The "Ask Nathan a Question" Thread

How many runs does the average competition chopper last? Assuming you don't mega botch a 2x4 swing full power that is... As in how often do you have to remake a unit due to deflections or other damage that may negatively affect final scores.

I'm not super familiar with blade sports but was considering looking into them and was curious.
 
Casinostocks said:
Nathan, will you be open to doing a couple of extra procedures on my minty-fresh 3V Shiv?

In your downtime, totally your own schedule and when utterly bored outta your mind, kinda like when wanna take your mind off of things? I'm in no rush and if affirmative, I can contact Jo. Thank you :)
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if you somehow managed to break the tip off and you need it repointed I'll will repoint it. If you bust a scale I will repair the scales with a material of my choosing. If you pick up some edge damage that needs ground out under coolant I will repair it. All of this is warranty work, no charge. If you somehow managed to actually break it I will replace or refund the original sale price, it does not matter if you are the original owner. However I do not pimp knives. Please do not send the knives here for spa, it will be years before it gets lost and then sent to someone different. Actually I take that back, go ahead and send it in, I need something to put into next week's sale.
 
Daverous said:
How many runs does the average competition chopper last? Assuming you don't mega botch a 2x4 swing full power that is... As in how often do you have to remake a unit due to deflections or other damage that may negatively affect final scores.

I'm not super familiar with blade sports but was considering looking into them and was curious.
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Everybody botches a swing once in a while. People like Me or Matt Gregory probably land more wonky hits than good hits.

There are also wonky boards out there.

It varies wildly, but one knife a year wouldn't be weird. A highly skilled cutter like Dan Keffeler can get years out of a race knife, though he might not train with it. And my good friend Matt Gregory might go through them more quickly, though it could just be his amazingly powerful arms.

I can't cut a single board with Jo or Ben's race knives because I'll bend something. We've tried it, I'm on the no-fly list now.

When a knife is damaged it gets set back and the bevels reground and the geometry gets dialed back in. You can repair a knife, sometimes many times.

We've started training with thicker knives and reserve our race knives for an event. This way two or three years from a good knife is feasible.

Jo and Ben win almost every event they go to now. Those knives only get used for races and they're collecting a lot of mojo.
 
Sooooooo. Last night I responded to a shooting. Applied a tourniquet to the “victim” and today I get called to the office and chastised for leaving the gloves on the ground......

now this isn’t exactly the best neighborhood, most of the grass is dead. More beer cans than leaves on the ground and get a complaint filed.....


Am I the asshole or What’s wrong with people.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
Everybody botches a swing once in a while. People like Me or Matt Gregory probably land more wonky hits than good hits.

There are also wonky boards out there.

It varies wildly, but one knife a year wouldn't be weird. A highly skilled cutter like Dan Keffeler can get years out of a race knife, though he might not train with it. And my good friend Matt Gregory might go through them more quickly, though it could just be his amazingly powerful arms.

I can't cut a single board with Jo or Ben's race knives because I'll bend something. We've tried it, I'm on the no-fly list now.

When a knife is damaged it gets set back and the bevels reground and the geometry gets dialed back in. You can repair a knife, sometimes many times.

We've started training with thicker knives and reserve our race knives for an event. This way two or three years from a good knife is feasible.

Jo and Ben win almost every event they go to now. Those knives only get used for races and they're collecting a lot of mojo.
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Thank you very much sir.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
if you somehow managed to break the tip off and you need it repointed I'll will repoint it. If you bust a scale I will repair the scales with a material of my choosing. If you pick up some edge damage that needs ground out under coolant I will repair it. All of this is warranty work, no charge. If you somehow managed to actually break it I will replace or refund the original sale price, it does not matter if you are the original owner. However I do not pimp knives. Please do not send the knives here for spa, it will be years before it gets lost and then sent to someone different. Actually I take that back, go ahead and send it in, I need something to put into next week's sale.
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Classy A. F.
 
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