@@CuttingEdgetools Guitaristically speaking you have a point - however to sing and dance and most especially lead the band on top of handling the Stratocaster would likely be beyond the abilities of even the most virtuoso classical guitarist ;D Thanks for listening, Dwayne!
@@Captain-Electro it's never too late to take up an instrument. The ukulele and the recorder are supposed to be a couple of the easiest but there's no limit to how good you can get on them or indeed a can of dry beans, which is a legitimate maraca. Two of them with comfortable handles along with a year's study of the techniques and associated dance moves and you might get a gig. I'm always on the lookout for a percussionist ;D
@@Captain-Electro I'm a bit slow sometimes, but I get there in the end. That there's a campfire instrument - better played out of doors. Maybe not too close to the fire though 🎺 🔥 💥
@@jimbusmaximus4624Thanks, I wanted to drive all the way with my truck and trailer to go collect the F1 from AZ but thanks to mechanical issues I'm flying tonight. I will see about renting a car for the visit though.
The gold one looks like a good whittler, too. Enjoy California. They know how to party, lol. Anywho, where can I contact you to commission a blade and perhaps take advantage of the offer you made on the I, hypocrite stream?
@@michaelgelunas1113 aha! Are you by any chance the Africa Knife Man of Saturday call-in legend? I must apologize for not responding to your earlier comment regarding a billhook and your Chinese Gerber clone - I was not notified of that reply at the time. 'Just saw it now because I clicked on your channel icon and then it came up. Anachronisms of the platform, I suppose. I should be absolutely delighted to furnish you with a custom billhook. To proceed I suggest that we get in touch via email. My address is redloks@hotmail.com (which I suppose will delete from this comment as soon as I hear from you, as a symbolic nod to diligence). Another suggestion which occurs to me is that I make a video displaying all of my different billhooks, perhaps also some pictures, as demonstrators of some of the great variety of possible profiles and dimensions - discussing the ideal application for a particular style of billhook, or vice versa. We will need to consider what your uses will be for the tool. I'm travelling over the weekend so in principle I can make that video some time next week. In the meantime, please get in touch!
@@Captain-Electro Thanks! I like the way the #4 has a simple handle with no finger choil or guard. The pocket clip didn't feel quite right so I took it off. Now the thing is sleek.
@@peterbiltknifeguy right on. I like it further North, from what I've seen of that. I've been up to Carmel a couple times. Whenever I'm heading back up that way I'll hit you up, we'll go a boopin🎶
I worked in a motor shop and grew up turnin wrenches, everything in this is spot on. The silvery looking oil is normal, from the rings honing the cylinder walls, the crank journals and rod bearings wearing in, etc. There should be no visible flakes or debris in the oil. Great video! Knives, motors, and good music! This is becoming one of my favorite channels! Cheers ✌🏼
Interesting discussion. I bought a new truck last summer, the second new vehicle I have purchased in my life, with the intention of driving it for many years. I followed the recommendations of a Toyota master mechanic on RUclips specifically for people who planned to keep their new vehicle for a long time. He strongly encouraged getting an oil change after a thousand miles, precisely because of what you were talking about. The internal parts have to wear together and that creates microscopic bits of metal that get into the oil. Early oil changes flush out that stuff and are the best way to prolong engine life. Also, that knife looks awesome! I really like that handle! Take care!
Thanks for the affirmation! I'm glad you like the look of the knife. I didn't do any drawings beforehand and was mulling over alternatives all the way along.
@@michaelgelunas1113 Excellent proposal. Would you like to commission a specialized billhook with the edge geometry honed for plastic foliage, or merely a suggestion for something more economical and immediately available to assist in your reality-bent travails?
@@dongkhamet1351 whats something like that gonna run a fella? Id love a good one & a custom one would tickle me. For some reason the billhook selection in my hood isnt too stellar. Ive got a cheap gerber woodsmans pal clone i got before i knew that quality pays. it works & the angle of the hook part is good for that pulling technique but is a bit lite and is chinese.
