You know its bad when....

J.Marsillo · Dec 23, 2006

Your grinding some bolsters bare handed and you dunk them in the water to cool them off......and they sizzle

Bruce Bump · Dec 24, 2006

Its amazing how many nerves we knifemakers kill in our fingers.

indian george · Dec 24, 2006

Bruce Bump said:
Its amazing how many nerves we knifemakers kill in our fingers.

Bruce, I think it start from grinding without a mask???? All the steel dust kills brain cells.

butcher_block · Dec 24, 2006

no its bad when you dunk that steel and its wet and you start grinding again and you watch the water boil off on your fingers (and think it cool funny or a mark of being a maker)

:thumbup:

docdredd · Dec 24, 2006

you know its bad when.... your thinking of your forge while burning leaves so you hook the blower portion of a shop vac up to your burn barrel to speed up the process...... hahah

mete · Dec 24, 2006

Cold is the answer ! When I lived in the far north - I noticed a burn on my hand ,something you would remember getting but I couldn't . Finally I remembered that coming home the night before something started to rattle in the engine compartment .I found the problem but had to fix it without gloves .I must have touched the exhaust manifold but at -25 F couldn't feel it ! I've also gotten cuts in cold weather but they didn't bleed until I got inside and warmed up !

butcher_block · Dec 24, 2006

docdredd said:
you know its bad when.... your thinking of your forge while burning leaves so you hook the blower portion of a shop vac up to your burn barrel to speed up the process...... hahah

ooo i like that i l be thinking about how to make that work next year

docdredd · Dec 25, 2006

butcher_block said:
ooo i like that i l be thinking about how to make that work next year

oh man it works great. im building a special made one for next year. this one was kinda thrown togather. just make sure you get your fire going good before you turn it on the out sides of the barrel were glowing after 3 45 gallon bags of leaves.
merry christmas guys

indian george · Dec 25, 2006

mete said:
Cold is the answer ! When I lived in the far north - I noticed a burn on my hand ,something you would remember getting but I couldn't .

Mete!!! Did this happen when you were crossing the land bridge between Russia and Alaska??????

mete · Dec 25, 2006

No George , this was in the old Viking settlement of Minnesota !! The lowest temps I've seen -34 F both in MN and CO ,you get to know all the tricks of starting your car in cold .Taking you r battery inside etc !!.....George , a few hundred years before the Portuguese discovered codfish on the Grand Banks and settled New Bedford, the Vikings settled the new world !! Iceland , Greenland,Newfoundland ,then on west to Minnesota and south to Brooklyn where I'm from !!!

Matt Shade · Dec 25, 2006

valimas said:
Your grinding some bolsters bare handed and you dunk them in the water to cool them off......and they sizzle

Yep, I do that all the time anymore. Have a nice shine on the ends of my index fingers and thumbs, and not much feeling there anymore. Makes you look like a real retard when you're playing cards and can't pick them up off the table

Raymond Richard · Dec 25, 2006

Bruce Bump said:
Its amazing how many nerves we knifemakers kill in our fingers.

Ain't that the truth. Thats when the sense of smell kicks in....... Is something burning?

indian george · Dec 25, 2006

mete said:
George , a few hundred years before the Portuguese discovered codfish on the Grand Banks and settled New Bedford, the Vikings settled the new world !! Iceland , Greenland,Newfoundland ,then on west to Minnesota and south to Brooklyn where I'm from !!!

OH!!! So you were the guy that swapped a few beads for Manhattan and Brooklyn????