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Hi guys,
It's been a while since I had a chance to get onto the forum. I want to thank Craig for the nice things he said about the first 6. I'd also like to thank all of you for your willingness to wait.
I will be picking up the next 6 (batch 2) at the finisher early next week. The handles are ready to glue on. It should be a week or so after that to finish and pack them. I do one a day along with work on batch 3.
Batch 3 blades (10 of them) will hopefully go to the finisher when I pick up the second batch. I will work on shaping and polishing the handles while they're there. The 3rd batch is all polished handles (5 white and 5 black) on polished blades.
Batch 4 will be the rest of the knives that we have commitments for. Batch 5 will be whatever is left over and may contain some "experiments".
WWIII trivea department.
- Green canvas micarta scorches much more easily than black canvas micarta. New belts and a light touch are important. I can hardly wait to see how the white linen micarta behaves. (It may actually be better because it is linen (flax fiber) rather than cotton.)
- The handle size (largest to smallest varies by almost 1/8" in width and almost 3/16" in length. (If the gods of chopping are with us, the guys with big hands will get the larger handles.)
- All blades are getting a liberal coating of Tetra lubricant with teflon. If you decide to cut a sandwich with your WWIII or use it for your job interview as a sushi chef, wash it off well. The teflon will have worked its way into the surface, but the oil would spoil the taste of the un-cooked fish. Also, if the oil has gotten onto the handles (it does migrate), don't panic. A quick wipe with alcohol will clean it right off. Micarta is damn near bomb proof.
- All of the blades have the WWIII name and the number on the near (left hand) side except one. It is marked the oppposite way. I won't say which one it is, but it will be the rare bird.
- Some of the handles have a longer space between the pins than the others. This is because there were already holes in the tang (huge ones) which had to be worked around.
- The first one completed has mosaic pins because I screwed up and forgot that that's what I had in the cutting fixture. By the time I knew what they were the epoxy had set.
Another rare bird.
Thanks,
Bob Couture
It's been a while since I had a chance to get onto the forum. I want to thank Craig for the nice things he said about the first 6. I'd also like to thank all of you for your willingness to wait.
I will be picking up the next 6 (batch 2) at the finisher early next week. The handles are ready to glue on. It should be a week or so after that to finish and pack them. I do one a day along with work on batch 3.
Batch 3 blades (10 of them) will hopefully go to the finisher when I pick up the second batch. I will work on shaping and polishing the handles while they're there. The 3rd batch is all polished handles (5 white and 5 black) on polished blades.
Batch 4 will be the rest of the knives that we have commitments for. Batch 5 will be whatever is left over and may contain some "experiments".
WWIII trivea department.
- Green canvas micarta scorches much more easily than black canvas micarta. New belts and a light touch are important. I can hardly wait to see how the white linen micarta behaves. (It may actually be better because it is linen (flax fiber) rather than cotton.)
- The handle size (largest to smallest varies by almost 1/8" in width and almost 3/16" in length. (If the gods of chopping are with us, the guys with big hands will get the larger handles.)
- All blades are getting a liberal coating of Tetra lubricant with teflon. If you decide to cut a sandwich with your WWIII or use it for your job interview as a sushi chef, wash it off well. The teflon will have worked its way into the surface, but the oil would spoil the taste of the un-cooked fish. Also, if the oil has gotten onto the handles (it does migrate), don't panic. A quick wipe with alcohol will clean it right off. Micarta is damn near bomb proof.
- All of the blades have the WWIII name and the number on the near (left hand) side except one. It is marked the oppposite way. I won't say which one it is, but it will be the rare bird.
- Some of the handles have a longer space between the pins than the others. This is because there were already holes in the tang (huge ones) which had to be worked around.
- The first one completed has mosaic pins because I screwed up and forgot that that's what I had in the cutting fixture. By the time I knew what they were the epoxy had set.
Another rare bird.
Thanks,
Bob Couture
