OT: Guns, knives, beer and beef jerky

Sylvrfalcn

Sylvrfalcn

Joined
Jun 4, 2002
Messages
3,930
Yup, that's tomorrow, going to meet up with Berk down in Austin.
Berk, here's my proposed itinerary if your'e tracking.
-1030 hrs: Gun Show
-1230 hrs: Lunch at the Dog and Duck Pub
-After that I'll be going to Woodcraft, Tandy Leather, and all my other "Austin Shopping"

As always, all are sincerely welcome to come along. If Pappy can make it he's usually got some pretty good stories to tell, and Berk always brings a few khuks from his collection, every one of which will knock your socks off. Me? Comic relief, naturally.:D

Sarge
 
The only thing that I don't like about the Cantina, is that you get to know people that live hundreds or thousands of miles away, and never get to meet them face to face.:( Wish Texas wasn't so durn far away. Ya'll have a good time boys.

Steve
 
Steve?

The way the News was talking about hurricaine Isabel, it appeared you might be getting a free flight to Texas. You and yours ok?


(ok, it bothered me so I checked and the correct spelling is "hurricane." HURRICAINE sounds like a fast-acting muscle pain relief product.)
 
Sarge,
If, by any chance, you happen to notice a cold steel hudson bay at that gunshow, I'd settle up with ya' later. :)
t1
 
Originally posted by Kismet
Steve?

The way the News was talking about hurricaine Isabel, it appeared you might be getting a free flight to Texas. You and yours ok?
Click to expand...

We were fine, just wind and rain. Gusts only got to about 45 mph here. The storm passed to the east of us. The northeast part of the state and Virginia weren't so lucky. Lot of power outages. 3 deaths in NC, 9 in VA. Thanks for asking Kis.

Steve
 
Berk, here's my proposed itinerary if your'e tracking.
-1030 hrs: Gun Show
-1230 hrs: Lunch at the Dog and Duck Pub
Click to expand...
Will give me a chance to sort through some of the rusty ol' junkers to see if there's anything you might enjoy playing with:)
 
It seems like I don't get to join you but every-other time you come down this way. I have company coming tomorrow and am waiting to hear from the youngest daughter to see what the word is on her breast cancer. She hasn't told any of her brothers or sisters about it so I have to be able to answer the phone when it rings. With some of the kids a guy never knows who will grab the phone.

I'll try to catch you next time. You didn't tell me what size you like your wood pieces cut for the handles. You gents have a good time. I know you will.:) :D
 
and farmhouse pie, and neat knives, and a good time. Sarge, I hope you've made it home safely from your trip, and many thanks for all your good works. The "Ugly Duckling" now looks like a swan, and your own mini-kuke with file blade is a beauty.
Pappy, we missed you and hope you can make it next time. I won't take up bandwidth here, but email me if you want to hear about our (thankfully good news) happenings since Dorothy was diagnosed with breast cancer in 01. It doesn't have to be the end of the world.
Berk
P.S.: Sarge had a beauty of a knife handled with a piece of ___? he got from you - what IS that stuff?
 
The man that gave me that wood pronounced the name of it wrong to me but, it is Ide from South America in the Jungle. They claim that you can make stakes out of the stuff and drive them in the ground and they will last for 25 years. I don't have long enough to try it so I'll take the natives word for it.

I like the stuff but you should wear some kind of mask to keep from breathing the dust. What got me was the weight of the darn stuff. Heavier than Oak. Real nice looking when the project is done though.:) :D I made a walking stick out of the longest piece that I had. I'll try to bring it with me the next time I make the Dog and Duck. You wouldn't believe how strong that wood is either.
 
Pappy, I bought a chunk of something on Ebay called Ipe. The guy pronounced it Epay. Is this the same stuff? It's hard as iron and so heavy it won't even float. It's a dark tan color with not a very pretty grain, but it looks TOUGH. Haven't used it for anything yet.

