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E83: Bald Man in the house!
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We are joined this week by none other than Mr YOOOO himself! Brent Smith from Bald Man Knife and Tool came for a visit and we all spent some time in the shop. Come take a listen!
Jerid is busy abusing Denis again, but what else is new. Jerid complains about his bitch hands. Come listen in!
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Transcript
Introduction and Guest Welcome
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echo_blades
Oh.
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echo_blades
What's up everybody welcome to another triple T podcast for knife makers.
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Bald Man
Thank you.
00:00:20
echo_blades
My name is Jared from echo blades and as always I have my co-host Mr. Dennis Terrell from Terrell knife works and this week we have another special super duper guest.
00:00:32
echo_blades
Say hello guest.
00:00:34
Denis Tyrell
I think you should just say one word. What word would you say to identify yourself?
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Bald Man
Yo! What's
00:00:43
Denis Tyrell
That's right.
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echo_blades
That's the one.
00:00:44
Denis Tyrell
ah
00:00:46
Bald Man
happening, to everybody? good to be here.
Brent's California Visits and Knife Making Experience
00:00:48
Denis Tyrell
We have Brent from Bald Man Knife and Tool joining us today. Not even just joining us on the podcast, but joining us in person.
00:00:56
echo_blades
Here's the garage Here's the garage
00:00:58
Bald Man
In person. We've been high-fiving all week, basically.
00:01:02
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it's been awesome.
00:01:03
Bald Man
It's been a great time.
00:01:05
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. And this is your first trip to California, right?
00:01:08
Bald Man
um first trip in many years i've been here years ago um
00:01:11
Denis Tyrell
Many years. Okay. So you've been here. All where Were you in LA or were you here? Like Northern?
00:01:18
Bald Man
we did a big trip whenever i was younger and kind of uh you know i grew up in texas and we did a big road trip and you know went up into like um oh mount rushmore and then kind of worked our way down through northern california southern california uh
00:01:35
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it's
00:01:37
Bald Man
over in the Grand Canyon in the back. And so, yeah, kind of a big trip. oh And I've been here, here for work whenever was working on cars and went to, I don't know, wherever West Coast Choppers used to be, or i don't know where that is, l LA area, I think.
00:01:58
Denis Tyrell
LA San Diego somewhere down there.
00:02:00
Bald Man
Yeah. So I went there for
00:02:01
echo_blades
Yeah, somewhere in Canada.
00:02:03
Bald Man
for a little while. But yeah, no, this is the first time I've really got to experience for long time and it's been really good hanging out and goofing off.
00:02:13
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it's been fun having you. You came for a visit and we got to spend a bunch of time in the shop making some folders. That was fun.
00:02:23
Bald Man
Yeah, we had a bunch of time and was a good time. Learned a lot for sure.
00:02:29
Denis Tyrell
Good, good. Even had Mr. The J-Man making a folder.
00:02:35
echo_blades
but did. got it right here.
00:02:37
Denis Tyrell
Oh.
00:02:39
echo_blades
Look at it, guys. You've seen it all week. This is pointless, right?
00:02:44
Denis Tyrell
We do need to get some pictures of them together.
00:02:47
Bald Man
Yeah, we definitely do.
00:02:48
Denis Tyrell
We didn't get any finished pictures of the folders.
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Bald Man
Yeah, we both have both have our folders.
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echo_blades
No.
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Denis Tyrell
Yes.
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echo_blades
That's right.
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Denis Tyrell
Nice.
00:02:58
Denis Tyrell
Cool. Yeah, the it went well. If you've learned a few things on the course, I need
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echo_blades
Yeah.
Knife Making Class and Food Talk
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Denis Tyrell
to change. i usually make a knife before... like before I, I make it once to make sure, and I usually use like cheap material.
00:03:12
Denis Tyrell
And for some reason I decided I was going to make mine with like expensive ivory and then realizing that I'd never made this design before. And that was probably a dumb idea, but I think I'll save it and figure out a few little things we we screwed up. I screwed up with the design of the, where the detent was, but yeah,
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echo_blades
First of all, before you go telling on yourself that you suck, I do want to say that I think the course was extremely informative. it was well put together from start to finish up until we were at the finish line where we noticed a little, the design flaw hiccup thing that we had.
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echo_blades
um I think if you guys are all looking forward to or interested in trying to get in on the the folder class that Dennis has, i ah you guys, I'm taking this for me because I don't like anything he does.
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echo_blades
Um, I had a great time.
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Bald Man
ah
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echo_blades
I thought it was super informative. It was easy. was fast paced. It was no lulls. Um, and the instructions were good. Uh, and if you're interested, I would hurry up and start, uh, booking when they come available because, it was a good time.
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echo_blades
And by the, uh, and that's what, you know That's why we do these test runs, you know so we pick up all the kinks and stuff like that.
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Bald Man
Yeah.
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Denis Tyrell
That's right.
00:04:32
echo_blades
and So mine suffered for you guys. You're welcome.
00:04:37
echo_blades
i'm just ah I'm just a team player here, seven, six, five listeners.
00:04:39
Denis Tyrell
That's right. wait But why is it always Jared's that's the most out of whack?
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echo_blades
Oh,
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Denis Tyrell
Why is that?
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echo_blades
it's because i'm um you know umm ah i'm I'm basically a ah new maker. You I'm just setting off into to kind of thing.
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Bald Man
Oh, gosh.
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echo_blades
that so So one of my better friends, um actually, one of the yeah guys that um a lot every time I try to tell my my journey through making and I was just reminding the guys here not too long ago that prior to me making knives, like I never made anything.
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echo_blades
like zero. And I always joke that I was 40 years old before I cut my first piece of wood on purpose. Right. And when I did that, my buddy, uh, Dave helped me make a bench, uh, like a work bench.
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echo_blades
Um, and so i you know, it was the first time I basically use any power tools and stuff like that, but I sent him a picture of the folder.
00:05:30
Bald Man
It's. It's.
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echo_blades
Um, I think it was not today, but the last night. And he sends me this text message back. It's hilarious. And it's like a, you
Challenges and Supplies
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echo_blades
know, it's like a, it was, it was super meaningful to me, but um it was also, you know, a big yeah poke at me, but it says, it's like watching the spen special Olympics unfold before my very eyes.
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echo_blades
You look at this athlete and it says no fucking way, but with a little, with the right guidance, coaching and some oversight, son of a bitch downright impresses you.
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echo_blades
I was dying, dude.
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Bald Man
Yeah.
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echo_blades
And I took that as like, ah you know, i I said, thank you. and That means a lot to me because yeah he's a pretty handy dude and he he does a lot of cool things. He's the guy that does the the lemons racing.
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Denis Tyrell
Oh, okay.
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echo_blades
Yeah. So, but, uh, yeah, coming from him, him, him knowing how like inept I started, you know, to where I'm at now. So, but that's why my stuff always looks like a third grader did it.
00:06:34
echo_blades
That was eating paste or something.
00:06:35
Denis Tyrell
Now I'm just busting your balls. It looks great.
00:06:37
echo_blades
Oh, thanks Dennis.
00:06:38
Denis Tyrell
It looks good.
00:06:38
echo_blades
You're a sweetheart too. But, uh, yeah, no, seriously though, the class was, was good. And, uh, and I had a good time.
00:06:45
Denis Tyrell
Good.
00:06:45
Bald Man
Yeah, to the to the point of, you know, we have the hiccups with the design, but for me as a maker, you know, when I reached out to to you guys, you know, Jared and I haveve been talking about getting together and me coming out here for a long time. And so it was long overdue. And then reaching out to you, Dennis, about doing the folder class potentially and, you know, being able to work all that out.
00:07:08
Bald Man
that's what i wanted right i wanted to be able to experience some hiccups because i know when i go home that's what's going to happen i when i'm designing my own folder you know this helps me to keep those things in mind and so it was super helpful i know like um for you it was really frustrating um at the very end right
00:07:28
Denis Tyrell
It was just crappy that we got to the end, and then I'm like, now the detent balls are riding off the edge of the blade. didn' That was crappy, but...
00:07:35
Bald Man
But yeah, and you know and and we went into this going, this is going to be the trial run ah for what this would feel like doing a folder class for you. And so for me, this was a perfect experience to be able to see flaws. And it was great to be able to have um three different ah knives being made, right? So you get to experience a little bit of everything with each knife because one knife isn't going to have all three issues that we all had at different points of the build.
