What's happening in the David Mary Custom shop?

[David Mary]

Don’t know what the handle material is on second one up but the contrast in the texture is looking good

It is Suretouch scallopini.

 

[David Mary]

Nose to the grindstone today. Chef and paring knife commission from Mom, on behalf of her mom, and a byproduct of cannibalizing the machete blank for the chef knife, Bitty Bitey Birdie Two, with Red Micarta, just for you.

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

Awesome

 

[David Mary]

Thank you! Frankly, grinding chef knives kind of intimidates me, but today I must have leveled up. I've ground chefs in 1084 and AEB-L that were more difficult and took longer than this MagnaCut today.

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

Have you kept count of how many knives you've maid? I imagine by the time your done with this next batch of magnacut the hand to eye will be pretty well coordinated

 

[David Mary]

Have you kept count of how many knives you've - REDACTED - ?

Nope.

I imagine by the time your done with this next batch of magnacut the hand to eye will be pretty well coordinated

What are you trying to say lol

 

[David Mary]

Since 2015, when I started doing it as a hobby, I made maybe several dozen, using all the wrong equipment (e.g. a 4 x 36 grinder that took forever to remove material), and pretty clueless about everything. I finally started grinding my own bevels using a grinder that actually moves material quickly in 2019, and started making maybe four or five knives per month. I went to knifemaking as my living in February/March 2020. Maybe that year I made 7-12 knives per month. In 2021 I probably made about the same, more towards the higher end. In 2022 I guess I made 10-20 per month. These are estimates. I never really documented my knife count in a conveniently referenceable manner.

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

Nope.



What are you trying to say lol

Internet is down so replying will be difficult (we live in a hole so cell service is less than ideal)

I guess what I mean is going through the pictures of your work and having 2 of my own now. It's cool to see the progression. The grinds on my 2 are more even then a lot of my production knives. By the time you get through a batch of 80 magnacut you should be pretty well set to gring my custom 80crv2

 

[David Mary]

Sorry to bubb your burstle but the 80CRV2 will be first. Jarod has another customer who was ahead of me in line for plasma cutting and heat treatment, but he didn't have the entire 80CRV2 sheet filled up, so Jarod reached out to me in December to ask if I wanted to get in on the cut. So I guess your 80CRV2 blade is gonna look like this after all:

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

So this is still a go?

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

I will not be upset to have the 80crv2 come in first.

 

[David Mary]

It will probably show up here first, but whatever I'm working on when the MagnaCut shows up gets put on the back burner while I process commissioned orders starting with Empire Outfitters.

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

I can't wait to see the Rang's, those will be cool to watch come together. Especially since we the audience just have to watch and cheer from the sidelines.

 

[David Mary]

Cleaning up some knives to list for sale. Might do a sale in the sub, not decided yet. Probably won't go to the shop today. This is the bedroom window of my basement apartment:ome

 

[Crag the Brewer]

Deep?

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

At least it's closed and looks like a nice day out. Go sledding? Can you get on the roof of the red building

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

Knife sale sounds fun.

 

[David Mary]

Go sledding?

I don't own one.

Can you get on the roof of the red building

That is the cardboard recycling bin, so... yes.

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

I don't own one.



That is the cardboard recycling bin, so... yes.

If you have cardboard you have a sled.

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

So did you end up cleaning up knives today or did you go sledding? Among other fun things I changed a radiator in a dodge truck.