What's happening in the David Mary Custom shop?

[David Mary]

Prevail in 15N20 with scalloped and textured Jade G10:

 

[Wild Willie]

Now that you've said that, yessir.

14" chef in 8670 with slim Micarta Madness style handle:

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"The ChefChete"

 

[David Mary]

I know we talked about it being able to double as a machete.... but with how thin I ground this, I take that back.

 

[Corey.L]

And everywhere else, I take my mark 1 with me wherever I go.

nice, ill prolly pick one up around my birthday

 

[Wild Willie]

I know we talked about it being able to double as a machete.... but with how thin I ground this, I take that back.

It was a fun concept... No watermelon will be safe in the kitchen it winds up at.

 

[David Mary]

 

[David Mary]

Tomorrow I'll start finishing these.


First here's a pic at the shop through the kitchen door.



Which is where I clean and assemble the handle pieces.



Then grind in the shop:





And refine the final profile and handle shape on the grinder.







Now what is left is finishing, etching, sheathing and sharpening. I'll do those tomorrow and plan to ship these Thursday.

 

[David Mary]

Closer look at some of tomorrows work:

Bring tang grind to parallel.


Fix edges on scales for ergos everywhere and semblance of symmetry.


Mostly done, other than the steps listed in the previous post.

 

[Corey.L]

ayyo wassup with the lil pink one??

 

[David Mary]

ayyo wassup with the lil pink one??

You want that one instead? Or with? The first one for you and the second one for Mrs. Right?

 

[Wild Willie]

That little one did turn out to be pretty cute.

 

[David Mary]

 

[David Mary]

Tonight's my last day with meat, cheese, dairy, or eggs, or any product with those as ingredients. One meal a day no sooner than noon. Maybe sub 8 ounce snack at night. Until after Easter. To make me a better man.



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But tonight before midnight: meat pizza with banana peppers, or all that's left of it.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

Tomorrow I'll start finishing these.


First here's a pic at the shop through the kitchen door.
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Which is where I clean and assemble the handle pieces.

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Then grind in the shop:
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And refine the final profile and handle shape on the grinder.

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Now what is left is finishing, etching, sheathing and sharpening. I'll do those tomorrow and plan to ship these Thursday.

the big one

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

Tonight's my last day with meat, cheese, dairy, or eggs, or any product with those as ingredients. One meal a day no sooner than noon. Maybe sub 8 ounce snack at night. Until after Easter. To make me a better man.



.....

But tonight before midnight: meat pizza with banana peppers, or all that's left of it.

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I'm going to cut bladeforums to one hour per week for Lent. My children suggested it. WISH ME LUCK.

You can do it David.

 

[David Mary]

Thank you.

WISH ME LUCK

I'll pray we both have willpower and rightly ordered intentions.

 

[David Mary]

I know my shop looks disordered. Every couple weeks it seems I go that belt pile with my Resilience but it always comes back after a while.

 

[jbmonkey]

I know my shop looks disordered. Every couple weeks it seems I go that belt pile with my Resilience but it always comes back after a while.

naw, looks like work is being done. if it was too clean and neat we wouldn't be seeing these great knives being done like we do.

 

[David Mary]

Speaking of work, I almost forgot to show pics of the Prevail after its pre-packaging scrub this morning, since it needed one before I shipped it out.

 

[David Mary]

These are ready to go out tomorrow.