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First Customer
#7074089
02/11/18 12:03 PM
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Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 6,332
onlysmith&wesson
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An unethical shot is one you take, that you know you shouldn't.
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Re: First Customer
[Re: onlysmith&wesson]
#7074126
02/11/18 01:00 PM
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Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 413
Mike Mathena
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Nice, nothing like the feeling of taking someting old and turning it into something completely different and new.
Go get in the woods
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Re: First Customer
[Re: onlysmith&wesson]
#7074171
02/11/18 01:44 PM
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Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 19,652
Pitchfork Predator
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Very nice first knife, especially not working from bar stock.
I wouldn't do anything to the handle, except I would soak it overnight in boiled lin seed oil to bring out the wood grain and keep it from drying out and cracking. It matches the simple design of the knife IMO.
Last edited by Pitchfork Predator; 02/11/18 01:48 PM.
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Re: First Customer
[Re: Pitchfork Predator]
#7074212
02/11/18 02:11 PM
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Joined: Jul 2014
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onlysmith&wesson
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Should I keep the blade out of the lin seed oil while soaking? Very nice first knife, especially not working from bar stock.
I wouldn't do anything to the handle, except I would soak it overnight in boiled lin seed oil to bring out the wood grain and keep it from drying out and cracking. It matches the simple design of the knife IMO.
Last edited by onlysmith&wesson; 02/11/18 02:21 PM.
An unethical shot is one you take, that you know you shouldn't.
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Re: First Customer
[Re: onlysmith&wesson]
#7075285
02/12/18 01:40 PM
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Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 19,652
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Should I keep the blade out of the lin seed oil while soaking? Very nice first knife, especially not working from bar stock.
I wouldn't do anything to the handle, except I would soak it overnight in boiled lin seed oil to bring out the wood grain and keep it from drying out and cracking. It matches the simple design of the knife IMO. Won't hurt it but what I do is drop it handle first into a plastic cup an then pour in the oil up to where the blade starts.
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Re: First Customer
[Re: onlysmith&wesson]
#7076659
02/13/18 02:56 PM
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Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 5,452
bjankowski
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That's awesome to see a new knife maker on the rise. I'm taking a 16 year old in that wants to learn how to forge, he's been tinkering on a charcoal forge and an old piece of railroad track. I'm going to give him an old gas forge I don't use anymore and give him some shop time. Us old guys can't take the knowledge with us, we might as well pass it on. ..
Good job on your new knife.
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Re: First Customer
[Re: onlysmith&wesson]
#7076680
02/13/18 03:17 PM
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Joined: Oct 2012
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Son of a Blitch
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Glad to hear these skills are being passed on. That's very important, especially in this day and age!
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Re: First Customer
[Re: Pitchfork Predator]
#7078214
02/14/18 04:55 PM
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Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 6,332
onlysmith&wesson
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Took your advice, here it is. I like it. Should I keep the blade out of the lin seed oil while soaking? Very nice first knife, especially not working from bar stock.
I wouldn't do anything to the handle, except I would soak it overnight in boiled lin seed oil to bring out the wood grain and keep it from drying out and cracking. It matches the simple design of the knife IMO. Won't hurt it but what I do is drop it handle first into a plastic cup an then pour in the oil up to where the blade starts.
An unethical shot is one you take, that you know you shouldn't.
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Re: First Customer
[Re: onlysmith&wesson]
#7078243
02/14/18 05:17 PM
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Joined: May 2015
Posts: 1,403
Chunky Dunk
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Very nice! Simple clean lines, I really like the knife!
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Re: First Customer
[Re: onlysmith&wesson]
#7078618
02/14/18 10:12 PM
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Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 19,652
Pitchfork Predator
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Took your advice, here it is. I like it. Should I keep the blade out of the lin seed oil while soaking? Very nice first knife, especially not working from bar stock.
I wouldn't do anything to the handle, except I would soak it overnight in boiled lin seed oil to bring out the wood grain and keep it from drying out and cracking. It matches the simple design of the knife IMO. Won't hurt it but what I do is drop it handle first into a plastic cup an then pour in the oil up to where the blade starts. Looks great.
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Re: First Customer
[Re: onlysmith&wesson]
#7078890
02/15/18 01:40 AM
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Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 6,332
onlysmith&wesson
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Gonna hit a few gun shows and scrounge the tables for a case, unless someone knows a source here.
An unethical shot is one you take, that you know you shouldn't.
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Re: First Customer
[Re: bjankowski]
#7082693
02/17/18 08:55 PM
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Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 9,273
blackcoal
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That's awesome to see a new knife maker on the rise. I'm taking a 16 year old in that wants to learn how to forge, he's been tinkering on a charcoal forge and an old piece of railroad track. I'm going to give him an old gas forge I don't use anymore and give him some shop time. Us old guys can't take the knowledge with us, we might as well pass it on. ..
Good job on your new knife.
Kudos to you---
The Greatest Enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.--Stephen Hawking
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Re: First Customer
[Re: onlysmith&wesson]
#7082982
02/18/18 01:15 AM
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Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 17,117
MikeC
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Gonna hit a few gun shows and scrounge the tables for a case, unless someone knows a source here. Hit up Dink Dodger here on the forum. He'll fix you up. Dink_Dodger
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Re: First Customer
[Re: onlysmith&wesson]
#7083898
02/18/18 11:13 PM
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Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 3,458
redhaze
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Great knife, love the simple lines and the mesquite wood handle.
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Re: First Customer
[Re: onlysmith&wesson]
#7083906
02/18/18 11:23 PM
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Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 6,063
Wilhunt
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Really like the knife no frills, just a well made usable knife.
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Re: First Customer
[Re: onlysmith&wesson]
#7083997
02/19/18 12:20 AM
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Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 22,630
Cast
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Handle looks great. Knife is a keeper.
Cast I have a short attention spa
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