The "Ask Nathan a Question" Thread

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"And remember, no matter what, don't bend to pick up the CPK."
 
SwarthyGnome said:
Hi Nathan. Are you anticipating a pre-order for skinners late 2025?

Will the integral dagger be pre-order, or limited and special sales only?

Thank you.
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I believe the neck knife is planned between the folder, the skinner and the integral dagger...but I may have the order mixed up.

We'll probably know in two weeks.

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Nathan the Machinist said:
Oh I'm sorry

It was a yes or no question...


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Every year, my top priority is to make the folders

I give that about a 1 in 5 chance of happening though. I really need another horizontal so that I can have every op set up simultaneously because of the interdependencies between design choices. I need the flexibility to make complex tweaks because people's expectations for our folder are going to be different than other small makers. They've really got to work well and they have to age well, we can't half ass it and this is an area outside of my area of expertise so I anticipate a learning curve similar to developing and optimized heat treat.

This year we are going back into production of the field knives because they were more popular than we were expecting and we haven't retained any shelf stock.

We are producing EDC right now.

We are in production of the K20 Sword now, but it is the decking op on the auto grinder and we're only producing about one sheet a day. It will go on the big mill once I have enough sheet prepped to start the process although the beveling op won't start until late summer because the horizontal has to be modified for that and there are other jobs on it right now. Everything about the sword is different and it clogs up the shop so we need to put some things to bed before we switch the shop over to sword final ops. They are a different animal.

We are making the 10-inch Choppers now.

We want to do a run of kukri and some semi integral daggers.

I would like to revisit a skinner this year.
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Still bummed about the timing of the choppers, but I am very keen on the prospect of a skinner!
 
JACKMANDU said:
Nathan, are the SC and the LC the same shape? Is the only difference the LC is thinner? If you lay the LC on the SC do they look the same? I’m just not sure because the sale thread said the LC was thinner and narrower.
Does narrower refer to the distance from spine to edge?
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#notnathan

The SC (MC) and new LC now have identical silhouettes. The SC spine is .220 at the ricasso; LC is .188. "Narrower" I believe refers to the thickness of the metal immediately behind the edge; this from Nathan: "LC is taken down to only .020" before sharpening...(t)he SC is a more moderate .030." So the SC has a teensy bit more meat just above the edge.
 
Wheelhouse said:
#notnathan

The SC (MC) and new LC now have identical silhouettes. The SC spine is .220 at the ricasso; LC is .188. "Narrower" I believe refers to the thickness of the metal immediately behind the edge; this from Nathan: "LC is taken down to only .020" before sharpening...(t)he SC is a more moderate .030." So the SC has a teensy bit more meat just above the edge.
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Thanks!
 
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