Sigh, One of those Days

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BadBamaUmp

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Guys, ever have a day like this?

Thanks to Jonesy for the handpiece for my electro-etcher. It works great! And that's where the problem first started.

I had some knives already completed, waiting for my electro-etcher to be completed. I used fingernail polish for a resist. Well the etch came out great! So did then thin spots in the polish....So a nice mirror polished skinner is ruined. Well I'll give it to a buddy that really wanted it.

Then while I was final grinding on a camp knife my dog came up and licked my leg. Well needless to say, I jumped, then had to duck the flying blade. Grind lines everywhere. I wound up hiding most of them, but some can't be hidden. I just slapped some kingwood scales on. Oh well, I needed a knife of my own.

Hope your day is better than mine. I'm going to pop a couple of tops.

Will
 
Least you got a dog!

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My dog licked my leg once while I was doing something critical. She's now on the mantle "sitting up" with a clock in her belly!!

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Fran (CT)
 
Just make a decorative pattern around your name and re etch it whos to know you didnt want it that way..HE-HE......Knife makers can fix anything!As for the blade that went around the shop in 30 seconds---Just reprofile the blade to make a narrower knife then thin the sides down some and regrind the sides and you have a new knife no bad marks....Did I here somebody say "fillet knife"..HE-HE...Knifemakers,They can fix anything......Waut a second where the third strike of well kick the dog in the butt and go pop the top on a couple and try again tommorrow.......I have these kinds of days all the time and I used to have a bunch of blades around the shop to get fixed,some days you have an idea for a knife and one of those fixer blades jumps up and says you can make that blade from me with no problem,this saves on wasting steel and feeling like you made a sh!!y knife.....Have a good night and dont worry we all have those days.....Bruce

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