I had no less than 3 min worth of buffing left and the next thing i heard was the knife as it flew across my shop. This was by far my best knife /best wood ive ever had and used. The gut hook ended up with a half moon chunk the size of a half dollar tore out of the heel of the blade right to the ricaso gone.I first looked at my lucky RABBITS FOOT and smiled saved again from stiches or worse. I took the sander and made a second finger gaurd and you would never know the knife was made different to start with. Please if anyone was as clumsy as me hang a LUCKY RABBITS FOOT in your shop today you wont regret it. The wood is a Ramin burl the prettiest ive ever seen. not a mark on it. kellyw
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Saved by the RABBITS FOOT AGAIN
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Now you tell me
I was sharpening a small caper on a cardboard wheel and caught the tip I guess. My finger has stopped bleeding. Shopping for a rabbits foot even tho it wasn't luck for the rabbit.
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What the hell were you doing with the gut hook near a buffer ?
?What the hell were you doing with the gut hook near a buffer
Exactly !
and why so long on the buffer ? you should be sanding up to the point it takes maybe 1min with each compound. (less time also reduces the risk of DFK-deadly flying knives)
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What the hell were you doing with the gut hook near a buffer
What he said:
You like playing russian roulette with hand grenades?
<boot to the head>
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Buffing a gut hook ....you need a lucky elephants foot, if you are going to do that kind of stuff.
Seriously, If a half round piece of steel broke out of the blade at the ricasso ,when it hit, it may have been a blessing in disguise. The HT is not right, or there are some serious stress issues, as the blade should not drop out a piece like that under normal conditions. Did you do an edge quench up to the ricasso?
Stacy
....you need a lucky elephants foot, if you are going to do that kind of stuff.Seriously, If a half round piece of steel broke out of the blade at the ricasso ,when it hit, it may have been a blessing in disguise. The HT is not right, or there are some serious stress issues, as the blade should not drop out a piece like that under normal conditions. Did you do an edge quench up to the ricasso?
Stacy