Thanks,
Steve

Here's a link to somebody in Houston that sells it for decking.
BNG's Wood
 
Good time? GREAT TIME. Berk brought along that silver handled, Kumar made, beauty of a khuk, along with no less than two koras and a tulwar hilted khukuri. Those koras are some particularly vicious looking weapons. Typical reaction from folks in the gun show parking lot was; double take, jaw drop, followed by a marked quickening of walking pace accompanied by wary glances over the shoulder. We must have looked for all the world like a couple of journeymen executioners comparing notes.

Picked up a knife at the gun show that I've been wanting to do some T&Eon. Last time I did that it was the Fallkniven F-1, good knife, loved the blade, was impressed by the steel, but couldn't overcome my personal prejudices against black rubber handles, and wound up giving it to one of the troopies. This one's from Benchmade, it's a model they call the "Outbounder". Good size, good shape, sweet blade geometry, sort of a broadened Scandinavian bevel with a nice clipped drop point. The blade is D-2, been wanting to test some since I heard about Dozier's knives. Apparently a type of stainless, but there's stainless and there's stainless, if you know what I mean. The handle is made with slabs of satiny smooth "stabilized" oak, very handsome and comfortable. The sheath is a simple folded pouch leather affair, that used to be fairly standard among custom knifemakers. All in all, a high-tech knife with a charmingly "old school" look and feel, I like this one a lot.

Pappy, we missed you this trip, but you were there with us in spirit. You'd have gotten a kick out of those koras, dang things made the hair on the back of my neck stand straight up. They ain't made for chopping wood, but oh my are they made to chop something (gulp).
If you can spare some more of that Ide wood, please do send me some, it's wonderful stuff. Good size blocks for knife handles would be around 1 1/4 to 1 1/2" square by 6" long. I'll make you a good trade on 'em.

Yup, good trip, good day. Nothing better than stalking the aisles of a good gun show in search of treasures, and following it up with a fine meal, cold pints, and incomparable conversation down at the pub. Is it too early to start talking about the next Khonvention?

Sarge
 
Those koras are some particularly vicious looking weapons. Typical reaction from folks in the gun show parking lot was; double take, jaw drop, followed by a marked quickening of walking pace accompanied by wary glances over the shoulder. We must have looked for all the world like a couple of journeymen executioners comparing notes.
Click to expand...
Y'know, I noticed that too. It ain't easy to intimidate a bunch of Texas gunshow rednecks, but I believe we (or to be accurate, the koras) did it without even trying!
:D
 
Originally posted by Sylvrfalcn
The blade is D-2, been wanting to test some since I heard about Dozier's knives. Apparently a type of stainless, but there's stainless and there's stainless, if you know what I mean. /B]
Click to expand...


Sarge,
In my experience, D-2 is fairly resistant to good, old fashioned rust (I've left a Queen D-2 pocketknife wet after cleaning fish by accident). However, acids tell on it very quickly. If you cut up any citris fruits you'll need to wipe the blade off right away, unless you don't mind the darkening. I think it adds character, myself. :)
 
Originally posted by Sylvrfalcn
The blade is D-2, been wanting to test some since I heard about Dozier's knives. Apparently a type of stainless, but there's stainless and there's stainless, if you know what I mean. /B]
Click to expand...


Sarge,
In my experience, D-2 is fairly resistant to good, old fashioned rust (I've left a Queen D-2 pocketknife wet by accident after cleaning fish). However, acids tell on it very quickly. If you cut up any citrus fruits you'll need to wipe the blade off right away, unless you don't mind the darkening. I think it adds character, myself. :)
 
There is a South American wood called 'lignum vitae' we used to use for turbine bearings on hydro units. Stuff is so heavy it will not float in water. Some of the boys I was working with referred to it as 'ironwood.' Kind of a dark brown wood with sort of a greenish cast to it. I have a couple of sets of pistol/knife grips/scales that a buddy made me 15 or 20 years ago. Don't know if this is the wood y'all are talking about. Stuff is tough as a locust post. We kept our pieces that we used for turbine bearings submerged in water all the time until it was time to use it to keep it from drying out & possibly cracking.
 
Sarge, that Outbounder is a sweet looking knife. Great sheath, too.

Looking at it, I think I just found the handle shape for some kitchen knives I'm working on.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top