Introduction and Podcast Rebranding
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What's up everybody. This is Jared from echo blades. And on this week of, is he gay or Canadian? We have Dennis Terrell from Terrell knife works. You're such a dick. yeah yeah Oh, I got it in for you buddy. That was a special request from a a listener that we will oh remain nameless. He will remain nameless until I feel that it's time to It was probably Brent. It was fucking gold is what it was.
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Oh, what's up everybody. This is the triple G podcast for knife makers. And as I said, this is Jared from echo blades. And as always, I have my co-host the Canadian himself, Mr. Dennis Terrell. Yo.
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What's up? Yeah, and i I am heading back to the homeland this week. Oh, my God. I'm excited. It's been a while. How long has it been, sir? Oh, five years. Wow. Yeah, I haven't. It was way before Kim and I weren't even married. So it's over five years. Oh, wow.
Surprise Visit and Listener Recognition
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She's going with you, right? No, she's not. Oh, no. She doesn't she doesn't want to take the time off. So yeah. Yeah.
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And, and, uh, she doesn't listen to this podcast. So, well, I'll find out if she listened to this podcast. I haven't told my mom I'm coming. I'm just going to surprise her and, uh, ask her if she wants to go out for lunch on Friday and see what she says. That's cool. I think that's cool. My sister knows, but, uh, my, uh, my mom does not, and she's going to be very excited. I hope she is. Yeah. Haven't seen her in a while. I think that's pretty cool. And and obviously your mom.
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Doesn't listen to the podcast. I'm thinking. No, she has asked me how to get it, but you know, she's like one of those not technically savvy. And when you say the word podcast, she's like, Oh, I want to enter webs. I don't know why she talks like that, but it's on the inner web.
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yeah mean Now you' you're making yourself like a new fee. ah Oh man. Well. My mom does listen to this. So hello, mom. She listens to that potty mouth of yours all the time. Yes. And it's okay. She accepts me for who I am. So we're good. But I, I think it's cool. I think it's cool. Cause you know, one of the things about doing a podcast is we're, we're up here just fucking jibber jabbing and you know, I will say something to somebody and they'll like finish the story. And I'm like,
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ah Fuck. How, like, how did you, like, you talked about that last week. I'm like, Oh, that's okay. So and that that's always a little weird, but Kim does listen to the podcast only to see if we mentioned her, which hello, honey. We mentioned. Yes. There we go. Yes. Yes. The best. Uh, so how you been?
00:03:31
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I've been good. I've been good. Been busy busy, busy, busy, busy, busy. So busy, busy, good or busy, bad?
Balancing Life and a Christmas Cruise
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Um, my spirits are good. So I, uh, am navigating all of the standard. I've heard this a lot like Cadillac problems, you know, next good stuff, you know, I think it's hard. It's, it's, it's important for me to recognize that having a full life was once not a possibility for me.
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and I try to turn that into some gratitude. Um, some days I don't, I don't have a shot at doing that and it's, you know, FTW, but, uh, right now I'm, I'm good, but I really, really, really, really like to try to enjoy this holiday seasons. Anyways, I, I, somewhere around here, it's going to click in and I'm going to get in the spirit and which it's starting to happen now because people are less and less annoying to me. And, uh, I'm starting to,
00:04:31
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You know, kind of chill like Lynn and I, so I had, a um, this week, Saturday, I had my company Christmas party. And, um, we did this last year, uh, where we go on on a, it's kind of like the thing you wanted to do for Kim's birthday this year, go out on the, on the boat, do a cruise, do the dinner. So it's like, but you cruise the Bay Bay city cruiser, uh, whatever it is. But, um, last year we did it at night this year.
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Um, we went out during the middle of the day and it was kind of like a brunch thing. Yeah, it was, but it was like kinda unpopular, popular, you know, like right down the middle, like a lot of people are like on board with doing something at, uh, I think we left at one 30 or two or something like that. But that really, for some people that, you know, shoots their whole day, some people come from far from, you know, a couple of hours away.
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to the Bay Area anyways. And then, you know, some people like it at the evening, and they can get all tuned up and do whatever. But for whatever reason, we it was a midday thing. And it was pretty cool. We got to go out and see Alcatraz, Golden Gate, come back, you know, have dinner and you don't hang out with your team and do all that. I've always and enjoyed those cruises. the The food on them is usually pretty good. You know, I'm not sure by the time I got to eat. um So every year they do ah like a different kind of theme. And I've heard this a lot lately, but people are doing like caricatures. So, OK, you know, like you do on like a boardwalk or an amusement park. So um I think a couple of years ago, a gambling night where there was casino tables and um magic themes and just like different kind of shit that they do on the parties.
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um And this year was the caricature. So we got there. Um, and there was maybe like six people in front of us and like three couples. And I stood in that line for like an hour and a half. The food was served and like, I went and got a plate for Lynn and put it down on the table. And then I went and got myself a plate, but then we were like next in line. So by the time we got to eat, our food was not warm.
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More importantly, how come I haven't seen this character caricature yet? Oh, I'll share it. Yeah. Oh, you need to post it along with the the show announcement tomorrow. Yeah, we all I got was a little ah like a little. I don't know the size of it, but a print out and then. um We were just able to download the pictures today, so I'll definitely do something that's pretty cool. Is it was.
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So my wife and I did one and they, but that you do like an engine individual portrait and then they do one of her and then they put you side by side. So I have a guy that I work with that I've trained for, I don't know, eight, nine years now. And he's kind of taken over more of the role that I was doing before I stepped into this one. Well, we always go back and forth.
00:07:54
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teasing each other all day um about something. How do you say this? Anyways, he's like he's like my my my gay work wife. So we're always like arguing and it's it's a funny thing. So anyways, he was getting his his picture done and I i snapped the pig i like tapped him on his shoulder and I snapped a picture of him because it looked exactly like him. And then he's like, oh, what, do you want to do one with me, my love? you know like And I was like, yeah, I'm not sitting on that line for you though. You know, and the lady went and she took my picture, my profile picture in his and printed one of us together. So we have like, out one with my beautiful wife. Yes. One with his beautiful wife. And then we got us two here. So I'm definitely yeah putting that up on my, uh, behind my, in my work area. Cause it was pretty funny. I think we need a triple T caricature. Yeah.
