What's happening in the David Mary Custom shop?

[David Mary]

Points just started today, by the way. I'll start a new thread with a running tally and what they are for later.

 

[David Mary]

 

[David Mary]

I think this is the last post until I get home. It's time to put my head down and get it done already. Two marks per knife times ten knives isn't a mere hop, skip and jump.

 

[David Mary]

Fifteen hours in the shop, do you think I earned part of today off?

 

[David Mary]

 

[David Mary]

Absent mindedly, I took off my neck knife and gave it a twirl by the cord. The sheath grew instantly lighter and a tiny thunk sounded, without the expected clatter of micarta and steel on stone.

And then there it lay safe at the end of its flight.

 

[Wild Willie]

I'm so glad to find I'm not the only one guilty of twirling my neck knife on it's string...

 

[jbmonkey]

Absent mindedly, I took off my neck knife and gave it a twirl by the cord. The sheath grew instantly lighter and a tiny thunk sounded, without the expected clatter of micarta and steel on stone.

And then there it lay safe at the end of its flight.

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glad the knife and more importantly you, didn't get hurt. a new DM testing standard starts for neck knives...

 

[David Mary]

Looking closer at it since I haven't done any work to it since a regrind after lots of resharpening.





I'm going to try it like this plus a bit of sanding sponge action now and see if I like this better. It no longer has as full a handled grip. It is rounder and I like this direction ergonomically. I shied away at first wondering about rolling in the hand on hard cuts. Soon the wondering will be ended.

 

[David Mary]

Running and jimping not recommended until further modding

 

[David Mary]

Can't forget to fix the point.

 

[David Mary]

 

[tejasandre]

Take

 

[David Mary]

Aebl small drop point hunter skinner with orange suretouch for a gentleman kindly giving my work a try.

 

[David Mary]

Take

It's still in R&D phase. In my right hand it feels perfect but I still need to fix left hand. Then I have to cut some thick cardboard with it and hard wood with both hands for a while.

 

[David Mary]

And it has to go in there so those scratches will be back to full visibility in no time.

 

[David Mary]

Ten cycles and many more to come as it gets used.

 

[David Mary]

Actually tejasandre if you're serious shoot me a PM. I learned what I need to: no longer a long term use knife but more of a quick small job knife. Going to clean it up and make a new sheath

 

[tejasandre]

It's still in R&D phase. In my right hand it feels perfect but I still need to fix left hand. Then I have to cut some thick cardboard with it and hard wood with both hands for a while.

I like that look

 

[David Mary]

Here's the look it will be leaving with.