@@jimbusmaximus4624 I like this idea! Easier than making a friction folder, which is what I thought to do once I saw the lil quarter tang on that monkey of a blade.
@@dongkhamet1351 plus I can't think of anything more effective to frighten off an intruder! Everyone knows what the guy with the rifle is planning to do, NOBODY knows what the maniac with the musical karambit whip is thinking! ✌🏼
@@jimbusmaximus4624 that's a good point. To the friendly visitor the chimes would be a kooky charm but to the intruder an ominous fright. You're selling me on this concept :D
@@jimbusmaximus4624 Confirmed! - by now after further refining the blade whittles very nicely indeed, moreover the very last thing I did with it was to stab into a cookie wrapper with that pointy point.
@@jimbusmaximus4624 for sure it yielded! Sometimes the crinkly type of plastic wrapper will fend a blade, being so smooth and floppy yet quite a dense polypropylene - but this fine point, well sharpened, slides in like a needle into a sock.
@@michelreyder8954 I should be ashamed to admit that I haven't properly sharpened or used any of these examples. I'm certain they will cut very well and carry very lightly on the belt. I was considering removing the guards to make a set of four steak knives - but you can use them for steak just fine with the guards on. I might pick up another to modify ;D
It has a couple "modern puukko" characteristics ;D Definitely a very usable wee blade, the handle is comfy. I think I will be doing the glue-up on your modern puukko this evening. I have the sheath conceptualized.
@@Captain-Electro not connected! Joined only by the plastic handle. Quite ingenious. Would have needed a huge piece of stock to make the whole thing in one piece.
@@jimbusmaximus4624 It hadn't occurred to me to try it with a fire steel, but I will. I love this simple little tool and it did occur to me that it would be fairly simple to make. I use mine for anything I would use a fingernail for plus honing and opening bottles. I do reckon this choppers into billhooks and little knives concept has a bit of potential mileage. I'm trying to get as many hours grinding as I can, so regrinding projects using thrift store cutlery seems like a good way to go.
Its cool that it fits your sheath. Is that real kydex? If it is it would be super easy to fit it to that blade. I love working with kydex, its really amazing stuff!
@@jimbusmaximus4624 Yes, I'm quite sure it's real kydex. For now it fits like a glove, but as I continue to slim down the blade it might require refitting. I'm thinking it would be cool to rework the kydex part into a dangler sheath with black leather trimmings
@@dongkhamet1351 that would be cool. It's so easy to work with, you just heat it (carefully, or it will burn,) to around 120F if I remember correctly with a heat gun or stick it in the oven for a few minutes just until it goes limp. Then you press it until it cools. I made a press out of plywood, foam sheets from a float vest, and clamps. It's really awesome stuff!
@@KuukkeliBushcraft not the Ol' Scraperoo from the eponymous video, but a similar acquisition. The Scraperoo is very thin and flexible but this one has quite thick stock. After I made the short yesterday I uncovered an etching on the blade, "Lowe Brothers Company - Dayton Ohio". Once I got the edge halfway decent on this thing I started taking it quite a lot more seriously. It is really quite an awesome tool. I saw a video from a guy named Alec La Casse showing his different types of woodcarving knives and the Skew Knife came up. I instantly thought of that thick old putty knife and marked out the shape. Once it was made I thought, "hey, it's a Kiridashi! A skew knife is a Kiridashi is a skew knife is a Kiridashi!!" I reckon I'm not alone in being a native English speaker who within the last few years learned that there is such a thing as a Kiridashi - having not yet learned that there is such a thing as a Skew Knife! I recommend you keep your eyes peeled for an old putty knife of centenarian Swedish steel and make yourself one of these knives to try. It's a different kind of cut, certainly useful.
@@dongkhamet1351 a skew chisel I know and have reground chisels for that purpose, skew knife I have never heard of and not entirely sure of what difarentiates the 3. Be careful though about making videos about definitions of things. I am still far from getting on top of the comments from last week's video 😂.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft then I suspect that a skew knife and a skew chisel may be pretty much the same thing in differing dimensions. Wow, I think I ought to make a Stanley chisel variant - could be comparatively easy and effective!