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We need a triple T logo. Yeah. i yeah i where where I pulled the current one out of my ass in a pinch, but yeah, we don't actually have a logo besides our two logos. No, yeah. So I did, I asked the lady if she did any logo work and she told me to go fuck off and she does this full time and it's not interested in drawing a logo for me. So, but yeah, anybody.
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Yeah. Holler at us. Yeah. if you have If you have logo skills. Yeah. But what I was going to say was that, uh, so this was in Berkeley and right on the, obviously on the, on the, um, the Bay part right there.
Exploring Berkeley and Unexpected Events
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And after we were done, Lynn and I wanted to get a coffee, which are, so is it, I don't know for the rest of you guys all over the country, if there's even this option, but we have Pete's coffee and Starbucks. Which one do you prefer?
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Um, I can, there's only one, there's only one right answer, but I would go to Starbucks cause I have a Starbucks card and I get points and all that crap and I'm used to Starbucks, but I do enjoy pizza coffee. I think it's pretty good. Yeah. So I think pizza is better, but I don't get, I don't, there's not that many of them. So, you know, like it's you, you fall into one and you'll go have like a pizza coffee. So it becomes like a ah thing. So, um, my son works at pizza coffee.
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Where's there one in Livermore? There's one downtown. That's beside the the big flag there. A sauce on all that? Yeah. Anyways, um, so I know there's one in Pleasanton too. I never go there either. But, um, so we were like, let's go get a coffee. And she's like, I was like, let me see if there's a pizza right here. Cause we found a $20 pizza gift certificate. So we go there. So Berkeley is like a really hippie.
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It's a very woke hippie-ish, free hugger. like it's ah um It's probably known for all of that, but and it's extremely dirty. um and not It's a cool place. It's got ah like its very own very unique vibe. but but um we were right off a university. So we just kind of like went over the overpass and there was a peach just like right there. So we went into, I have another story too, but we go into, to the Pete's and, um, get a coffee, but, um, in a parking lot, right? So parking's always ah a nightmare around those ah cities, um, spots and, um,
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I'm in a parking lot, Dennis. Okay. I got to do some visuals here for you, you guys at home. Just use the theater of the mind and follow me. i'm I'm five miles an hour or less in this parking lot. And I'm coming up on waiting for like, you know, a spot, somebody to pull out or a spot to come out. And there's this SUV with its trunk door thing open and they have a ramp coming out of it. OK. It's an elderly couple. They have an elderly dog. Elderly dog.
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Obviously, because the dog was the one that needed to ramp to get up to the back of the car. only in berly oh But so the dogs on the ramp and I'm like creeping past and as as just as they I get past them out of my driver's side window. I hear some commotion and then there's this loud boom thud on the side of my car. And I'm like, what the fuck just happened, right? And I'm looking at the dog.
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No, dude. So it goes this goes from like funny to like it was actually pretty shitty deal. But the lady had ended up tripping over the ramp and fell and her head smacked the side of my car. Yeah. And like this is what i've i we derived to. Right. So I stopped the car and I looked behind me and she's on the ground and I'm like, holy fuck, I killed this lady. Like I could just see like she fell.
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Her head hit the side of the car, her it went ah underneath the car and I ran over her or something like that. like it it was a It was fucking scary. like It was a really, really, really intense moment. And then like I got out of the car and opened and then she pops up and I'm like, are you okay? you know And she's like, I'm totally fine, I'm sorry. And the husband, like I was kind of laughing ah through all this moment because
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The husband looked at me and there was two, two things that I picked up from him. He was either thinking, you dirty beaner, you just fucking ran over my wife. Or he was so pissed at her for falling over and hitting my car. Like it was a, it was a look of a man who had been married a long time. It was either really pissed at his wife or he was not happy with me for just driving next to them. You know, it was, it was hilarious. It was probably the wife.
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Yeah, I know. Every time there's a... So was she okay? She popped up and she's like, I'm fine. i you know and i And I'm like, do I need to call somebody? Like, are you okay? And she was just like, and she was good. And and is there my wife and I didn't even look dude, to be honest with you. Like after I got back in the car, like my heart was racing and my wife and we were kind of shut up shook up and I'm still in a weird spot when I see um older ladies, you know, after losing my grandmother, I was it's still like, when I look at I don't think things are
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better now, but you know, like when I see them, I get a flood of all those feelings and emotions and like, and my wife and I were just looking at it. It was for a moment there, we kind of like tearing up like it could have been so much worse, but it was just a weird fucking moment and everything turned out good. But I was like, I just how quick though, you know what I mean? Just cruising through a parking lot and somebody just falls under your car. That's only in Berkeley, but That's crazy. It was
Test Driving the Tesla Cybertruck
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nuts. It was crazy. So then we go get to get our coffee and I walk across the street. And, uh, so there's a, uh, I don't think I've, have I worn my fancy Canadian vest? No, ah of a fancy Canadian vest. Well, there's a joke there, but yeah, I have been called less than masculine for wearing this vest. And the brand is called Cotopaxi. They're really loud, really loud colored vests.
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And I dig the shit out of them. So I think one of my notes sounds like a tampon. Yeah, but in the in the. ah The mascot or or logo is a llama. So I don't know. I don't know what a Cotopaxi is. i I think I believe it's some kind of a mountain range and somewhere across the pond. But ah I was really jazzed because they had an actual ah store there where you can go to Cotopaxi land. And so we got the coffee and I was like, well, let's go to the the Cotopaxi store. So
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I go, I take left codapaxes on the opposite side of the shopping center, like about, you know, maybe a quarter mile or something. So we cross the street, we go over there and there's a fucking brand new what turned out to be a Tesla spot that had just opened up.
00:16:23
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The day before they're like, this is our opening weekend. We just opened yesterday. So I walk in and I see the the cyber truck. And I'm like, I have got to go see this damn truck. Like I have talked so much shit about how atrocious this thing looks. Right. um It is. It is absolutely just off the charts. Ugly. It looks crazy. You just like is you got a douche whistle fucking if you're driving it. like It's.
