What's happening in the David Mary Custom shop?

[David Mary]

 

[David Mary]

Now that winter is over I seem to have no difficulty posting pics.... but im running out of data now lol

 

[David Mary]

I´d say it's a day but now I want to make one for me

 

[David Mary]

So I did

 

[David Mary]

Change of pace. Just a short evenings of regrinds. Pics later if I remember

 

[David Mary]

I was asked to regrind an Montana Americana Hudson Bay knife, in 1/4" stock thickness.

Here is the pic from their website.



But here is the actual knife the customer received (used). It was 3/16" behind the edge, the thickest I've ever seen a knife.



The edge bevels do not even apex at the heel for a full inch and a quarter. I don't claim to grind perfectly, and I understand that sometimes the interaction between platen clearance and handle scales can get in the way of making an apex start right at the heel. But I don't see how this was justified.



This is better.


Unfortunately I forgot to retouch up the edge, after reshaping it with 36 grit, so I have to take it back to the shop tomorrow.

But here are a couple geometry test pics while I was still grinding with 36 grit. I went a bit thinner still after this.





Here it is now:





I forgot to notify the customer before he shipped about my regrind mark, so I have not put it on yet. Awaiting word back from him, and I'll make a point to remember to mention it when people first contact me.

 

[David Mary]

And after that job, I decided to add serrations to two knives I made that have not sold yet, and one that I bought. First, pics from the shop:








After that I refined the points, and brought them home and honed them on the white SharpMaker stone, and stropped with green compound on a slack belt. They all slice paper cleanly and take hair off my arm.

 

[David Mary]

Drats. The green one is snagging a bit on paper. And I know why. The other two, I ground the opposite side bevel zero (MagnaCut) or very near zero (the Resilience) before installing the serrations. The green 15N20 hawkbill was already pretty thin, but not quite zero ground, so I skipped that step on it. I'll fix that tomorrow too. But it still takes arm hair, and zips through cardboard and rope...

 

[DocJekl]

I like that Spyderco

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

I love that blue serrated magnacut. If I didn't have so many spoken for I'd have to have it. Excellent work the past few days

 

[David Mary]

Thanks guys!

Green one didn't have to come back to the shop after all. Snag free paper slicing after a bit more free handing with the ceramic rod.

And looky here!

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

Not sure what I'm missing, that weather report looks like summer is well on its way . Mirrors us pretty close right now. Do they mean light rain like sprinkling or light rain like is sunny and the sky is peeing on you directly?

 

[David Mary]

looks like summer is well on its way

But I want it now! [stamps feet and whines]

 

[David Mary]

This just in

 

[David Mary]

That escalated quickly

 

[David Mary]

He's giving me creative freedom, so I'm giving him this:

 

[Crag the Brewer]

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This should be a pattern for one of your distributor's knives.
I always love this elegant look.....Just how I like them!
Useful.

It might be on the list of top ten favorite DM knives?
Hahha

 

[David Mary]

Thanks but that isn't my design

 

[David Mary]

This Puuko-jitsu is though.

 

[David Mary]

With some helpful suggestions from Wild Willie who bought the prototype a couple years ago