Testing the Waters...

KDCKnives and Justin,

Sorry for not responding sooner, I think this forums server had some problems because I couldn't get on. I really don't know how to respond, nobody has ever made an offer like that. I'm speechless...Which is scary in itself. I don't know how to say yes without sounding like a moocher:o But I would be a fool to turn down that opportunity, so yes, I would be eternally grateful for the gesture. Just let me know what you need from me.

Thanks guy's

Jeff
 
Justin King said:
If you want, I will scrounge around my shop and see if I can put together a few things to send your way that might make it a little easier for you to get going. I have a lot of related stuff that I will probably never use, and am running out of places to stash it. I have a piece of ATS-34 stainless that must be 17 years old, left over from my earliest knifemaking days. I would be glad to send that to you since I don't use stainless anymore, but I need to check first to see if it is soft enough to file, seems like I have a tickling memory of blunted hacksaw blades and having to use cutoff wheels to take a piece off the bar. I have enough exotic wood grip material to become a dealer...

My wife and I send care packages to deployed troops pretty regularly, so this would be easy for me to do, just another package going out.
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Justin,

Thank you for the generous offer, could you PM or email me your email address so I can give any details you might need.

Thanks

Jeff
 
KB1SYV said:
Justin,

Thank you for the generous offer, could you PM or email me your email address so I can give any details you might need.

Thanks

Jeff
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Will do a little later this evening, I am going to grab what shop time I can first. I did do some digging around and found that piece of ATS-34. It also occurred to me that you are going to have to figure out a way to deal with dust when shaping handles, with almost any material you might use. Some are worse than others, so you might start putting some thought/research into that. I'll send an email in a bit.
 
Jeff,

I've been given a lot of great stuff on this forum - it's about time to pass some on, and I can't imagine a better choice than a military man. e-mail sent to your ARRL account.

Tait
KE6PWP
 
You guy's are really unbeleivable, thank you. I will try and reimburse you all for postage at least, it won't be until next month but I'll make it happen as best I can. Though I gotta say that it seems like I'm attracting a ton of attention and now I'll really be under the gun to produce some masterpiece. I'm afraid I am going to let a few people down with the first few attempts. But then again I've surprised myself in other areas. I just wanted to forewarn anyway. Thanks everyone.

Emails will go out later this morning when I get back home.

Jeff
 
It can't be any worse than when I turned my first knife project into a huge WIP that spanned a few months and had something like 7K + views to it.
 
We have seen lots of first knives, including our own (still have mine and it's pretty ugly). Being a free member, I can't even post pics here so most of the folks here have never seen any of my work anyway.
 
Not sure. Before I became a paid member I posted all my pics via photobucket. Just copy and paste the
 
Hey Guy's,

Pressing forward, I think I found the bench that will work for me and what little space I have. Nathan Burgess just added this bench in his workshop and he told me he got it for a deal at Harbor Freight. I just need to see if the deal will come around again. Here is the URL to the bench:

Harbor Freight Bench

It seems to have room to mount a drill press, a vice, and maybe a grinder in the future. It's 60" wide so it'll provide a good workspace. Do you think this will fit the bill initially?

Thanks guy's

Jeff
 
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