Covid 19 Will our demand drop?

Britt_Askew · Apr 3, 2020

Hankins said:
Governor just shut down all businesses except the essentials today

Here too. My wife work's at a place that makes makeup and they gave her a letter saying she is an essential employee

Hankins · Apr 3, 2020

Show me your papers

mknife · Apr 4, 2020

Storm W said:
But do you have toilet paper? Can you imagine how all of us are going to smell without it here in the USA?

at home nothing is missing and in supermarkets only the gel for cleaning the hands is missing .... but the shelves are full of toilet paper

Cushing H. · Apr 4, 2020

Storm W said:
But do you have toilet paper? Can you imagine how all of us are going to smell without it here in the USA?

Funny ... there isa science fiction book out there about a modern town in the usa that is somehow transferred into europe in the 1600’s. One of the running jokes in the books is how much they miss access to ... toilet paper

kbright · Apr 4, 2020

allenkey · Apr 4, 2020

It's a good time to nail Instagram auctions for exotic wood if you've got the cash. I'm stuck working still (I'm essential apparently) but I've got quite the stockpile of ironwood, ringed gidgee, and curly black walnut waiting for me when I have time for knives again lol

Cushing H. · Apr 4, 2020

kbright said:
People have lived without toilet paper.

oh yuck. that looks REALLY sanitary....

Hankins · Apr 4, 2020

KBright sent you a message

Storm W · Apr 4, 2020

Cushing H. said:
Funny ... there isa science fiction book out there about a modern town in the usa that is somehow transferred into europe in the 1600’s. One of the running jokes in the books is how much they miss access to ... toilet paper

Was it 1634? The one with the Cole miners in the middle of pre Germany?

Hankins · Apr 5, 2020

Lets stay on topic and not hijack this thread

Cushing H. · Apr 5, 2020

Hankins said:
Lets stay on topic and not hijack this thread

Just a little humor during a painful time man. But point taken...

DustinY · Apr 5, 2020

allenkey said:
It's a good time to nail Instagram auctions for exotic wood if you've got the cash. I'm stuck working still (I'm essential apparently) but I've got quite the stockpile of ironwood, ringed gidgee, and curly black walnut waiting for me when I have time for knives again lol

who do I follow?

REK Knives · Apr 5, 2020

Has anyone in the US had issues getting abrasives or other supplies yet? A buddy in Canada can't get anything since everything's closed

Richard338 · Apr 5, 2020

razor-edge-knives said:
Has anyone in the US had issues getting abrasives or other supplies yet? A buddy in Canada can't get anything since everything's closed

Some places are still shipping. I was able to order some strips of silicon bronze from online metals, but others like usaknifemaker are not shipping until the shut down lifts.

Cushing H. · Apr 5, 2020

I just checked pops yesterday ... and while they are closed to walk ins, they are accepting online orders and are shipping

allenkey · Apr 5, 2020

DustinY said:
who do I follow?

ironwoodman , kiranskoa, exotic_blanks are my three favorites

Especially ironwoodman - I absolutely dig ironwood and you can get some good deals if you watch the auctions like a hawk and swoop in at the right time! He usually has some oddball things on auction as well like buffalo horn or camel bone

kiranskoa has some breathtaking Koa but it's usually way out of my price range. He's been really into yellow cedar burl lately which isn't my thing but y'know

exotic_blanks has super reasonable prices on stabilized woods of all sorts. He stabilizes himself though so I am not sure if it as good as K&G but he doesn't use an average home gamer setup with cactus juice either... He posts alot of neat stuff.

Scrolling through wood is probably my favorite thing to do on instagram lol

edit: thetimberjoint has the best ringed gidgee on the internet. Really fairly priced as well and straight from Australia