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Disco Stu

Disco Stu

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Let me describe the scene to you: In the workshop. Re-handling an old bowie of my fathers. 7 bloodwood chunks and 6 aluminum spacers all cutout, drilled, filed to fit the tang, and epoxied together. I decide to hog off some material with a file before going to the grinder and am alllllmost down to the rough shape when, oops, the bloodwood splits. :mad: I'm done with this crap. In fact I'm done making handles altogether. From now on, when I'm done with a blade, I'm gonna wrap the handle in electrical tape! See if I don't!
 
Make it Duct Tape and you could sell a million of 'em to college kids! :D Chill out, relax, go have a beer. Sometimes you just have to know when to walk away. :)
 
:D Peter's right. Done it a hundred times and will most likely do it a hundred more.:barf: Leave it alone for a while. You will be suprised how quick it will go together the 2end time!
 
Ive done that too with bloodwood. I wont buy any more of it either. I split a nice piece of ivory the other day because of a dull drill bit. Makes ya mad dont it?
 
I feel ya brother, I've done it two hundred times at least ! Ruined a good chunk of $45. Snakewood....ARGH ! I don't exactly have the best temper either. Throwing s**t around the shop tellin myself I suck !...he, he now when I think back I laugh with assurance it will all happen again....RDT
 
Do exactly what Mr. Atwood suggests. There is no way you are going to stop this stuff, you'll be back, it won't let you go.:cool: Your frustration shows a strong desire to do well and that fuel will make you a great maker. I have cursed so many times I cannot count. I have screwed up so many blades and seen failure at every turn. I have a short temper at times. But eventually, I walked away. Anger is always bad, it does nothing but roll into more mistakes. For example, in the past with blades, I had a very hard time with getting edges to be tough. I can now sink a blade edge into a steel pipe twenty plus times, even with the aid of a 4 pound hammer, no chips, just the usual millimeter tweaks and scratches. You'll get there. You'll have some of the finest handles around, I know it.

-Jason
 
don't let it bother you. It happens to anyone seeking to excel in the craft. I did a similiar thing not long ago, actually doing the exact same design as you, except I was doing buffalo horn and corian!. After the glue up stacked handle shattered when I dropped it, I tipped over the large coffee can full of ashes I was keeping (forgot to put the lid on it when last used), stepped in the ashes and slipped, fell on my a$$ and didn't realize it but I lost my grip on the knife. The knife during my slippage took off in a tangent arc above my head and wiped out two florescent light bulbs! Since then I have learned how to "breath", taking anger management courses, and trying to learn how to grind with this damn straight jacket on. Other than that, you learn your lessons the hard way.

I went back and literally epoxied each layer to the other while fitting it on the tang. Took a whole lot longer but the end result was great! Now I drop it frequently (the knife, not the shorts) and it doesn't even crack!--See Ya--Dan
 
I've been taking anger management classes for the last 30 years Dan. When I lose my temper (about 50 times a day) my wife comes out to the workshop and gives me a lesson on how to keep my mouth shut!:D
 
Don't listen to em Disco. Get several colors of tape and call it good. send surplus handle material to me :D

hmmm ductape handle with red and black electrical tape spacers:eek:
 
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