Dogsoldat

Excellent job! But you will have to stop posting on this subject as it's making me REALLY want one to!

That pine cone in the handle is quite striking. Is it vacuum bagged with epoxy to fill all the spaces then slabbed? Very nicely done!

Around 10:40 he's setting the 'joggle' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9yBlrqd6MU

Great grandfather use to use douglas fir bark in his forge when he didn't have coal or so my father told me, Have used it and it doesn't burn up too fast makes good heat

I picked up the tap (1/2x 24tpi LH) at Lordco and turned a cone on my lathe. Seems to have done the trick, it's still working. May be worth checking into someone close by with machinist skills and maybe make a swap

That's some good info to tuck away Culver. The one lake the water is quite brown and dirty looking. The other where the larger fish are at is clear but black if that makes sense. So my choices for those two lakes has been pretty good from what I understand.

Thanks Culver, good to know that a random grab off the shelf was a good choice. I know your right Steve, just have to find it again so it can be bought x3 ...

I think the wired single might be the wedding band on a wire. I have another in my tackle box same as this blue one only silver just found it stashed away in a corner. Though both are on wires. I think I might remember when and where I swapped out hooks for my daughter now. Not sure if the package is the right one. Oh there were more than a few nice fish in the one lake. Thought for sure her rod was going to break or the line snap with the one that got away. I wonder if maybe that's why she was doing better than us, playing around with her rod here and there. It seemed like they hit as she was reeling in, more motion more noise ? might be getting closer

Bought a trolling motor and took the youngest and my mother out fishing. Well the kids game was on. Every time her hook went in the water she was pulling something out. She landed a 14 1/2" trout and had another larger one nearly bend her rod back on itself. It was all she could do to reel it in and almost lift the rod... but it slipped the hook right next to the boat. Anyways my google fu is not strong tonight and not sure what search terms in need to use to try and find a few more of the lure that we had on the end of her line. I think it might be one of the two packages but I'm really not sure. We had lost a few hooks in weeds and submerged trees on a previous expedition.

Whatever you did on the handles they turned out very nice.

I was wondering about the Damascus pattern, though that is a minor thing indeed.

You'll have to enlighten me as to what the flaws are in this knife. Looks like it turned out nice.

Guess it comes down to which one suits your work better. They both look to be in pristine shape.

May have to get one machined. Does look like a square cut single start thread though. Somewhere in the forums there was a few different ways to repair a box on a vise. May or may not help.

I've seen a few Russian Roses others have done to make key fobs and such. Thought I'd give them a try... Kinda have the idea of how they go together... simple, but not as simple as they look. While sitting in my armchair vegging a letter opener with a rose on the end popped into my head. Have a ways to go to get anywhere close to perfecting but the concept is sound. And I don't think I've seen anyone else do them yet... But I'm thinking they would be nice on an office desk and have a practical side to.

Drat, you beat me to it. Really neat stuff this guy does, and this may just about the best yet.

I'll be thinking of you and Debbie Frosty. Hope things continue to go well

Turned out Really nice. Pretty sure it's a whole lot better than my first one will turn out.

Lots of great advice and deep ideas to ponder. I know for myself, the day job tends to make for a large amount of built up tension and stress. Takes a while to let it all fall away and just be me again. Some weekends are easier than others. With many redirects til the right task for the current frame of mind is found. Might be as simple as swamping out your shop space and having everything tidied up and walk away for a bit until the muse strikes.

think I figured it out a '54 Ford.

Looks like an easy fix. When you started off saying it was badly broken in half I was picturing a vertical crack someplace.

Do you remember what make and year had the airplane as an ornament? Was it maybe even like this? Great uncle had this amongst his collection of tools and odds and ends. Always wondered what it had come off.

Nice Butterfly, I think you nailed the shape and feel of it. Glad you found some inspiration from my work