You might be a Ham fisted Knifemaker when.....

AVigil

AVigil

Adam Vigil working the grind
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You snap off the threads of Corby bolts installing handles and have to go to Loveless bolts instead :rolleyes:

OK....Now your turn


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You get a new cut on your hand every other day from grinding, inattentive hand sanding, or otherwise.
 
When you turn one end of a Corby bolt or acorn nut into a Loveless bolt by grinding most of the head away.
When you hollow grind through to the other side.
When you grind a divot in the ricasso or spine of a finished blade while grinding the handle.
When you round off the point while setting the edge.
When the front of your scales look like the tiny epoxy monster pooped on the blade.
Big one for newbies. When you start off making a bowie of 1/4" stock and end up with small caper that is like .090. :D
 
1.) When you have to refinish your bevel 4 times because you keep managing to scratch it
2.) When you crack a scale while trying to push a pin through on the arbor press
3.) When you grind your FFG too high and end up with a nice indent on the spine at the ricasso.
4.) When you drop your finished blade on the concrete and chip the hell out of the handle.
 
you bump the vise hard enough that not only does it move, but the one beside it too...
 
Corby's into Loveless bolts has bitten me a lot.

You just finish grinding the bevels. You're admiring your perfection and drop the blade tip first onto the concrete floor. No more tip and more grinding. Yesterday.
 
Horsewright said:
Corby's into Loveless bolts has bitten me a lot.

You just finish grinding the bevels. You're admiring your perfection and drop the blade tip first onto the concrete floor. No more tip and more grinding. Yesterday.
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Dauuumn That sucks, happened to me once...
 
When you go to put on a pair of "old work pants" and find they are all old work pants.
 
When your hidden handle pins become through pins. :mad:

When your junk knife jar is full and your bank account is NOT.

When you consider changing to an etched logo because you keep grinding/ sanding through your punched logos.

When you make a lot of guardless knives because you can't get a tight fitting guard to save your life.
 
When you slide up the workrest too fast after changing belts and slice a brand new belt in half. Bonus points if it smacks you in the face or groin.
 
Or you find one of those old blue zirconia belts in the back of the cabinet were the glue has degraded and still insist on using it because it cost you $6.50 5 or 6 years ago. Cue 40 grit skid mark on your forehead. :eek:
HallHandmade said:
When you slide up the workrest too fast after changing belts and slice a brand new belt in half. Bonus points if it smacks you in the face or groin.
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This one goes for all,
When you shower after working your bugers sound like BBs when the hit the tiles in the stall. That's with wearing a respirator too!
 
Yep Ian, yesterday too. No bonus points though. Being a cowboy I've been kicked by a horse and that 1.5hp is right in there at about 1.5 horses. Sure is a thump.
 
i4Marc said:
When your junk knife jar is full and your bank account is NOT.
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Ah, yes. the infamous "shop knife" collection. How many knives does one guy need in his shop? I probably attempted to make close to 50 blades before I finally put one out into the public domain (KITH knife was first one sold or given to another person). I kept like 15-20 in varying states of completion for a while to remind me how bad I was back in 2006. I finally threw away most of them. I still have some more recent ones, mostly unfinished blades, that will probably never get finished. Only like 2-3 that could be sold.
 
jdm61 said:
Ah, yes. the infamous "shop knife" collection. How many knives does one guy need in his shop? I probably attempted to make close to 50 blades before I finally put one out into the public domain (KITH knife was first one sold or given to another person). I kept like 15-20 in varying states of completion for a while to remind me how bad I was back in 2006. I finally threw away most of them. I still have some more recent ones, mostly unfinished blades, that will probably never get finished. Only like 2-3 that could be sold.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one with a drawer full of screwed up blades. My first run of blades I ever made was a Nessmuk style design that was/still is extremely difficult for me to grind. I have about 8 failed blanks from that batch in my drawer......
 
Huntsman Knife Co. said:
I'm glad I'm not the only one with a drawer full of screwed up blades. My first run of blades I ever made was a Nessmuk style design that was/still is extremely difficult for me to grind. I have about 8 failed blanks from that batch in my drawer......
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I recycle all my screwed up blades and turn them into screwed up blades that work and look like shit, like my latest kitchen knife...
 
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