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E62 - Put your best foot forward
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Jerid is crushing toes and takin names! Denis is busy getting knives done for Blade show. We're both excited for you guys to listen in.
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Transcript
Introduction and Greetings
00:00:16
Denis Tyrell
Hey beautiful people welcome to the triple T for knife makers podcast I am Dennis trail trail knife works and I'm here with Jared of echo blades giving the little mustache hmm
00:00:34
Denis Tyrell
Jared how are you
00:00:35
echo_blades
I'm doing well. How are you, Mr. Terrell?
00:00:39
Denis Tyrell
I'm doing good.
Cultural Comparisons: Holidays
00:00:41
Denis Tyrell
ah Yeah, it was hot here today. First time I felt like turning the air conditioning on.
00:00:45
echo_blades
I wore this shirt all day long.
00:00:48
Denis Tyrell
You're a psycho.
00:00:48
echo_blades
That's how much I got to see of this day.
00:00:51
Denis Tyrell
Did you have to work today?
00:00:53
echo_blades
Of course. I always have to work.
00:00:57
Denis Tyrell
Well, Kim got the day off because she's you know a government worker.
00:01:02
echo_blades
Did she get Friday off too?
00:01:04
Denis Tyrell
No, come on.
00:01:05
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:01:06
Denis Tyrell
Let's not get ridiculous.
00:01:08
echo_blades
Canadians got like they've been off since last Easter.
00:01:15
Denis Tyrell
That's true. I did get more holidays when I lived in Canada.
00:01:18
echo_blades
Dude, you guys get a ridiculous amount of holidays. Like I work with him some some Canadian's and Canadian. Yeah. And every time there's a holiday and here that like a government recognized holiday, they're getting like two They get like extra days.
00:01:39
echo_blades
It's ridiculous.
00:01:39
Denis Tyrell
No. Look, we have nothing to talk about compared to the British. Nobody gets more fucking holidays than the Brits.
00:01:50
Denis Tyrell
They get so much vacation time and so many holidays over there. It's ridiculous.
Work, Productivity, and Knife Making
00:01:55
echo_blades
But no one gives a shit. It's like, that's a fun fact.
00:02:00
Denis Tyrell
you
00:02:01
echo_blades
I don't even know because I don't fucking care. Yeah.
00:02:04
Denis Tyrell
I know Toby's writing down notes right now to message me.
00:02:07
echo_blades
know. He's probably like, hey, mate, this is bullshit. We work hard. I'm a self-employed. Ah!
00:02:15
Denis Tyrell
I think you gotta work on your Toby imitation.
00:02:17
echo_blades
That's spot on.
00:02:20
Denis Tyrell
oh So, how you been? haven't talked to you all week.
00:02:24
echo_blades
I know. It's been pretty lame. It's been pretty lame.
00:02:26
Denis Tyrell
Well,
00:02:27
echo_blades
So, I have...
00:02:28
Denis Tyrell
I think it's been nice and quiet.
00:02:29
Denis Tyrell
ah
00:02:29
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:02:36
echo_blades
That's cool. You've probably been all productive and had, you know.
00:02:38
Denis Tyrell
I have. Actually, this has been one of those really productive weeks.
00:02:43
echo_blades
Nice.
00:02:43
Denis Tyrell
uh so yeah
00:02:45
echo_blades
Well, I stepped into the shop on Saturday.
00:02:48
Denis Tyrell
right really and did you immediately step out or what
00:02:49
echo_blades
Yes.
00:02:52
echo_blades
No, no. I immediately started to clean a little bit and get some things squared away. And what I realized, Dennis, is that. I know it's a joke, but I have lots of things.
00:03:06
echo_blades
I think I talked about this couple of weeks ago, but I have lots of things in the absolute most dreaded stage of just like handset.
00:03:16
echo_blades
So I sat at my hand sanding station and I hand sanded for like four or five hours.
00:03:26
Denis Tyrell
All right. How many did you get done?
00:03:28
echo_blades
Um, two. Yeah.
00:03:30
Denis Tyrell
Okay. That's good.
00:03:31
echo_blades
Yeah. But I had to actually, let's say that.
00:03:33
Denis Tyrell
was...
00:03:37
echo_blades
I have, it I don't know, maybe I'm the only one, but I have a bad habit of hand sanding. And then realizing that maybe my grind is wasn't where I wanted it to. And I'm going to be hand sanding for a long time. So I'll go back to the grinder and then I got to start back over with the hand sanding.
00:03:55
Denis Tyrell
Oh.
00:03:55
echo_blades
Especially after taking a ah while off, you know, like, I was happy with this last time sat down here, but apparently I'm not.
00:04:01
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:04:02
echo_blades
So, um plus I got some, the the rotary platen, was messing around with that a little bit, seeing if I could, how that could help get some scratches out and stuff.
00:04:12
echo_blades
So, but yeah, it was just a lot of really, really boring hand sanding and, but there's nothing else to do, but
The Toe Crusher Incident
00:04:20
echo_blades
to do it. So that's where we're at.
00:04:21
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, got to do it. You know, if if you didn't get so many projects in that phase and you actually finish them through, you wouldn't have a big backlog to handstand.
00:04:32
echo_blades
You know what? If I didn't do drugs when I was a teenager, i would have probably had a better career path. I would have saved more money.
00:04:39
Denis Tyrell
ye
00:04:40
echo_blades
I'd have more money in my 401. Yeah. Fuck off.
00:04:46
echo_blades
I inherently, i inherently make bad decisions on a repeated basis.
00:04:46
Denis Tyrell
Sorry.
00:04:49
Denis Tyrell
Oh, okay.
00:04:51
echo_blades
So yeah, it is, it is one of those things.
00:04:51
Denis Tyrell
you You're off the hook.
00:04:56
echo_blades
But ah yeah, man, so it was, it was all right. But so the most exciting thing and the most unfortunate thing last week went to Jeff shop, working on the press build.
00:05:12
Denis Tyrell
Mm-hmm.
00:05:13
echo_blades
And I shared with you and the fine two other people listening um that I never ordered the cylinder.
00:05:23
Denis Tyrell
Right.
00:05:24
echo_blades
I ordered the cylinder And there was free shipping ground. And we were talking about how long it was going to take to get here. So it showed up on Friday.
00:05:34
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:05:35
Denis Tyrell
OK, that's good.
00:05:37
echo_blades
Yeah. You would think, right?
00:05:38
Denis Tyrell
Wrong cylinder.
00:05:39
echo_blades
No, no, no. but That's fine. So I come home from work, walk past the ah the porch there. I look, I see this box on there and I'm like, I have no idea what that is. What is that? So I go and I but look at it and then I try to like,
00:05:56
echo_blades
Move it. And I'm like, that's fucking heavy. like, oh, cylinders here. So I go, well, all right, you'll be all right here on this porch. So I went back in the house and, you know, ah hung out with Lynn and we were doing our thing. And then we had some things that we had to do in the evening.
00:06:14
echo_blades
So she goes, my daughter and I are going someplace and then she's going another place. This is about two and a half, three hours later. Right. i remember thinking to myself, like,
00:06:26
echo_blades
I got to go get that cylinder off the porch. and thought
00:06:28
Denis Tyrell
yeah cause you You live on a corner. you Do you and have packages stolen from your...
