What's happening in the David Mary Custom shop?

[David Mary]

Before I get serious inquiries for a better look at the material… it was a joke for jbmonkey


And anyone whose taken a look at his profile lately.

 

[clinton1]

Before I get serious inquiries for a better look at the material… it was a joke for jbmonkey


And anyone whose taken a look at his profile lately.

Yes!! Cracks me up!! . ……and I’m ALMOST sure that I know the backstory!!!

 

[jbmonkey]

Yes!! Cracks me up!! . ……and I’m ALMOST sure that I know the backstory!!!

yeah ya do....pretty sure you were there......

 

[David Mary]

All the Lucky Dog knives have full geometry and sharpened edges. Close your eyes and imagine it, because I am not posting a pic.

 

[David Mary]

And if you are one of the people who cannot visualize in your mind..... close your eyes and smell it.

 

[conan11]

And if you are one of the people who cannot visualize in your mind..... close your eyes and smell it.

If we do, will the pics magically appear? And was that black Palm I saw ?

 

[David Mary]

Yes, black palm. I have a fair bit of it right now.

 

[David Mary]

The pics will appear soon enough.

 

[David Mary]

Enough is one of the weirdest words in the lexicon.

 

[David Mary]

Really good eye conan11

 

[conan11]

Really good eye conan11

Really good looking wood!

 

[David Mary]

It's not wood!

 

[David Mary]

It's grass!!! I actually only learned this a little while ago conan11 .

But yes, for simplicity we tend to call it wood.

 

[David Mary]

To quote the botanical professor known as ChatGPT:
Black palm gets called wood, but botanically it isn’t. It’s closer to grass:

• Palms are monocots (like bamboo and grass), not true trees
• That means:
  • No growth rings
  • No real grain structure
  • A fibrous bundle structure instead of solid wood
• The trunk is basically a dense outer shell + soft inner core, not uniform timber

That’s why people say “black palm isn’t real wood”—it behaves differently when cut, turned, or dried, even though we still use it like wood.

 

[conan11]

After Lucky Dog tonight I stayed late for a quick and dirty R&D knife. I’ve never actually carried Osage orange before and now I get to find out what the big deal is.

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So how are you liking this blade and the Osage orange ?

 

[David Mary]

It's not really getting used. Waiting for weather that will make me sweat.

 

[conan11]

It's not really getting used. Waiting for weather that will make me sweat.

It's a nice looking knife.

 

[David Mary]

Thank you!

 

[David Mary]

Moving to a warm place for retirement:

Spoiler

 

[David Mary]

Finding pin stock is always a little from here and a little from there and the lack of precise diameter consistency leads to needing more and more drill sizes.