00:08:06
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, that's a good point. We we each had different little issues. And there's a couple of things that i learned to put in the class material, like as far as the issue we had on the back bar and things like that, or the lock bar and stuff.
00:08:19
Bald Man
Yeah.
00:08:19
Denis Tyrell
So yeah, I had a good time.
00:08:21
Bald Man
Yeah.
00:08:22
Denis Tyrell
You guys did great. So it was it was fun.
00:08:23
Bald Man
We had a blast and it was a great class.
00:08:25
Denis Tyrell
It was fun.
00:08:27
Bald Man
So thank you for that.
00:08:28
Denis Tyrell
Oh, well, I'm glad you enjoyed it and hopefully learn something and be able to repeat it at all.
00:08:35
Bald Man
For sure, 100%.
00:08:37
echo_blades
I'll be able to repeat it at your shop next time we do it.
Daily Activities and Humor
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Denis Tyrell
I'm sure.
00:08:44
echo_blades
That's just a, a special thing I have. um
00:08:48
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:08:49
echo_blades
You know, but so when you do go back home though, Brent, and you're going to get all geared up for some stuff. um I think we got you covered for where you can go to get some of these supplies.
00:09:03
Bald Man
We're going to be hitting up Lawrence over at Maritime North Supply.
00:09:07
echo_blades
That's right, man. Lawrence Lake from maritime knife supply. He's got all the things you need to make all kinds of knives. Um, and, uh, yeah, well, we love them. We support them. Um, you know, got a couple of hiccups going on, but that'll, that'll smooth itself out here, but, um, make sure you need, uh, all the things that you can get. If you're in Canada, you're not affected by any of the stuff that's going on over here, but, um,
00:09:33
echo_blades
You can get all your abrasives, your tooling, materials, on and on and on. If you need it, Lawrence has got it, and you got to go talk to him.
00:09:43
echo_blades
if he can't, if he doesn't have it, he'll he'll even figure out how to go get it. So um that's that's just how awesome he is. but And thanks, Dennis, for the brand-new folder supply section.
00:09:56
Denis Tyrell
Yes, gonna need it
00:09:57
echo_blades
That's right.
00:10:00
Denis Tyrell
Cool, so would you guys would you guys do this afternoon?
00:10:04
echo_blades
This afternoon? Uh, we can't.
00:10:05
Denis Tyrell
Yeah You left my house and then like what you you clean the shop or what?
00:10:08
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah. yeah yeah
00:10:10
Denis Tyrell
It's all Jared does
00:10:11
Bald Man
We did.
00:10:12
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:10:12
Denis Tyrell
ah
00:10:13
Bald Man
We cleaned the
00:10:13
echo_blades
No, we cleaned the shop.
00:10:15
echo_blades
Um, I, I took opportunity to kind of refresh one of my grinders, get a little, ah tune up. Um, and then kind of made a game plan for the second win we're going to have after this and then, uh, see what happens. And we've got all day tomorrow just uh,
00:10:33
echo_blades
mess around in here and really kind of figured it out, but um yeah, hung out, got to spend some time with Lynn and have Brent visit with her. So that was cool.
00:10:42
Denis Tyrell
that's good
00:10:42
Bald Man
Yep.
00:10:42
echo_blades
and The kids and everything went to the driving range this morning.
00:10:45
echo_blades
That was cool. great Brent, you're an ex you're, you're an excellent caddy, dude.
00:10:47
Bald Man
It was great.
00:10:50
Bald Man
Thank you.
00:10:50
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:10:51
Bald Man
I do my best. i can I can hold Jared shafts really well.
00:10:55
echo_blades
Yep. He placed my balls yeah right in the good divots.
00:10:56
Denis Tyrell
go
00:10:57
Bald Man
Yep. Yep.
00:10:58
echo_blades
Like it was fantastic, man. Yeah.
00:11:00
Bald Man
I held the balls and I moved the shaft and we were good to go.
00:11:04
echo_blades
Yeah, it's it's amazing.
00:11:06
Denis Tyrell
Glad I wasn't there.
00:11:07
echo_blades
Yeah. but You missed out, dude.
00:11:11
Denis Tyrell
I'm not sure I did.
00:11:12
echo_blades
Your chef's in the same condition.
00:11:17
Denis Tyrell
Oh, man.
00:11:18
echo_blades
oh Yes. And then on top of that, though, um I did piss off Mrs. Tyrell because I don't like onions. But Brent reminded me.
00:11:31
echo_blades
go ahead. What did you tell him, Brent?
00:11:32
Bald Man
Nope, I don't know what you're talking about.
00:11:38
echo_blades
yeah
00:11:38
Denis Tyrell
but it Enlighten me, what?
00:11:41
echo_blades
No, I can't do it. I'm not going to it.
00:11:42
Bald Man
Jared will eat a lot eat a lot of things, but not onions.
00:11:44
echo_blades
Yeah, but not onions.
00:11:45
Denis Tyrell
Just not onions.
00:11:46
echo_blades
That's it.
00:11:49
Denis Tyrell
You better explain the whole story.
00:11:49
echo_blades
voice Nope.
00:11:51
Bald Man
A lot of things that went in Jared's mouth, but not onions.
00:11:54
echo_blades
That's right. Not raw onions anyways.
00:11:59
echo_blades
That was good.
00:12:00
Denis Tyrell
Kim made breakfast for Jared last weekend, and he outright refused to eat it because it had onions in it, and she had to remake it.
00:12:09
echo_blades
she offered both times and I said, Oh, sorry, I can't, I can't do that. There's like a handful of hard nose, you know, cause let me just explain you guys.
00:12:15
Bald Man
okay
00:12:18
echo_blades
You don't get this sexy by being very picky with food. Right. I'm I eat, I eat plenty. There's a bigger guy in this world. Uh, just raw onions are not one of those things. So, um,
00:12:29
Denis Tyrell
We all have our things.
00:12:31
echo_blades
Yeah, I'm not the dude that sends food back just to be an asshole either, but I they will i will not. I will cause a scene for for the onions and the food. But, yeah.
00:12:44
Denis Tyrell
I'm that way with avocado.
00:12:48
echo_blades
Come again?
00:12:48
Bald Man
I will say avocado.
00:12:50
Denis Tyrell
I don't like avocado.
00:12:50
Bald Man
You want youvoca avocado?
00:12:51
Denis Tyrell
No.
Travel Plans and Knife Making Projects
00:12:53
Bald Man
Oh, man.
00:12:53
Denis Tyrell
No. It's mushy crap. It's like baby poop.
00:12:55
Bald Man
I will say I've been treated to nothing but great hospitality and great food while I've been out here. i was greeted at the airport shortly after leaving the airport with a banana shake in, what was it, Haywood?
00:12:55
echo_blades
Jesus.
00:13:10
Bald Man
Hayward?
00:13:10
echo_blades
Yep.
00:13:11
Denis Tyrell
A word.
00:13:11
echo_blades
Cecil's banana shake and Sanita's super carne asada burrito.
00:13:17
Bald Man
yeah and it was great and then immediately follow that up with the tyrells with some steak and all the fixings it was excellent
00:13:26
echo_blades
Hey, Dennis, we have to tell you, that one ah that was a tough one. We had some serious fat guy control having mowed down a banana shake and then like gingerly ate part of a burrito because we knew we were going to to your house for dinner.
00:13:43
echo_blades
But that was cool.
00:13:44
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:13:45
Bald Man
It was great. Jared looked at me as soon as mistakes, and he just looked me, and I could tell by the look on his face he was he was going to have a rough time.
00:13:49
echo_blades
I see.
00:13:55
Denis Tyrell
But he finished it.
00:13:55
echo_blades
I did. It was good.
00:13:57
Bald Man
They did.
00:13:58
echo_blades
It was a good time.
00:13:59
Denis Tyrell
Those are actually pretty good stakes. I was pretty happy with those.
00:14:01
Denis Tyrell
but there
00:14:02
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:14:02
Bald Man
They were great stakes.
00:14:03
Denis Tyrell
yeah your Your two were probably a little under, but it was they were good. I liked them.
00:14:08
echo_blades
Yeah. It was all good. You know what i had a fun time doing? i you know so the i always say this, but um you know, the The wide variety and range of peens that Two Bastard Smithian Supply provides is just, it's it's an astounding range of variability. So we're always talking about the big fat peen.