00:06:34
echo_blades
Never. but' I've had Jared's bike stolen off there, but he deserved that because he left it out. right on the porch, which is a cool thing about ring cameras because you think they're really awesome and you can, you know, watch your house and, you know, see things, but basically all they do is record theft because you you never catch them in the act and it, you know, there's nothing you could do. So now you just watch yourself be violated. So that, that happened.
00:06:59
echo_blades
But, um, I remember thinking to myself, like, if somebody is going to come get this package, like, they're going to have to work for it.
00:07:04
Denis Tyrell
They've to work for it.
00:07:05
echo_blades
Right. So, but like, go ahead.
00:07:05
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:07:08
Denis Tyrell
ah but
00:07:08
echo_blades
like
00:07:10
echo_blades
You're going to fucking strain your back. Something's going to happen. and And I'm going to laugh. and And chances are I would I would hear or see something going So anyways,
00:07:22
echo_blades
Lynn goes out the door. with the dogs by the time she leaves, I guess there was some more packages that showed up and stuff. And my daughter was out in front getting this, the car started.
00:07:33
echo_blades
And for whatever reason, I, I decided to pick up my guitar. I'm, I am ah ah play, I practice the guitar and every now and again, I'll, I'll play regularly. And then I don't pick it up for, you know, weeks, months, whatever it is. But,
00:07:46
echo_blades
I haven't played in like three, four weeks. Right. And yeah.
00:07:50
Denis Tyrell
I didn't know you played at all.
00:07:51
echo_blades
So I pick it up and I think as I heard this, I heard a song that that's how it happens. Right. I hear a song and I want, I want to play it. And so, I grab it and everybody's out their way. And all of a sudden I just hear this.
00:08:03
echo_blades
Kaboom. And I. And I'm like. What the fuck. So put the guitar down. Lynn opens the door. And my wife is a like a grade A savage. Like her pain tolerance. is Exceeds mine by like a million.
00:08:21
echo_blades
So. She was in distress. um Long story short. i don't know why. but Because to me, she was out the door and in the car, but she came back for something.
00:08:34
echo_blades
And the fucking cylinder fell on her foot.
00:08:41
echo_blades
She's got Crocs on.
00:08:44
Denis Tyrell
ah
00:08:44
echo_blades
Smashes her foot.
00:08:48
echo_blades
Breaks her foot.
00:08:49
Denis Tyrell
It broke her foot?
00:08:51
echo_blades
her toe one or big toe or like the top of the foot and the big toe broken three places and two hairline fractures on the other.
00:08:59
Denis Tyrell
Wow. Wow.
00:09:02
echo_blades
I'm like, are you fucking kidding me? Like, what are the chances? Right? Like, and yeah, so that was that was pretty, pretty unfortunate.
00:09:11
Denis Tyrell
All I heard is it's all your fault.
00:09:14
echo_blades
ah Yeah, I mean, ultimately, I feel like it's my fault. I feel horrible, right? Because there's ah there's a long story about my my wife has ah a history of falling, hurting herself, and like, especially this particular foot, because she had back surgery.
00:09:28
echo_blades
few years ago and a pretty major one and has like some neuropathy issues. And, you know, so a lot of it's she's clumsy, but you know, some of it's not like actually her fault, but she, she does something pretty regularly every once a year, at least.
00:09:43
echo_blades
So this is this year's, but yeah, it was a, it was a bummer and yeah, it was, it was pretty shitty.
00:09:49
Denis Tyrell
Well, that's, that sucks. Is she even cast or they just like tape it up and kiss her forehead kind of thing.
00:09:53
echo_blades
Not yet. They taped it up. Yeah. We, we went to the hospital to the er and then they know my wife and daughter know better enough than to take me because I'm either a pain in the ass or you know, an asshole to everybody because they're not helping her, you know, quick enough or something this is better if I'm not there. Right. So I did show up and and check in and they were like, yeah, go ahead, get out of here. So I ended up taking the dog to get groomed.
00:10:23
echo_blades
That's what she was out to go do originally. But, yeah, she comes back, and so she's in a little foot thing, and she's to go back and probably get in ah in one of those space boots or a cast or something like that.
00:10:35
echo_blades
But, yeah, so on top of everything being really lame, a you know, now she's hurt and kind of laid up, and I'm officially going to call the press the toe crusher because –
00:10:48
Denis Tyrell
crochet i i got two takeaways from that story uh jared should take things off the porch sooner aye crocs are bad for you those are my takeaways
00:10:56
echo_blades
Sure.
00:10:59
echo_blades
It's not helping my case.
00:11:05
echo_blades
Yeah. I mean, you're, you would have got, uh, your toe would have got broke too. And your fancy little hippie sandals.
00:11:12
Denis Tyrell
i don't wear hippie sandals what are you talking about
00:11:13
echo_blades
Yes, you do. Yes, you do. In the summer you wear hippie sandals.
00:11:18
Denis Tyrell
a hippie sandals yeah of course
00:11:20
echo_blades
Yeah. you know, keen sandals with the straps all over them and the Velcro, you know, old man once.
00:11:29
echo_blades
So, yeah, man, that's a bummer. I mean, i don't it's it's ah yeah it's only compounding all the other crap that's going on.
00:11:37
Denis Tyrell
hmm
00:11:38
echo_blades
It's a real bummer. I felt horrible. um It sucks when she's hurt because she does a lot of stuff around here for the family. and
00:11:47
echo_blades
She doesn't like to be laid up, and it's pretty shitty.
00:11:49
Denis Tyrell
that was That was Saturday, you said?
00:11:51
echo_blades
That was Friday evening.
00:11:52
Denis Tyrell
oh Friday evening.
00:11:54
echo_blades
Yeah, so Saturday it was...
00:11:55
Denis Tyrell
So she was laid up all weekend.
00:11:57
echo_blades
Well, I mean, as laid up as she can be, cause she's stubborn as all hell and, you know, im trying to keep her laid down for her being laid up is probably more productive than you and I are on any given day.
00:12:10
echo_blades
So, but ah yeah, um that was that.
00:12:14
Denis Tyrell
Huh.
00:12:15
echo_blades
So I'm a lazy, you know, ah just, yeah, all kinds of good stuff.
00:12:15
Denis Tyrell
Well...
00:12:21
echo_blades
So it was cool.
00:12:23
Denis Tyrell
Well, better get it over to Jeff's shop as soon as possible and
Preparing for the Blade Show
00:12:28
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah. but Probably next week, but that's cool. But yeah. And then I've come to this realization that, um, you know, I'm going to, I'm going this is a bad joke, but I'm gonna put my best foot forward.
00:12:29
Denis Tyrell
get it working.
00:12:45
Denis Tyrell
You're just mocking her now.
00:12:48
echo_blades
I'm going to put my best foot forward. And whatever happens, happens for blade show. Like, uh, I, it has come to a point where, all of my, uh,
00:13:00
echo_blades
life's responsibilities and and and fullness of this life that I have right now. have I'm trying to reconcile with the fact that, you know I mean, I saw the note that you put on there about what Kim I think it's hilarious, right?
00:13:15
echo_blades
But it's like, I'm starting to feel that way.
