"Death Chat" Jr. Laid to Rest

Just had me a fatty cheese steak and must go work in the shop... Will check back to see if Kali and the gang show up again for another late night chat. :cool:
 
Hey KAAK..... how's that knifemaking going?????.......
mmmmm..... cheese steak sounds good right about now..... :D

Hey think we can get Jerry to share any more pics?????? :D
 
Sorry bout that... Had to rearrange my desk area. Knifemaking is going slow :(

Got a single speed burr king grinder. Just got a cheap, but FREE :D drill press. Also, the guy I am apprenticing somewhat under (Gave it to me) threw in some belts and blanks/unfinished knives for me to practice my handle work on. Haven't even finished my first handle with him no less ALONE :eek:

So it will be a fun challenge. Need to insulate my garage and get a heater and a bunch of other stuff, so needless to say, it'll be a while. Funds suck, but can't complain since I have a roof, 4 walls, heat and food.

How's your shop going? :D
 
Got pretty much everything I need except a serious grinder and an Oxy/acetylene set up..... just gotta fire everything up and start pounding grinding sanding and finishing...... got me a nice wire fed mig set up... practicing trying not to burn holes in the steel..... hope to fire up the charcaol forge this week.... got a propane forge... but always wanted to try my first on a good old fashioned forge..... should be fun.....

I was thinking about the Criswell story you told me.... just physics alone makes me wonder if the was torqued with a good amount of force and hit along the first 1/3 of the blade near the handle.... the weight of the blade in front would contribute to the stress on the blade.... if it was the first 1/3 of the blade near the tip.... then I kinda wonder about the strength of the blade and heat treat.... but hey.... I'm no expert.... I still think they were made for mats... bamboo.... and bodies :D
 
Awesome set up bro!!! Maybe I should move to Hawaii and just visit AK in the summers :D I hear the cost of living is nearly the same. Don't know though ;)

The things we do to stay happy :)
 
Sweeeeet. :cool:

Thanks for pointing that out! I'm in for a couple myself. :D
 
No problem. I'm thinking about getting 3 myself... Just will have to see :D

Would be fun to play with one of those. Maybe drill 3 holes in the tang for handle pins and have the tang hidden. Hmmmm... project time? :D
 
I may play with one as well...just to see what happens. I have access to a machine shop, so I have plenty of opportunity to mangle one of em. ;)

The other will be added to my meager Howler collection. :D
 
I'm just hoping that down the road, if my skills and talent are proven to lie with knifemaking, that Jerry may let some bar stock pass thru my hands :D ;)
 
Odds are, though, that both pieces will just be kept. Who knows.

So, do you work in some sort of knife shop? I seem to recall a couple of posts indicating that you did something to that effect.
 
Work in the best knife shop in Anchorage right now. Looking into a warehouse job, praying they call me with a "You're hired" soon. Not that the shop or employee/boss are bad, just that retail ain't my thing :o

Should still work there part time though. Ton's of fun :D Have a few regulars that I get to show off my infi too and one even showed me how to make that D Guard that I posted the tutorial on.
 
I used to dream about working in a knife store. That was always where you'd find me when I'd get stuck at the mall. ;)

That was a great tutorial, BTW. I may not ever use it, but I definitely know how to do it now. :D
 
There, or the asian shop where we'd get our ninja stars! LOL :D
 
The shop is great. Sharpening, learning about knives, meeting the local makers, fondlin' the new merchandise :D We don't sell fantasy knives either :cool:


Most may never need a guard, but it definately helps protect your knuckles (not your punching, but joint knuckles :D ) from brush and such. I'll have to practice the 5 strand one. That one is a flugin' pain in the arse. :( The tutorial was of a 3 strand and the 5 is freakin' cool :D

Busse throwing stars would be fun :D A waste of steel, but still fun lol
 
Yeah, some knives are just out of control...even some that supposedly aren't "fantasy knives"...lol.

Infi throwing stars. That's funny! :D
 
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