00:16:52
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And there's no getting by it. I mean, and we all know somebody that has one and love them to death, but there's no avoiding that. You drive down the street, you're you you're wearing a douche hat and no, you can't convince anybody ah differently, right? oh ah Okay. that's That's how I feel. And I've been ah harsh on this stance here. And so I go in, I'm like, well, I got to check this thing out and see what it's all about. So I walk in, I'm like, can I go see this the truck? And they're like, yeah, come on in.
00:17:19
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so my gra team cybert truck nows that i want to get in I want to get in the truck and see what's in it. I get in the truck. It's the most underwhelming thing I've ever gotten in my life. It's, it's fairly comfortable, but there's literally a screen.
00:17:34
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and a steering wheel. There's not even a the fucking blinker or wiper things on there. It's just the steering wheel and this big ass screen in the middle. No air vents. You can't see air vents. Nothing like you can't see shit. There's just nothing. It's a big ass windows like you know a windshield and a steering wheel and ah and a big screen. um So and um and the guy's talking to me about it. And so I just start doing what I do.
00:18:02
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And then he kind of, he goes, would you want to drive it? And I was like, yeah, yeah, whatever you're like, you know, cause I thought they were just like trying to get me to pay them to drive it. Like, uh, and I was like,
00:18:14
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Yeah, anyways, I got to go. I got some real business here. I got to go to coda paxi land here. This is because like it seems that to me like, you know, the, the, ah the more Canadian, the better with my choices of outfits these days. So, uh, I'm really just fired up about this stuff. So I said, this store is about to close here in a minute. I'll be back. So I go and I'm like, do you really want to, do you want to try to drive that thing? And she's like, yeah, let's just, let's just do it. So I went back and I ended up test driving the Cybertruck.
00:18:44
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God in it went through the whole fucking bells and the deal about trying to actually get The thing to go and start because there's nothing there all the shits touchscreen and blah blah blah bla blah blah Long story short. I take it for a drive The steering is weird like to do a full Turn, it's just that much on the wheel Like a quarter turn. That's all the wheel goes. Both the front and the back wheels turn on themselves so that it's got more turning radius than like a small fucking mini Cooper. It's fucking, it's, it's weird. Get on the freeway. Holy shit. I have never been in a car. I have never accelerated that fast in my entire life. is out about all the tests It is the fastest fucking car I have ever been in. Like I have a video I'll, I'll, I'll
00:19:37
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show you of I was like, Lynn, just record this and I and I fucking punched it getting onto the freeway and you can feel it in your chest and Lynn's like, oh, like on the video because it was like it was that intense, dude. Have you driven a regular Tesla? No, it's first time I've ever. Oh, that's no. I've been in like I think Rick Rick took me in in their Tesla one time and it was fast. But like what this one was like, I think Zero to sixty in three seconds three point five or something like that it was it was fucking fast and then Like you start going through all the shit and start and now I'm a fuck. I'm I'm I want a douche whistle I'll see if they have them in Canada. I'll see if I can get you to do Oh my god, or at least a hat like an honorary douche hat like I Don't I would never buy the truck because at the price point that it was like I can get the truck that I actually want like a really big
00:20:34
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pimped out, you know, truck. What is it? I have no idea. What is a Cybertruck worth now? 80 grand entry. Oh, so like with like nothing in it. It's within their version of nothing, right? So it's probably the, it's not as fast. Um, and you're probably really basic colors options. Cause the option scene is gray.
00:21:00
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Yeah, so now you can get wraps and you know, a couple things, but it's really in the in the batteries and the and the engines and stuff. So there's like three, three models. There's that the foundation is the one that I did. And then there's like their mega beast front model that they call it that thing. But the shoe is crazy. It was really fucking cool. It totally um kind of got my my wheels turning on on um something that I had never if they would just make it not look so much like a box.
00:21:30
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They'd probably sell better. Yeah, I agree. Keep all the insides and just make it. It's so, so stupid.
Festive Spirit and Holiday Planning
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It's a Cybertruck, right? And I feel like an idiot, but the Tanoo cover, when that came up, there's an actual truck bed under there. I never even looked like I've only ever seen it. It was so, I was like, oh. What kind of Cybertruck wouldn't have a truck bed? It's a truck. I don't know. I just thought it looked like a big old fucking, had a big trunk or something. I don't know.
00:21:59
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They never even gave it a thought and passed it. It's ugly as sin and everything. So but that was that was a trip. That was really cool. But that that little area, too, had the Christmas. That's how all this started. Fuck, i my brain is so fucked. When we parked the car and got out to go get the thing, they had the street all decorated like Christmas with lights and everything. And and that's when I was like, ah, we're finally here. So I felt that today. Yeah. Today was the first time I kind of felt Christmasy.
00:22:29
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Um, because, uh, Kayla came over with Memphis, my stepdaughter and grandson. And then we went out to see the Christmas lights here in Livermore, the and type thing. Uh, there's a famous house here called Deacon Dave's, which, um, they do like a mill, literally a million lights. And this has like Griswold status. Yes. Griswold look like.
00:22:59
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Oh, oh, yeah, it's Yeah, it's crazy. All right. So there's a there's a lineup to get in to see the house. That's an hour. It's lined up around the block. Jeez. Yeah, so we it's first time I've ever done it lived in Livermore for 23 years and never been to Deacon Dave's. How about would it be like to be Deacon Dave's neighbor? Oh, we talked about that in line like they must fucking hate him. Oh, because There is literally a lineup of people every day of December in front of their houses. Wow. Lineup. Like can't get out of your driveway lineup. That's insane. Yeah. They have like volunteers with like little, you know, like the little airplane landing light. Oh yeah. Yeah. It's crazy. Dude. That's crazy.
00:23:52
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it is Yes, but yeah, so it kind of felt Christmasy and then I'm like, oh my god, it's already December 9th 10th when you guys listen to this I've done zero. No, I bought one thing cuz I saw it like two weeks ago on on Facebook So Facebook ads I guess do work um But I haven't done any other Christmas shopping. So I think I'm gonna be Doing my Christmas shopping in the Toronto Airport but Maybe they'll sell butter tarts at the Toronto airport. Butter tarts, the legend. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Everywhere we go. Got butter tarts for me. Katana's for you. That didn't rhyme. I know. Oh, but, uh, yeah, so.