00:13:15
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:13:17
echo_blades
you know i never thought it would it would get like this, but it is what it is. you know i I'm okay. And I'll be all right.
00:13:24
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:13:25
echo_blades
If I end up at blade show with just me, that'll be the gift for, for the entire show.
00:13:31
Denis Tyrell
So and so I got to tell you what the quote is
00:13:31
echo_blades
And I'm go ahead.
00:13:34
Denis Tyrell
yeah So totally unsolicited. Kim asked me the other day, what what is Jared, how many knives, what's Jared bringing to Blade Show? And I'm like, I don't know. It's not looking good. And she said, laughing, is he even a knife maker?
00:13:55
echo_blades
I don't feel like one, Kim. Definitely don't feel like one.
00:14:00
Denis Tyrell
And and i and i I laughed and said, you know, I'm going to say that on the podcast. And then she's like, no, don't say that.
00:14:07
echo_blades
Oh no. I love that. That's the best. That's the best. Yeah. But I mean, it it is what it is, man. I'm like, I'm beating myself up and i i I, mean, we stress out anyways, right. When, when we have things going on, but I just, I can't, I'm not, I'm not into that, that, that overwhelming stress more than I have already.
00:14:16
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:14:26
echo_blades
So I'm, I'm, I'm chilling out with my expectations and and trying to be realistic and, and you know, I'm sure it's going to go It's going to go fine. Like things are going to happen, but I'm not going to I'm not going to stress out and and beat myself up.
00:14:36
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, well, I mean, and what it's not like you paid for a table and you have this whole huge outlay, right?
00:14:41
echo_blades
And, you know, um it is what it is. It's kind of a shitty situation, but.
00:14:50
echo_blades
True. Exactly.
00:14:51
Denis Tyrell
I mean, it's cost wise, it doesn't make that much difference if you don't bring anything, right?
00:14:51
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:14:57
echo_blades
Yeah. I mean, it's a potential loss, right? If something happens, but I mean, it's really, it's not it, right?
00:14:59
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:15:02
echo_blades
I mean, it's not my, this is a hobby. This is a thing that I do because I enjoy and, and made all these awesome friends and, you know, it's just a season.
00:15:10
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I mean, I i told many people, i the the number one reason I go to Blade Show is to see all my friends.
00:15:11
echo_blades
It's just a spot, right? So
00:15:18
echo_blades
ah hundred percent. And that'll happen regardless, you know?
00:15:20
Denis Tyrell
That's the reason. Right. right
00:15:23
echo_blades
So But yeah, that's it. And don't mean to be a bummer or a killjoy, but, ah you know, sometimes you just got to tell the truth, even if it's stupid and lame and it's not exciting or entertaining. And, you know, is what it is.
00:15:36
echo_blades
But I did break a hundred when I golfed with Jared on Saturday. I was Sunday on Easter.
00:15:41
Denis Tyrell
You broke 100 on the upside or the downside?
00:15:44
echo_blades
On the downside. Yeah, that was pretty cool.
00:15:47
Denis Tyrell
would you get
00:15:49
echo_blades
I shot 98 and I had and I had 11 on a hole.
00:15:51
Denis Tyrell
ninety eight
00:15:55
Denis Tyrell
love it
00:15:55
echo_blades
So, yeah. So I played really good golf except for, yeah, except it was like the second hole a par five.
00:15:57
Denis Tyrell
shit bet on that hole
00:16:02
echo_blades
I went in the water twice. And, you but I'm still, I'm really trying to teach my son how to play golf, right? Like how to count your, your, your strokes as gentlemen's game. And, you know, you're not cheating anybody but yourself. Like, I don't give a shit what you shoot in real life.
00:16:15
echo_blades
But, uh, so I played skins with him, which is, you know, like a dollar a hole, you know? And he's like, I don't got no money. I'm like, well, it doesn't matter any person. fucking day of the week, you little shit, you know, you're playing with my money every time we do anything.
00:16:29
echo_blades
So, uh, you know, said the best, the worst it's going to be for you is you owe me 18 bucks, right? The best is I'm going to owe you 18 bucks. Right. But, uh, so yeah, exactly.
00:16:38
Denis Tyrell
yeah There's no downside for him because he's got dad, can I borrow you 18 bucks here?
00:16:42
echo_blades
Right. But, uh, it kind of got us, uh, uh, into a little, I guess, you know, here, just talk about like parenting or whatever it is. Cause When you you're trying to we go to the, to the driving range before and I'm trying to help him and, you know, teach him some stuff and like that. And every time we do that, it's always an argument, right?
00:17:01
echo_blades
It's a, it's a hard time to communicate and try to tell him what to do and try to motivate him, but teach him and then, you know, not let him be a little whiny baby, which he's not, but you know, that's just the way it goes.
00:17:13
echo_blades
So when we leave, we're about to go tee off and stuff. And I pull up to him and I was just like, I said, listen, I love you. That's all that matters. I've been really excited to play this, you know, to hang out with you and, and, and play golf on Easter.
00:17:28
echo_blades
So let all that stuff go. And we're just going to go, whatever happens, happens. And, you know, we're to have a good time and then we're going to play for some money and hopefully you beat me. Right. But I really wanted to whoop him like, and, uh, and that little shit shot up his personal record.
00:17:43
echo_blades
He shot a 94 and whooped my ass.
00:17:47
Denis Tyrell
I love that he beat you.
00:17:49
echo_blades
He whooped
00:17:51
Denis Tyrell
how many
00:17:51
echo_blades
Like he beat me by three.
00:17:51
Denis Tyrell
How many holes did he beat you?
00:17:54
echo_blades
He got me by three. Yeah. And I thought I had him. Like I was, I was turning it around and you know, but it was cool, man. It was so fun. it was such a good morning. The weather was perfect. We ended up golfing with the guy that was an older dude who was semi-retired. He said, which is an awesome term to me.
00:18:12
echo_blades
and't know how you semi-retire.
00:18:12
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, that's like me, that's semi-retired.
00:18:14
echo_blades
Yeah. It's so I was just like, Oh, good for you, man. But his His kids were older and um he was a member of the the place we golfed. and It was real nice, but real cool with Jared and you know good conversation, good talk.
00:18:28
echo_blades
and He was like, man, I don't know why, but this just kind of makes me feel like, because don't have any kids around right now. The people said that a father and son were golfing, so wanted to you know come out and hang out with you guys.
00:18:41
echo_blades
It made me feel like a little Easter-ish vibe and stuff like that. so It was cool, man. It was a good day.
00:18:45
Denis Tyrell
No, that's good.
00:18:46
echo_blades
yeah and And overall, i think we we played some decent golf and and then he won. So he's been flexing.
00:18:52
Denis Tyrell
So your you owe money.
00:18:55
echo_blades
own three bucks. Yeah. But the title is is more important right now. So that was cool.
00:19:01
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Well, you should you should come over and we'll play Las Positas sometime. And then you'll see how what bad golf really looks like.
00:19:06
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:19:09
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:19:11
Denis Tyrell
good
00:19:11
echo_blades
That's normal golf to me, buddy. But yeah, so that was, that's it, man. And thanks for listening. I'm out.
