What's happening in the David Mary Custom shop?

[David Mary]

Bolstering the stabilized wood supply, some of which is destined for Lucky Dog "Best in Show" GuardDogs in 3V.

 

[David Mary]

Another one for retirement. The coarse grained oak wood shrinks and expands too much in the garage shop for the gauge to be reliable, especially with the temp fluctuations and rain lately.



This should be my forever gauge.

 

[Aardvark]

Another one for retirement. The coarse grained oak wood shrinks and expands too much in the garage shop for the gauge to be reliable, especially with the temp fluctuations and rain lately.

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This should be my forever gauge.

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Careful with the "forever" version: at some point, you might not be able to find it.

 

[David Mary]

 

[David Mary]

Lucky Dog GuardDogs in 15N20 at the sweet spot hardness for this alloy of 61 HRC. Progress has been made toward completion.

 

[David Mary]

you might not be able to find it.

Don’t take my gauge bro

 

[David Mary]

 

[David Mary]

In other words: ergos installed. Next, sand handles.

 

[SharpBits]

In other words: ergos installed. Next, sand handles.

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Do you have a large amount of ergos in stock?

 

[David Mary]

Number of ergos.

Post in thread 'You're saying that wrong...'

Mar 27, 2026

I can't believe we didn't talk about this one yet, but I have noticed it many times: people often substitute the word "amount" for "number".

People say "amount of knives", for example, which is incorrect. It is "number of knives".

Number is for countable nouns. Amount is for uncountable nouns. Number of people. Amount of snow.

• David Mary

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And yes. I have them all.

 

[SharpBits]

I thought number was used to quantify the amount of quantities.

 

[David Mary]

Truly you have a dizzying intellect.

 

[David Mary]

Interesting read.

https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/8cgjkg/the_princess_bride_a_battle_of_wits_scene

 

[David Mary]

Arrived today. Couldn’t be more pleased with these pieces of stabilized wenge, birdseye maple and cherry burl:

 

[Whisperstealth]

Just letting you know, I can count snow...

 

[David Mary]

Just letting you know, I can count snow...

My blood pressure doesn’t need you right now

 

[David Mary]

Sanded them handles finally. Blade geometry next.

 

[David Mary]

Also there’s one of those over there:

Spoiler

 

[RokJok]

This should be my forever gauge.

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Is that quartersawn for stability?

 

[David Mary]

It was oak. Now it's ash.