00:24:50
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Totally late with shopping, but we'll see. I'll pull it through. At least next week, my class that I was supposed to have got postponed. ah The guy had some family unexpectedly coming to town, which was great. I was thrilled that to that class got postponed till January. So wow that means after these katanas, I can take a little break. I might take a few days off next week and just relax. I say that, I probably won't. but Um, I'll, uh, get to work on some other things next week. I got yard work to do. That's, you know, all kinds of boring crap that you guys don't want to hear about. Agreed. But, uh, I'll tell you my trip to to Toronto. I did, I followed one of Jared's, um, uh, pieces of advice, which is not like me.
00:25:50
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I reached out randomly to, I literally googled Toronto knife makers and picked one that was interesting. He's a swordsmith and reached out to him and said, hey, I'm going to be in town. Would you like to get together for a drink? and I was worried. I was thinking. We don't have to ask him out on a date, dude. I'm just saying like go and like hang out and make a night, you know, like see his shop. I don't know. I don't have time to make a, to make a knife. i do well I mean, you know, like just get a shop tour. You ain't got a wind to wine and dine them.
00:26:24
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Yeah, but I said go for a beer or something like that. First of all, fuck you. and But that's really cool. I don't ever listen to Jared. Get out of here. But yeah, know he it took took him a couple of days to get back to me, which was like, I'm like, oh, great. The first time I reach out, no one's going to get back to me. Man, I only I told I've told you this before. Sometimes I equate it to like asking somebody out. It's it's literally that on I suck at that, too. It's really that uncomfortable. It's not.
00:26:53
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But he seems like a pretty cool guy. And so we're going to get together on Saturday. Hopefully it's before I hand off the katana so he can see them. But really cool, man. That's really cool. i'm I'm I'm proud of you, Dennis. Yeah. So I'll and maybe ah he maybe he'll be my maker spotlight next week. I'll tell you guys all about it.
00:27:16
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Yeah, it'd be shitty and you don't ever want to see him again. Let's not talk about it. No. Okay. But that's cool though. But while I'm in town, I'm going to meet up with some old high school friends, which is crazy that I haven't seen in like 25 years. I was going to say that's amazing. They're still around. what He's one of them's buying a knife. He said, Hey, bring, and he picked out a knife on the website. He goes, bring this one. Like, all right.
00:27:44
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Oh, I mean, like still breathing. but Still breathing. Here, Dick. and He actually is older than me, so there.
00:27:56
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but Well, that's cool. Yeah. So that should be fun. Yeah.
Golfing Adventures and Knife Projects
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And then, and then ah hang out with mom and yeah when you come it back, it's a thursday redeye Monday. Monday.
00:28:11
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Monday evening flight coming back. So that's cool. Shouldn't be too bad. It's cold, snowing. I haven't even checked the weather. Oh, dude, I yeah, I got some. So I went I went I went golfing on Sunday. And my son and I've been um I want to keep this thing going where him and I are doing something. And, you know, golf seems to be the things who are doing it. So it it does take up some time and throw a wrench in some plans. But way more important than anything else that I got going on. So I booked a tee time because I had the work thing on Saturday and I did a Sunday.
00:28:54
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um Little later in the morning, like I want to get out early and get done quick, especially so I can get back and do some shit. But um it's been cold, too. So I wake him up. And this little bastard, I don't want to go. It's like he must have stayed up too late playing video games or something and just totally faked on me. And what time was this? This was about six fifty six.
00:29:23
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You're trying to get a 15-year-old up at 6.50 in the morning? This was easy. i had them all ah I had two of them up last week at 5. I was at um picking the other kid up before 6 o'clock last time. We teed off at 7, and we're about an hour away, 7.20. Wow. You're a slave driver, man. Yeah.
00:29:44
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Mind you, if I, if I tell Parker we're going hunting, then yeah, he'll be up. Yeah, they get up. They're good. And it's, I don't think that interests them. Right. I'm really, really, really, really, really, really big on. You can do whatever you have to do. Right. Like I don't, I don't let them, I've never let the kids do that. Like if we don't have anything planned and you know, you're, you're having a weekend day, but like we're going to get up and we're going to go do something. Then you get your ass up and I don't want to hear anything about it. You know?
00:30:11
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I didn't have time today to mess with him cause I was, um, waited too long to try to get him up. But to be honest with you, I was like, I thought about it for a second. I was just going to cancel it it. I was like, no, I fucking, cause I really used to enjoy going out by myself early in the morning. Did you just, but I also got a tournament next week and I joined a golf f league. So once a month, I'll be doing a tournament, uh, that I've been doing the guest stuff and I did get that new driver. So I wanted to kind of figure that thing out. Um, so it was cool. I ended up, uh,
00:30:41
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playing. I got the driver working finally towards the towards the end of the round. But um when you're a single golfer, and you run up on people that have two, three, or four, some of them, they'll always, you but they'll let us play through, or let me play through. So I got waved through like three or four times. And finally, I caught up to the two people that were behind a foursome that was walking. And then we had about like six holes left. So I ended up just joining them. And that's one of the cool things about golf is it's similar to knife making. Like I have met minimal people that were just not enjoyable to, you know, at least have a conversation with or, you know, do that for a little while. And it was, yeah. So it took towards the end, I ended up giving them a sticker and
00:31:34
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of course, pitching them, pitching them on a bunch of shit. So I just got over, he just followed me today. So I was wondering, I was like, I don't know if it worked or not, but, um, so that was cool. I really enjoyed it. I finally broke a hundred again. So I'm getting getting better from like one 12 to one 0 8 1 0 6 1 2 to 98. So I'm on my way. Well, congrats. Thanks. Cool. Well, did you get any time in the shop?
00:32:04
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I did. And then, uh, yes, Sunday was the only day. So Sunday afternoon I spent in the shop and, um, I got a glue up done and then finally got some handles put on, um, a full size intrepid. And I don't even know what the hell to call this other thing that I was doing. Um, that's been the one of the things I've had profiled for a long time, like over a year, year and a half.
00:32:33
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But I got handles on that. So just got to clean those up, bring those handles down to the to the knife and then router and sand and I should. I still I'll know tomorrow if I if I'm going to try to send you with something so.
