Behind the Scenes @ Fiddleback Forge 11/30/2016-??

[VANCE]

Behind The Scenes @ Fiddleback Forge


Just a friendly reminder these knives are for “Preview” not “Pre-sale”.

Double Cup rough shape

Height gauge to set the grind lines

Shadetree shipment arrived

Here is something Allen & I are working on together. If you follow me on Instagram you have already seen this.
The axe was used to split the logs

S.S.S.

Supervisory Role

More Fiddlebacks coming soon

“YOU MUST COOPERATE!!!”

Ivy got a bell

More to come as time permits!
Thanks for looking.

 

[Luca917]

Hi Ivy! Cuter every day.

Surls Fighter. No no no! Beautiful.

And that little axe is just so cool. Love the log splitting scene and the campfire!

 

[Heespharm]

That little diorama stole the show.... who am I kidding ivy is still numero uno


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[M.FREEZE]

I love picture threads like this.

 

[DJC72]

I am amazed at what you guys accomplish in such a short period of time.

 

[Mistwalker]

I'm diggin' the grind on that Asp a lot. Which blue phenolic is that Phillip?

 

[pertinux]

So you basically have an ooze-covered workbench, with ooze-covered tools, and whoever draws the shortest straw has to work there?

That's goo glue. Yes?

~ P.
rethinks wondering aloud if FF would consider clocking the [natural] micarta pins.... Y'know, for the up-close purty pitchas.

 

[VANCE]

I'm diggin' the grind on that Asp a lot. Which blue phenolic is that Phillip?

black/blue G10

So you basically have an ooze-covered workbench, with ooze-covered tools, and whoever draws the shortest straw has to work there?
that's correct. C
That's goo glue. Yes?
2 part epoxy
~ P.
rethinks wondering aloud if FF would consider clocking the [natural] micarta pins.... Y'know, for the up-close purty pitchas.

im not sure that one is going to gain any traction.

 

[Mistwalker]

So you basically have an ooze-covered workbench, with ooze-covered tools, and whoever draws the shortest straw has to work there?

It's not as bad as all that, but I wouldn't doubt the straw drawing or some other such ritual for choosing lol.

 

[VANCE]

It's not as bad as all that, but I wouldn't doubt the straw drawing or some other such ritual for choosing lol.

cubby's user name on here is " short straw", you can probably guess where that came from

 

[Warrior108]

rethinks wondering aloud if FF would consider clocking the [natural] micarta pins.... Y'know, for the up-close purty pitchas.

im not sure that one is going to gain any traction.

There are times that the grains in the pins just drive me bananas! that they aren't all lined up and going horizontal. Seriously, it does! I'm with Pert on that one and think it should be considered. Detail is paid attention on every other part of the knife .. just sayin'. Add $5 to each knife (or at least to the ones that I'd buy) to recoup the effort


Sorry, OCD kicking in there. Meant to bring this up before and just never got around to it but I'm thankful it was mentioned .. and that I'm not the only one it hasn't occurred to.

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[Tilley Knife]

Add $5 to each knife (or at least to the ones that I'd buy) to recoup the effort

Lol, $5 per pin wouldn't even cover it. I have found that all pins, especially phenolic, tend to rotate slightly as they are driven in. That would be a nightmare

 

[Warrior108]

Lol, $5 per pin wouldn't even cover it. I have found that all pins, especially phenolic, tend to rotate slightly as they are driven in. That would be a nightmare

Oh hell, forget I even asked in that case. That would be a giant pain in the butt. Thanks for the reality/sanity check.

 

[Tim the Wizard]

I like their random orientation. Being slightly misaligned would annoy me much more than being randomly angled. Plus, the curves of the handles would create optical illusions of mis-fit on different models.

 

[Tilley Knife]

Oh hell, forget I even asked in that case. That would be a giant pain in the butt. Thanks for the reality/sanity check.

Like I tell my wife......I'm not obsessive compulsive, I just need everything to go exactly where it is supposed to be.

 

[Comprehensivist]

The mis-matched clocking of pins is much less noticeable with black pins. That is one of the many reasons I prefer black over natural for most knife purchases.

Phil

 

[Kal-El]

The mis-matched clocking of pins is much less noticeable with black pins. That is one of the many reasons I prefer black over natural for most knife purchases.

Phil

Bingo!!

Yes, a lot of us have OCD. This is one of the reasons why I prefer the black pins as well.

 

[Heespharm]

The only easy way I've found to align the phenolic pins is to keep it as a long rod and mark a line down the length of the rod then use an cordless drill to spin them in the holes and stop at the correct orientation... and even then due to the orientation of the layers it was slightly off


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[dsarps]

Thanks a lot guys... I never really noticed this, now my OCD won't let me unsee it

 

[Warrior108]

Maybe a Poll thread is needed to identify the degree of OCD-ness of the average Fiddlehead?