What's happening in the David Mary Custom shop?

[Wild Willie]

Looked like a dead scotch pine.

 

[Bob Denman]

Technically it doesn't matter: isn't it an ex-tree now?

 

[Danny Linguini]

Technically it doesn't matter: isn't it an ex-tree now?

Scale material!

 

[jbmonkey]

I'm a regu'lar lumbering-jack.


6'5" not sure the tree type. pine?

I wasn't too far off..only half a foot or so.....

6'5", 7'......close enough to me, cause all way taller than me....

yeah looks like a yellow pine maybe?

 

[Wild Willie]

Looked like a dead scotch pine.

I was going off of memory. Upon further review I think that's a spruce. The branches and bark are all wrong to be a pine.

 

[jbmonkey]

I was going off of memory. Upon further review I think that's a spruce. The branches and bark are all wrong to be a pine.

good catch, makes sense. whatever it is its a frozen northland tree.......

 

[David Mary]

Hand sanding handles today, dialing in ergos, and now I'm ready to sheath everything, sharpen and etch maker's mark tomorrow.



And a few extra pics of two more blades started by CDHumiston , and these ones received little if any design change from me.

 

[David Mary]

Anyway the goal with getting these all done and out of the day is to hopefully cover my monthly expenses and buy myself time before month end and the New River Knife Works hawkbills arrive so I can plug away a bit more on the reblades I still owe back. And after that, the Damascus show pieces, which I am hoping to make my most visually stunning finishes to date. Better to work on this when I'm not feeling constrained.

 

[CDHumiston]

Hand sanding handles today, dialing in ergos, and now I'm ready to sheath everything, sharpen and etch maker's mark tomorrow.

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And a few extra pics of two more blades started by CDHumiston , and these ones received little if any design change from me.

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Very Nice! Glad to see you make good use of that steel!

 

[David Mary]

Didn't progress quite as far on everything today as I had projected, but here it is in a nutshell:

 

[David Mary]

All done... Now to stay up late stropping and taking pics...

 

[David Mary]

I didn't take all the pics. I decided some of the knives were not ready after all. Will post them after I sort out a few things on them.

 

[Danny Linguini]

^^^ What did someone just say in another thread … you can’t rush perfection.
Love seeing your work, whatever state it’s in.

 

[David Mary]

I will never claim to have done perfectly at anything. I do shoot for good.

Anyway, another beautiful Monday morning! Off to the grind after another attempt to reset those stubborn night owl habits.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

What does that ''C'' after the 19 mean?

Do you guys measure temperature differently too? Sheesh.

(Divide and conquer indeed)

 

[jbmonkey]

I will never claim to have done perfectly at anything. I do shoot for good.

Anyway, another beautiful Monday morning! Off to the grind after another attempt to reset those stubborn night owl habits.

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ya shoot for good, but everything ive gotten from ya is better than good.

btw, 19c is considered cold weather down here.....

 

[David Mary]

Thank you JB.

Short day in the shop today, as I touched up six knives that I thought were done, but after handling and sharpening, I realized one needed better ergos, one needed some texture to lighten the handle (desert ironwood is pretty heavy as hardwoods go) two needed a hit on the scotchbrite belts (as sharpening them by hand left snail trails near the tip), I could feel distinct fingernail catches on one with a composite handle between the spacers, so it needed to be re-sanded closer to flush, and my Barax needed a little more grip tweaking. All done. I think, anyway. Gonna unpack them and look them over again in the kitchen lighting.

 

[David Mary]

Box of 10 gorilla glue white showed up today. Thank you Bob Denman !!!

 

[Bob Denman]

Just don't glue any body parts to the floor...
Hope I helped...

 

[Danny Linguini]

Just don't glue any body parts to the floor...
Hope I helped...

Surprised they don’t have a warning about that. But then they’d have to list all the other stuff to not glue yourself to. Imagine the size of that warning label.