What's happening in the David Mary Custom shop?

[BlindMouse2of3]

Man those came out great.

On top of that there was a sour patch in the box too. Which was great because I was hungry and it went really well with my apple coffee. And this cool sticker is on the box:

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But why they drew my arm so scrawny I don't know.

Any company that bases a sticker off Predator is alright by me.

 

[lmalterna]

Really like the design all around on that Black Palm knife. Looks very capable and comfortable.

Bill

 

[David Mary]

Eew a fly landed on my hand!!!! I didn't even know until I saw this blown up on the computer screen..... EEEEWWWWWW!!

 

[beeinak]

Eew a fly landed on my hand!!!! I didn't even know until I saw this blown up on the computer screen..... EEEEWWWWWW!!

It liked the liners as well!

 

[David Mary]

Ricasso glue! Eew! That's better.

 

[Cwilliams563]

Nice job on the last 5. They turned out great. I too dig the toxic green.

Orange ya glad that fly didn’t bite you? Lol.

 

[David Mary]

You spelled banana wrong.

 

[David Mary]

Finished dinner and got back to cleaning up, hand honing, printing packing slips, etc. And this one needed a little glue cleanup as well. I admit that is one of my biggest weaknesses as a maker. It comes from the choice to use Gorilla glue white, which is notorious for squeeze out that needs cleanup after curing. My clean up is never perfect. I have gotten a lot better at it. But now you may be wondering, "why GG white?"

GG white is half an hour to cure, dirt cheap (relative to how many knives I can make with one bottle), very strong and completely waterproof. You guys are kind enough to support me even from across the border. And I am very happy to purchase most of my materials from the USA, both directly, and from a Canadian reseller who imports from the USA. So GG white is just one of the ways that I can keep the price reasonable, by not spending all the extra time and money on epoxy.

Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, a little mineral oil goes like a million miles with black palm and purple heart.





I'm still going to try to get that last bit at the bottom too. Sometimes it's hard to see until I try to take photos.

 

[David Mary]

I got it! And guess what I am using to clean the glue.

Cold Steel Voyager Tanto, with ridiculous handle texture ground off and AUS-8 blade profile modded to 3.5" drop point with a full height flat grind and .012" behind the edge.

 

[David Mary]

Don't tell if you ain't gonna show, amirite? Forgot to mention the Recon 1 thumbstuds lol



I actually totally forgot that I had this knife until a week or two ago when I found it in a drawer.

 

[Cwilliams563]

You spelled banana wrong.

We tell that one a little different here in the states

 

[Cwilliams563]

Recieved my trifecta yesterday, in .100 AEB-L. They turned out great!
-Weasel
-Bittyrang
-Prevail

Been wanting a DM knife for some time, now my first knife is my first 3 , with another in the mail a few days out.

Thank you David.

 

[David Mary]

You're very welcome, and thank you!

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

Been wanting a DM knife for some time, now my first knife is my first 3 , with another in the mail a few days out.

Ah that's why David twisted my arm into a 3rd knife... You have to buy them in 3's

 

[David Mary]

I did?

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

I distinctly remember seeing a knife in a picture that wasn't spoken for. What was I supposed to do... Not buy it? It looked like it had bonded with my neckers...

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

 

[Auglaize117]

Ah that's why David twisted my arm into a 3rd knife... You have to buy them in 3's

I think your onto something. I currently have 3 on order.....I think....I guess I'm not sure hahaha

 

[beeinak]

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Those look great. When does your daughter get to order her own with her blade shape/steel/handle color and material choices? Lol- hopefully she doesn’t get on here and realize all the choices or you will never have a day off

 

[David Mary]

The handle on this guy has always been a nightmare. There is a nasty seam that tore up my hands the first time I tried to use it so I wrapped it in hockey tape. But I dropped it a little uncontrolled yesterday and the handle scraped the driveway cement and tore, leading to a bunch of ripped tape that would only tear up my hands all over again. So I'm going to file down the handle. I didn't think of it thought before because when I first got this beast I wasn't a craftsman yet.