Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[wolffbite]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Yeah, I remember talking w you about knife making. I’ve finally pull the trigger & start doing it.

Metal I’m using is 1080. I heard that 1080/1084 is best for the beginner. My buddy made coffee can forge, so we’ll be doing heat treating ourselves... til we gotta do O1, D2 or other mystical metal for beginner to heat treat lol As for the handle, I’ll be using G10 plus maybe adding some carbon fiber for the looks. Still still debating on final design.



I just bought belt sander, sand papers & few filers from harbor freight to get this far. It’s not THAT hard to get into. Hardest part is prob heat treating... which I haven’t done it yet. Plus some custom jig you might want to make filing easier.

I’m no expert, but if you do start, buy shit tone of sandpapers, cuz you’ll use A LOT of em. Of course, you can do 1095, 440C or other better metal... but for beginner wolf will prob agree w me to use 1080/1084 steel.

Very nice... G10 will make for a very durable handle. All I can say is absolutely wear an N95 mask at minimum even hand sanding that stuff. The dust is horrible on your lungs and you will have itchy skin for days no matter what you do. Wet-sanding it helps a lot to keep dust down and you will get a lot more life out of your sandpaper too.

I highly recommend Rhynowet Redline A/O sandpaper for both metal and any sort of handle material. Lasts a super long time and was always cheaper than the wet/dry stuff I could buy locally, even with importing from the USA. I still have some that I use for the odd woodworking project I do.

Looking forward to more pics!

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

Wow. Quit while you're ahead!

I have been keeping good track since the bar re-opened. I am $2200 up since re-opening 6/1. That includes everything; net of drinks and tips, and money in.
Just dumb luck. .

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

I have been keeping good track since the bar re-opened. I am $2200 up since re-opening 6/1. That includes everything; net of drinks and tips, and money in.
Just dumb luck. .

I have got the dumb part down. Wish I could come up on some of that luck.

[spike021]

Yikes I just got pissed at someone on the forum and wasted 5 minutes writing a reply to them.

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by spike021

Yikes I just got pissed at someone on the forum and wasted 5 minutes writing a reply to them.

Shut up Spock.

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[spike021]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

Shut up Spock.

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[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by spike021

Exactly five minutes between posts...




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[soundman98]

Originally Posted by spike021

Yikes I just got pissed at someone on the forum and wasted 5 minutes writing a reply to them.

I only post about 75% of what I type up.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Oh brother. You try to take a close up with a shitty fire tablet.

I suggest you .....ohhhhhh .....NVM -

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

I have been keeping good track since the bar re-opened. I am $2200 up since re-opening 6/1. That includes everything; net of drinks and tips, and money in.
Just dumb luck. .

One of these days, the State of Idaho is going to fix that broken machine - then it will slowly take its money back - plus 10%. -

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by soundman98

I only post about 75% of what I type up.

Thank God!

[ichitaka05]

Heat tempering... doing outside wasn’t a good idea. Today outside was 93 plus forge heat made me sweat like crazy!

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Heat tempering... doing outside wasn’t a good idea. Today outside was 93 plus forge heat made me sweat like crazy!

What you needed was an assistant, to spell you during the process -

[ichitaka05]

Heat tempered & treated. Need to sand off all the black stuff & assemble the handle. After that I gotta make sheath. Debating to used carbon fiber.