00:19:20
Denis Tyrell
uh what did i do this week oh i finished the nickel storm buoy did you even get a chance to see it
00:19:29
echo_blades
I did see that.
Electroplating Techniques on Knives
00:19:30
echo_blades
I did. I made, i made it a point to, I remember you said that the video was coming out. So I did, did watch that. And I watched the electro etching triple T as well.
00:19:40
Denis Tyrell
electroplating
00:19:42
echo_blades
Whatever.
00:19:42
Denis Tyrell
plating.
00:19:43
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:19:43
echo_blades
It doesn't work.
00:19:44
echo_blades
Apparently if you do it, so. yeah a
00:19:48
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. I was pissed about it. would yeah Did I should, did I send you the little pre pre etch video that I, maybe I sent it to Rick. So I sent him the first dip.
00:20:00
Denis Tyrell
Okay. So let's roll back.
00:20:02
echo_blades
Sure.
00:20:03
Denis Tyrell
Triple T on Thursday was about electroplating your maker's mark, meaning electroplating another metal into your maker's mark like nickel or copper or gold.
00:20:15
Denis Tyrell
And then so you can etch the blade and the maker's mark will stay gold, copper, nickel. um Works awesome. I had some great results.
00:20:26
Denis Tyrell
I had some so-so results, but I think I got it figured out. um But i I did this then on this NickelStorm Bowie knife, and I wanted to etch my maker's mark in with electroplated with nickel.
00:20:44
Denis Tyrell
ah The problem is the first coffee didn't take, don't know, I screwed it up. Anyway, I had to redo the coffee, and when you have to redo the coffee, had to buff the other coffee out.
00:20:58
echo_blades
Oh.
00:20:59
Denis Tyrell
And when you buff it out, you've got to buff it with compounds. And although the electroplating, you know, it's it's buffable, but not with compound.
00:21:02
echo_blades
Hmm.
00:21:08
Denis Tyrell
Like, it'll take. So it took a bunch of like the niggas. So now you can't even see it, which is a bummer. But, you know, you can ah you could feel it.
00:21:16
echo_blades
Can you see the mark?
00:21:18
Denis Tyrell
But it's, you know, yeah, you still see the mark. But it's over top of Damascus. So it's just like, yeah.
00:21:23
echo_blades
It's even less visible than normal oh
00:21:26
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Because it's a really dark blade. So you see a dark... You know, you see the Damascus through it, which is really black in that area. So, but it's fine.
00:21:33
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:21:35
Denis Tyrell
I like, and like, a i don't mind it being subtle. i'm I'm glad it's not like really goofy and half plated and not half plated.
00:21:42
echo_blades
yeah
00:21:43
Denis Tyrell
But, um but I'll try it again. And I did, I had the hardest time with my, I was trying. So the reason this started, i was talking to Rick and he had showed me whatever, a week and a half ago.
00:21:57
Denis Tyrell
No, two weeks ago, something like that. Cause we talked about it at Kelly show. of um they were using the laser and fiber lasering it. So making a depression or whatever, ah not embossing, but whatever, a mark um with a laser, with a fiber laser, where they were using his buddy Scott's laser, which I think is like a 60 watt laser or 50 or something.
00:22:23
Denis Tyrell
And whenever I was doing and I couldn't, yeah Anyway, it comes down to, I don't know how to use a laser. I don't know what a cleaning pass was. donedada So now that I figured all that out today, um i think I have that down. I know how to do it with, because everyone kept giving me Lightburn, the software Lightburn settings. Well, I don't use Lightburn. I use the software that came with my laser because I'm too lazy to learn Lightburn.
00:22:49
Denis Tyrell
But I figured out how to do it with the Xtools software. Anyway, so yeah. That will be coming, i think it'll look a lot nicer with a lasered Maker's Mark as well.
00:23:02
Denis Tyrell
So I got that figured. And the nice part about it is I now figured out how to do a much nicer Maker's Mark um with the laser.
00:23:11
Denis Tyrell
But I'm pretty happy how that Bowie knife turned out. um Video's doing so-so. You know, I always like it to do better, but I was happy with the results.
00:23:23
Denis Tyrell
I'm happy with the, with the, uh, the Bowie knife. I think it'll look
00:23:26
echo_blades
Yeah, it came out good, man. I liked it.
00:23:27
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:23:28
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:23:29
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. The, the, the, um, every time I don't think there's a time where I've taken a piece out of the hot salt and not been like, wow, it just looks so good when it comes out of the hot salt.
00:23:40
echo_blades
Ooh.
00:23:44
Denis Tyrell
So shiny. And I had done those up to like 2,500 grit, uh, and then buff them. So they're like a black mirror. uh those fittings the guard and that pommel nut really nice and all the other all the other fittings came out perfect like the the the twist there was the perfect amount of depth on the twist on the spacer uh and then the the damascus on the uh on the pommel uh was perfect so yeah i was really really happy with it yeah
00:23:58
echo_blades
Very cool.
00:24:15
echo_blades
Nice. Yeah, I came out. That thing's a beast too, though.
00:24:19
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, but it's not that heavy because I didn't make it that thick. um So it's actually lighter than you'd think.
00:24:26
echo_blades
Hmm.
00:24:26
Denis Tyrell
But yeah, you'll see it at some point. it'll well It's going to Blade Show, so you'll see it at some point.
00:24:34
Denis Tyrell
but
00:24:34
echo_blades
You didn't put it up?
00:24:37
echo_blades
You didn't put it up on the website or anything?
00:24:39
Denis Tyrell
I'm going to open it up to pat all the all of the the knives that I'm bringing. I'm probably going to open up to Patreon members first. If they want to sell it on the condition that they are going to blade show.
00:24:52
Denis Tyrell
So they'll get the, they'll get it shipped to them after blade show.
00:24:53
echo_blades
Gotcha.
00:24:56
echo_blades
Gotcha.
00:24:57
Denis Tyrell
But, um, yeah, i and I started, i was kind of like, I know the dagger is going to be like a really long drawn out project. So I kind of put the hold on that. Cause I wanted to get those three folders, um, that I'm working on.
00:25:14
Denis Tyrell
So I started those. I got to say, workre good I'll never do a single folder again because it is so much faster to do multiples.
00:25:26
Denis Tyrell
Like it literally take to do three folders in the same design.
00:25:29
echo_blades
Oh, okay. i was like, what the hell are you talking about?
00:25:30
Denis Tyrell
to takes like, like yeah for folders, it's so much because everything is on your setup, right?
00:25:32
echo_blades
You like, you want to do batch work.
00:25:40
Denis Tyrell
Oh, you got to switch the drill bit. You're going to drill 10 16th inch holes. Well, okay. Then drill 30 them.
00:25:46
echo_blades
Gotcha.
00:25:47
Denis Tyrell
like There's so much benefit from batch work on the folders that you know three barely takes longer than what one would take.
00:25:57
echo_blades
Wow.
00:25:59
Denis Tyrell
so yeah i um I'm heat treating, actually I'm tempering the the blades and the bolsters now. um i mean it should be a couple of days and I should have these you know ready to be you know do the final fitting and and shit like that.
00:26:17
Denis Tyrell
So I'm hoping by the end of the week I'll have those almost done.