00:32:51
Speaker
If you're going to what? Try to send you with something to, to my Canadian customers. Oh, yeah. Let me see. We'll see. But those are the ones I'm going to show tomorrow. So, but, uh, yeah, that was cool. Really felt good. And then big, big news, big news. Had my buddy, um, come over this evening and we, uh, looked at all of the, uh, at the end getting the induction forge electrical work done.
00:33:20
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and that's getting done tomorrow. So he's saying, I looked up and down in the instructions and I couldn't find anywhere in the instructions what, at least instructions as I have that says what the output.
00:33:33
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in amperages. Yeah, I'll show you I was I meant to take a picture to to show you what we were looking at anyway. So we just had a small booklet. And it said 60 something amps. That's crazy. So yeah, it's very it's basic. It's not a lot of info like you're saying again. But we're going off of a of what you're saying. So we're going to do the 50. Yeah, I've never never tripped the breaker on that thing once. Yeah, that's what I yeah, I needed that reassurance to to to tell him because then it kind of changed what we're doing. So overall, though, we're going to do the like you and I were talking, I think you suggested was we're going to go from the main panel. Right. And but then you don't you don't have to run much of that wire because that wire is expensive.
00:34:27
Speaker
Yeah. It's like six gauge, right? Or six, six gauge, eight or six. Yeah. I think it's six for 50. He's buying everything tomorrow. So, uh, yeah, it turns out yours a friend yeah yeah good, good, good buddy of mine. Um, and he's a full-time commercial electrician and, uh, we were going to do this. I was just thinking about it today actually, cause
00:34:56
Speaker
we were going to do this before the summer, before it got hot. And then it got hot and I just kind of left him alone, you know, and I would didn't really plan on doing it. But here we're in this great foraging weather, so um I'm ready. But I was going to say when I was golfing, I put a ah story up and I think it was like 48 or something like that.
00:35:20
Speaker
And, uh, a couple of people that live in the cold. Oh, yeah. Oh, it's, it's nice and warm. I see, you know, some people from Alaska. It was pretty cold. Spencer must've said it was t-shirt weather. Yeah. No, it was, uh, uh, Gabe. Yeah. And I was like, oh, well, yeah, I'm summer weather for you guys, but I'm in a beanie and thermal.
00:35:49
Speaker
It was it's not it's not too bad, but it was cool. That's good. So you have that thing up and running tomorrow, hopefully. Yeah. Well, it'll be it. I got to get that some you got to wire a plug for it. What's that? Is he wiring? Because it doesn't come with like a plug or like a cord or anything. You're going to. Is he making that? Yeah. Good. Yeah. Good. So that's got to be like six gauge to pay on the ass.
00:36:21
Speaker
Yeah, we're gonna do all that. The only thing I probably won't get to is the shit to get the the chiller. and But you have the chiller already, right? I have the chiller. But I remember you were saying there was you would have did it this way or something. If you you'd done it again with the connections, those isn't. Yeah. So I'll probably wait till you get back and get you over here. But yeah, I have a whole Cause I bought like eight feet of that hose and I ended up using like two, two inch pieces. Cause I just use it for a connector, right? Yeah. So I have a bunch of that stuff if you need it. Cool. Yeah. So that's, that's exciting, man. I'm, um, I, I had ah oddly enough, I had a little bit of anxiety cause I was like, now I'm really gonna like, I mean, you got no excuse not to for it. Exactly.
00:37:13
Speaker
That's right. ah Exactly. Forging session at Jared's house. Absolutely. which is Which is crazy because it's not crazy, but it's kind of
Challenges in Katana Crafting
00:37:23
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ironic. I'm going to go over to...
00:37:28
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Sean, the knife guy, uh, we were supposed to get together a while back, but we kept having some scheduling conflicts and we're finally going to get together tomorrow afternoon. And he was like, you coming over to your place? And I was like, well, I don't, I'm not set up to, to forge. So if you want to do that, then I mean, you're always welcome here, but so I'm going to head over to his house tomorrow, but so next time and you can come over this way.
00:37:57
Speaker
Gesundheit. Thank you. Managed to hit the mute button. and did that wasmpressed oh I am just wrapping up Katana woes. So I did have a little um so to the reason I'm going to give you a little backstory because I'll tell you what the problem was. So the reason that originally this was supposed to be two copper Katana's We switched one of them to silver because the daughter likes pink and we were going to do a pink wrap and pink and copper just seems weird. Like it's like hot pink and copper just doesn't seem to go together. Sounds awesome. No. So I suggested him well we could do it in silver. So her katana is silver. um With it was supposed to be a pink Edo wrap.
00:38:55
Speaker
the wrapper on the handle. I so i couldn't and i i prefer the the faux leather Edo, not the silk. um I just like the look of it. I think it looks cooler. um Well, it doesn't matter because I couldn't find pink silk. I couldn't find pink leather. I finally found some pink um trim, like leather faux trim from ah for on Etsy So I get it delivered to me and it's just I have to explain it's like folded this way instead of it's supposed to be folded around so that there's no seam the seam is on the on the other side if you understand what I mean, so um I So I'm looking at this stuff and like oh, well this is gonna work cuz there's gonna be like an exposed and I actually had a
00:39:54
Speaker
15 feet of this stuff, I actually crazy glued it, like CA a glued it and changed where the seam was. And then it was kind of bumpy and I didn't love it. And then when I tried to put it on the Katana, it's just way too thick. So told the um customer, this isn't going to work. My backup plan, if I can't find anything, which I don't think I can, is to paint the stingray, see, and this is what I asked him, can we paint the stingray skin pink and use a black wrap? And he said, yeah, that sounds fine. But you know what you get when you put pink paint on a black stingray? Brown? You get purple. Purple? Yeah, purple, like, like hot pink over black looks like purple. So
00:40:54
Speaker
That was, and the the the black stingray was already on the handles, but luckily I had leftover from another build, I had a piece of white stingray skin. Good thing, because there's no way if I ordered it, it would have come in time. So why pink paint on white stingray skin still looks pink. ah So it looks really cool, actually. I'm still laughing, you said pink trim.
