Greg Rice
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I will. Man. I am just sitting here holding them. I can hear every cuss word! And see every effort. I love them Bruce. Cannot wait to use them.
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Nice work Bruce! You should be proud!
Bruce McLeish
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Thanks Ted. I am.
Bruce McLeish
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Leather is a strop. Already charged with red rouge. After final honing, you keep the same angle and lightly draw the blade back towards you. Alternate sides . Strop for about 6/8 strokes. You're looking for a mirror shine on the cutting edge.
The little plastic container is caranauba wax. A little goes a long way. Use it on the handles and blade. Put it on , let it haze, polish it off.
Bruce McLeish
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Forgot to tell ya. The little brass triangle thingee is a sharpening guide. It's cut at 10* . Just use it as a reference for the blade geometry.
bladegrinder
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Those knives look great Bruce, hard to believe those were all finished with just files and sand paper!
Bruce McLeish
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Thanks Steve. They were. Took a little while, but Greg is pleased. So, so am I.
i also used diamond paste on the final finish.
then simichrome, then caranauba wax
bladegrinder
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You know Bruce, I've heard it before that if you take your time you can make a beautiful knife, I see some knives that if the maker just slowed down and spent more time on the last finishing steps they would have a completely different looking knife.
your work shows that.
your work shows that.
Bruce McLeish
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What a complement ! Thank you.
I'm pleased that they are showing improvement.
It's you experienced guys comments that mean so much to us noobies.
We appreciate it so much.
tkroenlein
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Yeah Bruce, these are just spectacular. Details, proportion, finish- all of it.
Bruce McLeish
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Thanks ,Todd. I'm flattered. (And just a mite proud)
tkroenlein
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No brag, just fact.
Greg Rice
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So I finally had a chance to use the beauts! Performed flawlessly cutting 3lbs filet mignon, several chicken breats and some pork chops from a local ffa champ porker.
Everyone just loved them and loved hearing the story of my friend ol’ hillbilly and how he hand files these puppies to a mirror finish. It was fun and I was proud of the knives - how they performed. How they looked. How I got them. One of the highlights in my life. And I got to think of mom too.
Thanks Bruce!!!
Everyone just loved them and loved hearing the story of my friend ol’ hillbilly and how he hand files these puppies to a mirror finish. It was fun and I was proud of the knives - how they performed. How they looked. How I got them. One of the highlights in my life. And I got to think of mom too.
Thanks Bruce!!!
Sean Jones
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Looks great Greg! And now I'm hungry!
Bruce McLeish
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geez, Greg. that's awful nice of you to say. (now, where do I send the payment?)
I'm actually very proud of them and it was a pleasure interacting with you all during the build.
I'm really, really happy that they performed well. The prototypes did well after I tinkered er, ah piddled with them. But I guess you understand that part.l
damn, man , them vittles look mighty fine (and well sliced !)
you are most welcome, amigo.