That burl looks great, going to look fantastic with a bit of oil. Misplacing things and thinking that a dog might have eaten them is something that I can really relate to😂.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft Yar I figured that excuse would strike a chord ;D Thank you for your patience, esteemed client. Albeit the freehand blade is hardly yet perfect, I called it and gave her the acid soak. So I'll do a little more correction once the handle's on. Then there's the matter of the sheath. I would like to make one of the wood and leather variety, in a somewhat traditional pattern. Might take a minute, I haven't done that before...
@@hatehypocrisy1 that I made this knife for stress-testing purposes, so that I and anyone who obtains a similarly made knife from me may have an idea as to the durability of the blade, the handle and the blade-handle union. I made a series of tests which I documented in the “Testa Testing” series. The knife proved surprisingly resilient.
@@CuttingEdgetools perhaps we’ll have a guitars and blades meet up one of these days. I was just discussing a similar notion with JimbusMaximus. We both have a love of the Michigan UP, where my wife and I acquired a small wild plot on the bank of a river that shortly gives into the Gitche Gumee. As good a place as any for a camp out, depending somewhat on the season.
Not that you asked, but I was thinking some #36 bank line might work as a wrap for that knife. It's black and super strong for its diameter. Just a random thought I had while driving around today.
@@8626John I just found out some things about bank line! For sure that is the same kind of aesthetic that occurred to me as well, only I thought to use black hemp twine loaded with epoxy. Hemp is pretty strong but I’m sure the nylon bank line is stronger. However, the natural fibres load up with epoxy very well, so the resulting compound is very strong and impervious, basically micarta. It has good grip even when wet. Later I also thought I might experiment with using a wrapped leather thong, to get a sort of stacked handle look.
When I read this title the song Tangerine popped into my head (from Whipped Cream and Other Delights.) You seem to have good taste in music so I thought I'd mention it. ✌🏼
I used to hunt up around north of Iron Mountain years ago. Love it up there, the hunting was incredible! Very wild land. I need to get back up there some day. I've thought about getting land and that's one of the few places I would. ✌🏼
@@jimbusmaximus4624 The Yoop! A very special place indeed. Had you heard they did a LIDAR scan of the entire peninsula and identified over a million pre-Columbian open face copper mines?! It would be cool to have a meet-up in the UP some day. We own a small plot of wilderness, next to a river that runs into the Gitche Gumee a short way down. Good camping.
@@dongkhamet1351 that would be fun! I would definitely be up for something like that. And there's no finer a place for knife nerds to congregate, that region has turned out some fine pieces of steel!
@@JetLagRecords 'Just to say I popped over to your channel and listened to the two most recent tracks. I like! Now I have my listening pleasure arranged for the hour's drive home 🔊
@@Captain-Electro Man, sometimes it's like you read my mind :D Perhaps you can guess what I'm planning to do with the exposed tang area... That's right! The "signature" twine epoxy 🌯 She should provide quite a comfortable, close shave.
@@joshuahmoran I love it all. Not to say I ain't a sucker for the carbon steels because I am, but a stainless steel is practically magic as far as I'm concerned. It's so shiny.
@@joshuahmoran Thanks! I wasn't quite so successful in my one venture as a knife vendor, what a lot of the larger channels appear to do very well ;D It's nice being seen to know how to use a blade. 'Takes one to know one! :D 'Hat's off!
Nice ❤
Dude, that's crazy. I play classical guitar too. Great job on the 2nd part.
@@michaelgelunas1113 Thanks! Did you get my reply to your comment about the billhook?
@@dongkhamet1351 I'll check my email.
This was great acoustics as well. Where has your journey taken you so far?
@@Captain-Electro to LA and back!
The camera drop at the sink made me giggle 😂
Good acoustics in there. My beans would really light the place up 😆
@@Captain-Electro a trumpet did start up as I was leaving. Sounded a bit out of practice.
