Don't Regret the Snark

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Ok so yall might think this is kind of neat/weird.... So probably my favorite all time kitchen knife is a older carbon steel boning knife I got at a local flea market awhile ago. It has cut a lot of stuff and is basically almost black from patina. Well I was taking it out of the knife block a second ago and noticed it felt "crunchy" at the end. So I cleaned it off and then noticed something peculiar. The spot that I had just cleaned off was completely devoid of patina!?!?!?! I looked and scratched with my nail and sure enough it is bare steel. There is a possibility that it could have been sprayed with some cleaner while I was cleaning the stove, but I didnt think any cleaners would wipe off a patina without some sort of abrasive characteristic. So I guess I will have to play around with the cleaners I have at home until I find out the culprit, but I thought this was pretty darn strange. Let me know what you all think. Here is a picture.

 
worldwood said:
Finally, it only took forever to find! I want one of these!! So cool!
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My gut reaction is that an ax that small is just plain silly... but I have to admit... I want one! :D

I know a couple makers who claim they make more profit off of miniatures they whip up out of scraps, and sell them quicker at shows, than their "real" knives. Maybe I should invest in a bunch of earring hooks and pendant clasps...

iwouldhurtafly said:
I think its because a lot of knifemakers and knife companies use professional photographers and what not and claim the photo as property even though its on the interwebz.
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Being "on the interwebz" doesn't change the fact that it is their property. Put a copyrighted photo on your own website and see what happens... you won't like it, trust me. And no, it doesn't matter if you knew it was copyrighted or just thought it was a generic photo that you found in an image search. Ask me how I know.

But I digress... as I understand it, the anti-hotlinking thing is more about using up their bandwidth without visiting their site.

GarnetandBlack said:
I'm thinking of making a hidden-tang type handle for my bk13. Any thoughts on where to start?
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When thinking of "converting" any full tang knife, take a good long look at how much steel will be left when you grind the tang down narrow enough. There was a thread about that recently. It can be done but I suspect by the time you do all that work you're going to be pretty firmly in custom territory, and would have a much stronger tang that way.

GarnetandBlack said:
scales are probably the route to go, i just want to elongate the handle so i can get more than 2.5 fingers on it.
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Just build a wrap-around handle onto the existing tang. :thumbup:
 
james terrio said:
My gut reaction is that an ax that small is just plain silly... but I have to admit... I want one! :D

I know a couple makers who claim they make more profit off of miniatures they whip up out of scraps, and sell them quicker at shows, than their "real" knives. Maybe I should invest in a bunch of earring hooks and pendant clasps...
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I think they are kind of silly as well, not useful for anything really but thats also what makes me think they are cool. I also have a mini black powder cannon that works, and while it wont stop army troops or anything its still pretty bada$$ when it fires. And im waiting for this guy to make a mini guillotine too. and im looking for the right mini trebuchet or catapult as well, eventually i will have a mini artillery :).... something about cool looking useless crap draws me in like a magnet...... And i can see the snarks from that comment already.

I was having a hard time finding them small axes until i started searching for them using the word "miniature" now im finding lots of them ranging in prices from under 10 bucks to over 250 bucks. but 250 bucks for a little trinket is way more than id pay, i dont care how "cool" it looks. especially when i get real working black powder mini cannons under 50. but i found some really nice looking damascus ones that dont come with the handle for about 45, and i can carve a little handle so thats no biggie, but if it wont actually get sharp its not going to be what i want at all. i sent the guy a message to find out though.
 
Love the new avatar photo, JT! I don't remember how old I was - probably 6 or 7 - when I decided to experiment with an electrical outlet and a flat metal barrette (one of my sister's) and found out immediately why you're NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT! Life lesson learned and my first taste of the power of electricity.....Gave me a very healthy respect for forces unseen. 'Course nowaday, no kids get to learn by experimentation it seems; outlet protectors and foam cushions and bubble wrap....
[video]http://video.ted.com/talk/podcast/2007U/None/GeverTulley_2007U.mp4[/video]
This video (couldn't figure out how to embed in the post) is a short talk about a book called "50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)" that should be required reading for anyone here with kids. I got it for my girls....I'm still working up to letting them do some of the things...
 
worldwood said:
I think they are kind of silly as well, not useful for anything really but thats also what makes me think they are cool. I also have a mini black powder cannon that works, and while it wont stop army troops or anything its still pretty bada$$ when it fires. And im waiting for this guy to make a mini guillotine too. and im looking for the right mini trebuchet or catapult as well, eventually i will have a mini artillery :).... something about cool looking useless crap draws me in like a magnet...... And i can see the snarks from that comment already.

I was having a hard time finding them small axes until i started searching for them using the word "miniature" now im finding lots of them ranging in prices from under 10 bucks to over 250 bucks. but 250 bucks for a little trinket is way more than id pay, i dont care how "cool" it looks. especially when i get real working black powder mini cannons under 50. but i found some really nice looking damascus ones that dont come with the handle for about 45, and i can carve a little handle so thats no biggie, but if it wont actually get sharp its not going to be what i want at all. i sent the guy a message to find out though.
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There is a huge market for miniatures. Yes, they are useless, and as much as it kills me to agree with WW, there is something about them that makes you want one when you see one done well, I had to dig for it, but here is a thread that Murph posted about a cleaver and push dagger I made him some years back, In the thread if you scroll down you will see some pics of my favorite miniature I ever made, It was a small keychain cleaver, I carried it everywhere with me on my keyring so Id always have a example of my work with me. However, I quit carrying it due to every time someone saw it they hounded me to sell it, It finally got pretty annoying so I put it away in my knife case. I ended up givin it to Murphs Mom who took a liking to it, last I heard she still carries it with her every day on her keychain.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/898404-Custom-Cleaver-T-M-Hunt
 
granitestateofmind said:
Love the new avatar photo, JT!
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That popped up on FB today and I just had to steal it :D

I agree with you about letting kids do certain things so the lesson really sticks with 'em... that's kind of a Dad thing though. My kid's mother was pretty pissed when I allowed her to pick up a 9V at about the age of 2 and pop it in her mouth, as toddlers will do... :eek: :p

TMHunt said:
However, I quit carrying it due to every time someone saw it they hounded me to sell it...
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When that happens to me, I sell the thing. I can always make more ;)
 
Ted the Idiot seems like he may be a little fish flavored himself... either that or this is a hell of an acquired taste..

[video=youtube;DmaedvVBkV8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmaedvVBkV8[/video]


Bladite said:
[video=youtube;ciR7H5qI9pI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciR7H5qI9pI[/video]

eat that

murph?
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james terrio said:
Being "on the interwebz" doesn't change the fact that it is their property. Put a copyrighted photo on your own website and see what happens... you won't like it, trust me. And no, it doesn't matter if you knew it was copyrighted or just thought it was a generic photo that you found in an image search. Ask me how I know.
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My bad, now that I go back and look at that it makes me look like a doosh... not my intention I assure you just a bad choice of words. I was actually supporting someone like you who would not like someone taking photos their and claiming them as their own. Trust me I would not like that either. It seems my inflection in that quoted text does not portray that! Sorry for the confusion.
 
iwouldhurtafly said:
Sorry for the confusion.
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No offense taken or meant!

I got myself in hot water by finding a picture of steel being poured at a mill, and putting it on my website on the materials page, simply because it looked cool. Thought nothing of it... till I got a letter explaining that I was being sued for a pretty significant chunk of change for copyright infringement and back royalties. Not fun.
 
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