Scott NC Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Feels good too. Hot cream. You don't get that at Supercuts. Nice razor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 I stopped getting a shave when my wife booked me an appointment at Sweeney Todd's place on Fleet Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 There's a fix for that in the shave scene in "My Name Is Nobody".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 I thought retraining as a lumberjack was the fix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natkova Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 I will but i forgot is it knife or chisel. And by the way knife cracked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 So, becoming a lumberjack makes you OKAY? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Gets me on a good work/sleep schedule---as long as timber doesn't tap my tonsure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Yeah, a boy can end up with a tonsure ectomy alright. I don't limit shopping to Wednesdays though. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Boy, could a person run with this.. It's taking every ounce of my small reserve of will power not to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Seeing as this is in the, "latest blade thread," nobody should run with one! My cowboy boots have high heels just like dear Papa's. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuillaumeMarchand Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 On 7/28/2022 at 5:50 PM, Purple Bullet said: Guillaume - Nice, simple, clean. I like it. Maybe that is what I should try for the hawkbill. My only concern is how to keep it closed in a pocket. If it was for myself it wouldn't be an issue, but given to someone who may not understand about tightening the friction every once in a while it might be an issue. HI, sorry, haven't seen your answer. It's a quite common concern. Heard it very often. Without the two brass washers it could be difficult to tighten the axis enough, but like this, it's really easy. If you use a correctly dried wood it shouldn't get loose while carried in the pocket. When i'm not sure about that, I rough the handle out and store it for some weeks in the house the reach the correct water content before finishing the handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Running in high heels just takes practice. What could go wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzkill Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Well, you could drop your collection of pressed wild flowers for one thing - especially if you skip and jump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 I suppose you could also go head long into a boulder and smash your bonnet into pieces. I retract my question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzkill Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Edit: Deleted link to Monty Python's Lumberjack song. It may not be quite as family friendly as Glenn would prefer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Don't worry, Buzzkill. Even if you're not a lumberjack, you're still okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Uh . . . Where's the chorus? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Bullet Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Finally (close to) finished on my cable feather Damascus hawkbill. I decided against all the gadgetry I was considering (wire stripper notches, etc) because I wanted to incorporate some antler that was given me by the recipients father before he died. The antler was found in a stream and was bleached white and brittle. I used some UV resistant epoxy with a dab of black acrylic paint and stabilized the scales under vacuum to pull the epoxy into all the little cracks and crevices. I then used acetone to wipe down the surface. After that cured for 24 hours I was able to drill and shape with no problem. Using my 20/20 hindsight, I should have tried for a hidden tang, since it will be used by an electrician. Instead I'll put a couple of coats of that UV resist epoxy over the entire handle to make it dielectric. I'm also including the cleaver I made next to source I cut it from. The cleaver handle is cocobolo treated with BLO. The blade was cooking oil edge quenched using an acetylene torch, then old-school tempered to medium straw color. I usually just go to light straw on knives, but this edge (apple-seed contour done slack-belt) might need to go through bone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Bullet Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Two more pics of the hawk bill. I made the sheath of leather, but wasn't happy with the security of it so I added a clip of Kydex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Looks just the thing that Jean Lafitte would trim his toenails with! Nice rustic robustus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Bullet Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Having grown up around Lafitte's stomping grounds I learned an interesting tidbit that not many know. There is an oak grove near the town where I was born that was called the Thirteen Oaks. It was a place where goods smuggled up Bayou Lafourche were sold to folks who made the trip down from New Orleans. The story is that it was the end of the line for slaves and any that weren't sold were hung from the oaks. I think this was a marketing ploy to get soft-hearted folk to buy slaves they didn't need. I'd heard that manacle chains had been found grown into the wood of some of the trees. Lafitte may have been a privateer, but the modern-day equivalent would be a cartel boss. The only reason he supplied men and arms at the Battle of New Orleans was because he hated the British more than anyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzkill Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 I finished this one up a few days ago. I thought I'd be able to sell it, but my wife decided it's hers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Bullet Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 I don't blame her. Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latticino Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Buzzkill, 3 bar twist pattern weld. Sweet. Nice clean billet, fitup, and saber beveling. I still struggle with the last. Appears to be a "hunter" style blade (the the pronounced guard). Does your wife do a lot of hunting? Also, is it just the photo, or does the spine protrude above the top of the guard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 My favorite kind of pattern welded blade, I love high contrast low layer count. It's strikingly beautiful. Staying in the family isn't a bad thing. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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