Dig it👍 lotta practice goes into those Classical renditions! A bit harder than Chuck Berry stuff 😉
@@CuttingEdgetools Guitaristically speaking you have a point - however to sing and dance and most especially lead the band on top of handling the Stratocaster would likely be beyond the abilities of even the most virtuoso classical guitarist ;D Thanks for listening, Dwayne!
Some mellow sounds 🤙
Sounds good! I should have picked up a better skill years ago. So far, the only thing I can make music on is a can of beans.
@@Captain-Electro it's never too late to take up an instrument. The ukulele and the recorder are supposed to be a couple of the easiest but there's no limit to how good you can get on them or indeed a can of dry beans, which is a legitimate maraca. Two of them with comfortable handles along with a year's study of the techniques and associated dance moves and you might get a gig. I'm always on the lookout for a percussionist ;D
@@Captain-Electro Thanks! btw
@dongkhamet1351 for me, beans are a wind instrument 😊
@@Captain-Electro I'm a bit slow sometimes, but I get there in the end. That there's a campfire instrument - better played out of doors. Maybe not too close to the fire though 🎺 🔥 💥
Aside from making it fit, I don't get too thrilled about having some guys name on my pants either.
I promised myself that if I ever could afford a rockstead, I would edc it
@@metoonunyabidness1391 I hope that you do.
I just love the kephart. Its timeless because its simple, handsome, tough, and just works. ✌🏼 PS the law IS an ass!
@@jimbusmaximus4624 Absolutely, on all counts!
I'd recommend renting a car for your trip. Or use a beater you dont care about. Safe travels friend!! ✌🏼
@@jimbusmaximus4624Thanks, I wanted to drive all the way with my truck and trailer to go collect the F1 from AZ but thanks to mechanical issues I'm flying tonight. I will see about renting a car for the visit though.
The gold one looks like a good whittler, too. Enjoy California. They know how to party, lol. Anywho, where can I contact you to commission a blade and perhaps take advantage of the offer you made on the I, hypocrite stream?
@@michaelgelunas1113 aha! Are you by any chance the Africa Knife Man of Saturday call-in legend? I must apologize for not responding to your earlier comment regarding a billhook and your Chinese Gerber clone - I was not notified of that reply at the time. 'Just saw it now because I clicked on your channel icon and then it came up. Anachronisms of the platform, I suppose. I should be absolutely delighted to furnish you with a custom billhook. To proceed I suggest that we get in touch via email. My address is redloks@hotmail.com (which I suppose will delete from this comment as soon as I hear from you, as a symbolic nod to diligence). Another suggestion which occurs to me is that I make a video displaying all of my different billhooks, perhaps also some pictures, as demonstrators of some of the great variety of possible profiles and dimensions - discussing the ideal application for a particular style of billhook, or vice versa. We will need to consider what your uses will be for the tool. I'm travelling over the weekend so in principle I can make that video some time next week. In the meantime, please get in touch!
Safe travels, my friend. I have the spear point one. It's alright.
@@Captain-Electro Thanks! I like the way the #4 has a simple handle with no finger choil or guard. The pocket clip didn't feel quite right so I took it off. Now the thing is sleek.
Where at in California?
@@peterbiltknifeguy LA area - the belly of the beast! Are you nearby?
@@dongkhamet1351 about 6-7 hours north of that. So no lol
@@peterbiltknifeguy right on. I like it further North, from what I've seen of that. I've been up to Carmel a couple times. Whenever I'm heading back up that way I'll hit you up, we'll go a boopin🎶
@@dongkhamet1351 🤣 boop.
Very nice!
I worked in a motor shop and grew up turnin wrenches, everything in this is spot on. The silvery looking oil is normal, from the rings honing the cylinder walls, the crank journals and rod bearings wearing in, etc. There should be no visible flakes or debris in the oil. Great video! Knives, motors, and good music! This is becoming one of my favorite channels! Cheers ✌🏼
Yo! Cheers Jimbus, you are becoming one of my favourite visitors, likewise :D
Interesting discussion. I bought a new truck last summer, the second new vehicle I have purchased in my life, with the intention of driving it for many years. I followed the recommendations of a Toyota master mechanic on RUclips specifically for people who planned to keep their new vehicle for a long time. He strongly encouraged getting an oil change after a thousand miles, precisely because of what you were talking about. The internal parts have to wear together and that creates microscopic bits of metal that get into the oil. Early oil changes flush out that stuff and are the best way to prolong engine life. Also, that knife looks awesome! I really like that handle! Take care!