00:26:22
Denis Tyrell
I say that now, but I think there's a couple little tweaky things in them. that
00:26:26
echo_blades
Of course there is.
00:26:28
Denis Tyrell
the Because one of them is getting the gold one. One is gold Damascus from the the gold the gold knife. And then two are um the copper Damascus I made with that student um last weekend.
00:26:45
echo_blades
OK.
00:26:46
Denis Tyrell
Which... think are going to look amazing. And yeah, so I want to get those done. And if I get if i get extra time, so I'm feeling pretty good about Bladeshell right now, um given that the only other thing I want to do is the dagger, and I have six weeks to do the dagger, um which is not crazy.
00:27:07
Denis Tyrell
i might even have time to do a couple more folders. I'd love to get some of those stainless Damascus folders for Bladeshell.
00:27:15
echo_blades
Ooh. Yeah. Yeah.
00:27:19
Denis Tyrell
So I'm i feeling a little bit ahead of schedule, but I'll let you know by the end of the week.
00:27:27
echo_blades
Well, that's good to hear.
00:27:28
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:27:29
echo_blades
Tale two tails there. i like it. I like your side better.
00:27:33
Denis Tyrell
But the dagger is also in progress. I'll pick it up in you know as I go through. I did a little bit of forging on it. I split because it's a keyhole, and I didn't want to just grind out that whole section of the back of the keyhole.
00:27:48
Denis Tyrell
So I actually... um just sawed down the center where the keyhole is and then heated it up in the induction forge and then split it like split it open so that it spreads the pattern instead of me removing all that pattern in there
00:28:04
echo_blades
Say that one more time. This is the same dagger that you have the S and you're you're going to go through with it.
00:28:07
Denis Tyrell
yes yeah but the yeah i'm i'm i'm committed now
00:28:14
echo_blades
You're committed now? Okay.
00:28:16
Denis Tyrell
But the where the the keyhole portion is, you know, you you draw, like there's a little keyhole in it. But if I do that keyhole and just remove all that material, I'm removing all that Damascus.
00:28:28
echo_blades
Oh, gotcha. Okay.
00:28:29
Denis Tyrell
So instead of that, i I literally split it, wedged it open, and then I'm going to remove it. i'll So i'll end up removing less material and you'll see the pattern kind of morph around the keyhole instead of removed.
00:28:39
echo_blades
Gotcha.
00:28:44
Denis Tyrell
So...
00:28:45
echo_blades
How much do you think you need to do that?
00:28:48
Denis Tyrell
and It's just, I've never done it. So it's so finicky. Like if it goes perfect, you know, I'm, I haven't heat treated this, the dagger yet. So I got to do all of the grinds.
00:29:03
Denis Tyrell
Um, actually I may grind the, the dagger after heat treat, but I need to heat treat the keyhole section. Cause that's gotta be done, done.
00:29:14
Denis Tyrell
um you know, heat treated, obviously, before the the wood goes in it.
00:29:19
echo_blades
right
00:29:20
Denis Tyrell
um So, yeah, I don't know, and honestly. And then I got to do the, where the the drill and tap the holes for the quillians. So there's, I don't know, there's a bunch of little finicky things.
00:29:33
echo_blades
So none of that work is really on the blade. It's like all the other shit.
00:29:37
Denis Tyrell
It's all the other shit.
00:29:38
echo_blades
All the other shit.
00:29:39
Denis Tyrell
If it was just grinding the blade, I'd be pretty close.
00:29:42
echo_blades
Right. Gotcha.
00:29:44
Denis Tyrell
but so But there's no, I don't have to put a guard on it. I don't have to, you know, there's a bunch of things that I don't have to do to it, which is kind of nice. But, yeah, we'll see.
00:29:59
echo_blades
Cool.
00:30:00
Denis Tyrell
But, yeah.
Blade Show Preparations Continue
00:30:01
Denis Tyrell
But, you know, if you don't want to make your own Copper Damascus or your own Damascus, where where would you go?
00:30:09
echo_blades
Me?
00:30:10
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah.
00:30:10
echo_blades
I would go to Baker Forge and Tool.
00:30:12
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, Koi's the man. Yeah.
00:30:15
echo_blades
Yes. And they got some really cool stuff going on right now with the Gator Piss line. so once you... get that Damascus, uh, purchased and everything. Um, what do you got to do? You got to etch it, right?
00:30:30
echo_blades
So they've just expanded their, uh, their etchant line with, uh, two new products, uh, Gator Piss Heavy for a, like a dark out blackout, um, style finish and the Gator Piss Max for stainless Damascus. So, um, I hope you do get to get to make some of those stainless folders so we can test out that, uh, Gator max.
00:30:57
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. and I also have a video to release about us making stainless Damascus with koi.
00:31:03
echo_blades
Oh, that's right.
00:31:04
Denis Tyrell
So I'd like to do that. um So if I do the folders, I'll definitely have to record it, but I don't know if they'll I'll get through all that by Bladeshow.
00:31:10
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:31:13
echo_blades
Yeah. But that stuff went on pre-order last week. umm Um, uh, I'm, I think,
00:31:17
Denis Tyrell
On Friday.
00:31:18
echo_blades
Yeah, last on Friday. And I think that's still going right now. So if you haven't already got in there, make sure you do take advantage of a little discounted price that'll go up after it becomes um a full full release on it um but yeah you can get all their premium uh steals etchins um use the uh baker for i was gonna say the gator piss app but use the gator piss app for early release on gator piss
00:31:42
Denis Tyrell
but
00:31:48
echo_blades
ah But, ah yeah, i get the the Baker Forge Tool app for early access one day sooner for all of their regular drops. um And load that card up and use the discount code TTT10 for 10% off your entire order there.
00:32:06
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, go get some. go Go milk a gator and get yourself some pee-pee.
00:32:12
echo_blades
Well, I don't know. Don't know. don PPE if you're going to milk a gator. Okay. I just don't, that's not for the faint of heart and the just the average Joe.
00:32:18
Denis Tyrell
the
00:32:21
Denis Tyrell
but
00:32:22
echo_blades
Okay. I've done it. All right. so'm experienced gatorteriler So So, uh, you know, you gotta, you you gotta to get, uh, get the process down before you do it. And if you get one, that's going to put out that heavier or max, then you're in, you're in some serious trouble. So take it easy there, buddy.
00:32:39
echo_blades
Don't be encouraging people to go milk gators.
00:32:42
Denis Tyrell
but
00:32:42
echo_blades
Leave that to the professionals.
00:32:43
Denis Tyrell
All right. Thank you for the, uh, PSA.
00:32:46
echo_blades
That's right. Good deal.
00:32:50
Denis Tyrell
Uh, yeah. So, uh, Baker, Forge and Tool, go get some. Uh, also I did a little video. I'm, I'm, I'm Sam way ahead. I've already taped my video for this week for triple T, which I don't normally do until Wednesday night.
00:33:05
Denis Tyrell
Um, so I feel like I'm way ahead of the game this week, but, uh, Yeah, a little bit on grinding and I'm going to be referencing people to Maritime Knife Supply for some stuff.
00:33:17
Denis Tyrell
So go check out Mr. Lawrence Lake at Maritime Knife Supply. Get yourself some steel, some abrasives, tools, you name it. He's got it.
