Yangdu's deals for 6/09 -- Pix and best buys.

Roadrunner said:
Anyone else notice the villager has a standard bolster? That makes me :D
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Hi, I'm also new here (but pretty old lurker) and I got the villager :D
What's that about - "it has a standard bolster".
 
Thank you and Thank you again!.....Now if I can figure out how to use my CC to pay I'd be all set...
 
andersos - Aside from the awesome wood, the bolster is traditional style...much preferred. Great snag for a long time lurker first poster. You are now required to test it and take pics...and then post here to tell us all about it since we didn't make the score.

ps: Welcome to the light side

Tan - Good for you...take measurements and a family picture for us! BTW, I don't know that I ever welcomed you...Welcome!

scottNY - Wonderful looking blade...don't forget to give us a test report...and welcome!

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Thank you Nasty. I'll probably have it next friday, and there's lots to test
it on here where I live in Finland :D
 
Hey, Andersos, welcome.

Are you going to put a finish on the wood, or leave it raw? I agree with Nasty: very nice wood.
 
Excuse me for not getting it but how do I plug my order from Yangdu's deals on this page to her order page on Yahoo and then use my CC to pay? Thanks for any help on this I've been trying to figure out how to pay?

EDIT: Yangdu has explained the process to me.....Thanks!
 
Aardvark said:
Hey, Andersos, welcome.

Are you going to put a finish on the wood, or leave it raw? I agree with Nasty: very nice wood.
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Thank you. Can't leave such nice wood raw. But I'm new to this. What would you recommend I use for finish on the wood?
 
This is from another post but I have to put something in to get it past the system.


Originally Posted by ferguson
Norm,
I've used multiple coats of Birchwood-Casey Tru-Oil Gunstock finish on most of my handles. Tru-oil is available in many sporting goods sections where they sell the gun supplies. I got mine at Wal-Mart. According to the label it is a linseed oil based product. I'll bet the Watco finish can be used the same way. The process goes something like this.

1. Use mineral spirits and a toothbrush to remove the rouge if necessary,and wrap masking tape around the bolster to protect it from scratches.
2. Start sanding with 220 grit sandpaper. When down to bare wood, move to 320 grit, then 400, 600 grit, always sanding with the grain. I use a hacksaw blade with the "set" of the teeth ground off the sides to clean out the grooves.
3. Apply a heavy coat of Tru-Oil with your finger. You can even sand the wet Tru-Oil with 600 grit sandpaper to make a slurry of wood and finish to help fill the grain. Smooth it off with your finger.
4. After 2 days wipe off any that is still tacky, and let it dry 1 more day.
5. Lightly sand with 1000 grit wet or dry sandpaper. Wet the sandpaper in a bowl of water. It makes the finish very smooth, and keeps the paper from loading up. You don't want to remove finish, just dull it. You can reuse this piece of sandpaper til you complete one handle.
6. Dry off the handle thoroughly and recoat with a VERY THIN coat of Tru-Oil.
7. The following night, if the finish is dry, wet-sand, dry it off, and recoat with a THIN coat of Tru-Oil. Repeat every night until the pores are filled, and you can look deep into the finish and see the soul of the handle.

No stain is used.

Chandan and Rosewood are very oily woods. I have had problems with the Tru-Oil staying tacky for many days. If this happens, after each coat I heat the handle with a hair dryer for 2 or 3 minutes to set the finish. It seems to harden the finish before the woods natural oils can leach into it.

I'm not recommending these methods, just reporting what I've done. As always, your mileage may vary.

Thanks to Walosi and Yvsa for their input and past posts regarding refinishing handles!

Steve Ferguson
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Welcome, gentle people. Very nice buys! The villager was the most appealing of today's offerings, in my opinion, but it is hard to go wrong.

Perhaps now is the time for you to start explaining to your loved ones that these are really just tools, and you are being generous to the world at large by contributing an income stream to one of the planet's poorest places. These tools represent artisans working to make a fair living, and not suffering from the vagaries of charities and bureaucracies.

The forum is called the Cantina, and someone will tell you of the Star War's Cantina similarities before too long. Our official greeter left recently for a well-deserved rest, with his great friend, the founder of HI. The wheel turns.

Please field test and post the results of your tests. We all live vicariously, to some extent, on the uses and experiences of each other.

Again, welcome, and find yourself a booth or a seat at the bar.
 
Another Udda
Slips away while I'm toiling.
I should quit my job.

Niice snags folks. :) Whoever got that Udda, please post some pics when it arrives - that handle looks like it has a very interesting grain to it.
 
Thanks Nasty
I don't think I can post any pictures with the level of membership that I have. My family of blades has grow alot since I found out about Himilayan Imports fine quality knives. I have 15 HI knives and this JKM will make it 16 and I have only know about HI and this forum since I joined on 4/2/05. I'm going to have to slow down though and sell some of my other knives before my CC fills up.
 
tan - LOL...debt is *good*. Feel free to send me your pics and I will get them posted for a bit until you decide if you want to stay or not. As Kis said, we all like to see each others collections.

Sat - You're right...beautiful grain on the big beauty!

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I know I don't post too much but I would like to share pictures also. What level of membership do you need to be to post a few. Thanks in advance.
 
WinterWolf said:
I know I don't post too much but I would like to share pictures also. What level of membership do you need to be to post a few. Thanks in advance.
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If you can post a picture on a webserver you can link to it and make it appear in your post by using the little icon that looks like a picture of mountains at the top of the posting screen. Several people here use free webservers and I'm sure someone will be around to give the link to one.

If you get a paid membership various levels have different abilities to upload pictures to the Bladeforums servers. File sizes are limited though.
 
Thank you Howard. You guys in the Cantina are always there to help and I appreciate it. Will try to come out of my shell and share with you guys like you all have shared with me. Was "guest" for a couple years before I got up the nerve to become a member. Again, thanks.
 
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