Thanks for the affirmation! I'm glad you like the look of the knife. I didn't do any drawings beforehand and was mulling over alternatives all the way along.
Caught you on the daily cope. Subbed
@@metoonunyabidness1391 right on!
Dude i just saw you on I Hypocrite & i totally need a good bill hook to clear invasive fake bamboo
@@michaelgelunas1113 Excellent proposal. Would you like to commission a specialized billhook with the edge geometry honed for plastic foliage, or merely a suggestion for something more economical and immediately available to assist in your reality-bent travails?
@@dongkhamet1351 whats something like that gonna run a fella? Id love a good one & a custom one would tickle me. For some reason the billhook selection in my hood isnt too stellar. Ive got a cheap gerber woodsmans pal clone i got before i knew that quality pays. it works & the angle of the hook part is good for that pulling technique but is a bit lite and is chinese.
Knives are cool
@@gottmituns698 This is true.
kershaw Lucha
@@jdreviews5 'you like balisongs?
@@dongkhamet1351 oh yes. Are you on Instagram?
@@dongkhamet1351 they're pretty cool! Have you used them before?
Now I want to make a wind chime out of karambits! Maybe have another made of bowies for a deeper tone.
@@jimbusmaximus4624 I like this idea! Easier than making a friction folder, which is what I thought to do once I saw the lil quarter tang on that monkey of a blade.
@@dongkhamet1351 plus I can't think of anything more effective to frighten off an intruder! Everyone knows what the guy with the rifle is planning to do, NOBODY knows what the maniac with the musical karambit whip is thinking! ✌🏼
@@jimbusmaximus4624 that's a good point. To the friendly visitor the chimes would be a kooky charm but to the intruder an ominous fright. You're selling me on this concept :D
Sweet little knife! Looks both stabby and whittley.
@@jimbusmaximus4624 Confirmed! - by now after further refining the blade whittles very nicely indeed, moreover the very last thing I did with it was to stab into a cookie wrapper with that pointy point.
@@dongkhamet1351 that wrapper didn't stand a chance! Lol
@@jimbusmaximus4624 for sure it yielded! Sometimes the crinkly type of plastic wrapper will fend a blade, being so smooth and floppy yet quite a dense polypropylene - but this fine point, well sharpened, slides in like a needle into a sock.
i love those Colonial and Imperial fixed blades. Have a few of them myself. Not easy to find here in Europe, mine all come from USA...
@@michelreyder8954 I should be ashamed to admit that I haven't properly sharpened or used any of these examples. I'm certain they will cut very well and carry very lightly on the belt. I was considering removing the guards to make a set of four steak knives - but you can use them for steak just fine with the guards on. I might pick up another to modify ;D
This one reminds me of the tops frog market series. Only miniature 😃
Interesting little knife. Thanks for sharing it.
Really nice little knife.
It has a couple "modern puukko" characteristics ;D Definitely a very usable wee blade, the handle is comfy. I think I will be doing the glue-up on your modern puukko this evening. I have the sheath conceptualized.
@@dongkhamet1351 Really looking forward to seeing that.
Wait, so the blade and ring was not connected? Or connected by a small piece of metal?
@@Captain-Electro not connected! Joined only by the plastic handle. Quite ingenious. Would have needed a huge piece of stock to make the whole thing in one piece.
I love ❤the Tomotito playing in the background 🧐 or is the Vicente Amigo?
@@chakradjuzeus9275 Paco de Lucia :D
@@chakradjuzeus9275 If you click on the icon bottom right in a short video it takes you straight to the music. I recently learned!
@@dongkhamet1351 thanks
That was a pretty awesome idea! I have one of those old pocket knife openers! I keep it with my firesteel, it makes a great spark.
