You Know You're a Hardcore Knifemaker...

When the thought of actually putting a CAR in a car garage is something you just can not grasp.

Well maybe this is more "Tool Whore" than "Hardcore Knifemaker. ;)

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I'm not sure I can get away with this one, but..........

You know your a hardcore knifemaker when you have a dream about a certain knife grind and wake up with a "woodie"....
 
...I'll admit that it's sick and depraved, but I have laid awake at night thinking of the incredible activity in the hamon of Don Fogg's Yakuza Bowie II...
 
scottickes said:
I'm not sure I can get away with this one, but..........

You know your a hardcore knifemaker when you have a dream about a certain knife grind and wake up with a "woodie"....
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It's not so bad when you are thinking about that certain grind...but ...when you try to figure out how to use that woodie...Stabilized...as handle material!:eek:
 
When you get so involved with a project or getting geared up for a show that the entire house is covered in a layer of gray dust.

Then you find yourself in the living room with all windows opened on a windy day, using the air compressor to blow off the dust from the furniture, and let the wind carry it away out the window- Hey this technique works great, don't have to move a thing on the shelves, just blow it down, cuz I hate housework!
 
Nowicki said:
It's not so bad when you are thinking about that certain grind...but ...when you try to figure out how to use that woodie...Stabilized...as handle material!:eek:
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well . . . stabilization does involve having all of the moisture sucked out :D:D:D:jerkit::D:D:rolleyes:

(running and ducking)

-Page
 
When you keep on buying more tools that you already have, because:

It IS different than the ones i already have.
It is such a good deal.
This way i can have one handy in the house so i don't have to walk to the shop or garage.

Smiths extend this sickness to obscenely heavy anvils and ASO's

Steve
 
When you are profiling a blade and grind it too long and it heats up. Then you throw the blade on the floor and stick your hand in a bucket of water!::thumbdn:
 
You know your hardcore when your trying to explain to your doctor how/why:

1. Only your finger tips are burned. (from over zealous grinding).
2. How you got a cut that needs stitches from a grinding belt.
3. Your lungs are showing up like lead balloons on a chest xray.
 
When you plan your vacation separately from the family so you can attend a bladesmithing class / hammer-in...and the wife is OK with it. -Doug
 
...when your husband complains about spending too much money at McDonald's and then turns around and spends $75.00 on a set of woolly mammoth knife scales.
Wendy
 
When you have to pull up your pant leg to show how your knife will shave because you ran out of hair on both arms.
 
When your grinding and you dunk the hot steel into the water but not your burning fingers. Maybe that's not hardcore, just stupidity :rolleyes:.

When your only motivation to sell is so you can afford new supplies and tools.
 
When you have nightmares about handle scales coming off, and guards loosening, and and and...
 
AK Knives said:
When you have to pull up your pant leg to show how your knife will shave because you ran out of hair on both arms.
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I had to do this for my JS test. Had no more hair on the arms. Got a good laugh out of the gallery.

You know your hardcore when you are watching a John Fogarty concert and wondering how many knife handles you can get out of one of his guitars.:eek::D:eek:
 
When you get a tattoo on the back of your neck to cover the spark scars, and get it touched up every two months.
 
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