What's happening in the David Mary Custom shop?

[David Mary]

Finished

 

[David Mary]

Sheaths are still damp from being sprayed out. For carbon steel blades, they now go in a separate bag in the backpack for the bike ride home and the knives go like this:

 

[Dergyll]

Thanks for the work on the filet knife David, that thing looks Wicked. Those dead fish won't stand a chance.

 

[David Mary]

You're welcome. It's a sharp one.

 

[David Mary]

Blue micarta: where grinder belts go to die.

 

[Crag the Brewer]

Blue micarta: where grinder belts go to die.

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Ceramic?

I've been playing with zirconia belts for wood and Micarta.... Pretty happy

 

[David Mary]

You're not wrong but I am all out at the moment

 

[David Mary]

Through the worst of it now anyway.

 

[David Mary]

I was about to hand sand the handle, but then the skitters started coming into the shop. I forgot how cute they are. So I left off here, and will continue tomorrow.



One EDChef with blue canvas Mytorture and one of two intended Kagistume, this one is a slightly slimmer variant than the original, with approximately 1/4" less blade and handle height. I was supposed to end up with a regular sized version on this run as well, but sadly, it was "lost in the tank" according to the waterjet guys. No biggie, these things happen. I will make another one soon enough. I'll probaby try and line up another couple 15N20 sheets soon, another .06" and something thicker, maybe even .25".

 

[David Mary]

And I swallowed a bug on the ride home, so I'm not that hungry.

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

That EDChef looks mighty fine. I bet it's going to a good home.

 

[David Mary]

That EDChef looks mighty fine.

Thanks!

I bet it's going to a good home.

I tend to agree with this assessment.

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

I may have to try a Kagistume one do I do like the pattern.

 

[David Mary]

I think I understand.

 

[DocJekl]

You're not wrong but I am all out at the moment

Does it make a difference by varying what RPM you grind the micarta?

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

My baby has graduated to Metallica. Sanitarium is now her favorite song. Oh to be 9 again.....

 

[Crag the Brewer]

Through the worst of it now anyway.

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Out of curiosity, why is Blue difficult to work with?
I picked up some bone linen, that I hear looks dirty unless you are really cautious about keeping your belts new/clean

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

Can you clean the belts? I've cleaned sandpaper quite often with an air compressor. Ive also used the rubber cleaning sticks in the past.

 

[David Mary]

Does it make a difference by varying what RPM you grind the micarta?

It would if I had a variable speed grinder.

My baby has graduated to Metallica. Sanitarium is now her favorite song. Oh to be 9 again.....

I hope you're keeping her away from Damage Inc. and Leper Messiah.

Out of curiosity, why is Blue difficult to work with?

Very fabricky. But not hard like steel, so it won't break away substrate the way steel does to reveal sharp substrate underneath. Instead it just loads. That's why I torture myself by using worn ceramic belts for the rough shaping. I could keep ordering the open coat belts that are right for the job, but even these get consumed fast by the blue Micarta, and the time it saves me is not really enough to justify buying the belts at this time. If it made a difference in final product, maybe but I would rather spend an extra few minutes on the knife, than the extra cash if time is the only consideration.

Can you clean the belts? I've cleaned sandpaper quite often with an air compressor. Ive also used the rubber cleaning sticks in the past.

Don't have an air compressor. Rubber only goes so far. They are great for G10 on AO belts, but good luck getting that blue off the ceramic with anything short of a chemical deep clean. Which is not worth the time.

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

Yeah she only gets a couple songs.

We need to get you into an air compressor