@@jimbusmaximus4624 It hadn't occurred to me to try it with a fire steel, but I will. I love this simple little tool and it did occur to me that it would be fairly simple to make. I use mine for anything I would use a fingernail for plus honing and opening bottles. I do reckon this choppers into billhooks and little knives concept has a bit of potential mileage. I'm trying to get as many hours grinding as I can, so regrinding projects using thrift store cutlery seems like a good way to go.
Brilliant short. Love this song 👊
@@SteelCityKnives ah! A fellow admirer of the good old Peter Green stuff... Our tastes run similar in a couple regards :D
Its cool that it fits your sheath. Is that real kydex? If it is it would be super easy to fit it to that blade. I love working with kydex, its really amazing stuff!
@@jimbusmaximus4624 Yes, I'm quite sure it's real kydex. For now it fits like a glove, but as I continue to slim down the blade it might require refitting. I'm thinking it would be cool to rework the kydex part into a dangler sheath with black leather trimmings
@@dongkhamet1351 that would be cool. It's so easy to work with, you just heat it (carefully, or it will burn,) to around 120F if I remember correctly with a heat gun or stick it in the oven for a few minutes just until it goes limp. Then you press it until it cools. I made a press out of plywood, foam sheets from a float vest, and clamps. It's really awesome stuff!
Is that, that old scraper? Turned out great.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft not the Ol' Scraperoo from the eponymous video, but a similar acquisition. The Scraperoo is very thin and flexible but this one has quite thick stock. After I made the short yesterday I uncovered an etching on the blade, "Lowe Brothers Company - Dayton Ohio". Once I got the edge halfway decent on this thing I started taking it quite a lot more seriously. It is really quite an awesome tool. I saw a video from a guy named Alec La Casse showing his different types of woodcarving knives and the Skew Knife came up. I instantly thought of that thick old putty knife and marked out the shape. Once it was made I thought, "hey, it's a Kiridashi! A skew knife is a Kiridashi is a skew knife is a Kiridashi!!" I reckon I'm not alone in being a native English speaker who within the last few years learned that there is such a thing as a Kiridashi - having not yet learned that there is such a thing as a Skew Knife! I recommend you keep your eyes peeled for an old putty knife of centenarian Swedish steel and make yourself one of these knives to try. It's a different kind of cut, certainly useful.
@@dongkhamet1351 a skew chisel I know and have reground chisels for that purpose, skew knife I have never heard of and not entirely sure of what difarentiates the 3. Be careful though about making videos about definitions of things. I am still far from getting on top of the comments from last week's video 😂.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft then I suspect that a skew knife and a skew chisel may be pretty much the same thing in differing dimensions. Wow, I think I ought to make a Stanley chisel variant - could be comparatively easy and effective!
That burl looks great, going to look fantastic with a bit of oil. Misplacing things and thinking that a dog might have eaten them is something that I can really relate to😂.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft Yar I figured that excuse would strike a chord ;D Thank you for your patience, esteemed client. Albeit the freehand blade is hardly yet perfect, I called it and gave her the acid soak. So I'll do a little more correction once the handle's on. Then there's the matter of the sheath. I would like to make one of the wood and leather variety, in a somewhat traditional pattern. Might take a minute, I haven't done that before...
What is the purpose of this video? what are you telling us?
@@hatehypocrisy1 that I made this knife for stress-testing purposes, so that I and anyone who obtains a similarly made knife from me may have an idea as to the durability of the blade, the handle and the blade-handle union. I made a series of tests which I documented in the “Testa Testing” series. The knife proved surprisingly resilient.
Thanks, I understand now.
Love it👍sounds like British Blues from the 1960s. BB king is smiling up there. Dig the scat!!!’
@@CuttingEdgetools I thought you might enjoy this one. A bit of that lap-steel guitar would have gone along alright 🎶
@@dongkhamet1351 Ahh yes indeed. Would been cool to Jam on that. You got the Vocal for that stuff. Blues/Jazz my favorite. Thanks for sharing
@@CuttingEdgetools perhaps we’ll have a guitars and blades meet up one of these days. I was just discussing a similar notion with JimbusMaximus. We both have a love of the Michigan UP, where my wife and I acquired a small wild plot on the bank of a river that shortly gives into the Gitche Gumee. As good a place as any for a camp out, depending somewhat on the season.
