The "Ask Nathan a Question" Thread

duramax said:
Nathan,

So before I get my D3v DEK shopping list together ;):p:p:D
Any chance of the heavy duty (yes thicker stock lol) DEK will be added to preorder ? :) I just have to ask :D

Thanks
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I'm sorry, I would really like to accommodate you here but I'm not sure that we can do a heavy duty extra thick version of this, this time around
 
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gunslinger387 said:
Nathan, any thought on using D2 again? I have EDC in D2. I use it in the kitchen. It just cuts and cuts and cuts. I think the DEK1 in D2 would work even better because it’s slicier already. I’m sure hunters would love it for skinning game.
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I love D2 and I'm sure I will use it again.
 
Odog27 said:
Driving home from work this week I saw these guys.
I, naturally, thought of Nathan and snapped a pic for him.
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Are Ti fasteners now standard? Just got my DEK1 invoice and it mentions Ti. I discovered CPK at the tail end of the black fasteners, and remember the change to stainless...did I miss an announcement about changing to Ti? Knew they have been available for a while as an optional upgrade.
 
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jlauffer said:
Are Ti fasteners now standard? Just got my DEK1 invoice and it mentions Ti. I discovered CPK at the tail end of the black fasteners, and remember the change to stainless...did I miss an announcement about changing to Ti? Knew they have been available for a while as an optional upgrade.
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Ti is not standard across our product lines, but Lorien specified titanium for the DEK1
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
I don't think I ever did an announcement.

I've been wanting to make a small dagger, boot dagger. My inspiration is the integrals by Billy Mace Imel and the fs dagger. it is a deep 3-in hollow grind at the plunge which transitions into a flat grind towards the tip and the bevels twist for a reinforced point. I've been wanting to make one of these for ages and there is a drop from the swords that was just the right size to fit my dagger idea into so I am making these from an area between the sword handles that was just the right size to make my dagger concept. unfortunately there's not that many drops, so there won't be very many. Which is probably a good thing, because this kind of geometry cannot really be hand ground it takes CNC machining and this really isn't very good from a machine utilization point of view, but we do have our machines back up and going again and you know, it's just a few of them and it's fun.
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Nathan the Machinist Nathan the Machinist I'm very interested in the grind which as you say transitions from deep hollow to flat closer to the tip. This is obviously a huge advantage of your machining methods.
Do you agree, that although nearly impossible to do accurately, one could attempt it by hand, by starting on a small wheel and then rotating the blade as you move down the bevel? Assuming that your wheel is wider than the height of the bevel.
 
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