00:14:33
echo_blades
Talking about the curvy peen, the cross peen, the straight peen. But, you know, this weekend we handled the little tiny peen like more than any. I mean, we shared this little tiny peen like all over again.
00:14:41
Bald Man
Hey, how are you?
00:14:43
Denis Tyrell
We did.
00:14:44
echo_blades
So not only do you need the big fat peen to get all your hammer and forging, banging going. i mean, we're both wearing the shirt, right? Get it hot and hit it hard.
00:14:53
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:14:54
echo_blades
and Or you can tap little tiny pins with your little peen as well.
00:15:00
Denis Tyrell
yeah Yeah, Frank, we we were laughing when we first got that hammer, but I use that one constantly when I'm making folders, that little pin setting hammer.
00:15:09
echo_blades
And it's a fantastic tool.
00:15:09
Denis Tyrell
ah It got some use.
00:15:11
echo_blades
Yeah, it got, yeah. It was grand to have that little peen in my hand. i don't know about you guys, but yeah.
00:15:18
Bald Man
were past We were passing passing the peen around.
00:15:18
Denis Tyrell
It's like normal. ah Yeah.
00:15:20
echo_blades
It was so familiar.
00:15:22
Denis Tyrell
Definitely.
00:15:24
echo_blades
That's a comfort fit right there. Thanks, Frank.
00:15:28
Denis Tyrell
Oh.
00:15:29
echo_blades
Yeah. But next time you're going get a hammer, make sure you go check out Frank Anita to bastard Smithy and supply.
00:15:30
Denis Tyrell
So...
00:15:35
echo_blades
They'll get you covered for, you know, for the big guys and little guys, they got y'all for sure.
00:15:40
Denis Tyrell
yeah definite
00:15:44
Denis Tyrell
oh so We got some stuff tomorrow, but what's what's up for the rest of the week for you, Jared?
00:15:50
echo_blades
The rest of the week is going to be back to work.
00:15:51
Bald Man
Yep.
00:15:53
echo_blades
I'm, I'm, you know, the, the bummer part is, is that i got sick right before all this happened. Um, And then i thought I was getting through it all. And then I think on when did we start? Friday?
00:16:05
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:16:05
Bald Man
ye
00:16:06
echo_blades
Yeah, Friday I was, it started ah you know, the tail end of it wasn't, didn't go over or finish as quick as I want. So my voice is still little cracked out and I'm starting to feel, feel better now.
00:16:20
echo_blades
So it'll just be back to the grind work, you know, just regular stuff, but I'll have a cleaner shop and hopefully couple of things done.
00:16:30
echo_blades
um So not, not really anything incredible and in my future right now. And I'm not, I'm not like leaving to go hang around in LA or anything. What are you up to?
00:16:41
Denis Tyrell
I am going to L.A.
00:16:43
echo_blades
Oh, that's weird.
00:16:46
Denis Tyrell
Thursday night, I'm taking the boys to L.A. We're going, i told you it's last week, we're going to Universal and Six Flags for a couple of days.
00:16:54
Bald Man
It's
00:16:54
echo_blades
Oh, that's right.
00:16:56
Denis Tyrell
We'll be back Sunday, next Sunday.
00:16:58
echo_blades
Yeah, that's cool.
00:16:59
Denis Tyrell
But then, at yeah, that's kind of like the last boys trip before Parker heads off to basic basic training for the Navy, which is probably going to be, i don't know,
00:17:00
Bald Man
going to be a good time.
00:17:12
Denis Tyrell
a month from now or something like that. And then next Thursday, we're headed out to Italy.
00:17:23
Bald Man
Oh man, big trip.
00:17:23
echo_blades
ah the Thursday after.
00:17:25
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:17:26
Denis Tyrell
it like did Not this Thursday coming, but next Thursday.
00:17:29
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:17:29
Denis Tyrell
So the 23rd. Yeah,
00:17:32
echo_blades
Hmm.
00:17:33
Bald Man
Cool.
00:17:33
Denis Tyrell
I mean.
00:17:33
Bald Man
So what are you going to do out there? you got any plans? Like anything you're looking forward to out there?
00:17:39
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I mean, we're going to do the whole... We'll hit the whole tourist attractions. You know, we're going to Rome.
00:17:43
Bald Man
Yeah.
00:17:44
Denis Tyrell
We'll do the Colosseum and Trevi Fountain and all that crap. And then we're going to Naples to have pizza. have no other plans, but we'll pizza in Naples.
00:17:56
Denis Tyrell
And then we're going to...
00:17:57
echo_blades
That's a great plan, by the way.
00:17:59
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, i mean i actually my entire I could forego all of the fucking tourist things and just go from like little cafe or restaurant and just...
00:18:09
echo_blades
Eat your way through the boot.
00:18:09
Denis Tyrell
That's all I want to do in Italy is just eat and drink the whole time we're there.
00:18:11
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:18:14
Denis Tyrell
um But then we're going to Sorrento, we're going to Capri and the Amalfi Coast. that's We're spending most of the time down there.
00:18:22
echo_blades
Nice.
00:18:23
Denis Tyrell
So, should be awesome.
00:18:23
Bald Man
Cool.
00:18:25
Denis Tyrell
And funny, i just finished watching... that, um, a documentary on that. You remember that Costa Concordia ship, that ship that sunk in Italy?
00:18:35
echo_blades
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I do.
00:18:36
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. We were just watching that.
00:18:38
Bald Man
Yeah.
00:18:38
Denis Tyrell
And my, my sister is meeting us in Sorrento on a cruise. I'm like, man, it's bad timing to watch that the documentary.
00:18:45
echo_blades
Yeah. Maybe fine.
00:18:49
Denis Tyrell
But yeah, it should be fun. Looking forward to it, but got to get through the next week and a half.
00:18:52
echo_blades
Cool.
00:18:52
Bald Man
Good.
00:18:57
Denis Tyrell
But, uh,
00:18:57
Bald Man
Yeah, sounds like a busy time for sure.
00:19:00
Denis Tyrell
yeah But I don't know. the I finished the Balasong knife last week. That video came out.
00:19:05
Bald Man
ah saw that.
00:19:06
Denis Tyrell
um ah Yeah, you guys got to play with it a little. I was thrilled with how that came out.
00:19:14
echo_blades
it was pretty damn smooth, dude.
00:19:14
Denis Tyrell
it's like
00:19:15
echo_blades
know it was It was flippy and and good stuff.
00:19:15
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I was. Yeah, I got lucky on some of it.
00:19:19
echo_blades
ah You know what? You got you got a lot of... ah You're actually... i'm not going to be able to pull it up right now because I'll lose my train of thought, but I had quite a few people and require me to bust your balls about your whole ballast on journey that it's, it's pretty split, I guess, amongst the, Hey, let's bridge the gap between these little kids in the ballast long flippers.
00:19:43
echo_blades
And then the rest of them be like Canadian.
00:19:43
Denis Tyrell
uh
00:19:48
Denis Tyrell
yeah i got a but i got i got i think it was 50 50 on the comments i saw on on my ig posts as well like hey am am i gonna hang out in the uh the corner with all the kids am i gonna have rainbow hair there's a bunch of those comments
00:19:55
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:20:02
echo_blades
Yeah. Hey, it is in June, so that's good.
00:20:08
Denis Tyrell
but
00:20:10
echo_blades
Yeah, no, but seriously, it was cool, man.
00:20:11
Denis Tyrell
um
00:20:11
Bald Man
yes
00:20:12
echo_blades
did the The one thing that impressed me on that it was the handle. I mean, I'm assuming you didn't buy that handle, right?
00:20:21
Denis Tyrell
No, I did not buy it.
00:20:22
echo_blades
Okay, I know.
00:20:22
Denis Tyrell
He obviously you didn't watch the video.
00:20:24
echo_blades
No, I did. I'm just kidding. I'm i'm messing with you. Yeah, no, the handle's really done done really nice. ty dam All that stuff came out really, really good and looked good. and And it was flipping around.
00:20:37
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I had a good time. it was It was more fun than I thought it would be to do. It's just a lot of milling. i I picked, I think, probably the most complicated construction.
00:20:51
Denis Tyrell
Looking back, I wish I would have done the sandwich construction instead of the ah channel, but that's all right. But yeah, glad to have it done and it's sold.
