Random Thought Thread

Nathan the Machinist said:
I scrapped a K18 today.

#sad

Trying to get all fancy and do a satin grind. I got pretty handy grinding these but I haven't attempted the finer grits and, in retrospect, I maybe shouldn't have... It is tricky holding these, and I do my grinding freehand. That big ol sword is kind of awkward in places. The finer grits are grabby and it rolled it right into the fuller. Really bad. Not salvageable.
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Sometimes the best thing you can do is sit back and drink about what you did, drink about what went wrong, then drink really hard about how you can resolve the issue.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
I scrapped a K18 today.

#sad

Trying to get all fancy and do a satin grind. I got pretty handy grinding these but I haven't attempted the finer grits and, in retrospect, I maybe shouldn't have... It is tricky holding these, and I do my grinding freehand. That big ol sword is kind of awkward in places. The finer grits are grabby and it rolled it right into the fuller. Really bad. Not salvageable.
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Were you going to make another weaponized K18? 😟🤔
 
_YARD_MAN_ said:
Thanks for the reply Nathan! How would the D2 hold up to hard use compared to the 3v knives; specifically relating to the HDFK? Battoning and what not…
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In hard use such as prying, heavy batoning, off kilter wonky impacts etc, D2 is not in the same league as 3V.


D2's bigness weakness was issues with edge stability which I more or less cured with a novel approach to heat treat (the concept originated with discussions with Cliff Stamp 20 years ago) which was the predecessor of the Delta protocol. Optimizing D2 is where it all began for us. We made some commercial Kevlar cutting blades out of D2 that were outperforming the carbide blades they were replacing by 20:1. That was a big step for us and it was about that time we started transitioning more into knife work than machine shop work. I spent a lot of time and effort on D2 and I really love the steel. I feel like we do it as well or better than anybody else in the industry. But ultimately it is 3V that we have become known for.
 
So, I was downloading this knife pic from my camera, and put it into folder "S&M-ToeNail". Felt weird. :oops:

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tokerblue said:
...My Basic Field Knife doesn't have that cursive Carothers name (that Millenials can't read...
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Wait. Is that true? Millennials can't read my logo because it's in cursive?

Millennials can't read cursive?

Wat?!


Are there any millennials here? Can one of you confirm for me please?
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
Wait. Is that true? Millennials can't read my logo because it's in cursive?

Millennials can't read cursive?

Wat?!


Are there any millennials here? Can one of you confirm for me please?
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It was a little tongue in cheek, but I know that some of the schools in CT stopped teaching cursive in 2010. So some of the tail end Millennials probably can't read your logo.

I just asked my 13 and 17 year olds (Gen Z) and they can't read your logo. They both guessed it was a Cabela's brand knife. 😬 😂🤣
 
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