00:41:23
Speaker
Why is that funny? I don't get it. You wouldn't. You're Canadian. yeah yeah But I haven't had so many problems on a build as this one. Like every little step, it seems like something goes wrong. I did the blackening on the fittings, the hot salt, and they just wouldn't blacken. And I'm like, okay, me and I was trying to use a a K thermocouple, the one out of my forage. I'm like, fine. So I got a new thermocouple, a T thermocouple, and that was regulating the temperature. Perfect. Normally I have those parts in for 10 or 15 minutes. I had to have those things in there for like 35 minutes before they got black. It was- But they they ended up coming out? They ended up coming out and the they look good. The only issue now that I found out right before
00:42:23
Speaker
recording is that on the copper one, it kind of stained the copper black on the edges. So now I'm going to have to go. It's cut because it's got copper inlay. So now I'm going to have to go and somehow shine up the copper inlay. So yeah. Oh, here's a funny story, though. I was doing the blades today, etching the blades.
00:42:46
Speaker
ah I pull one of the blades out after the second etch. and I'm using 2,000 grit sandpaper, okay? Rip off a piece of 2,000 grit sandpaper. I have a latex glove on, because I don't like all the black shit all over my hands. What I don't notice, well, actually, i'll i'm I'm rubbing this thing with the sandpaper. It's not making a dent, because I'm trying to take the oxides off after um after the the acid bath. And I cannot, like,
00:43:21
Speaker
what This is like the most durable finish I've ever seen. And I'm getting mad because I cannot, you know what happened? I have the sandpaper the wrong side. so I'm sanding it with the label side, but the back of the sandpaper.
00:43:43
Speaker
I'm like, what is this? Like 50,000 grit sandpaper?
00:43:51
Speaker
Uh, and I'm going up and down on this thing and I'm getting mad. And then I realized you're a dumbass. Why don't you actually try to use the side of the paper that has the sand on it?
00:44:04
Speaker
Oh, that's perfect. That, that is how my, my, my day, my, uh, my last month has gone with these Katanas. Hey man, if times are hard, I can help you out and get you some more sandpaper, but you gotta use both sides of it. But you know what I do know that if you are looking for items like sandpaper, you can go to maritime knife supply and visit our buddy Lawrence Lake who actually just restocked a bunch of rhino wet sandpaper. um So, and he's got the real shit. Apparently there's some fake rank rhino wet out there. So go see Lawrence Hill.
00:44:42
Speaker
he'll get you hooked up with the the real wine rhino with I think he's got the roles to as well as the as the sheets. So but but the roles are not rhino wet. The roles are rhino dry. Okay. They're different. um Because I've ordered the roles before. And they are different. They're not. They're not quite the same. Why don't I believe you? I've ordered them and I've checked their it's a different product. It's rhino dry.
00:45:13
Speaker
Unless unless he's got the I've never seen the rolls with the sticky back, which I love the sticky back paper. um I don't think he's I don't think that comes in the wet. OK. Well, you can go figure that out or ask him because he knows everything about a lot of things and whatever else you need for your knife making adventures, go check him out. He's got it all.
00:45:42
Speaker
You know what I used on the katanas today? The wrong side of the sandpaper. Well, after the right side of the sandpaper. And I etched them in Gator piss from very grand koi and the boys at Baker Forge. Nice. So if you if if you don't want to make your own copper mine, then go get some at Baker Forge and tool. They've got every pattern imaginable. Now they've got diamond patterns and Riptide is still one of their favorite, one of the favorite patterns. So go get yourself some Baker Forge, awesome steel to use, put it in some Gator piss to etch it. And when I was done etching, okay, I did coffee on mine. After coffee, the first thing I do is wax it. And for that,
00:46:36
Speaker
ran that thing under a heat gun and threw some of that hard wax from Pelican Paste on it. That's right. So go get yourself some Pelican Paste, hard wax, soft wax, hand salve, the soap, the, what am I missing? There's so many products. the The little logo tins you can get now. So both Baker Forge and Pelican Paste, you can use discount code TTT10 for 10% off.
00:47:07
Speaker
What is that again? Triple t t t t. That's right. 10. Or if you want to be really pedantic, it's t t t 10. There you go. pedantic. Yes, that. Yes. All of that stuff. So I got, but I got a not so fun story to tell.
Scam Awareness and PayPal Policies
00:47:34
Speaker
um It was What was it? I don't know. Sometime last week, Rick calls me up, Rick Hall, our friend Rick Hall calls me up and goes, I just got the greatest deal on some Walrus. Oh, in fact, I told you guys some part of the story last week. um Yes. Yes. He did and indeed get scammed. So Walrus underscore ivory underscore trader. This is a scam account.
00:48:05
Speaker
i Do not buy anything from this guy. i And the tip off should have been that, well, besides every one of the transactions getting kicked back from PayPal and from my bank. That happened to him as well or no? No, it didn't happen to him. This guy just sets up new new email accounts and new PayPal accounts. So, you know, I don't know how they're I don't know what PayPal does to validate your account, but, uh, those are getting kicked back. Um, yeah. Oh, and the other, a they were trying to double dip on Rick cause he gets the email, uh, about the shipping that, Oh, he has to pay the insurance. So can you please send the money for the insurance before they ship it? So that's when he, he got tipped off that it was a scam, but, um,
00:49:02
Speaker
Yeah, so be careful. And I just saw, not that I know this one for sure, but ah probably the same guy. There is a a new account called Mammis Pieces for Handles. Same kind of thing, because every one of the posts has zero comments. So that's kind of a red flag to me when I see these beautiful pieces and there's no comments, meaning The guy probably deletes every comment that comes up on these things. So that's very odd when you see no comments on something like this. So guys, don't get scammed. Unfortunately, Rick is, well, his he talked to his credit card company and they may um dispute it because it was through PayPal. and the The other thing is the guy wanted to go wanted to go through PayPal, friends and family.
00:50:00
Speaker
That's another red flag, so you should never do friends and family for an account that you that isn't actually friends and family because you're really giving up your protection from PayPal. Yeah, if you don't know them. Yeah. Don't go that way. Don't do it. So PayPal will protect you from scams and they will reverse it if it if it actually is. That's part of the fees you're paying on PayPal.