00:33:28
Denis Tyrell
um I need to put an order in for a few things.
00:33:31
echo_blades
Me too.
00:33:32
Denis Tyrell
I was actually hoping, because I did that nickel storm, and the nickel didn't actually show up as much as I wanted it to. And I was hoping he had thicker sheets of nickel. But the thickest he's got is the 30 thou stuff, so I might have to just stack that up a lot next time.
00:33:49
echo_blades
Oh, I thought it came out. All right. It's just, you wanted a thicker band. Gotcha.
00:33:53
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:33:54
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:33:55
echo_blades
Gotcha.
00:33:57
echo_blades
yeah we'll go Yeah, go check out Lawrence at a Maritime Knife Supply.
00:33:57
Denis Tyrell
But...
00:34:00
echo_blades
He also carries Baker Forge and Tool, Steel, Gator Piss for all the Hothians out there. If you're interested in getting that, you can take advantage of that as well.
00:34:12
Denis Tyrell
yeah I wonder if he's going to... um
00:34:15
echo_blades
You think he's going to go to Blade this year?
00:34:17
Denis Tyrell
Of course he's going to go to play this year.
00:34:19
echo_blades
Oh.
00:34:20
Denis Tyrell
Unless you heard different.
00:34:22
echo_blades
No, I haven't. I'm just...
00:34:23
Denis Tyrell
but You better.
00:34:25
echo_blades
being Just being a silly willy.
00:34:29
Denis Tyrell
What else happened? Oh, I had a class yesterday on Easter, which was not not well planned, but it's one of those, hey, ah can you do the
Teaching and Discovering New Talents
00:34:40
Denis Tyrell
20th? And I'm like, sure.
00:34:42
Denis Tyrell
Not realizing.
00:34:42
echo_blades
You just thought you were going to smoke weed all day?
00:34:45
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:34:45
echo_blades
You didn't realize that you had to work too?
00:34:48
Denis Tyrell
yeah Well, my what Kim said, can you please change it to 9 a.m. instead of 8 a.m.? m Because we did the did the Easter thing with the grandson and had him hunt down eggs in the yard.
00:34:54
echo_blades
You want to do a little Easter thing?
00:34:58
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:35:00
Denis Tyrell
so But the class went well. he He started started at 9.
00:35:03
echo_blades
Good.
00:35:07
Denis Tyrell
We did a little chit-chatting lunch. Gee, better half an hour at least. And we were still done by five. So that was good.
00:35:16
echo_blades
Cool.
00:35:17
Denis Tyrell
Forged a...
00:35:17
echo_blades
Local guy?
00:35:18
Denis Tyrell
No, he was from Israel. um No, he didn't he didn't come here just for me.
00:35:22
echo_blades
Come again?
00:35:23
Denis Tyrell
um His sister lives in Livermore. So I guess she... It was funny because, um you know, most people know me from the YouTube channel. And so he...
00:35:34
Denis Tyrell
he he wanted to drop off because he was in Livermore and he wanted to drop off the deposit and meet me and stuff. And i'm like, fine, sure. So he, he, get he, he comes and while I'm teaching the class, this was last weekend.
00:35:47
Denis Tyrell
And, uh, and, um, so he, he's fine. And we're just talking for a few minutes while, uh, Willie was, you know, forging on the press.
00:35:58
Denis Tyrell
And, uh, and, uh, I said, Oh, so how do you know me? he goes, Oh, I don't know. You're my sister found you. and And I'm like, so you have you don't watch my channel at all? you know So she just found me on Google.
00:35:59
echo_blades
Oh, okay.
00:36:11
echo_blades
Oh, Lord.
00:36:12
Denis Tyrell
So
00:36:13
echo_blades
He just was in America looking for a knife making glass.
00:36:16
Denis Tyrell
I guess she found it for him.
00:36:18
Denis Tyrell
i don't I don't know.
00:36:18
echo_blades
Oh.
00:36:21
echo_blades
Okay.
00:36:21
Denis Tyrell
She must have just Googled me and saw that I was the room.
00:36:24
echo_blades
Well, not everybody knows you, Dennis. Jeez.
00:36:26
Denis Tyrell
Well, it's just, if I'm going to get someone for a class, it's usually because they've seen me on YouTube, not some random Google search, which I appreciate, but it was funny.
00:36:26
echo_blades
God.
00:36:37
Denis Tyrell
So, yeah. But, yeah, it was, ah I had him use, um well, as he was forging, he of course, was using the two bastards straight pin hammer, of course.
00:36:37
echo_blades
that's funny that is funny that's cool
00:36:51
echo_blades
obviously yeah
00:36:52
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. So what if you need a hammer for forging or for whatever you want to do with it, go talk to Frank and Two Bastards.
00:37:01
echo_blades
What?
00:37:05
Denis Tyrell
Go talk to Frank and Nina, Two Bastards, Texas. Smithian supplies.
00:37:09
echo_blades
i
00:37:09
Denis Tyrell
Get yourself a straight peen, cross peen, curvy peen, whatever peen you want.
00:37:15
echo_blades
Peens are made for beating, dude. That's it. I don't know. I'm a little confused on what you're what you're alluding to. What else you can do with a peen?
00:37:22
Denis Tyrell
look at
00:37:23
echo_blades
You beat the thing.
00:37:23
Denis Tyrell
you gotta be more inventive.
00:37:24
echo_blades
That's all you do.
00:37:27
echo_blades
All right.
00:37:28
Denis Tyrell
Um, but, uh, yeah, he was using the, uh, the two bastards straight peen to, beat out a little chef's knife, a little petty knife. And, uh, yeah, but then I had him use the Tobin.
00:37:38
echo_blades
Nice.
00:37:40
Denis Tyrell
The first time in a class, I've had someone use the Tobin jig to grind their knife and that actually went pretty well.
00:37:47
echo_blades
Oh, cool.
00:37:47
Denis Tyrell
you know there's There's less learning curve because they're not going to fuck up the spine from keeping it away from the...
00:37:53
echo_blades
Mm-hmm.
00:37:55
echo_blades
Yep.
00:37:55
Denis Tyrell
And then I finished it for him and took it to 220 grit or something like that. so And then hit it with the Scotchbite. It looked good.
00:38:05
echo_blades
Nice. Cool.
00:38:07
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:38:09
echo_blades
Yeah, well, if you're definitely in the market for a new hammer, then go check out Franken-Knee-Dead Two Bastards Hammer. Because ain't it grand to have a fat peen in your hand.
00:38:20
Denis Tyrell
Always.
00:38:21
echo_blades
Every day.
00:38:23
Denis Tyrell
Let's do some maker spotlights.
00:38:25
Denis Tyrell
Maybe we'll get out of here early today.
00:38:25
echo_blades
like that idea.
00:38:27
echo_blades
I think so.
00:38:29
Denis Tyrell
What do you got?
00:38:31
echo_blades
Oh, fuck. I wasn't that ready. Jeez. What do you think this is? Like a professional show of some kind? Goodness gracious.
00:38:38
Denis Tyrell
ah Would you like me to go?
00:38:41
echo_blades
ah Sure. Sure.
