The Snark Knight Returns

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Todd, I have a hoodie for you. You will either love it or I will keep it and pay you back later.
 
Gus - best advice i can think of is to bring twice as much cash as you think you'll need and leave the checkbook & credit cards behind.

Todd -- sent you phone numbers. Also, I can handle a needle and thread if you need me to sew sheaths together in the booth.

on an unrelated note - this is what I spent my day making:
slat bed that fits a queen sized mattress - inside corners are reinforced with 4" steel hinges for easy take-down, legs are pinned in place with antler tips driven through partially occluded 1/2" holes.
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chest is 18"tall, 13 1/2" wide, and 36" long - held together with cut nails and glue. "Hinges" are leather scraps held on with contact cement and then sewn with a harness stitch.
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chest needs a second coat of poly, bed needs the legs trued up, edges relieved/rounded, then stain and seal.
thinking about doing a coffee or sumac stain, but will most likely end up coating it with the same stain as the chest.

thanks for looking.
 
TMHunt said:
Speaking of Blade. Among the knife work I've done today due to being behind, on my "break time" ive been sowing sheaths. 9 so far tonight. 4 of my fingers are bleeding out of all of the joints. SUCKS! :grumpy:
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So much for that 3.75 sheaths per day eh? :) You need some of those metal thimbles to protect your fingers! Just keep telling yourself "4 more days!"

1066vik said:
Gus - best advice i can think of is to bring twice as much cash as you think you'll need and leave the checkbook & credit cards behind.

Todd -- sent you phone numbers. Also, I can handle a needle and thread if you need me to sew sheaths together in the booth.

on an unrelated note - this is what I spent my day making:
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Holy CRAP dude that is awesome! Also how TALL are those legs on that bed?! They look to be about 18"

TBL said:
Nice box vik!
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Not the first time Erik has heard that!
 
Ruby (the kid's black lab) carried this up out of the woods and gently set it down on the porch. Yep, there's a new family member.


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Is that for real trade??? Thats just WILD!!!

What will you do with it? treat it like a dog? Is it going to be a house deer??? LMAO
 
Chameleonbear said:
Holy CRAP dude that is awesome! Also how TALL are those legs on that bed?! They look to be about 18"
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yup - 18" to the bottom of the siderails -- the buddy I'm building it for wanted to be able to store rough-totes underneath.
 
New family member / potential future dinner?

I'm no deer expert, but that thing is like what? days old? break out those baby bottles!
 
tradewater said:
Ruby (the kid's black lab) carried this up out of the woods and gently set it down on the porch. Yep, there's a new family member.


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Of course you explained to the girls how tender that backstrap will be.
 
new ultimate in culinary decadence.
SWMBO bought a 6-pack of those giant muffins they sell at the wholesale club.
for some reason she bought the double chocolate ones -- then was surprised when I didn't eat them for breakfast.
when she complained at me that I wasn't eating them, I chopped the last 2 up (she ate 3, I ate the one she handed me) AND USED THEM TO MAKE BREAD PUDDING!
Sorry, no pics -- but if we had any peanut butter left in the house, I'd have used it to make a PB cream cheese frosting.
 
worldwood said:
Damn, that sounds rough bud. just hope you guys have an excellent time, and all the work you did preparing is paid off while your there!!
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Thanks WW. Fact of the matter is, the difference between last year and this year is I will actually be working. Knife play isnt for fun anymore. I just quite my job of 20 years, and im heading to Florida after the blade show for a week. So, Lol, im hoping on clearing the trip to be able to get home after the the week and a half. I say Lol, cause ive learned over the last 10 years of my life the less serious I take myself, the more relaxed I am. But, when the laughs stop, reality is, Im not self employed. No big deal, a lot of people are, just gotta find my grove.

james terrio said:
Todd, I have a hoodie for you. You will either love it or I will keep it and pay you back later.
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Im anxious to see it JT.

VIK, I will be in touch with you soon about details and such, as far a stitching sheaths, thanks, but the thought of pulling out of my driveway to head to Blade with work to still be done is a worry I dont want to have to deal with.

Cbear, its not that the 3.75 sheaths a night was a bad plan, but remember, thats just sheaths, still got knives im working on. Shit is crazy here. 50 knives to leave for Ga. In 4 days not done, close, but not done. Its easy to forget about sheaths.
 
I had a buddy in New York (not upstate but not the city either) who had a pet deer. He raised it no problem. It wasn't a "house pet" but it stayed in the yard.

TBL, it's a deer NOT a hog!

Erik, not a bad guess for not having a reference point! Damn nice work man! DAMN NICE!
 
TMHunt said:
Cbear, its not that the 3.75 sheaths a night was a bad plan, but remember, thats just sheaths, still got knives im working on. Shit is crazy here. 50 knives to leave for Ga. In 4 days not done, close, but not done. Its easy to forget about sheaths.
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Oh, I understand I was wondering how long that 3.75 average was gonna last. Sorry I'm not closer or I'd come and help.
 
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