00:50:29
Speaker
So gotcha. Yeah. Well, that's really unfortunate. Yeah, I'm I'm thrilled that uh both PayPal and my bank because I tried to sell it too and uh Zelle kicked it back saying that they thought it was a scam account and that's when like I was like no way. So it's that time of year folks uh people know you're buying stuff for gifts and things so
00:50:59
Speaker
watch yourselves yeah that's a bummer that's a bummer i got nothing nice to say so yeah not cool it is not cool i hate it when it's you and it yeah that's a bummer yeah but you live and you learn yep he's not gonna make that mistake again uh-uh So yeah, I don't like buying things just directly off someone on Instagram. I'd rather go to a website, go to, you know, some of the proof that there's something backing this other than sending some guide money. So. Yeah, I agree. Yeah. That's a bummer. But I hope Rick meets him one day.
00:51:51
Speaker
Yeah, I don't think Rick's going to meet him because the guy's from like Ghana or something. That's what I'm saying. Like, yeah, I hope Rick gets to make him Ghana way.
00:52:03
Speaker
ah Yeah, I don't think so. But yeah. But the email he sent Rick was funny because it was like, or the the the message when when Rick figured out that it was a scam, he sent him a message saying basically I don't know. I don't remember what Rick said. And the guy sends this big, long thing about, you know, Oh, I'm going to report you to the authorities for trying to buy while walrus ivory and dah, dah, dah. And I'm like, and Rick's like, you're the idiot selling it. So I don't understand how you think that would be okay. And the guy said he, it was cause some walrus ivory that is fossilized, which is older than.
00:52:46
Speaker
The 1972 ban is legal to sell, but you have to have all the documentation for it. So, and the guy claims he did, but obviously it was full of crap. So anyway, onto other things.
Community Highlights and Upcoming Features
00:53:06
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Um, no triple T last week. I was just too busy, um, to, ah to get a video in the, uh,
00:53:15
Speaker
In the books, um, this week I will be doing the viewer knives edition this week. So last chance to get your picks in for viewer knives. If you want to see your, your knife, uh, email me at Tyrell knife works at gmail dot.com. Uh, and, uh, maybe you'll see your knife as part of the viewer knives edition that I do every year. Cool. Yeah. Get your knives done. Um,
00:53:43
Speaker
Who do you got from Maker Spotlight this week?
00:53:47
Speaker
Okay, I have. and do i I have Cudi knives, Joyce Cudi. And I had the opportunity to meet her and makers camp this year. And I actually heard her on the Jeff Aiders full blast podcast and really interesting. Yeah, interesting.
00:54:16
Speaker
Um, girl, and she just does really, really clean work. And, uh, she had the opportunity to go do that. Uh, I think it was New England school of metalworks, uh, class with Lynn Ray, uh, like a two week class. Um, and I got to talk to her about that and she said, but what an amazing opportunity that it was.
00:54:40
Speaker
Um, but she has, uh, that's cutting knives. K U T T Y knives. Um, no, anything else. Just the the words. She's got 3,162 followers and, um, she's.
00:54:57
Speaker
also used to make jewelry and do all kind of, um, some stuff. But if you're not following her, you need to go check her out. Um, really good, nice, clean work, uh, awesome person. And she likes to fish too. So if I ever get out there, I told her I'm going to go actually get some fish. Wait, was she the one hanging out with Josh Prince? and Yeah, she's, she's friends with Josh and they hang out quite a bit from, from what I understand. Okay. Um, but Yeah, plays the violin like all kinds go really, really super cool chick and a really good maker. So just wanted to shout her out. And if you don't follow go, go do that cutting knives. Nice. um This week, I have justice underscore custom underscore metal works and
00:55:50
Speaker
It's ah Justin and justice, I guess his name. That's a mouthful. Um, but, uh, I saw this one come up on my feed this week, uh, particularly the, uh, the third post in, which is the, this Damascus, which I thought was really cool looking. It's like a pinwheel, um, pattern, which kind of caught my eye in my feed this week. So, um, Oh, that is really cool. Yeah. Yeah. Cool stuff. So, uh, he's got a 2,400 followers.
00:56:19
Speaker
So go check him out. He's done all kinds of different Damascus knives. I see some, uh, looks like ball bearing, if I'm not mistaken, uh, some random, yeah, some other pieces. So, uh, yeah, go check them out. Yeah. Apparently it's the YouTube too. I can't see the name. There's a Lincoln and that, uh, post that you were talking about with the pinwheel knife. No, I did not see that. I have to go check that out. Yeah.
00:56:51
Speaker
Very cool, good stuff. Yeah, so wait, who haven't we talked about? Oh, our friend Frank, at two bastards. and Yeah. i haven't I haven't picked up a hammer in a while, so I am looking forward to getting back
Unique Katana Project and Finishing Touches
00:57:08
Speaker
to it. In fact, although I was lamenting ah yesterday that um I was talking with Ryan and Noah on our little chat,
00:57:20
Speaker
And, uh, how, you know, I'm, I'm done with Katana's. Yet, uh, this morning I had a call with the company that, uh, that I guess makes a razor blades and they want me to make a Katana out of a bunch of razor blades as a promotion. So now I'm actually considering this. So from one Katana build to the next, but, uh, this one won't be till February. So, uh, but, uh, when I do do it,
00:57:50
Speaker
I'm going to be doing, they want it for like a a commercial, which is kind of cool. Uh, the fact that some of my work might be in a commercial. Um, so when I, when I make this Katana going to be doing a little bit of hand hammering, I'm definitely going to be using my two bastards fat peen hammer. So Frank, your hammer might be in a commercial. We'll see. There you go.
00:58:15
Speaker
But if you need a straight peen, cross peen, squiggly peen, whatever you need, go check out Frank at Two Bastards, Texas Smithy and Supplies. Go get a hammer from Frank. He will not do you wrong.
00:58:30
Speaker
That's for sure. I'm going to go beat my pain tomorrow night. So who hey whoa I'm going to bust. I mean, yeah, sorry. I'm going to break out my pain because like I always say in a grand to have a fat pain in your hand and I'm going to get busy putting that thing to, to work tomorrow night. So I'm excited about that.