00:21:02
Denis Tyrell
It'll be sent out in a day or two.
00:21:04
echo_blades
Sold already?
00:21:05
Denis Tyrell
Already sold.
00:21:06
echo_blades
Nice.
00:21:08
Denis Tyrell
um Yeah, and then this weekend coming, I've got the Kumai buoy video from my trip to Minnesota. So it's all finished up.
00:21:21
Denis Tyrell
So that video will be this weekend. So yeah, go watch it.
00:21:27
echo_blades
Nice.
Military Challenge Winners Announcement
00:21:28
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:21:30
Denis Tyrell
And
00:21:30
Bald Man
Yeah, you said that you said the trip to Minnesota was really good, right?
00:21:33
Denis Tyrell
it was awesome. It was, it was fun. Hammering was great. um Yeah. The being at the us USA, USA knife maker location was awesome. And then going to Northstar Forge was was really fun, teaching that handle garden handle class.
00:21:48
Bald Man
Cool.
00:21:50
Denis Tyrell
And a lot of that will be in the video. So ah you'll see shots of the hammering and the corset Northstar. Just probably some cami, like some some still shots and a couple little video clips.
00:22:05
Denis Tyrell
But mostly about the outcome of that class and what the end knife looks like.
00:22:07
Bald Man
Yeah,
00:22:14
Bald Man
awesome.
00:22:15
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. But before we get into it, the main thing I wanted to do this episode was to announce the winners of the Military Challenge.
00:22:26
echo_blades
Oh. Oh.
00:22:29
Denis Tyrell
So we're going to do that and in a little bit.
00:22:29
Bald Man
oh yeah
00:22:32
Denis Tyrell
But first, i want to talk about one of our sponsors who's also a sponsor for the Military Challenge, which is Baker Fortune and Tool.
00:22:41
echo_blades
oh
00:22:42
Denis Tyrell
So if you need some awesome Damascus go uh go see go see koi the boys at Baker Forge um oh do you have the I had it this is really being prepared yeah dark my copper mascus is what they've got which is an awesome pattern because it's got you've got the really dark cladding the really dark core and then this line of copper in the middle which is kind of like the knife that um
00:23:03
echo_blades
Thank
00:23:14
Denis Tyrell
that I did coming up next for this weekend's video. It's very similar. It's actually kind of what I modeled it after, um but that's their just coincidence, but that's their, their drop this week.
00:23:28
Denis Tyrell
So go get yourself some dark. My, and while you're there, put to all the gator piss varieties, gator skin in your, in your cart.
00:23:40
Denis Tyrell
And we're going to announce a new product that Baker Forge has got because I finally got my my special package from Koi.
00:23:50
Bald Man
What?
00:23:50
Denis Tyrell
um Yeah, they are announcing the ah brand new product called Grime Reaper, which I think is cool. They come up with the coolest names for products.
00:24:00
Bald Man
Ice.
00:24:01
Denis Tyrell
Grime Reaper. So I didn't even know this was a thing, but they built this and I'm reading off their... their copy here to stay ahead of the curve on the 2024 Biden and administration's ban on several harsh chemicals under the toxic substances act like those in traditional brake cleaners.
00:24:22
Denis Tyrell
So this is a cleaner product and an aerosol can, uh, it's 50 state compliant and melts grease and grind breaks down the heaviest buffing compounds, leaves no residue.
00:24:34
Denis Tyrell
Um, It's priced well and it'll be available in single cans in case quantities. International sales are coming and it's got a citrus smell.
00:24:44
Denis Tyrell
So muscling in on the Pelican paste thing there.
00:24:46
Bald Man
oh man
00:24:49
Denis Tyrell
But it's it sounds awesome. I'm looking forward to using it. I have not given it a little spray. Have you given it a little squirt there, Jared?
00:24:59
echo_blades
I have not squirted it yet, but I have plans to squirt tomorrow.
00:25:03
Denis Tyrell
Oh, yeah.
00:25:03
echo_blades
Wait a minute.
00:25:03
Bald Man
and when you
00:25:03
echo_blades
I'm going to use it tomorrow. Yeah.
00:25:05
Denis Tyrell
With Brent, right?
00:25:05
echo_blades
So, yes.
00:25:06
Bald Man
we should ah We should have been thinking about that when we were cleaning out the bearings and the pivots on these folders.
00:25:11
Denis Tyrell
Oh, damn, right.
00:25:12
Bald Man
That probably would have come in handy.
00:25:13
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, yeah.
00:25:14
echo_blades
Yeah. But I do got to etch a knife tomorrow, ah two of them actually. So that's on the, ah the agenda. So I'll, I'll clean them up with the grime Reaper and h and etch them in some gator piss.
00:25:29
echo_blades
So yeah, triple T 10 for 10% off. That's TTT 10 for 10% off. Use the coat. And yeah, thank you. Koi and the boys and Baker Forge for continuously coming up with new products to help our,
00:25:42
echo_blades
and our Damascus experience.
00:25:46
Bald Man
And, you know, with Baker Forge, not only do I hear they have great products to finish your knives and keep them clean, but Jared, are you on like a monthly subscription or weekly subscription to receive a package from Baker Forge?
00:26:02
Bald Man
Because I hear you're getting like shirts all the time, different shirts that they have in stock, all kinds of stuff, not just products.
00:26:09
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah. I signed up to the Koi Loves Me um website and it's it's paid off dividends.
00:26:17
Bald Man
Thanks.
00:26:18
echo_blades
Small investment and very good returns here as I take a drink of my strawberry bubbly out of my Baker Forge and Tool Koozie. So, yeah. Thank you. I'm eagerly waiting the next shipment next month. How's yours going, Dennis? Oh, that's right. You didn't get anything.
00:26:36
Denis Tyrell
ah Finally, Coy, I think he's doing separate shipments now, so I actually get mine.
00:26:41
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:26:44
Denis Tyrell
Oh.
00:26:46
echo_blades
That might've been a little, a little guilt trip I played on Koi, but nevermind. Anyways, no, I think all of them are here. I say i sent them a photo of the last one. I said, surely this is the last one because they've been coming pretty steady for a while. So, but anyways, yeah, all all that, all that goodness.
00:27:06
echo_blades
What else?
00:27:07
Denis Tyrell
ah Brent, you got a chance to use the Ameribrade grinder in the shop this weekend.
00:27:13
echo_blades
That's right.
00:27:14
Denis Tyrell
What did you think?
00:27:15
Bald Man
We put some heavy use on that and it was pretty great. I'll be honest.
Tools and Workshop Activities
00:27:20
Bald Man
The um switching from the platen getting that work rest that work rest moved you know for grinding in on the the lock face on the blade it was really easy to get the work rest set to the degree you needed uh get that set up and then we were able to hook up you said it was the first time hooking up the small wheel on that right
00:27:45
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, i had never I hadn't used the small wheel on that one, on that grinder yet.
00:27:47
Bald Man
and And we got that thing dialed like within ah a minute or less. We had that thing tracking straight without messing around with really any of the tracking, just ah lining that wheel up.
00:28:04
Bald Man
the small wheel attachment with a couple allen bolts and slid it over and man i was up and running uh grinding those uh finger choils out of the the actually is the finger choil and um kind of the guard area uh for the flipper tabs it was great yeah i loved it
00:28:23
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. We didn't get to do any contour of the of the handles yet. You guys will be doing that on your own time. But if you had, you would have been using that drop-away platen and using the
00:28:35
Bald Man
yeah
00:28:39
Denis Tyrell
the slack option with the drop-away platen, which I love. With one little flip of the lever, platen drops away and you have a slack belt. Yeah.
00:28:50
Bald Man
i did notice you had dropped it away at one point and i needed to use the grinder and i walked over and i looked at it went oh man the platen's dropped away And you were busy doing something. and Jared was grinding on the other grinder on the disc sander.
00:29:06
Bald Man
And I literally, i' like, well, let's see how hard if I can just get this. And it was literally all it took was me sliding that thing right back up into place and locking that cam lock in. I didn't even have to mess with the adjustment on it.
00:29:22
Bald Man
It hit the stop and I just started grinding right away on it. So yeah, that that is a really cool feature.
00:29:28
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it's it's the bee's knees. The cat's ass.
00:29:32
echo_blades
Yeah. And we'll give the, uh, the, the hyper disc a run tomorrow on a few things too.
