WIP... Knife #1 (or #2)

[Raymond Richard]

Yeah... It's my goal with this thread to show that, with all this fancy equipment the knives practically make themselves. Who needs knowledge, skill, or talent... You wanna build a fancier knife, just buy fancier machines.

All this time I thought my knifemaking heroes had developed skills ant talent through years of practice. Turns out Raymond Richard hammers out all his blades with a digitally-controlled platinum hammer, does heavy grinding with high-carat diamond belts driven by a 600hp Maserati engine and does all his quenching in printer ink (which everybody knows is the most expensive liquid on Earth).

Now I have to go back to catching all of the awesome knives that keep falling out the open door of my kiln. They're starting to pile up on the floor.

Erin

Could you please tell me where I left this equipment? I feel lost without it.


Thanks for not adding an S to my last name!

 

[Hypocrite]

Could you please tell me where I left this equipment? I feel lost without it.

I think that they are under the Louis XIV console table that you use for a bench... right next to the box of Faberge eggs. That would be in the East Wing of your shop of course.

Erin

 

[Raymond Richard]

I think that they are under the Louis XIV console table that you use for a bench... right next to the box of Faberge eggs. That would be in the East Wing of your shop of course.

Erin

I think you got me mixed up with the other Raymond Richard.

 

[oilSlick]

... continued.

Well heat treating went way better than I had imagined. I did not burn off my eyebrows... the oil didn't flash, so consequently I was able to maintain control of my bladder.:thumbup:


Erin

The knife is a beauty and you didn't piss on yourself. Success. I hope my first knife turns out half as good.

If I were you I would go ahead and finish #0, just so you can one day go back and see how far you have come since then. I think someday you will appreciate having a finished product of your first grind.