Behind the Scenes @ Fiddleback Forge 2/23/2016-??

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Monday was a nasty day at the shop. They are projecting more severe storms in the area tonight
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A little rain can’t stop the Supervisor from watching over his employees
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Here Chris is demonstrating the difference in grinding W2 and Andy grinding A2
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Allen is listening to Winger & wondering why everyone stopped to point at him
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Cody is getting ready for Mondays glue-up
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Cody decided to glue-up one of his while he had the epoxy mixed
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Andy then will start shaping them
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Chris & Cody will glue these up today
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These got hand sanded today & are headed for detailing & marking.
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Allen’s New Stuff
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This model might be my favorite of all his new models
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more to follow…………...as time permits
 
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Pics are getting even better Phil. Big thanks for doing this. Nice to see shots in between the handle sanding steps...awesome stuff in the pipeline... that OD bolstered BC/Arete wont last long onve it is available somewhere :)
 
Good looking thread Phillip. That dog is watching Allen. You can tell he smells something off...
 
Great stuff, Phillip! Thanks for posting this thread, I love it. Allen's work just keeps getting better and better. Looks like an awesome batch coming.
 
thanks guys!

this bad boy is leaving the shop this week......
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it was promised many moons ago....:eek:
 
Awesome! I'm on the road and vacation this week, but I'll be excited to see what shows up on Friday!
 
Some of Chris’s WIP’S

the top 2 are W2…..iirc ¼” beasts
and the bottom three are CPM154
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Chris’s new hammer textured finish
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PLAY TIME!!!!!
lots of fun w/ a r/c copter, string. post-it note & a Boxer
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These are great compositions of the parts that become the knives.

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Is that blue canvas micarta on the bolstered Renegade (?) on the right?
And maybe it's the scale material on the far right in the pic below.

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You guys get a lot done in a week.
 
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