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Was at work all day and haven't had the chance to look over the tools but think they are ok, mostly just dishes broke. My wife and I built this cabin and it's on posts so more flexible and actually swayed some so less sharp motion, lots of other buildings were really hurt. getting tired of the aftershocks though, something like 150 so far, and 1-2 over a five each hour in the evening. I lay the tools down and put the bird cage on the floor so there's less that can crash.
 
Rose and Thistle Custom said:
Was at work all day and haven't had the chance to look over the tools but think they are ok, mostly just dishes broke. My wife and I built this cabin and it's on posts so more flexible and actually swayed some so less sharp motion, lots of other buildings were really hurt. getting tired of the aftershocks though, something like 150 so far, and 1-2 over a five each hour in the evening. I lay the tools down and put the bird cage on the floor so there's less that can crash.
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No fun. Good to hear no one was hurt and the home is okay. I lived in LA and SF for several years, and have been through a few quakes. The most surreal time was when I was working in a highrise in downtown LA, the building swayed side to side what felt like several feet. A very weird feeling to say the least.

Large structures in that region are made to absorb quakes. It's amazing, the tech/ingenuity that goes into quake proofing buildings and bridges.
 
I redid a sheath 3 times. First time, the belt loop was too small for a typical width belt. 2nd time, I stuck it into my kiln, 'for just a sec' to warm up for putting the Nikwax on, because my heat gun had died. Just a sec turned into more than a few minutes with me looking around the bench for it ,only to realize where it was just a bit too late. Third time, I got a two-tone better than I'd ever done before.

Also pictured, brown richlite mini-Kwaiken. It has some oil on it, and isn't that shiny. I got the idea for some more professional looking packaging from a knifetalk pod cast. It is foam board insulation cut to fit into small USPS flat-rate box.

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I have a template out of thick leather the with of a normal belt, I use when shaping a sheath.
It helps
 
They actually make a leather tool for that called a loop iron. They are stupid expensive, I made sticks in 1.5 inches and 2 inches by about 3/8'' each. Handy if you ever need to mold the belt loop for a project. Nice job on the two tone.
 
Hi all. Here's the limited progress I've made:
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I've learned that I most likely grew my grain quite a bit by overshooting my HT temp, so I plan on normalizing and redoing it when I can get my propane bottle re-filled. The blank is still .195 thick so I've got plenty to work with.
(Can I whine a bit? I hate this new lifestyle of not being able to drive because of my new seizures....OK, done, thanks)
 
8670 drop point work-in-progress. Based on past threads, I heat treated this with 1530F soak for 8 minutes, quench in 130F warmed canola oil, 2x1hr tempers at 375. I only have crude heat treat test files. The 65RC file skated after quench. After the tempers, the 60RC file skates and the 65RC file cuts. I am impressed with myself that my little old Paragon kiln combined with a PID controller can achieve this with such an affordable steel.

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after etching a little stone tumbler washing
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My one lady R&D department Chef Adela is going to be in town for Christmas. I'm working on a large chef for her. I feel like this is pulling in everything I've learned over the past year making kitchen knives. It's AEB-L @61.5rc. I thinned down the stock from .090" down to .80" and also gave it full distal taper on my diy surface grinding attachment. I also tapered the Tang. The grind is a "D" grind for a righty. - thanks to Warren on that, he opened my eyes to that style and this is my first. I'll be handling it with some maple I stabilized recently. It's unbelievably nimble and light for a 10" chef, 6.68oz. more to come.

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Kevin McGovern said:
Check out what @john april does on his kwaiken sheaths. It's pretty slick, and from what he says, not very difficult.
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The hide covered aluminum style? I actually spent a little time trying to find out how that was done, but wasn't able to find anything. I'll have to dig deeper...unless you guys can hook me up with a tutorial somewhere. I just went ahead and used materials I had on hand. Finishing it up at this very moment. I'll post some pics today or tomorrow.
 
OccamsBlade said:
The hide covered aluminum style? I actually spent a little time trying to find out how that was done, but wasn't able to find anything. I'll have to dig deeper...unless you guys can hook me up with a tutorial somewhere. I just went ahead and used materials I had on hand. Finishing it up at this very moment. I'll post some pics today or tomorrow.
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Yeah, that's the one.
 
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