3-16-16 Heat treated blades are getting handles fitted. The tomahawks and knives that had been heat treated improperly twice are being annealed by our reliable heat treatment vendor American Metal Treating. When they return home, I will straighten them, make sure everything about them is as perfect as it can be, and then send them […]
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February 27, 2016 Over the couple of weeks, I really have been in a whirlwind of labor, reorganization and emotion. Yesterday, blades came home from heat treat. Labor: Manual metalwork (filing and sanding) that must be done prior to heat treat required more time than expected due to the unnatural body contortion that I do in […]
February 9, 2016 The last couple of weeks have gone by too quickly. I thought I would have all the metalwork done on a batch of knives, and have tomahawks straightened and prepped for the CNC shop, but there is still much to do. Working steadily when you have an insurmountable to-do list often seems […]
1-9-15 December was sweltering and wet, and now January has been is frigid and sunny, and then foggy and cold. I think el Nino is drunk or Bipolar. Working in the shop when it’s cold is just fine, but forming kydex becomes a little bit trickier, and Cerakoting is impossible. This week so far I’ve […]
12-27-15, As the year comes to an end during this discombobulated holiday week, I’m trying to tidy up the shop and my apartment/office so I can fully devote myself work related tasks instead of getting distracted with housekeeping chores. The various “to-do” lists are long, but I will be planning to work hard and long to […]
12-13-15 With only 10 working days left until all sorts of Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebration Craziness starts happening around here with family gatherings and such, I’ve been doing just about my best to hustle work along so I can get some blades out for a few customers who need things by next week. […]
I had a discussion with some friends about “Slap a Jap Day” last night. Some of them seemed to think that such a name for a day is racist or something. I don’t put too much thought into choosing words to keep from offending people because I went to kindergarten back in 1985 and learned […]
It’s been raining pretty much all month so far, and today is no exception. I’ve been inspired to do some indoors work on the CNC router spindle. So far, I have the air diverter completed, and now I need to make a new top cover housing that will hold the optical sensor and female spade […]
Greetings! I returned home from vacation (visiting friends and family in Oregon, Nevada and Arizona) in the wee small hours on last Thursday morning (the 15th). On Friday morning, I took all of the new 1095 blade blanks to the heat treater to be annealed. When they are done this week, I’ll work in some […]
September is one of the best months in North Carolina. The weather starts getting cooler and drier, the bugs start to die, and the leave start thinking about turning into fireworks. For me, Autumn is the best time to do lots of Cerakoting because there is much less humidity in the air. As long as […]