00:38:42
Denis Tyrell
So um I picked d.i.knife. d dot i dot underscore knife ah So d.i.knife.
00:38:52
Denis Tyrell
And that's Rick Elm. He's a former Marine. And what what caught my eye is just some of the Damascus he's been working on Love seeing some some feathers, some mosaics, ah some cool stuff. He's got and just over 3,100 followers. um So yeah, go check him out.
00:39:16
Denis Tyrell
um Rick Elm at d.i. underscore knife on Instagram. Go give them some love. Tell them the boys from Triple T sent you.
00:39:26
echo_blades
That's right. like the way you said that, sir. I follow this guy for for a little while now. it's ah It's a good follow. like what he does.
00:39:36
Denis Tyrell
All right. Who you have?
00:39:39
echo_blades
My computer's thinking.
00:39:41
Denis Tyrell
Do I need to do your maker spotlight too?
00:39:44
echo_blades
No, I got it. I got... ah Dominion blades. That's dominion underscore blades. Uh, Jimmy Rogers. Uh, actually met Jimmy at a blade show, Texas, um, back a few months ago or whenever that was. And, uh, really cool dude, uh, listener of the show.
00:40:06
echo_blades
um And appreciate the support. But I just saw something. He posted a couple of chef knives and I was really digging like the handle.
00:40:22
Denis Tyrell
handle yeah the faceted handle looks awesome that one he's got that's koa on like the whenever the seventh one down yeah that
00:40:22
echo_blades
Yeah. And it really does. yep
00:40:32
echo_blades
Yep. That's the one that that got me. I was like, wow, that those, the lines look real good. It just, the whole thing kind of just jumped out as me as a really awesome. And then I started just jumping around, ah checking out the page and I like what he does really cool.
00:40:51
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, awesome stuff.
00:40:52
echo_blades
Cool stuff here, but um yeah, he's a firefighter paramedic um out of Texas. He's got, 156 followers. So we need to change that for sure.
00:41:04
echo_blades
Uh, two, two good a stuff here that I'm seeing, uh, for only, i mean, he does have a lot more followers and we have listeners, but, uh, nevertheless, I digress.
00:41:05
Denis Tyrell
Definitely.
00:41:16
Denis Tyrell
but
00:41:22
echo_blades
a
00:41:22
Denis Tyrell
And he is a U.S. Navy veteran. So I guess ah it's a veteran maker just spotlight here with a Marine and Navy.
00:41:28
echo_blades
There you go.
00:41:30
Denis Tyrell
and navy
00:41:32
echo_blades
Absolutely. So yeah, go check out a Jimmy at dominion underscore blades. That's D O M I N I O N underscore blades. and i Give him a follow. And like Dennis said, so eloquently tell him the boys at triple T sent you.
00:41:50
Denis Tyrell
And speaking Navy, um my stepson's going to be in town starting next Saturday, next Sunday, sorry.
00:41:59
echo_blades
Awesome.
00:41:59
Denis Tyrell
Um, and he's active Navy right now. So it'd be good to see Cameron and, uh, he will be staying with us for a week and, uh, just over a week, actually almost a week and a half.
00:42:13
Denis Tyrell
And then we're going down to Disney. So next week I'll be doing the show. And then the week after, you ah You just have Jared and whatever mystery guest he dreams up.
00:42:28
echo_blades
made the May the 4th be with me?
00:42:31
Denis Tyrell
Yes, May the 4th be with you. Is it actually May the 4th?
00:42:36
echo_blades
the Sunday of that week is.
00:42:38
Denis Tyrell
Yes, the Sunday is the 4th. It's, yeah, the 6th.
00:42:41
echo_blades
um
00:42:44
Denis Tyrell
and The 5th is when you record. Cinco de Mayo. You're going have a Cinco de Mayo show.
00:42:49
echo_blades
What's that?
00:42:51
Denis Tyrell
What's that? You're going to get thrown out of the country, disgraced by your heritage.
00:42:56
echo_blades
ah I have zero alliance to anyone but me.
00:43:03
Denis Tyrell
Cinco de Mayo, I feel like, is only celebrated by Americans.
00:43:10
echo_blades
Yes, that is, that is, or Mexican Americans, because there'll be a lot of Mexican flags flying around here.
00:43:15
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:43:18
Denis Tyrell
Yes, yes.
00:43:20
echo_blades
But I, just to, just to confirm everyone that I am the world's worst Mexican on earth. that I got clean on May the 2nd, which is before Cinco de Mayo. So I didn't even like have enough wherewithal to party one last good time.
00:43:40
echo_blades
So, yeah.
00:43:42
Denis Tyrell
Well, yeah you made it past St. Patrick's Day.
00:43:45
echo_blades
Yeah. But that's that.
00:43:48
Denis Tyrell
You're not Irish.
00:43:49
echo_blades
No, might as well be.
00:43:54
echo_blades
So, yeah.
00:43:57
Denis Tyrell
Cool. Well, we got a couple more sponsors
Promotions and Products for Knife Care
00:44:00
Denis Tyrell
to get through. um
00:44:01
echo_blades
Yep.
00:44:02
Denis Tyrell
You know, the last thing I did to that Nickelstorm Bowie knife, slap some Pelican paste on it, lathered up that handle.
00:44:09
echo_blades
What? What? What?
00:44:11
Denis Tyrell
And yeah, i love the soft wax for that. um Get some hard wax to finish up the coffee etch. So use both the hard wax and the soft wax from our buddy Travis at Pelican Paste.
00:44:27
Denis Tyrell
So go get yourself some Pelican Paste. Either hard wax, soft wax, Pelican Oil, which I'm definitely picking up at the Blade Show. And while you're there, get yourself some hand salve and soap to make those hands all nice and purdy.
00:44:41
Denis Tyrell
Use the discount code TTT10. get yourself some some orangey smelling good stuff.
00:44:50
echo_blades
That's right. And for those that live under a rock, Travis is going to be exhibiting this year at Blade Show. And he's going to be at table 36A. So you'll be able to pick up all of that orangey goodness that Dennis was just talking about um in Atlanta. So...
00:45:14
echo_blades
Go check it out. Go support him. um Say what's up and all that good stuff.
00:45:20
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, he'll be in the ah in the small room with
00:45:23
echo_blades
In the small room, yeah.
00:45:25
Denis Tyrell
with um the work for guys are going to be over there.
00:45:30
Denis Tyrell
Or housemate, I should say, is going to be over there.
00:45:30
echo_blades
Oh, cool.
00:45:34
echo_blades
Nice.
00:45:34
Denis Tyrell
And a few others, so, yeah.
00:45:37
echo_blades
Cool. A lot of first-time tables there. That's pretty cool. I like that.
00:45:43
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. some Someone else got a a table for the first time. Who was it? Yeah. Shit. I forget. Someone I was thinking when I was...
00:45:54
Denis Tyrell
Because I like to go through the whole like exhibitor list and like one by one. I literally go through whatever, six pages and and look through who's there.
00:46:00
echo_blades
um't done I haven't done that yet. Oh.
00:46:03
Denis Tyrell
And someone caught me that I was like, oh, I didn't know they had a table.