@@dongkhamet1351 If you’re ever get out yonder. Well let ya know 👍 keep up the good work
Not that you asked, but I was thinking some #36 bank line might work as a wrap for that knife. It's black and super strong for its diameter. Just a random thought I had while driving around today.
@@8626John thank you kindly! I will look into #36 bank line, sounds interesting.
If you can't find some, I can send you some. @@dongkhamet1351
@@8626John I just found out some things about bank line! For sure that is the same kind of aesthetic that occurred to me as well, only I thought to use black hemp twine loaded with epoxy. Hemp is pretty strong but I’m sure the nylon bank line is stronger. However, the natural fibres load up with epoxy very well, so the resulting compound is very strong and impervious, basically micarta. It has good grip even when wet. Later I also thought I might experiment with using a wrapped leather thong, to get a sort of stacked handle look.
When I read this title the song Tangerine popped into my head (from Whipped Cream and Other Delights.) You seem to have good taste in music so I thought I'd mention it. ✌🏼
@@jimbusmaximus4624 Thanks Jimbus, I will be sure and have a listen. Yes, as you note, I have excellent musical tastes - 'takes one to know one ;D
I listened to the Herb Alpert track. Pretty smooth, some nice guitar work in there.
Very nice and creative! Bravo!
That's such a dreadful knife it's great!
I used to hunt up around north of Iron Mountain years ago. Love it up there, the hunting was incredible! Very wild land. I need to get back up there some day. I've thought about getting land and that's one of the few places I would. ✌🏼
@@jimbusmaximus4624 The Yoop! A very special place indeed. Had you heard they did a LIDAR scan of the entire peninsula and identified over a million pre-Columbian open face copper mines?! It would be cool to have a meet-up in the UP some day. We own a small plot of wilderness, next to a river that runs into the Gitche Gumee a short way down. Good camping.
@@dongkhamet1351 that would be fun! I would definitely be up for something like that. And there's no finer a place for knife nerds to congregate, that region has turned out some fine pieces of steel!
@@jimbusmaximus4624 since you like it, I think this idea has potential. 🏕 🔪 🔥
Dong Khamet, You're amazing! Let's be friends and have fun together!
@@JetLagRecords Thanks! 'Sounds like you got the right idea! :D
@@JetLagRecords 'Just to say I popped over to your channel and listened to the two most recent tracks. I like! Now I have my listening pleasure arranged for the hour's drive home 🔊
That's a kiridashi with a comfortable handle.
@@Captain-Electro Man, sometimes it's like you read my mind :D Perhaps you can guess what I'm planning to do with the exposed tang area... That's right! The "signature" twine epoxy 🌯 She should provide quite a comfortable, close shave.
Amazing what you can find at thrift stores! Thanks for sharing.
@@8626John I didn't even show off the bag of rulers I found alongside the pencils :D
Beautiful wood. Thanks for sharing your projects.
Chrome vanadium
@@joshuahmoran I love it all. Not to say I ain't a sucker for the carbon steels because I am, but a stainless steel is practically magic as far as I'm concerned. It's so shiny.
@@joshuahmoran After enjoying this Pursuit Special "Interceptor" build I went ahead and bought one in CPM S35VN. Gotta get round to it ;D
Good work. To hell with these big time youtube testers. It's nice seeing a guy that knows how to use a blade.
@@joshuahmoran Thanks! I wasn't quite so successful in my one venture as a knife vendor, what a lot of the larger channels appear to do very well ;D It's nice being seen to know how to use a blade. 'Takes one to know one! :D 'Hat's off!
Very nice!
We need more real wood products in the world. Particle board IKEA stuff just doesn't cut it anymore.
@@Captain-Electro I'm thinking about carving a bokken so I can practice my swordplay and smash particle board.