00:58:52
Speaker
Um, and don't forget guys that you can get all of our sponsors, products from maritime knife supply. You can get Pelican pace. You can get Gator piss Baker forage and tool and the exclusive. The Kero edition fat peen, um, hammer. So awesome stuff. I love that our sponsors play together. It's one big sandbox full of Yeah, there's some good stuff in there. And that's a nice sweater. Oh, you like that one? I do. check that out My echo, but you wouldn't have been you wouldn't have been happy with it because it was covered in grinding sanding dust. No, not pink. Oh, yeah, I was doing it.
00:59:46
Speaker
So I'm almost done these katanas. The only thing I have left, I got a little bit of work to do on the sheet of the scabbards. And this time I'm going kind of all out on these scabbards, like the like there's like 20 coats of lacquer and I'm having to sand between every coat of lacquer and the white is coming off and I was using the sweater though. So yeah, it looked like a mess earlier. All good. That's what it's for. Right. That is it. All right, man. So I will be, oh,
01:00:23
Speaker
Yeah, I'm coming back. We might have, we our show might be a day late next week, because I come back, I think my flight lands at 8.30, so I don't think we're gonna get a Monday night show recording. So maybe we'll record Tuesday, so it'll it'll come out Tuesday night.
01:00:44
Speaker
Cool, so a day late next week. A day late and a dollar short, maybe that's what we'll call the episode.
Christmas Music Debate and Star Wars Discussion
01:00:52
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ah I didn't want to bring up something. So I'm throwing around this thing where, you know, trying to come up with some ideas for the for the show here. And I i do have a question. and I need some people to get back to me here. So Christmas music or no Christmas music? Are you a fan? Do you enjoy Christmas music or are you one of the people that wants to fucking take a fistful of razors and
01:01:24
Speaker
bre So this is reply to the IG account on what your. Sure. Yeah. Echo buddy, whatever. Just get back to me. I'm curious. is Are we, is this community about Christmas music or or is it not? And I'm pretty sure it's going to be a good split. You know, are you Crocs? Are you that? You get your haircut, you know, and that kind of stuff. So, um but, and then, um yeah, let's keep it there. I got an idea for next week though. All right. Well, I'll give you my opinion. I don't mind Christmas music. I can do it in small doses.
01:01:54
Speaker
But when the Mariah Carey starts coming on, I'm um i'm out.
01:02:02
Speaker
I would rather listen to the White Christmas, the Bing Crosby, than the new... It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Yeah, I prefer that than... That's really upbeat, dude. I don't know, yeah. I'm old. What can I tell you?
01:02:23
Speaker
I just want everyone to know that I dropped my head when he said that. So I'm probably on an island all by myself, but that gets turned up when that comes on. Really? Yes. Why does that not surprise me? You shouldn't. You and your, uh,
01:02:40
Speaker
Cotopaxi sweater at a girl. Look at, I was just going to say it goes good with my Cotopaxi vibe. Just yeah like every time I might, I just, when I wake up, I just, I, I just really want to be Canadian.
01:02:55
Speaker
That's my wardrobe. I'm going to bring you some Canadian tampons. Thank you. Be some ornaments on my Cotopaxi. All right. You're getting them that maple flavored chew.
01:03:09
Speaker
No. Oh, yeah. it's No. It's coming. Hey, I did get some people did get get that ah that reference. I must insist in the opposite direction. Oh, OK. I don't get it. That was from Django. Oh.
01:03:29
Speaker
You're, you just, you, you get it now? Yeah. No, I, it's that is the what the giant like the German guy, whatever. One of the best characters in movies ever. He's a great actor. Fuck. Yeah. Yes. He is. But yeah, yeah. He always kind of plays the same character, but yeah. Except when he doesn't, but yeah. All right. and I also got scolded. I also got scolded for not knowing ah that that one dude you have a crush on. One dude I have a crush on? Yeah. your Your favorite actor.
01:03:59
Speaker
I'm down a blank who my who you think my favorite actor is. No, you told me to use your favorite actor last week. And I don't know who he is. I don't know who you're talking about. I don't remember saying that it was in the he was in the gladiator because you don't remember past.
01:04:18
Speaker
Was in gladiator gladiator to. Oh, Pedro Pascal. Oh yeah. I didn't say he was my favorite actor. He's one of your countrymen. And the answer is folks, he's gay. Hey, I didn't say he was my favorite actor, but he does do the Mandalorian and a whole bunch of, you know, cool shows that you probably don't watch. Right. You don't watch the Mandalorian.
01:04:51
Speaker
I don't, and I think I came up with a, did I say this last week? Or did I admit it to somebody? I, it is now very apparent that I am a way bigger Star Wars fan in my mind than I am in reality. Cause I, apparently. oh Oh, I just started watching that new, which, okay. Disney and the Star Wars franchise has really shit the bed on the last couple of series, like Ahsoka, um,
01:05:20
Speaker
What was the other one? The Akolite? Star Wars. I'm talking the Star Wars series. Ahsoka, the Akolite, all those shit to bed. Akai's not in the Star Wars. No, that's Marvel, dumbass. Fuck, man. See? No, the new one, the new one that they just released, Skeleton Crew, is actually pretty good. It's got Jude Law in it.
01:05:46
Speaker
um I'm only on, well, they've only released episode one and two. That one is pretty good. I'm pretty happy with that one so far. I'm a way bigger fan. I want to be a way bigger fan. You're obviously not a Star Wars fan. If you don't even know those series that I just named. A hundred percent. A hundred percent not. A hundred percent. I don't know what they are. So yeah, I'm, I'm admitting this. I'm, I'm laying down at the feet of all the Star Wars fans and saying my bad, I am not one of you.
01:06:17
Speaker
And I, in fact, I want to bet with, uh, my other stepdaughter Corinne, she, uh, couldn't name, um, the, okay. I'm going to geek out on you here. Okay. It shows you that I'm not that old. The sith Lord that Yoda fights in, I think it's clone wars. Ma. No, Yoda doesn't fight Darth Maul. Yeah, he does.
01:06:45
Speaker
No, he doesn't. That is Obi-Wan that fights it. Okay. Who is it? It's, um, it admit it's Peter Piscow. I'm going to this microphone up here. Darce Tiranis, I think.
01:07:16
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try me bit ah all right it's one minute and seven seconds let's go all right but bye
01:07:40
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And that's a wrap.