The "Ask Nathan a Question" Thread

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...I think I did it better...
If you want my informed opinion, you'll have to send one of those to me, but at a guess, I'd say it probably doesn't handle like a brick on the end of a lollipop stick (unlike the Busse version).
 
Has ironwood destroyed your machines yet? Any regrets about ever getting involved with it?
I'm doing the extended surfacing work on a Makino graphite mill. It is made for this kind of thing. Ironwood is bad, graphite is worse. The construction is weird. It's extremely dinky for a 10,000 lb milling machine, the ways are above and behind it instead of under where you're working so everything is cantilevered out but the dust can't get to anything that matters and the machining zone is under a negative pressure which keeps the dust contained. It gets pulled out and run through a cyclone dust collector and the finest of the fines are vented outside. It is done dry so there's no coolant contamination to worry about. It uses compressed air as a coolant.
 
If you want my informed opinion, you'll have to send one of those to me, but at a guess, I'd say it probably doesn't handle like a brick on the end of a lollipop stick (unlike the Busse version).

That is a brilliantly balanced weapon. The weight is on the ends, it has a higher moment of inertia than you might be accustomed, but it will resist deflection and stab in a straight line like it's on rails. The handle and guards are shaped so it points intuitively. It really is some of my best work, it's a shame there's only one of them.
 
That is a brilliantly balanced weapon. The weight is on the ends, it has a higher moment of inertia than you might be accustomed, but it will resist deflection and stab in a straight line like it's on rails. The handle and guards are shaped so it points intuitively. It really is some of my best work, it's a shame there's only one of them.
Make more please.
 
That is a brilliantly balanced weapon. The weight is on the ends, it has a higher moment of inertia than you might be accustomed, but it will resist deflection and stab in a straight line like it's on rails. The handle and guards are shaped so it points intuitively. It really is some of my best work, it's a shame there's only one of them.
Well, that's what you say, but words are just words until I feel that 10" integral dagger in my hand.

Please also be informed that I have a LOT of moments of inertia (sometimes a whole day's worth), so I may more accustomed than you think.
 
That is a brilliantly balanced weapon. The weight is on the ends, it has a higher moment of inertia than you might be accustomed, but it will resist deflection and stab in a straight line like it's on rails. The handle and guards are shaped so it points intuitively. It really is some of my best work, it's a shame there's only one of them.

Looks something Frodo or Bilbo would use. Very nice.
 
What I was trying to say is he comes up with a new model that distracts us from the true goal, a folder like a Sebenza with a properly hardened D3V blade that's not a brick.:)

I guess I lost that round because of double jeopardy. Wa wa wa. ;) I will be taking home the consolation prize, a forged in fire kitchen knife!! In mystery stainless steel.i wonder if anyone did get some good performance from out of one of them. You did notice how I distracted you?:p
 
I guess I lost that round because of double jeopardy. Wa wa wa. ;) I will be taking home the consolation prize, a forged in fire kitchen knife!! In mystery stainless steel.i wonder if anyone did get some good performance from out of one of them. You did notice how I distracted you?:p
Huh? Just a bad speller.😒
 
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I don't really have anything to share like that right now, but I can tell you there is a collaboration we're doing with a fireman for a breaching tool knife that's basically a sharpened pry bar. It is single bevel and designed like a chisel. 3/8" stock. It will be able to pry open windows and doors that are not designed to be opened, and also support the full dynamic weight of a fully laden fireman. Material is on order.

Super duty field knife. Double-edged fighter.

DEK1,2,3. Kukri. Folder.
Count me in. 12 inches is probably not edc sized, but have had to pry open elevator doors twice after getting stuck( yes I am stupid) and I thought I had to break out of a car once( no it wasn't a cop car). After a few minutes of anxious fuming and thinking the Russians were out to get me, the door opened, and I found out that a small icicle had slid down and gotten jammed under the door handle in a half open position.
 
…but I can tell you there is a collaboration we're doing with a fireman for a breaching tool knife that's basically a sharpened pry bar. It is single bevel and designed like a chisel. 3/8" stock. It will be able to pry open windows and doors that are not designed to be opened, and also support the full dynamic weight of a fully laden fireman. Material is on order.

Is this something we’ll be able to piggy back onto? Sounds interesting.
 
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