The Survive! Never Say Die! Chat Thread

[Silver Needle]

Don't listen to Riz! It was Lori who bashed Hershel's head then T-dawg bashed in Lori's head!

 

[Hard Knocks]

Dang, and here I was hoping it was Carl who gets it

 

[Riz!]

I was hoping carl would get got as well.

 

[Hard Knocks]

Oh well, something to look forward to

 

[grogimus]

Finally finished the 4.7 sheath.

At the end of this double shoulder so I used a flubbed piece for the welt, hate that it showed through.

With the last one.

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[grogimus]

Just because. I would be pals with this lil guy.

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[Riz!]

Excellent

 

[Silver Needle]

MAN, you got those leather skills :thumbup:

I think the mantis is the coolest insect around. Too bad I can't find them here in the midwest! Sweet pic.

 

[Riz!]

Grog! Your leather company is now knowm as

Mantis Leatherworks!

 

[Riz!]

You need to make a mantis engraved sheath.

 

[Hard Knocks]

Looking good grogimus!!

Grog! Your leather company is now knowm as

Mantis Leatherworks!

That does have a nice ring to it.

 

[TRfromMT]

+1 for Mantis Leatherworks!

 

[Standard78]

You do some amazing work Grog!!

 

[Silver Needle]

+1 for Mantis Leatherworks!

I'll give my endorsement as well.

Now that we have the brand name settled, I want to see a badass leather mantis design

 

[grogimus]

That would be a cool name but if I ever start selling I've already got a name and logo picked out with a kinda funny, kinda sappy background.

A mantis would make a neat project, they're the only bug that I don't see as something to be squished, swatted, or sprayed.

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[grogimus]

Out of leather, that is a bummer. Dropped some PCB etchant on my Ugly Betty and went outside to the garage to work on a Christmas present, I thought a tree spirit in a piece of alder would be nice.

Nope. I managed to chip a big piece of the nose out when I slipped doing a back cut into the nose.

Cussed a bit, then grabbed a spoon blank I'd roughed out from some birch with a CPK Field Knife and went to work on it with the 4.7 and 2 of Del Stubbs excellent carving knives. Nothing could go wrong with some bourbon and razor sharp knives right?

Seems like an excellent prelude to an awesome gaping wound but I stopped there. I liked using the burning coal method better, it takes forever to hollow out the spoon bowl.

Waiting on the second etching hour, I didn't see any result from the first hour at all.

 

[grogimus]

This breakdancing mantis just won't cut it. Funny though.

Gotta sell a couple knives to upgrade membership and order some more leather.

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[grogimus]

Weird British (I assume) costume rock anyone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkAe30aEG5c

 

[chiral.grolim]

Grog,
I didn't upgrade to "craftsman" until I'd actually managed to sell a couple UKEs to people in random threads or along with knives I'd listed for sale, actually used the sales of my first few to pay for the membership itself once I was actually ready to start offering them for sale regularly as opposed to one-offs. What I am saying is, why not build an inventory/gallery of sheaths first, sell a few along the way to pay for supplies perhaps, and only upgrade once you are really ready to advertise and offer them for sale on a regular basis?

Quick google-search of "mantis logo" got me this by "LisaGorska" - second image is just a squished version (the photo, not the bug )

 

[timichango]

Weird British (I assume) costume rock anyone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkAe30aEG5c

Swedish, actually.