What's happening in the David Mary Custom shop?

[fullswing]

Thanksgiving here so I thought I'd drop by before the day really kicks off and wish this little corner of the forums a happy Thanksgiving if it's today for you and for the rest I just wanted say say I'm thankful for the community.

David I'm not just thankful for the blades I use daily but for the friendship and conversation on and offline.

Have a blessed day everyone

Very much echo the sentiment. Happy T-Day to you and yours as well.

 

[David Mary]

Family, friendship, trust and turkey.

 

[David Mary]

I finally have some free time to do whatever I want in the shop until Peter’s and JT send me some blades back.

So I started a skinner:



And modded one of my pokey short sword blanks into a 9” dagger for a gentleman. Awaiting hande material for that one. Suretouch of a color I’m out of stock on.




And also modded my personal Barax machete. I had the misguided notion to give it a super thick handle with a palm swell but it was too thick and round so I could not use it easily for nimble cuts and slashes, though it was fine as a chopper. The girth and roundness was no good for edge alignment on fast direction changes. Now with a slightly thinner and flatter handle cross section it does both, and would be a fine martial blade in addition to woods tool.

Before:




After:






Front of the scales were already slightly tapered so I barely even had to touch them, meaning original sheath fits just as well as before without needing modification.

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

So you have a leftover piece from the dagger. Seems a fun little piece to do something with. I'm picturing a spade bit like tool for chamfering eyelet holes. Or an arrow shaped letter opener would be fun.

 

[David Mary]

Red palm is the bomb



Grind a thing while waiting

 

[David Mary]

So you have a leftover piece from the dagger. Seems a fun little piece to do something with. I'm picturing a spade bit like tool for chamfering eyelet holes. Or an arrow shaped letter opener would be fun.

You must mean this little fella.

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

I never order red palm because I have no imagination but when I see it finished I'm always impressed

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

You must mean this little fella.

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That one exactly. I like the accidental(?) pattern on the tang

 

[Wild Willie]

You must mean this little fella.

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Looks like it would make a dandy marlin spike.

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

Would make a dandy little pry tool as is depending on thickness

Make a little add-on sheath for a fixed blade. 90 degree sides. Good scraper, pry tool, ferro rod Stryker.... I want it

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

Family, friendship, trust and turkey.

do you celebrate thanksgiving in Canada?

 

[David Mary]

I never order red palm because I have no imagination but when I see it finished I'm always impressed

Not half bad unfinished too.

 

[David Mary]

do you celebrate thanksgiving in Canada?

Yes but on the correct day.

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

P

do you celebrate thanksgiving in Canada?

The same but different. Scroll back several pages. But he's sucked into it if for no other reason then us south of the border nagging neighbors..... Or left of the border

 

[Wild Willie]

Yes but on the correct day.

It's only correct in metric measurements.

 

[Murphjd25]

Skinner looks nice David! The K Slick carved three deep fried turkeys today. My FIL tried to steal it before he left.

 

[David Mary]

Sometimes free time needs to produce a tanto

 

[David Mary]

 

[David Mary]

I might not have told you everything

 

[David Mary]