Knifemakers Christmas season gift exchange!

Justin.Mercier said:
If i were more confident in my own work I'd be in, but having only 5 knives under my belt in a year since I started, I think I need quite a few more before I let another maker have some of my work =D If we do this again next year, sure ! Till then... I'd rather not feel like the person who brings the 'goat' gift to a yankee swap, the one gift that eveyrone does their best NOT to get =D
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Justin,
Don't let me down. Bite the bullet and join us!

Come on guys. Let's heckle Justin until he gives in and joins us. Who would like to be the first to question his manhood? :p

Ickie
 
well, cheated a bit?- not really. I had this one started (okay, I've been working on it for a month, waiting for not-rushed times) and realized that I've got about a dozen of the forged utility/throwers, 2 vegetable cleavers, and 3 other knives I have on order now, so I better get cracking along. So I put several hours into this this weekend, and I'm working on some hand finishing, edge, and sheathwork.

O1, osage orange scales, you can't see it in the picture but I've spent a lot of time rounding the spine and hand rubbing on it. It's a 3.3 inch blade, makes a nice EDC fixed blade. Hope it's worthy of the exchange, though.

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scottickes said:
Justin,
Don't let me down. Bite the bullet and join us!

Come on guys. Let's heckle Justin until he gives in and joins us. Who would like to be the first to question his manhood? :p

Ickie
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Question MY manhood?! I think Stacy and myself should be questioning the rest of yours! Everyone knows a real man wears a kilt

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What the heck, I'll do it, I just got a treadle hammer to help knock down some of this large stock iv'e got, so I can use a lot more of the tool steel sitting in the back of my garage now and should speed things up considerably. Sending you a email with my address in a few mins.
 
Koyote, that is quite exchange worthy in my book! I'd put that sucker to work in a heartbeat!

I'll try to post some pics later if I have time. I'm actually losing sleep over this! Partly because I'm excited and partly because I'm afraid I won't get it done in time! -Matt-

That's the spirit Justin! Uhhh...I hate to say this, but, you actually don't look too bad in a kilt!
 
Of course I look good in a kilt, everyone looks good in a kilt ! I actually had my first blacksmithing lessons while kilted, since the person I was learning from was working the local ren-faire that weekend. I'm one of those 'crazy people' that will wear a casual kilt like a utilikilt or amerikilt on a hot day, because it's more comfortable, or go out to a bar with my friends wearing a kilt. I did the whole new england blacksmith's fall meet kilted, it made it easy for people to find me to inquire about my tailgate items, I just put a sign on my truck "for questions and to buy items, see the guy in a kilt" I sold everything that I had brought =)

Heck, maybe I should make my exchange blade a sgian dubh =P

Now tell me, does anyone in this picture look bad?!

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I always say,
" If you can think of any circumstance in which you would be uncomfortable wearing a kilt....You shouldn't wear a kilt in any circumstance."
Stacy Elliott Apelt, FSA,Scot
 
Justin.Mercier said:
Question MY manhood?! I think Stacy and myself should be questioning the rest of yours! Everyone knows a real man wears a kilt

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What the heck, I'll do it, I just got a treadle hammer to help knock down some of this large stock iv'e got, so I can use a lot more of the tool steel sitting in the back of my garage now and should speed things up considerably. Sending you a email with my address in a few mins.
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Welcome aboard Justin i'm sure would be happy to recieve a black knife!
 
I wear a utilikilt often, or one of the urban types that I made myself. (UKs are expensive).

Someday I'll get one done in navy tartan.
 
Well, here's where I am with my exchange knife. O-1 steel ready for the HT at 220 grit, which if all goes to plan, will happen wednesday afternoon.

Let's hope it somewhat resembles what you see here when it's done!:eek:

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Here it is next to the box from an 8" x 2" sharpening stone for size reference.

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The knife thing is fairly recent, I have this site to thank for a lot of the questions I ever had! And thanks!

So it only fitting to share.
Was peeking in Santa's workshop today (this one had a different address) , but they were busy as h311.

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Well I'm new to the forum and this is my first post but this sounded like too much fun to pass up. Like many here I'm a little hesitant to compare my quality to some I've seen but I'll give it a shot and see what happens.

E-mail inbound with contact information.

Thanks,
SDS
 
Real ladies don't need to look under kilts. They have been shown properly by a gentleman.
Stacy
 
This sounds like it would be allot of fun, if I was not so new to making knives I would jump right in.
 
The latest update has us at 26 makers now.

I've received the name and addresses of:
Scott Ickes
Robert Mayo
Christof Harper
Erik Boese
Dan Pierson
Stacy Apelt
Stanley Buzek
Matt Gleash
William Crump
Michael Kanter
MSCantrell
Bill Siegle
Martin Stoneking
Jim Viall
Kevin Salonek
Louis Kovanda
Jeff Calvin
Vilgo Marrandi
Jonathan Silas
Howard Fairchild
Jim Gellner
Tom Kernan
Shawn Shropshire
Robert Silver
Justin Mercier
Jarod Todd

The cutoff date for getting in is November 2, 2007. Three days left to get in on the fun!

Ickie
 
e-mail sent.

I'm in.

Love this idea, love EDC's and love Christmas. What a combination.

I really hope this can turn into an annual thing.

Thanks,

Charlie
 
CShepherd said:
e-mail sent.

I'm in.

Love this idea, love EDC's and love Christmas. What a combination.

I really hope this can turn into an annual thing.

Thanks,

Charlie
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Here is the up to date list. Only 2 days remaining for those of you still on the fence.

Scott Ickes
Robert Mayo
Christof Harper
Erik Boese
Dan Pierson
Stacy Apelt
Stanley Buzek
Matt Gleash
William Crump
Michael Kanter
MSCantrell
Bill Siegle
Martin Stoneking
Jim Viall
Kevin Salonek
Louis Kovanda
Jeff Calvin
Vilgo Marrandi
Jonathan Silas
Howard Fairchild
Jim Gellner
Tom Kernan
Shawn Shropshire
Robert Silver
Justin Mercier
Jarod Todd
Charles Shepherd
 
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