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- Feb 26, 2002
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Received some slick finished HideAway Stings from Mickey Yurco (the satin finish) and Ranger Knives' Justin Gingrich (the Midnight).
I was thinking about making a different type of lanyard for mine, and maybe offering this as an option. One with beads, instead of or in addition to, paracord, using triple-stranded tiger wire through the beads (it's super-strong; people seriously into beading use that). 2" max. What would be some ways to approach this? Maybe.. a very small amount of paracord, then a small section of beads, then a finial of paracord.. The cord can't go *through* the beads, because the holes are too small. Maybe... the tiger wire through the beads then through the cord with the beads on top of the cord... or, the tiger wire through the beads then "braiding" with the paracord. What do you modding / paracord experts think?
Here are some other pics. These are fun to wear swimming around my ankle. I tried a DLC flavor in a hotel pool and in the shower. I had my roommate put it on under his sock, and you wouldn't notice it's there. The band in the picture is made by the folks at www.chisco.com. They have nifty stuff. I ordered a couple more from them.
Also received some blanks back from the machine shop that just went off to Justin to be finished. Kit Carson (Thanks Kit!) told me about this machine ship which has the monster vibrating machine where after 8 hours, they get this cool stonewashed finish put on it and the edges not just deburred but perfectly radiused.
The first of these shipped in January. The original concept was a more conventional, straightened-out HideAway for my German customers. Mr. Skin sent me a digital version of a straightened out one. The extra nibbet on the end goes under the 4'th finger and along with your hand and thumb, works to oppose the force vectors on the blade. Translation: it just feels good. These are all personally sized like the regular HideAway.
It might not be obvious from looking at it, but the nibbet in use borrows heavily from the effect of the Strider SLCC lanyard (though the nibbet is implemented in steel). The SLCC lanyard placement is really a key part in how the whole thing is gripped.
Here are some more pics of it sheathed:
This one is on top of a choker I received from my buddy Julia's husband Bryce, and it's on top of a techno-silk thing I saw in Vietnam.
FrontSight
I was thinking about making a different type of lanyard for mine, and maybe offering this as an option. One with beads, instead of or in addition to, paracord, using triple-stranded tiger wire through the beads (it's super-strong; people seriously into beading use that). 2" max. What would be some ways to approach this? Maybe.. a very small amount of paracord, then a small section of beads, then a finial of paracord.. The cord can't go *through* the beads, because the holes are too small. Maybe... the tiger wire through the beads then through the cord with the beads on top of the cord... or, the tiger wire through the beads then "braiding" with the paracord. What do you modding / paracord experts think?
Here are some other pics. These are fun to wear swimming around my ankle. I tried a DLC flavor in a hotel pool and in the shower. I had my roommate put it on under his sock, and you wouldn't notice it's there. The band in the picture is made by the folks at www.chisco.com. They have nifty stuff. I ordered a couple more from them.
Also received some blanks back from the machine shop that just went off to Justin to be finished. Kit Carson (Thanks Kit!) told me about this machine ship which has the monster vibrating machine where after 8 hours, they get this cool stonewashed finish put on it and the edges not just deburred but perfectly radiused.
The first of these shipped in January. The original concept was a more conventional, straightened-out HideAway for my German customers. Mr. Skin sent me a digital version of a straightened out one. The extra nibbet on the end goes under the 4'th finger and along with your hand and thumb, works to oppose the force vectors on the blade. Translation: it just feels good. These are all personally sized like the regular HideAway.
It might not be obvious from looking at it, but the nibbet in use borrows heavily from the effect of the Strider SLCC lanyard (though the nibbet is implemented in steel). The SLCC lanyard placement is really a key part in how the whole thing is gripped.
Here are some more pics of it sheathed:
This one is on top of a choker I received from my buddy Julia's husband Bryce, and it's on top of a techno-silk thing I saw in Vietnam.
FrontSight
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This one just got added to my hit list.
Maybe you know who it is now. I guess mine was not one of the ones you recieved back! My wait continues, as do my dots.