00:46:07
echo_blades
oh
00:46:07
Denis Tyrell
I'm pretty sure it's their first year getting table. Now I forget who it is, so this is a terrible story. But... um
00:46:13
echo_blades
That's what this podcast podcast is about. What the fuck? Does just have a stroke?
00:46:20
Denis Tyrell
You sound totally normal to me.
00:46:20
echo_blades
That's what this... yeah Okay, good. That's what this podcast is about.
00:46:23
Denis Tyrell
ah
00:46:24
echo_blades
Just horrible stories and...
00:46:28
echo_blades
Well, a little better story is that, you know, ah in the small room ah last year, that's where I met Matt from Rock Solid Scales, who will be having all kinds of grip tech and all the rest of his wonderful hand material.
00:46:43
echo_blades
They're available for your handling pleasure. um so But in the meantime, if you're looking for a different type of handle material, go check out some grip tech at rock solid scales and use the discount code triple T 10 for 10% off. Once you get some grip tech, some stabilized ah wood handles, epoxy, all kinds of goodness, which is cool because the grip tech is the flagship, but there's all kinds of other good stuff there too. So make sure you go check out Matt at rock solid scales.
00:47:17
echo_blades
um on Instagram and at blade show Atlanta.
00:47:24
Denis Tyrell
Yep. So you're going to get in the shop this week, you think?
00:47:29
echo_blades
I am. Yes.
Upcoming Projects and Lighthearted Moments
00:47:31
Denis Tyrell
Nice.
00:47:31
echo_blades
I have, uh, hopefully tomorrow, but, uh, yeah, I don't know.
00:47:37
echo_blades
Every time I made I made a commitment to get out there a couple, couple times last week and I ended up working way later than it was worth me getting out there.
00:47:46
Denis Tyrell
Hmm.
00:47:46
echo_blades
So, um, but since I, have evaluated the whole thing and realize all I had to do is hand sanding. So, you know, that's easier to go out there and just sit and hand sand for, for a minute, make some progress there. So I'll be getting out there, this weekend, uh, this week too, as well.
00:48:05
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:48:05
echo_blades
Um, but I'll probably get bored and go check you out or something.
00:48:10
Denis Tyrell
Well, I got my last class before Blade Show this weekend.
00:48:14
echo_blades
Oh, all weekend.
00:48:15
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it's an intro knife-making class.
00:48:18
Denis Tyrell
So, yeah.
00:48:18
echo_blades
I'll come crash it anyways.
00:48:20
echo_blades
Fuck them. Yeah.
00:48:22
Denis Tyrell
I'm pretty sure he's a Patreon member. He'd probably want to want to meet you anyway, so you should stop by
00:48:26
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah. We'll do that.
00:48:30
Denis Tyrell
But, yeah.
00:48:32
echo_blades
Cool.
00:48:32
Denis Tyrell
After this, then, hard at it.
00:48:35
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:48:35
Denis Tyrell
I might take a day or two go jet skiing as soon as it gets warm. It's going to be like crappy 60, 65 degree all week.
00:48:42
echo_blades
This weekend. Yeah. i think it's going to warm up ah towards the weekend.
00:48:47
Denis Tyrell
Well, not here. We're still in the 60s until the end of the week.
00:48:49
echo_blades
What did I see?
00:48:52
echo_blades
Yeah. Oh, and then we get it back into the 80s after that. so it's almost here. Before we know it, we'll be bitching it's too hot and having to turn the AC on and all that good stuff.
00:49:03
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, yeah, it's coming.
00:49:05
echo_blades
It is. But yeah.
00:49:06
Denis Tyrell
It's coming. All right, man. Well, we're going to cut this one short.
00:49:12
Denis Tyrell
This is, I think this might be the shortest show we've ever done. 49 minutes.
00:49:12
echo_blades
Sounds good to me.
00:49:16
echo_blades
Yeah. I mean, if I don't sit here and bullshit for another 40 seconds, it'll be under 50 minutes.
00:49:24
Denis Tyrell
Just the outro and you, uh,
00:49:26
echo_blades
Hey, yeah, which I'm going to make it right now. I need somebody. You're going hate me right now.
00:49:35
echo_blades
Does anybody ever notice Dennis grunts a lot in the videos?
00:49:40
Denis Tyrell
I notice it. i
00:49:42
echo_blades
He grunts a lot. Yeah.
00:49:43
Denis Tyrell
I have to edit that out sometimes because I...
00:49:46
echo_blades
ah You do this this heavy heavy sigh but And it was like live In full effect On the Nickelstorm build And I was just like I wanted to jump in there and then cut it out.
00:50:04
echo_blades
And in case you all missed the wonderful thing, there was another secret, another, another,
00:50:08
Denis Tyrell
i I edited it out after it.
00:50:12
echo_blades
and another Easter egg of Dennis being Dennis. That's my buddy guys. In case you're wondering that YouTube dudes. Yeah. He's, he's a farce.
00:50:22
Denis Tyrell
this is this is You should not edit videos Friday night at midnight.
00:50:22
echo_blades
Cause he's,
00:50:27
Denis Tyrell
that That's what that is.
00:50:30
echo_blades
It was like, it was going and it was like, you were showing, it was like right at the end too. And you were like going to put everything together. And then I could see the camera start fucking. And I'm like, and then you're like, what the fuck?
00:50:42
echo_blades
Why is this fucking thing? Okay. So we're going to do this. like yeah here like
00:50:48
Denis Tyrell
but
00:50:49
echo_blades
And then we're going to do this. And I was waiting for, if you hit us with another, for fuck's sake, I was going to lose it.
00:50:56
Denis Tyrell
I didn't even know until a viewer said ah in a comment, oh, by the way, you might want to check your editing on this one. And then I had to go back and delete. Luckily, there's an actually an editor on YouTube that you can remove stuff.
00:51:10
Denis Tyrell
after the fact without redoing the video yeah yeah
00:51:12
echo_blades
Oh, so it's gone? Oh, that's a bummer. Yeah, that was good. i I was going to put that in the notes to talk about, but yeah, the between the grunting and the...
00:51:22
Denis Tyrell
but
00:51:23
echo_blades
and the
00:51:24
Denis Tyrell
the the grunting i don't know what it is as soon as soon as have the camera set up and i'm i'm like okay it's like a relaxation thing i don't know because even i notice it when i'm editing i'm like
00:51:38
echo_blades
I just want to intro to the show next week. for
00:51:44
echo_blades
What's up, everybody? This is Dennis from the Triple T Podcast, for fuck's sake.
00:51:48
Denis Tyrell
i
00:51:52
Denis Tyrell
you got me laughing now all right so much from 49 minutes
00:51:54
echo_blades
right. we've Yeah, that was good. So if you hung around through all this bullshit and made it to the end, maybe I made you laugh one time the that was That was worth it for me.
00:52:06
Denis Tyrell
all right all right remember put your best foot forward
00:52:06
echo_blades
Mr.
00:52:06
echo_blades
Grunty over here. Tag along Grunty. Let's get out of here.
00:52:12
echo_blades
That's right. Put your best foot forward. I'm so sorry, my love.
00:52:28
echo_blades
And that's a wrap.
00:52:30
Denis Tyrell
Grundy Rad.
00:52:31
echo_blades
Grunty wrap.