The "Ask Nathan a Question" Thread

Nathan the Machinist said:
They're all user grade. A satin ground finish on a skinning knife is actually pretty nice. It's my preference.

For simplicities sake, I want to try to streamline the options.

I will make ecam an option on the signature series for folks that don't want wood. It is an excellent micarta.

The signature series will come with a very functional nice leather sheath.

Jo is already complaining to me that I'm making this pre-order too complicated. I'm trying to streamline it as best I can.
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Is the nice leather sheath a belt or pocket style?

thanks! I can image it being quite complicated with all the options!
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
They're all user grade. A satin ground finish on a skinning knife is actually pretty nice. It's my preference.

For simplicities sake, I want to try to streamline the options.

I will make ecam an option on the signature series for folks that don't want wood. It is an excellent micarta.

The signature series will come with a very functional nice leather sheath.

Jo is already complaining to me that I'm making this pre-order too complicated. I'm trying to streamline it as best I can.
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Thank you for this post Nathan!

I had just typed in the Random Thought thread asking people that had any pictures of well used satin finished CPKs they would post to see how they look after lots of use.

I've had some knives from other makers/brands that are a "satin finish" and were closer to a mirrored finish and looked terrible after very little use.
 
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Nathan the Machinist said:
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Jo is already complaining to me that I'm making this pre-order too complicated. I'm trying to streamline it as best I can.
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I had to really really bite my tongue whether to ask for the option of adding your now infamous horizontal hand satin finish. That last time, the $500 add-on deterrent ploy of yours still didn't deter a few of the chuckle/knuckleheads! 🥳
 
JJ_Colt45 said:
Thank you for this post Nathan!

I had just typed in the Random Thought thread asking people that had any pictures of well used satin finished CPKs they would post to see how they look after lots of use.

I've had some knives from other makers/brands that are a "satin finish" and were closer to a mirrored finish and looked terrible after very little use.
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Casinostocks said:
I had to really really bite my tongue whether to ask for the option of adding your now infamous horizontal hand satin finish. That last time, the $500 add-on deterrent ploy of yours still didn't deter a few of the chuckle/knuckleheads! 🥳
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I'm not going to offer that because someone will order it and then I'll have to do it. 😠

It's crazy how these little complications add up to log jams in the flow here.

I'm a pretty good designer and a pretty good Machinist. But I'm not very good at almost anything else.

Maybe once Chris (our new production manager) gets a better handle on things, we will be able to do more customized stuff in the future. But for now, I've got too many irons in the fire.
 
JJ_Colt45 said:
Thank you for this post Nathan!

I had just typed in the Random Thought thread asking people that had any pictures of well used satin finished CPKs they would post to see how they look after lots of use.

I've had some knives from other makers/brands that are a "satin finish" and were closer to a mirrored finish and looked terrible after very little use.
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Non.Nisi.Te said:
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Not sure if “well used,” but this one does get used quite a bit.
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