00:29:38
Denis Tyrell
Oh, nice.
00:29:39
echo_blades
Yep.
00:29:39
Bald Man
I'm looking forward to that too.
00:29:40
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:29:41
echo_blades
Yep. You get all, they got all the bells and whiskels, the, the discs, uh, five eights Arbor three quarter sanding Arbor's, um, work rest.
00:29:51
echo_blades
I got, I got the whole full package there. So, uh, we'll, we'll take it through its paces, uh, again and again, like I love to do. So, yeah.
00:29:59
Bald Man
Are we going to be doing any heat treating tomorrow?
00:30:03
echo_blades
Yeah, actually we do.
00:30:03
Bald Man
Because I noticed you have two ovens, right?
00:30:04
echo_blades
I have a couple to do.
00:30:07
echo_blades
do. Yeah. Temporarily. Or I'm going to temper one forever.
00:30:17
echo_blades
ah Yeah. And if you guys need to do any heat treating yourself, I suggest you go check out even heat kilns.
00:30:18
Bald Man
okay
00:30:22
echo_blades
They're a family owned company since 1948, building the highest quality knife heat treat ovens on the market. um They're available all over the place. um But yeah, that's,
Judging and Prize Details
00:30:34
echo_blades
that's the business. So um I have the KO 22 and a half and that's what you used, right?
00:30:44
echo_blades
Yeah. this weekend to heat our, uh, our stainless blades up.
00:30:48
Denis Tyrell
you know lba team oh yeah yeah i thought meant the cow yeah of course of course i have i have two evenies all
00:30:51
echo_blades
Yeah. Well, use the even heat. Yeah. No. Yeah. So we're going to, we're going break that sucker in tomorrow. That's right. So nice.
00:30:59
Bald Man
Sweet.
00:31:03
Denis Tyrell
all right so shall we get into uh some of the military challenge uh winners you think we should start with announcing those maybe
00:31:11
Bald Man
Yeah, i want to hear I want to hear these winners.
00:31:11
echo_blades
Uh, yeah. I want to hear who lost.
00:31:17
echo_blades
Or who didn't win?
00:31:17
Denis Tyrell
Everyone that didn't win, that's who lost.
00:31:19
echo_blades
Yeah, who didn't win?
00:31:21
Denis Tyrell
ah
00:31:22
echo_blades
If you ain't first, you're last, right, Dennis?
00:31:23
Bald Man
let's Let's start with last place.
00:31:24
Denis Tyrell
it Hey, can you shit share the link with um Brent so he can see the notes?
00:31:25
Bald Man
Yeah.
00:31:26
echo_blades
Let's start with, yeah
00:31:34
echo_blades
yeah. Okay, sure.
00:31:36
Bald Man
Oh,
00:31:37
Denis Tyrell
Because there's pictures in the notes. That's why I'm saying that.
00:31:41
Denis Tyrell
so
00:31:41
echo_blades
ah You already have it.
00:31:42
Bald Man
I think, yeah, you shared that with me.
00:31:43
echo_blades
You still have it.
00:31:44
Bald Man
Hold on. Yeah, I'll pull that up while you're talking.
00:31:46
Denis Tyrell
yeah Yeah, pull it up. So let's start with the, so again, military challenge is something that I organize now once a year.
00:31:59
Denis Tyrell
um Last year, we did the apocalyptic challenge. This year, we did the military challenge. And really, it was, we left the parameters totally wide open, probably the widest parameters or the the definition of any challenge we've ever had, just anything military related from any era in any country.
00:32:19
Bald Man
so
00:32:22
Denis Tyrell
So um we had, we had ah unfortunately, a couple um of the participating channels drop out um with all good reasons, but we had a couple drop out.
00:32:35
Denis Tyrell
So I think there were eight or nine, I think, total ah channels plus four judge channels. So um the the YouTube channels, really, it's just vote it's just views.
00:32:51
Bald Man
so
00:32:51
Denis Tyrell
That's what we really want. So it's just kind of bragging rights as to the winners. But viewers get to vote, and then the judges also are going to vote on the on the participating YouTube channels.
00:33:05
Denis Tyrell
So um if you guys want to do a drum roll here. So we'll start with the third place. for the participants, the YouTube channels, and that would be yours truly.
00:33:20
Denis Tyrell
So I came in third, which is awesome. Happy with that.
00:33:24
echo_blades
Good effort, Dennis. Good effort.
00:33:25
Bald Man
Well done, Dennis.
00:33:25
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, whatever.
00:33:26
Bald Man
Proud of you.
00:33:26
echo_blades
Yes.
00:33:27
Denis Tyrell
Yeah,
00:33:28
Bald Man
I knew you'd pull it out at some point.
00:33:30
Denis Tyrell
yeah I did the USMC officer sword, United States Marine Corps officer sword, which was a really fun build.
00:33:41
Bald Man
Which I didn't get to see you when I was at your house, by the way.
00:33:45
Denis Tyrell
It's already sold. It's already gone.
00:33:47
Bald Man
Oh, geez.
00:33:48
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:33:49
Bald Man
ah
00:33:49
Denis Tyrell
it It's already at its new home
00:33:49
Bald Man
My loss. Doggone it.
00:33:53
Denis Tyrell
home. So I came in third. In second place, which is a new participant in the challenge, his first challenge, Mr. Martin Huber from Martin Huber Knives.
00:34:08
Denis Tyrell
um He did an awesome... I'm... um and
00:34:13
Bald Man
like a bayonet, a long bayonet.
00:34:14
echo_blades
He did a bayonet.
00:34:14
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, yeah it's it's a
00:34:16
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:34:17
Denis Tyrell
it would it's like a sword bayonet. um
00:34:19
Bald Man
Yeah.
00:34:19
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:34:20
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, and he did it from a tank barrel. So it it's really cool, and it's really fun video to watch.
00:34:23
echo_blades
Yep.
00:34:26
Denis Tyrell
um He got the most viewer votes because I think he told the audience to vote like during the video, like six times during the video. So that obviously works ah because a lot of people voted for him. So he did really well.
00:34:42
echo_blades
You had a good video.
00:34:43
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it was very entertaining, very entertaining.
00:34:43
echo_blades
I enjoyed it. it It was, in yeah.
00:34:45
Denis Tyrell
And the build was awesome.
00:34:46
echo_blades
Yep.
00:34:46
Denis Tyrell
The build was awesome.
00:34:47
echo_blades
ye
00:34:49
Denis Tyrell
And um first place, also a newcomer to this challenge. Also, I'll say who who I thought was kind of a shoe in even before the challenge started.
00:35:01
Denis Tyrell
um We have Jaco at JVB Knives who did just, he did an incredible Gladius. Beautiful pattern, just an amazing build and very, ah the tempo on the build on the build video was great. It wasn't too slow, it wasn't too fast. It was it was a really good um video to watch.
00:35:26
Denis Tyrell
So congratulations Jaco for winning the challenge. And he also got a lot of the judges votes as well.
00:35:31
echo_blades
Yeah. Congratulations. Yeah.
00:35:34
Denis Tyrell
So, yeah. So good job. So Yako in first for JVB Knives for the Gladius. Martin in second for his monster bayonet.
00:35:47
Denis Tyrell
And i came in third with the USMC officer sword.
00:35:51
echo_blades
And that's half and half.
00:35:51
Denis Tyrell
And I'll
00:35:52
Bald Man
Yeah. that
00:35:53
echo_blades
That's how that wins. You take voting and then judges.
00:35:57
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, so it's weighted 50% viewer votes and the judging is 50%.
00:36:03
echo_blades
Gotcha. Cool.
00:36:04
Denis Tyrell
And oddly, the judges' votes um and the viewers' votes didn't exactly match. Like eat like the first place judges, like what the judges picked for first place didn't match what the viewers...
00:36:18
echo_blades
yeah
00:36:22
Denis Tyrell
So there was some crisscross there, so it was interesting.
00:36:27
Denis Tyrell
um So on to the we also for the judges, everyone votes which is their favorite judge bill ah because that judge will stay in the judges bracket and for the next challenge.
00:36:42
Denis Tyrell
And then we'll the top four from this challenge get promoted up to the judges tier for the next challenge. So um the the challenger, the judges we had were Mystic Mountain Forge, ah Fairway Forge, Muffin Man Metalworks, who was the reigning champ from last one, and Eric at the Rivers Experience.
