What's happening in the David Mary Custom shop?

Never used to pre-glue dab them together, but sometimes alignment was a little off since I relied on lining them up before getting the edges ground flush.

Live and learn. I took all the ones I’d pre-made and did that tonight, in addition to making this new one.

And if anyone is wondering why the set I made a few days ago is not in there …. someone claimed it.

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David Mary said:
I wouldn’t know. I try to be frugal with stuff like that so I always get the “Boring Burger” and only on Tuesdays when they have the two for one special.

I guess they have an online menu? Never even looked at it. I called and asked “what’s the best bang for your buck” and just ordered the same thing every time since.
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Do you always hold the pickles from the smell of all that bocote dust or does it make you crave them? 😁
 
It's funny you should say that. Bocote dust does smell like pickles! And I guess it depends on the day 🤣
 
Bigburly912 said:
Do you always hold the pickles from the smell of all that bocote dust or does it make you crave them? 😁
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David Mary said:
It's funny you should say that. Bocote dust does smell like pickles! And I guess it depends on the day 🤣
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had no idear. now I know this.....thanks for the education today. learned something today.....
 
Worked from home yesterday but I got back to the shop today. Finished bringing the geomtry where it needs to be and brought the blades up to coarse scotchbrite finish. Next they go on the vise for handle sanding which inevitably leads to light scratches on the blade, hence saving the medium and fine scotchbrite steps for after.

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I got scales allocated and drilled for some Christmas presents.

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But we got dumped on, so I’ll have to call it there and get home to a sizeable snow shoveling job.
 
David Mary said:
Next they go on the vise for handle sanding which inevitably leads to light scratches on the blade, hence saving the medium and fine scotchbrite steps for after.
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FWIW, I read a tip years ago about sandwiching a knife's blade in a scrap paperback book when clamping it in a vise. I assume you'd reef down on the vise as tight as you could get it. The paper is soft enough to not scratch the steel and the pages' compression/retention apparently holds the knife stable. I've not tried it yet because if the edge isn't exposed, how is one supposed to acquire nicks & scars on their hands to solicit sympathy from non-knife-knut people? 🤔
 
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