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Tom

Hi. I was out there, now I'm in here.

Happy Thanksgiving TalkBlade!

Tom

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Tom

You're doing some super work Killgore. It's great to see someone with such similar interests. You'll be a terriffic addition to the forum and I look forward to future discussions.

Meanwhile, we should probably give Mr. Cop_Out's thread back before we commit a thread hijacking.

Tom

That lock mechanism looks interesting Killgar, you invent this? What you've accomplished with your limited shop, as you describe it, is a testimony to your skill. I started the same way, and can appreciate what you have done with basic tools. My own shop has grown over the years to where it takes up...

Thanks for the compliments Killgar, the feeling is mutual. Blades always drove me nuts. I couldn't be satisfied with them until I was making my own, and it was a major effort. I'm a (recently retired) machinist/designer/troubleshooter by trade, and ended up buying a CNC mill for the knife projects. ...

sammy the blade wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 8:21 pm Tom, I remember when you were doing those. I would have gave a testicle for one of them, maybe both of them.

Thanks Sammy, those were fun times.

Tom

COOL!

Tom

Welcome to the forum Cop_Out. Hope you enjoy this hobby. Per Sammy, like a kot of manglers, I got started building after my first stilletto turned out to be a dud. I remember thinking "Hell is this the best they can do?" I was especially disappointed with the scales, they were really thick and ill f...

Nice work indeed Mr. Killgar! We seem to be in agreement about how a knife should be made. Like you, I went all screw construction, adjustable pivot tension, etc. Once, on a whim I made a stilletto with a ball bearing pivot. It's really smooth and snappy, but was a lot of extra work. I also found ou...

20 years, congratulations. I started in 2003, so I'm not far behind you. Congratulations to the forum Admin. for keeping this going.

Tom.

Hey Ron! good to hear from you. I was thinking about you a month ago when I came across the guitar pickups you gave me. Been a while fella.

Tom

Holy shit. Bob died 18 years ago? Doesn't seem like it's been so long. Bobby B, we've had a a handful of commemorative knives; Spotlight Kid, Jerrbear, Tiny, Tiny Jr., etc. I have most of them myself. They were generally based on knives which the people being honored were known to be fond of. Bob (P...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Tom

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Tom