00:37:03
echo_blades
Yep, I remember that.
00:37:06
Denis Tyrell
So it was those four judges. um So second place, we had a tie for first.
00:37:13
Denis Tyrell
So second in place was Mystic Mountain Forge. um Matt did this giant, if you guys haven't seen it, he basically did an Odachi, which is like the giant katana.
00:37:13
echo_blades
Oh, really?
00:37:27
Bald Man
It is gigantic.
00:37:27
echo_blades
Gotcha.
00:37:28
Denis Tyrell
It's huge. And the picture doesn't do it justice. If you watch the video, it's massive.
00:37:34
Denis Tyrell
a Huge undertaking for for a build video like this.
00:37:34
echo_blades
Wow.
00:37:39
echo_blades
Cool.
00:37:40
Denis Tyrell
um So he came in second, tied for first, um is between Fairway Forge and Muffin Man Metalworks.
00:37:50
echo_blades
Oh, wow.
00:37:50
Denis Tyrell
um So Fairway Forge did what, if I didn't do a sword, it probably would have been the weapon I would have picked, which is the Fairbairn Sykes dagger, which I just love.
00:37:52
Bald Man
And
00:38:04
Denis Tyrell
I just think it's a very sleek, sexy weapon. He did a beautiful job on that dagger. and um muffin man metalworks did another gladius so uh we got uh number one on the gladiuses uh in this challenge so uh yeah he did a really awesome rendition on gladius so he he's like the two-time reigning judge champ now yeah i know
00:38:21
echo_blades
o
00:38:26
echo_blades
Nice.
00:38:29
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:38:30
Bald Man
Wow.
00:38:31
echo_blades
Take a seat, Tyrell. Take a seat.
00:38:36
echo_blades
Muffet Man said, hold my beer.
00:38:36
Denis Tyrell
sir
00:38:38
Denis Tyrell
exactly Exactly. That's what he said. but So just a reminder for our sponsors, we already mentioned Baker Forge, who is giving gift certificates, a total of $500 in gift certificates, $250 for first, $150 for second, $100 for third.
00:38:38
echo_blades
I'm going back to back.
00:38:56
Denis Tyrell
We've got Maritime Knife Supply doing gift certificates, same split, $250, $150, $100.
00:39:03
Denis Tyrell
Knife Print is doing water jet, basically gift certificates for water jet, 200, 100, and 100. We've got Mosa US that's providing mosaic pins for the winner.
00:39:18
Denis Tyrell
um First place is 10 pins, second is eight, third is fourth. And... Our buddy Frank over at Two Bastards is for first place, first place only, is giving away custom hammer, a British military cross-peen hammer.
00:39:36
echo_blades
Nice.
00:39:36
Denis Tyrell
So that'll go to the winner.
00:39:36
Bald Man
Oh, sweet.
00:39:39
echo_blades
Very cool.
00:39:40
Bald Man
That's some killer prizes.
00:39:40
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah.
00:39:42
Denis Tyrell
But these prizes are for the viewers.
00:39:42
echo_blades
And this is for the or viewers.
00:39:45
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:39:45
Denis Tyrell
The viewers. Not the participant, not the YouTube channels, but for the viewers. But I think we should do another sponsor read before we we do the viewers. Just keep everybody in suspense.
00:39:57
Denis Tyrell
What do think?
00:39:59
Bald Man
do it.
00:40:01
Denis Tyrell
ah So... If you're looking for something to coat your knives with, you should head over to Pelican Paste. Check out their hard wax soft wax Pelican Paste hand salve and soap and the exclusive Butternut cast iron pan seasoning.
00:40:20
Denis Tyrell
aye Travis will get you set up. It smells great. Got that citrus smell to everything. And you can use the discount code TTT10. So go get yourself some Pelican Paste.
00:40:31
echo_blades
That's right.
00:40:32
Denis Tyrell
yeah Yeah, we just have a correct thing. So for the viewers, again, we'll start with third. And again, the only prize the only material prizes are for the viewers.
00:40:45
Denis Tyrell
We had 27 viewer entries for this one. so lot of great entries and those actually two that came in like too late one came in like two hours too late and one came in like two days too late so sorry guys so i'll put your uh your pictures in the uh in the winner announced video in the collage but you're not eligible to win because you missed the deadline But um for third place in the viewers, we have Steve Jennings, who did an M1 Garand bayonet.
00:41:20
echo_blades
Nice.
00:41:21
Denis Tyrell
Really cool. And it's a Damascus version of that bayonet.
00:41:22
Bald Man
Yeah.
00:41:25
Denis Tyrell
So really, really awesome.
00:41:25
Bald Man
Yeah, that's a really clean looking band.
00:41:29
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, yeah, I love this one. I thought it was a definite contender when I first saw it.
00:41:36
Denis Tyrell
In second place, we have another bayonet. Second place is Paul Hoke with a World War II Japanese bayonet. so And he had the original that he worked off of in the picture and then his reproduction, which is like dead on.
00:41:53
echo_blades
Yeah, that's really good.
00:41:54
Bald Man
Yeah.
00:41:54
Denis Tyrell
So, yeah.
00:41:56
echo_blades
That's really cool.
00:41:57
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. And I've never made a bayonet, and this really made me want to make one. So I may make one in the and the future.
Reflections and Future Challenges
00:42:05
Denis Tyrell
And in first place, and I do want to mention,
00:42:09
Denis Tyrell
OK, just k in case anyone's warning, when I put post these pictures of knives, I don't put the names of the people. All the judges are doing this. They're viewing these like all of the all of the participating channels and all the judges vote.
00:42:24
Denis Tyrell
They don't see the names. They just see the pictures. So.
00:42:27
echo_blades
So this, this is 5052.
00:42:30
Denis Tyrell
No, no, this is all us voting.
00:42:32
echo_blades
Just the judges pick the viewers.
00:42:33
Denis Tyrell
just all of the YouTube guys are all voting.
00:42:36
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:42:36
Denis Tyrell
So there's whatever, 13, 15 votes.
00:42:37
echo_blades
Gotcha. Okay.
00:42:40
Denis Tyrell
And we vote for our our favorite first, second and third.
00:42:40
echo_blades
So, okay. Without names, just pictures.
00:42:44
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Without names.
00:42:46
echo_blades
Cool.
00:42:46
Denis Tyrell
um
00:42:47
echo_blades
That's fair.
00:42:48
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. So, and first place is my buddy, Bob Gore. That's why I said that because Bob is a friend of mine, but he's, um Bob Gore, congratulations.
00:43:01
Denis Tyrell
He made a trench knife that and just amazing. Like the the knuckles on the trench knife, the blade.
00:43:07
Bald Man
Super cool.
00:43:12
Denis Tyrell
He just did an awesome.
00:43:12
Bald Man
The texture, the texture on that handle is great.
00:43:13
Denis Tyrell
Yes.
00:43:16
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. He did a really awesome job on this one. So, Bob, congratulations, man.
00:43:19
echo_blades
Yeah, that thing's really cool. Yeah.
00:43:21
Bald Man
Yeah, good job.
00:43:21
Denis Tyrell
Really, really good. Yeah. He's going to be jazzed at at winning this. I know he is. So, good for him.
00:43:26
echo_blades
Yeah, that's very cool.
00:43:29
Bald Man
Yeah, all all of these knives are incredible.
00:43:29
Denis Tyrell
And I love the trench knife.
00:43:33
Bald Man
They all turned out great.
00:43:34
Denis Tyrell
yeah And they really fit the theme. like they really All three of these are like dead on.
00:43:37
Bald Man
Yeah.
00:43:39
Denis Tyrell
like what i When I think of military builds, these are the kind of ones that I i think of first.
00:43:45
echo_blades
Nice.
00:43:45
Denis Tyrell
But it's only because we're here in North America and these are all North American knives kind of thing. But um yeah, it was a great challenge. We haven't decided on the next challenge.
00:44:00
Denis Tyrell
Um, we're going to talk about her over the next few days. i think there's a front runner from last one, like that was kind of second to a military challenge. We're probably going to go forward with that.
00:44:13
Denis Tyrell
So watch the video this week. There will be a video, a winner announced video that, uh, I will release on a Thursday this week.
