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Loveless Shop Day 3
Another early morning and Jim beat me there. The fog was rolling in and out all morning. We sat down for a few minutes to recap what we worked on Tuesday, Jim in his chair, and me in Loveless's as usual. we discussed the various things that I had learned and he asked what stood out as the best thing thus far on my trip. Without hesitation, I answered, " I found a new friend" and he quickly agreed.
We spent some time going over and working the guard on the knife that we started making on Tuesday and preparing it for its soon to be heat treat. Everyone thing done in this shop either has specific jigs or templates that they have made over the years. After we finished with the knife prepping it to leave Cali and be finished up here, we spent some more time going over handle shaping and finishing a blade to then be marked, sheathed ( or as called there, making the knife's home) and then sharpened. this particular one is a dropped Hunter with black micarta and a name plate set into the handle. This was cool to watch and the little tricks he uses to make each handle similar as possible is really awesome yet so easy. A bonus was learning to give black micarta an even and smooth finish.
We spent the last our or two recapping the trip and sharing stories as we had all week. it was very hard to say goodbye to Jim and the shop. My trip was over and though I have many great memories, photos, videos, small tokens from the shop, and what will eventually be a knife that is a collaboration of the two of us, I still wanted more. the experience was so intoxicating that I left yearning for more time to be there and I feel that it just shows how much of an experience it was.
I can't thank Jim enough for all the time he took to spend with me showing all the process and amazing stories. Jim is a cut above the rest and I look forward to hopefully having a chance to go back and spend more time with him!
Thank you Jim for creating a young knife makers dream world!
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Blades waiting on the customers handle material to arrive.
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Loveless's foot rest
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The letter stamps used to mark guards with blanks so they can be reunited after heat treat.
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One of Jim's personal pieces from his collection, absolutely stunning!
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A trip I will never forget!
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Another early morning and Jim beat me there. The fog was rolling in and out all morning. We sat down for a few minutes to recap what we worked on Tuesday, Jim in his chair, and me in Loveless's as usual. we discussed the various things that I had learned and he asked what stood out as the best thing thus far on my trip. Without hesitation, I answered, " I found a new friend" and he quickly agreed.
We spent some time going over and working the guard on the knife that we started making on Tuesday and preparing it for its soon to be heat treat. Everyone thing done in this shop either has specific jigs or templates that they have made over the years. After we finished with the knife prepping it to leave Cali and be finished up here, we spent some more time going over handle shaping and finishing a blade to then be marked, sheathed ( or as called there, making the knife's home) and then sharpened. this particular one is a dropped Hunter with black micarta and a name plate set into the handle. This was cool to watch and the little tricks he uses to make each handle similar as possible is really awesome yet so easy. A bonus was learning to give black micarta an even and smooth finish.
We spent the last our or two recapping the trip and sharing stories as we had all week. it was very hard to say goodbye to Jim and the shop. My trip was over and though I have many great memories, photos, videos, small tokens from the shop, and what will eventually be a knife that is a collaboration of the two of us, I still wanted more. the experience was so intoxicating that I left yearning for more time to be there and I feel that it just shows how much of an experience it was.
I can't thank Jim enough for all the time he took to spend with me showing all the process and amazing stories. Jim is a cut above the rest and I look forward to hopefully having a chance to go back and spend more time with him!
Thank you Jim for creating a young knife makers dream world!
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Hosted on FotkiThe letter stamps used to mark guards with blanks so they can be reunited after heat treat.
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Hosted on FotkiA trip I will never forget!
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