Tony Snark, AWAY!!!!!!!

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The Warrior said:
Think I'm going to strip my 2. Been thinking about it for awhile now, may as well go ahead and do it.
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i say go for it. I've been thinkin of doin it with my 9 for a while and finally just said to heck with it.

Debating if i want to take the thumb ramp or not while i'm at it....
 
Galeocerdoshark said:
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On a more serieus note: how much bottles have you tried? It happens more than once that you (especially if you taste a lot) get a 'bad' bottle. Don't know why this happens, maybe something with the yeast or so. It happens with many brands. F.e. Maredsous seems to have this problem from time to time, a bad bottle in the batch. It just happens from time to time.

Or, it just might not be your taste.
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Could be, not sure really. I had a sampler pack. Had a blue label, yellow and a red I believe. Awful pretty , even came with a fancy glass. Just wasn't my thing.
 
Murphnuge said:
Could be, not sure really. I had a sampler pack. Had a blue label, yellow and a red I believe. Awful pretty , even came with a fancy glass. Just wasn't my thing.
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Blue is the best the bunch though. It does have a very specific taste, indeed. I'm a sucker for dark (trappist) beers though :-)

Edit: all this talk about beers is getting me thirsty. It won't be for this evening since I'm taking pills at the moment, but maybe tomorrow... I might just go to the supermarket to pick up some Chimay Blue. Or Westmalle Trappist. Or St. Bernardus Abt 12.
Or whatever I'm aching for :D
 
I did not get a chance to try the Chimay Blue yet, perhaps tonight with some Cajun food. So far, I like the Westmalle best then the Chimay Triple. After I try the Delirium Tremens, my small sampling of Belgian beers will be gone and I'll have to see if another store has a bigger selection.
 
I've had these scales glued up for about 6 months and finally got some shop time (and insight on how-to) to start shaping up my BK16 Fatty handles. So far, I'm pleased with how it's going. Taking my time, for sure, and doing all the shaping by hand with a rasp and shop roll sandpaper. Yeah, my pinning job is pretty bad, but I've learned what not to do...

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so our local outdoors store no longer sells firesteels, etc. because not enough people buy them.

I went in to pick up a new one for a custom sheath i have comin in the near future but i guess im gonna have to get it online.
 
What kind of pins are those Mrn8? Those handles look good so far too, what kind of wood?
 
mrn8 said:
I've had these scales glued up for about 6 months and finally got some shop time (and insight on how-to) to start shaping up my BK16 Fatty handles. So far, I'm pleased with how it's going. Taking my time, for sure, and doing all the shaping by hand with a rasp and shop roll sandpaper. Yeah, my pinning job is pretty bad, but I've learned what not to do...
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I'm a big fan of double-cut files for shaping wood handles. Get a nice sharp half-round, you'll be delighted.
Then get a single-cut to clean up the mess (flat is ok). Then sandpaper - 100, 180, 280, 360.
Great progress so far.

-Daizee
 
DJG097 said:
What kind of pins are those Mrn8? Those handles look good so far too, what kind of wood?
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The pins are micarta. I should have gone with stainless...live and learn. It's spalted elm.

daizee said:
I'm a big fan of double-cut files for shaping wood handles. Get a nice sharp half-round, you'll be delighted.
Then get a single-cut to clean up the mess (flat is ok). Then sandpaper - 100, 180, 280, 360.
Great progress so far.

-Daizee
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Thanks, I will need to get some files. So far I've used a rasp and 50 grit sandpaper.
 
daizee said:
I'm a big fan of double-cut files for shaping wood handles. Get a nice sharp half-round, you'll be delighted.
Then get a single-cut to clean up the mess (flat is ok). Then sandpaper - 100, 180, 280, 360.
Great progress so far.

-Daizee
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since you mention it, any suggestions on cleaning files? I found an old half-round in the shed this afternoon but its loaded up with woodshavings and some other indistinguishable materials all gunked up in it.
 
mrn8 said:
The pins are micarta. I should have gone with stainless...live and learn. It's spalted elm.
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Oh, you're glad you used micarta. repeat after me: "I'm glad I used micarta."

Stainless pin stock is SO MUCH HARDER than wood (and micarta) that it's near impossible to sand them flush and very hard to polish them to a nice sheen. Materials with matched hardnesses are waaay better to work with in this case.
Brass also works, but is closer to micarta or stabilized wood than natural wood. I bet those micarta pins become a nice matte black when you reach 360-600 grit.
Good choice. :thumbup:

GarnetandBlack said:
since you mention it, any suggestions on cleaning files? I found an old half-round in the shed this afternoon but its loaded up with woodshavings and some other indistinguishable materials all gunked up in it.
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a "file card". $4.

Remember that files are actually 'knives' of a sort. Lots of little teeth, and unsharpenable. If it's rusty it's dull, and dull knives are miserable to use. A fresh, new file sings through metal, and is a veritable force in wood and micarta. Eventually they wear out and you replace them. The metal can be annealed and recycled as it's a hardenable tool steel, but before you decide to make a knife out of a file, go read all the stickies in Shop Talk.
 
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Hunter Sharp said:
Picked up some mink oil for all my leather needs!

I wonder how many minks had to die to make this stuff :confused::D
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none, they're renewable. You just squeeze 'em dry and then give them a couple months to recover on a fatty diet. Guilt-free leather dressing. You heard it here first.
 
daizee said:
a "file card". $4.

Remember that files are actually 'knives' of a sort. Lots of little teeth, and unsharpenable. If it's rusty it's dull, and dull knives are miserable to use. A fresh, new file sings through metal, and is a veritable force in wood and micarta. Eventually they wear out and you replace them. The metal can be annealed and recycled as it's a hardenable tool steel, but before you decide to make a knife out of a file, go read all the stickies in Shop Talk.
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Thanks man, good info
 
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