00:44:25
Denis Tyrell
And, um, which will be my Thursday Triple T video. It's just going to be the winner announced video this week. And um in that video, you'll see pictures of all of the viewer knives. You'll see pictures of all the, at least the first, second, third place, um participant knives, the judge knives, and you'll hear about what the next challenge is.
00:44:48
Denis Tyrell
So stay tuned.
00:44:51
echo_blades
Keep me in suspense, why don't you? Jeez.
00:44:53
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:44:54
Bald Man
You tease.
00:44:54
Denis Tyrell
aye yeah I think it'll be fun. I think it'll be... Yeah, it'll be a different one. We we haven't done one like this in a while, so it should... Yeah. It'll it'll have some... We'll talk about it next week, and you guys, after the video comes out.
00:45:10
Denis Tyrell
I'm going to make everyone watch the video.
00:45:10
echo_blades
Nice.
00:45:12
echo_blades
Cool.
00:45:14
Denis Tyrell
Cool. But it was fun. I mean, these are these are really fun, these challenges. They take a lot out you. Like, my entire... Like... second half of July and August was making that sword and I'm sure all of the other participants feel the same like I love it but I'm happy to have it over um and I'm glad we moved it to after Blade Show now not because we used to do these in April which is terrible timing for a Blade Show so now you got the summer summers
00:45:41
echo_blades
I agree. Yeah. And if you gotta, if you gotta to hang out with Dennis during that, Oh, it's unbearable. So, yeah.
00:45:52
Denis Tyrell
yeah But yeah, looking forward to the next one. But now I can concentrate on, you know, the winter and making stuff for Blade Show for next year.
00:46:03
echo_blades
Yes.
00:46:03
Bald Man
Cool.
00:46:04
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. So anyway, thank everyone for who voted and everyone who participated. These are always really fun.
00:46:12
echo_blades
Yeah, it was a great challenge. It's a cool thing that you put together there. Oh, tag along. It's really good.
00:46:19
Bald Man
Good chat.
00:46:19
Denis Tyrell
Someday, someday Jared will enter something. Someday.
00:46:23
echo_blades
I will someday.
00:46:26
Denis Tyrell
Maybe a folder.
00:46:28
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:46:29
Denis Tyrell
Hey, you could win gift certificates.
00:46:32
echo_blades
I could. I don't think I could win though.
00:46:34
Bald Man
Okay,
00:46:34
echo_blades
That that would be, well, I mean, yeah, if we remain nameless, if I win, that would be, it would be you know yeah, I'd be rigged for sure.
00:46:37
Denis Tyrell
What could you win?
00:46:40
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I...
00:46:44
Bald Man
nobody would ever hear the end of it.
00:46:50
echo_blades
Because Dennis loves me so much, right? He doesn't take any opportunities to make fun of me or beat me down. Like, you know, maybe I feel like I'll actually have deserved that one.
00:46:55
Denis Tyrell
That's right.
00:47:00
Denis Tyrell
It'll be a knife with no handle and no, it'll be just a Jared knife, but
00:47:05
echo_blades
It'd be an abstract blade, you know.
00:47:08
Denis Tyrell
well, maybe, maybe the next challenge is for you then.
Engraving Admiration and Farewell
00:47:11
echo_blades
Yeah, Jared Picasso. There we go.
00:47:16
Denis Tyrell
Oh, so we said we were going to keep this one short.
00:47:17
echo_blades
Cool.
00:47:20
Denis Tyrell
So, cause Jared's sick and you know, wants to go to bed. Actually, you guys going to go back in the shop.
00:47:25
echo_blades
I do.
00:47:26
Denis Tyrell
don't know what you're whining about.
00:47:28
echo_blades
but no That's the plan.
00:47:28
Denis Tyrell
Um,
00:47:29
echo_blades
We planned to go out there a more than we did, too. Yeah.
00:47:33
Denis Tyrell
Let's do some maker spotlights and then we'll get out of here.
00:47:36
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:47:38
Denis Tyrell
Brent, you want to go first?
00:47:40
Bald Man
Yeah, so I'm going to spotlight a guy that Jared and I were talking about actually on the way home from your house today um for just the work he does is super clean and that's jay Hoffman Knives, Jess Hoffman.
00:47:56
Bald Man
uh zay hoffman knives super clean work um he's got just a couple blade shapes that uh he just does great work so want to spotlight him because we were talking about him and how good of work he's does
00:48:12
Denis Tyrell
And he's got a post about chain Kane's chicken fingers in his profile.
00:48:19
Denis Tyrell
I love that.
00:48:20
echo_blades
Nope, they're not as salty as KFC.
00:48:23
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. First of all, I'm never listening to you on lunch suggestions again.
00:48:28
echo_blades
Stop it. going to be fine with lunch suggestions.
00:48:31
Denis Tyrell
should have just put my foot down and said, no, that's terrible.
00:48:34
echo_blades
the i say so So I've been getting these, like, I've been, I guess, advertising, marketing targeted.
00:48:36
Bald Man
Thank
00:48:43
echo_blades
So these these bastards have been sending me coupons to, like, fast food restaurants, right? And there's nothing, like... i'm like I'm a sucker for them.
00:48:57
echo_blades
I'm having a hard time with ah the prices of everything you know going up. you know You go grab what used to be a quick fast food thing now and you're $15 easy for lunch these days.
00:49:05
Bald Man
so
00:49:09
echo_blades
These coupons come in and I'm just a sucker for them. I got one for KFC and I was just dead set on using it. I was like, you guys like KFC? We all agreed. but we all agreed i mean I need this to be very clear here before I get the raff of tag along here.
00:49:27
echo_blades
is that as said, yeah every time I eat KFC, I regret it.
00:49:33
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, well, you but you said that up front, and I'm like, do we really want KFC?
00:49:34
echo_blades
and Without a doubt.
00:49:38
Denis Tyrell
And you were like, yeah, yeah, but let's do KFC.
00:49:39
echo_blades
I just want to use a coupon. so um but Yeah, so we did. and ah yeah and it was and It almost made me sick. Yeah.
00:49:48
Denis Tyrell
that That's when we should have got the Jack and the Bucks tacos.
00:49:51
echo_blades
Yeah. We already had those earlier. I had to take Brent to do it too.
00:49:52
Bald Man
Yeah, we have.
00:49:54
Denis Tyrell
Was that that morning?
00:49:55
Denis Tyrell
I'm losing track.
00:49:55
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:49:56
Bald Man
Yeah.
00:49:56
echo_blades
Yeah. yeah we This hasn't been a ah health trip for sure. Yeah.
00:50:02
Denis Tyrell
Brent got the the bad food across California tour.
00:50:06
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:50:07
Bald Man
We doubled down for sure with yesterday with Jack in the Box, brick tacos and ah yeah, for breakfast and then the KFC for lunch.
00:50:14
Denis Tyrell
For breakfast.
00:50:19
Bald Man
Wow.
00:50:20
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:50:22
Denis Tyrell
right, Jared, what who do you got?
00:50:24
echo_blades
um I don't know. I have. o He's gone. i have. Go ahead. Do yours. I'm so bad.
00:50:36
Denis Tyrell
I have, um, just open it a link here. Uh, I have Dustin Kegley studios.
00:50:41
Bald Man
So
00:50:44
Denis Tyrell
Um, so, uh, you know, I'm, I'm a folder guy now, but I also really appreciate, uh, engraving and, uh, Dustin is, uh, just an amazing engraver.
00:50:55
echo_blades
Whoa. whoa
00:50:58
Denis Tyrell
So, uh, you know, if you've never tried a hand engraving, I've said this before, it's really, really hard. Like it's something, you know, you see engraving on knives in, you know, I think 99 times out of a hundred, it's not the guy that made the knife that did the engraving because it is a skill all on its own.
00:51:19
Denis Tyrell
there are There are a few times when, you know, fancy engraving gets done by the knife maker. But so, yeah, he just I caught him in my feed. Just really amazing stuff.
00:51:31
Denis Tyrell
So, yeah, go check him out. Just over 3,000 followers. Dustin Kegley, K-E, Dustin K-E-G-L-E-Y Studios. No underscores. Dustin Kegley Studios.
00:51:45
echo_blades
Bro, this dude is off the hook. You see what he's doing to these Spydercos?
00:51:48
Denis Tyrell
Right?
00:51:51
Denis Tyrell
Yes, I saw those.
00:51:51
echo_blades
Brent?
00:51:54
Bald Man
No, I didn't see it.
