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Re: IS ANYONE HERE? - 11 months ago

Here!

Re: Rolling to chipping transition hardness - 2 years ago

I've always liked when my edges fail with a bit of deformation and a bit of chipping with the intended geometry. It feels like the steel is optimized.

Re: alternate tarp material - 2 years ago

Ryan I've heard of ultralight campers using those by taping loops on. One of the important features was using either D rings or tubes (like bits of arrowshaft material) to spread the sheer loads as evenly as possible on the tape. Actually if you don't care too much about the look, you can use the old technique of tying in a pebble for tie-outs... that would be strongest. Or the new

Re: A couple newish wood choppers - 2 years ago

A couple newish wood choppers - 2 years ago

It's more than a dad joke. I like to make things from inappropriate materials to learn about the form and the material. It shows me how things fail. It helps me understand why things are shaped the way they, or were, if looking at a historical tool shape. Also much more fun than making the same old!

alternate tarp material - 2 years ago

I've been experimenting with tarp material for a while. Used to use the standard woven polyethylene but our chickens ate the stringy bits all the time and that turns out not to be good for their guts. Also the strings would get in the lawnmower and snowblower. For the last few years we have used 6mil polyethylene vapor barrier. Turns out our food sealer also welds this material so odd

ultralight firearms - 2 years ago

I've been interested in ultralight firearms (knives too) lately. i think it started when a 6 and 1/4 lb 375 Ruger arrived. I have remotely tested a 2lb (908gram) 12 ga with buckshot. Recoil appeared to be fierce as it disabled the remote firing cradle. An online recoil calculator estimates the recoil at 110 ftlb! Kind of extreme. A 1 lb 22 rimfire would be neat, or perhaps a 2.5l

Re: survival forum? - 2 years ago

Yay, thank you!

survival forum? - 2 years ago

Is there interest in a survival/prepper/bushcraft forum here? Besides my interest I mean

Re: Blade Magazine: Offset Handled Knives - 2 years ago

I have some personal designs from way back with the offset... reduces mass and drag/stiction but keeps knuckle clearance

Re: The Myth Of Fast Cutting Diamond Stones - 2 years ago

I have come to a similar conclusion about diamond plates for sharpening, though I hadn't really thought about it. I was just disappointed in the Atoma 140 for thinning edges. Diamond plates are often marketed for flattening other stones. Should we consider that maybe a SiC stone for flattening AlO is faster? Or perhaps a steel lapping plate with loose grit?

Re: Thanx much for creating this forum - 2 years ago

Add my gratitude to the list. It took me a while to figure out Cliff had passed away. He and the original forum were hugely influential on my blades... Hopefully this one will be too!