind with a little thorn and vine
allwork performed by me in my humble little dungeon