00:51:54
echo_blades
Oh. Oh, my God.
00:51:57
Denis Tyrell
how to up the value of those spider codes dramatically yeah
00:52:01
echo_blades
Oh, man. Those are badass.
00:52:07
echo_blades
I got a pair of three. What is the... the da The one that starts with D. The...
00:52:15
Bald Man
Oh, wow. Yeah, these are incredible.
00:52:17
echo_blades
What is that called? I'm fucking completely b blanking.
00:52:23
Denis Tyrell
it's it's beautiful stuff and he and he doesn't
00:52:24
echo_blades
Anyways. Yeah. Really cool stuff.
00:52:27
Denis Tyrell
Obviously does a lot of gem settings. I see a lot of rings and a lot of other jewelry in his feed. But yeah, cool stuff.
00:52:36
echo_blades
Yeah. I'm digging that.
00:52:37
Denis Tyrell
Very cool stuff.
00:52:38
echo_blades
I don't think I'm following this dude.
00:52:38
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:52:39
echo_blades
I'm not doing that right now.
00:52:41
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. And he's in MT. That's Montana, right?
00:52:45
Bald Man
Oh, the little dragonfly that's the one you're looking at
00:52:45
echo_blades
Yeah. Dragonfly. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:52:50
Bald Man
Oh yeah that's awesome.
00:52:52
echo_blades
That's some cool stuff, dude.
00:52:53
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. I really want to do some or have some engraving done on a knife build that's coming up for me. One of the next big builds that I'm going to do, i want to have some engraving done on it just to amp it up a little bit.
00:53:06
echo_blades
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That guy's that guy's off the hook, too.
00:53:10
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Cool. All right, Jared, you ready?
00:53:14
echo_blades
Yes, I am. So um I got hummingbird underscore knives, nine, three, three, one, two. ah That's ah Jeff Jones.
00:53:22
Bald Man
just
00:53:23
echo_blades
He's just an old guy that loves his family and making knives.
00:53:29
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I've um've known Jeff for a while, and he's ah he's one of my Patreon members, and we've had drinks together at Blade Show.
00:53:30
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:53:33
echo_blades
yeah
00:53:39
Denis Tyrell
He's a good dude.
00:53:41
echo_blades
Yeah. Really cool dude. So he's, uh, one of his bills just came up, uh, across my feed and, um, I checked on the profile and started looking through and I was like, wow, this is some really good stuff.
00:53:52
Bald Man
you
00:53:52
echo_blades
And yes, we've had, uh, several always comes by the table at blade show and talks real, real good guy. I didn't realize he was from, uh, from California here in Bakersfield.
00:54:04
echo_blades
Um, or unless I'm tripping, but I think that's where he's from.
00:54:09
Denis Tyrell
The link, what what's the, is the Instagram with the link you have in the notes?
00:54:09
echo_blades
Uh,
00:54:13
Denis Tyrell
Cause that's not, that says Missouri.
00:54:17
echo_blades
Yeah, no, I don't think that is because it's ah underscore 93312.
00:54:20
Denis Tyrell
That's the wrong one, right?
00:54:22
echo_blades
I didn't realize.
00:54:23
Denis Tyrell
Okay. I figured that was cool.
00:54:24
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:54:26
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Update the notes, please. um When you get a chance.
00:54:31
echo_blades
I'll do that right now because we're not recording a podcast. ah
00:54:38
echo_blades
Coming at you. I think I deleted the, uh, the nine, three, three, three, three there. Okay. It's done. Um, yeah, but Jeff, uh, great work, dude. Um, and if you guys aren't following him, he's got 774 followers. um and let's, uh, bring that up.
00:54:58
echo_blades
Tell him the boys at triple T say, what's up?
00:55:03
Denis Tyrell
Cool. Cool. So we got one more thing to pay the bills. Um, if yeah you guys are looking for handle material for your knives, especially those grippy knives you want, uh, you know, hunting knives, kitchen knives, especially, go check out grip tech composites and, uh, their product grip X, which is, uh, formerly grip tech, but, uh, grip X, you,
00:55:33
Denis Tyrell
They've got GripX 3D, they've got the Limitless color that has the colored rubber beads in it for higher finishes.
00:55:43
Denis Tyrell
ah Just amazing stuff. I'm seeing a ton of people use it these days. Looks great in in composite scales as well, combo scales.
00:55:55
Denis Tyrell
So go get yourself some GripX. Use the discount code TTT10.
00:56:05
echo_blades
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. So, Brent, you're going back home tomorrow.
00:56:12
Bald Man
Yeah, tomorrow night, catch the red eye back. So we got another full day tomorrow to play in the shop.
00:56:19
echo_blades
Yes, sir.
00:56:20
Bald Man
And Dennis, I hear you, so you still coming over?
00:56:23
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I think so. i don't know what I'm to It might just be a tag along. Let's see.
00:56:30
Bald Man
i Listen, i've been ah I've been a tag along all week and I'm loving it.
00:56:34
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I don't know. I'll bring some stuff to work on if I get bored, but I'm not sure if what I'm to do
00:56:39
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah. All good. Either way, you're more than welcome.
00:56:44
Bald Man
I am Echo Blade's new employee, so I will be helping finish Jarretted Knives.
00:56:50
Denis Tyrell
yet.
00:56:50
echo_blades
That's right.
00:56:50
Bald Man
It's going to be great.
00:56:51
Denis Tyrell
Someone's got to do some work over there.
00:56:52
echo_blades
Yeah. Here at Echo Blades, we make noise, not knives.
00:56:55
Denis Tyrell
Oh, yes. Let's get into some of those.
00:57:00
Bald Man
So here's the story. So, you know, Jared and I talk quite frequently and Jared, you know, we were on the phone the other day, FaceTiming and, Jared was, you know, being um super supportive and helpful and encouraging.
00:57:16
Bald Man
And in that moment, I decided i was going to hop on ChatGPT I was going to help me prompt some taglines for a knife company that doesn't actually make knives.
00:57:34
Bald Man
And I decided i would just, you know, fun, we'll just say this knife company is called Echo Blades and see what it came up with. And ChatGPT did not disappoint.
00:57:49
Bald Man
um So yeah, Echo Blades, forged in spirit, just not in steel.
00:57:55
Denis Tyrell
but
00:57:58
echo_blades
I don't remember that one.
00:58:01
Bald Man
um and then there's uh echo blades the sharpest knife company with no knives
00:58:10
Bald Man
um echo blades all edge no blade that's a that's a great one and uh this one i think is my favorite oh no there's two two them are my favorite echo blades where knives should be but aren't
00:58:15
Denis Tyrell
That's a good one. Yeah.
00:58:27
Bald Man
ah
00:58:28
echo_blades
That's a good.
00:58:30
Bald Man
And this one is definitely one of the top. Echo blades. Sounds sharp, right?
00:58:42
echo_blades
Oh my God.
00:58:43
Bald Man
So, yeah. we Yeah, that's what I do when my friends are being nice to me.
00:58:48
echo_blades
Yeah. It's, it's a, ah not a two way street. it's definitely one way there. Yeah.
00:58:58
echo_blades
into a wall, but all, all in good stuff.
00:58:58
Bald Man
yeah
00:59:02
echo_blades
I laughed. I, my favorite is the, uh, we make noise, not knives. That's fucking fantastic.
00:59:07
Bald Man
Um...
00:59:08
echo_blades
But yeah. So, well, like I said, uh, yeah, it's it's been great to have you. we got one more day. We'll get, to hopefully, uh, kill that tagline there.
00:59:20
echo_blades
Um, And yeah, that's it. I'm tired. I'm still feeling like a poo poo. So I'm going to go a night night here. And thank you everybody for listening and putting up with us and congratulations to all the winners of the military challenge, a YouTube challenge.
00:59:37
echo_blades
You guys did fantastic. That was awesome to see all the videos and looking forward to the next one.
00:59:39
Bald Man
Yeah.
00:59:43
echo_blades
um Thank you to all our sponsors for your undying and endless support. And that is it.
00:59:52
Denis Tyrell
Thanks, folks.
01:00:08
echo_blades
I just, you know, screw chat, GPT, Echo Blades. No point.
01:00:13
Bald Man
What's the plan?
01:00:14
Denis Tyrell
There's just no point.
01:00:16
echo_blades
Just no point.
01:00:16
Bald Man
um what's the