What's happening in the David Mary Custom shop?

[tinfoil hat timmy]

Introducion el Spiderko Snoofer prêt à manger tes fourmis

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What you guys didn't know David Mary is a weirdo?

is that like a practice blade or something out of a dr Seuss book?

 

[David Mary]

is that like a practice blade or something out of a dr Seuss book?

Timmy, timmy, one, two three,
A knife it is, oh can't you see?
Practice, cut, play, work all day,
All these things and more, I say

 

[lbsmobile]

is that like a practice blade or something out of a dr Seuss book?

Much safer for the ants now.

 

[David Mary]

Glasses lost an arm. Selected an affordable prosthetic replacement.

 

[David Mary]

I have been a chronic belt hoarder for too long. Giving myself an intervention.

 

[David Mary]

 

[Crag the Brewer]

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Adhesive fumes?
Please be careful, idk what's in them.


* I used to know a guy who burned telephone poles in his wood burner.
They are soaked in chemicals to preserve them. Ugh!

 

[David Mary]

Respirator and shop door open

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

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Respirator and shop door open

that's what I do with my old socks and underpants

 

[David Mary]

Eeeeewwwww!

 

[David Mary]

And....



my belt hoarding days are over!




....ahem

 

[Wild Willie]

I've been told that the first step is admitting you have a problem...

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

Glasses lost an arm. Selected an affordable prosthetic replacement.

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No more leftover magnacut?

 

[David Mary]

I've been told that the first step is admitting you have a problem...

My problem is this: not enough belt storage

 

[David Mary]

Actually just yesterday I ordered more belts

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

I bet some of those belts were used to make my new riverhawk. Most excellent knife, sorry no pictures yet it was a busy day.

 

[David Mary]

I think my problem was more that I didn't use the storage as I could. Believe it or not, all the belts I had on the table are now on the wall:



And I did toss another dozen or so into the stove.

 

[David Mary]

I'm always reexamining my shop practices to see how I can do it better. Now that I realize I can put multiple six packs together and hang them up to take less space, it'll be easier to quickly see what I need to top up.

 

[David Mary]

So zero knife making got done today but that's fine since there's no postal truck tomorrow anyway. I'll finish Corey's knife tomorrow along with the other two, and I'll do it in a freshly tidied up and more spacious shop. That always makes for an easier work day.

 

[David Mary]

Whoops I found two more six packs of 150 grit flexible multipurpose belts (ie handle and sheath profile refining belts) that I hadn't yet unpacked. So it's an opportunity to show what I mean.

These:



Turn into this:



And then this plus the ones that were already on the wall:



Turn into...



That:



And that goes back on the wall.



So twenty plus belts take up the same space as six belts did before, leaving me room on the end of the peg for temporary storage of a semi worn belt until it gets tossed.

And now I can easily see the next belts to order will be 120 grit edge core ceramics and 220 grit green ceramics, though neither is urgent.

I also have some cork belts and green rouge coming from Jantz in a bid to further improve my finishes.