Behind The Scenes 2/19/2018- ???

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VANCE VANCE Is that a Bushcraft Hatchet? Burlap:eek:
If that makes it in the thread there will be blood in the water for that there fiddleback;)
 
I'd swear that's a theirs penny knife.

And it looks like some kinda big ol' recurve hanging on the wall those guys are guarding.
 
mistwalker said:
I like Kyle. He marches to the beat of a different drum. And he likes bright green. Anybody that likes bright green can't be all bad. :)
Though one has to wonder what the point of having a folder you don't close would be...

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Cool slicey green knife Brian!

And good point on having a permanently opened folder. lol
 
Fiddleback said:
Good Friday AM everyone. I'm very glad to see y'all here. I've noticed more 3/32 in the batches lately. Hopefully thats up y'alls alley. I wanted to chime in and point out how well Kyle has done as he stepped up into Cody's role. Also, hopefully you have noticed a bit of an increase to the quality of the look of the knives in recent months. This is due to three reasons. 1. I finally took John Shore's advice and sat down to do my grinding. This has helped my neck immensely and that was the deciding factor. Also though because your arms are out from your body, I put a rest for my hands. Now not only is my neck more comfortable but my arms and shoulders are more relaxed. There is also immensely more control of my grinding as I have safe places to rest my fingers during grinding. 2. I added two belts to the finish. One is a repeat of the 120 grit belt on finishing day. This really lets me ajust the grind to the handle better, lets me nitpic more on making the edge thin, and matches the bevel to the rotary platen on that day. (the thing is rubber, so every day it is a different beast) 3. After 9 years of refusing to use a buffer, I have started a quick light buff on the handles. Its only a 600 grit polish, and its too quick to mirror polish, but it has done a lot to bring out the depth of the materials.

Regardless, thanks for the support on this and every Friday.
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swonut said:
Pictures or it didn't happen. Thanks for sharing and you've really got to watch the ergonomics as it takes a toll on you.
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that's a mighty big gap there between the support and the belt. May want to think about closing it up so that it won't grab your hand or finger.

Thanks for the photo
 
swonut said:
that's a mighty big gap there between the support and the belt. May want to think about closing it up so that it won't grab your hand or finger.

Thanks for the photo
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Its made to break apart in the event of an accident. It wouldn't work all close in. Its just a hand rest, not a work rest.

BUT. This stuff is dangerous. Get your Fiddlebacks while I still have hands. Once they get torn off the prices will go up.
 
Fiddleback said:
Its made to break apart in the event of an accident. It wouldn't work all close in. Its just a hand rest, not a work rest.

BUT. This stuff is dangerous. Get your Fiddlebacks while I still have hands. Once they get torn off the prices will go up.
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Between the dust, epoxy amines, and now a buffer, I've got my concerns.... Just keep Phillip off the ladders...
 
mistwalker said:
I like Kyle. He marches to the beat of a different drum. And he likes bright green. Anybody that likes bright green can't be all bad. :)
Though one has to wonder what the point of having a folder you don't close would be...

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I use it to cut the tape off the scales after I'm done with drilling. It's sharp and if it gets beat up it take about two seconds to bring it right back. I also use it to trim the scales if there is a burr holding them up and making them not sit flat while I'm drilling....I'm trying to save the mileage on my real folder I carry :D
 
VANCE said:
Bullfrog Bowie
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(Belated Thanks. I couldn't place the swedge with the relative handle size-- forgot about the 'frog!)

Lady1911 said:
I recall reading an older thread where someone mentioned lanyard/fob beads made from the ‘bullseye’ materials.
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... In which a slow and growing remembering was catalyzed, and panic began to rise, even before reading the following:

VANCE said:
there were 5 made. 1 marked " Fiddleback". I put it on my Runt and carried it for awhile. I gifted it away at the last USAMADEBLADE open house.
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OH NOES!!!!!

One the way home from the (wonderful, too good, got-to-meet-@fiddleback-Andy-and-Phillip-and-Kylie-and-Whitty-and-now-I-want-a-BLUE-Bowfinger-Joe) Open House, I visited a closest friend in Durham before heading home. Flooded by all the super-good interactions Sat-Sun, I 100% forgot about the lanyard bead-- SINCE NOVEMBER-- until @Lady1911's post above, and 150% panicked when VANCE VANCE 's post confirmed the best/worst. Oh, my brain.

HOW TO FIND THE BEAD NOW?!

I scrambled through Everything in the house, every bag and container I'd taken with me to NC, every zipped, buttoned or fastened pocket in every article of clothing I'd worn those two days, the bottom of the washing machine....

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I re-remembered securing the bead when Phillip gave it to me-- what a tremendous gift, even cooler because it matched the EDKarda I'd won from him in a recent Giveaway-- but not What Happened Next.

... I wouldn't be writing this had I not looked Again (and again and again), until:

As it turns out, after the Open House, back at the hotel, I had carefully zipped the bead into an interior pocket of a knapsack, easy to overlook the first 5 or 18 times searching that particular bag.

Oh, my little heart. BUT HERE IT IS:

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Thanks, again, Phillip(!).

VANCE said:
honestly...i did not find it as cool as I thought it would be. it just looks like a stainless tube on a lanyard.
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Yeah, it sorta does, but it's still cool, and I'm still grateful. o_O

I look forward to having it attached securely to the EDKarda, for all good reasons. :confused: :cool:



We now return you to your regularly-scheduled programming.

~ P.
 
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