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E92: Mammoth Breath
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Denis is busy choking on mammoth molar and Jerid is busy finishing knives and peddling sandpaper! Come check it out.
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Transcript
Introduction of Hosts
00:00:16
echo_blades
What's happening everybody. Welcome to another triple T podcast for knife makers. My name is Jared from echo blades. And as always, I have my wonderful dearest friend, Mr. Dennis Terrell from Terrell Knifeworks, here to join all of you and I for some entertainment about who knows what.
00:00:36
Denis Tyrell
Hey, you were looking pretty stone-faced.
00:00:37
echo_blades
Dennis, how are you doing, sir?
00:00:40
Denis Tyrell
i was worried we were going to
Distractions and Focus
00:00:41
Denis Tyrell
say.
00:00:41
echo_blades
I know. That's how I do.
00:00:43
Denis Tyrell
I'm good.
00:00:44
echo_blades
Because you're easily, ah you know, distracted by that, and i am just staunchly concentrated all the time.
00:00:44
Denis Tyrell
I'm good.
00:00:48
Denis Tyrell
Distracted?
00:00:54
echo_blades
Never lose focus. It's not... anything that happens to me ever.
00:00:56
Denis Tyrell
Okay.
00:01:00
Denis Tyrell
Oh, man. Oh, man. Oh, man. I'm good. It's been a good week. Lots of stuff done. um What about you?
00:01:12
echo_blades
I was in the dark, sorry. And it was getting really awkward.
00:01:13
Denis Tyrell
You were in the dark.
00:01:15
echo_blades
Yeah. Like, you know, literally I was in the dark and all I could see was this little picture of you blurry.
00:01:15
Denis Tyrell
Not metaphorically, just...
00:01:21
Denis Tyrell
the
00:01:24
echo_blades
you know, resonating and it was making me a little uncomfortable. So I wanted to turn the light on.
00:01:29
Denis Tyrell
Is that
Early Christmas Spirit
00:01:30
Denis Tyrell
your Christmas tree in the back?
00:01:30
echo_blades
ah
00:01:31
Denis Tyrell
Is that what I'm seeing?
00:01:31
echo_blades
That is, that's right.
00:01:34
Denis Tyrell
Jesus Christ.
00:01:37
Denis Tyrell
Not until after Thanksgiving. It's the rules.
00:01:40
echo_blades
Nope. Nope. I think somebody asked me, I think he was Brian Hunt was talking about, i don't remember how it happened, but he explains like, um I said, you know what?
00:01:54
echo_blades
it was There was a year and Christmas went by. like The whole season went in two seconds. And before I realized it, it was over. And I felt really bummed. And I would rather start early and try to get in the Christmas spirit yeah so I can enjoy it.
00:02:11
echo_blades
Because I do enjoy that time of year. And I don't think it could come at a better time in Mr. Echo Blade's life right now.
00:02:18
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:02:19
echo_blades
Yeah. I am in serious need of some Christmas spirit.
00:02:23
Denis Tyrell
Some holiday cheer.
00:02:25
echo_blades
Yeah. As I'm about to stuff, I don't know, 6, 12, 18, 24 milligrams of Zen in my face so i can deal with this.
00:02:37
Denis Tyrell
that That's not Zin the wine, right?
00:02:37
echo_blades
I'm kidding. No.
00:02:41
echo_blades
It is our nicotine pouches.
00:02:44
Denis Tyrell
you know
00:02:45
echo_blades
But yeah.
Closure of Holland Anvil
00:02:46
echo_blades
So.
00:02:46
Denis Tyrell
i did I did hear some sad news today that kind of upset me a little bit. I heard that our friends at Holland Anvil, Holland Anvil is closing, which it really was a bummer.
00:02:59
Denis Tyrell
I was disappointed to hear that. um I'll read their little note here that says, I need to zoom in on it. We are very sad to announce that Holland Anvil, Holland Alloys and Holland Pattern will be closing permanently.
00:03:12
echo_blades
Thank you.
00:03:16
Denis Tyrell
Costs surrounding the steel industry have been rising for a long time and we have always done what we could, but we're making the decision now um by choice so we can properly take care of our customers, vendors and employees.
00:03:30
Denis Tyrell
So what they have in stock is what they have. So if you need something from Holland Anvil, you better go get it quick. So it says, Hall & Anvil is closing 82 years of patent patterns, 51 years of castings, and eight years of anvils.
00:03:47
Denis Tyrell
That's a lot of steel to be pouring.
00:03:49
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:03:50
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, that's a bummer. Love those guys.
00:03:53
echo_blades
yeah Good dudes.
00:03:56
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, exactly.
00:03:57
echo_blades
Our neighbors at, uh, at, at blade show for three, three years running now.
00:03:58
Denis Tyrell
and't
00:04:01
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:04:03
echo_blades
Right.
00:04:04
Denis Tyrell
yeah exactly Now I don't feel as bad about moving tables because they're not going to be there anyway.
00:04:08
echo_blades
Oh, I forgot about that. Hmm.
Year of Changes
00:04:12
Denis Tyrell
So, yeah, I guess so.
00:04:13
echo_blades
This is the year of change, Dennis. This is the year of change.
00:04:18
Denis Tyrell
I guess so.
00:04:19
echo_blades
So good.
00:04:21
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. So, what's, yeah.
00:04:23
echo_blades
Yeah, that, that, that is unfortunate. And, uh, um, I, I do know that unfortunately the cost of steel is affecting everything.
00:04:25
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:04:35
echo_blades
You know, we're feeling it.
00:04:35
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:04:36
echo_blades
I'm feeling it at work as well. I mean, not me personally, but you know, the cost of steel for, we, we do use steel pipe for sprinklers and that's everything goes up. Right.
00:04:47
echo_blades
And then you're, uh,
00:04:51
echo_blades
Yeah, maybe I don't. Anyways, I went to go get some monsters yesterday, earlier, I think it last week.
00:04:55
Denis Tyrell
Mm-hmm.
00:04:58
echo_blades
And I
Rising Costs of Living
00:04:59
echo_blades
noticed, I was like, hey, more monsters went up. Everything is going up.
00:05:06
Denis Tyrell
Are they imported?
00:05:09
echo_blades
I don't know. It's like $13 for a burrito, too. So, like, just everything is going up.
00:05:15
Denis Tyrell
Do your burritos have steel in them?
00:05:18
echo_blades
No, I'm just saying like everything. like so Like everything goes up. Oh, everything.
00:05:24
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:05:24
echo_blades
Everything goes up. I could just keep doing this all day.
00:05:28
Denis Tyrell
was
00:05:30
echo_blades
And there's not even no dirty joke in there.
00:05:33
Denis Tyrell
going to say, are you going to do Frank's plug now? is that
00:05:35
echo_blades
No, no, no, no, no. I was talking to you. So nothing goes up with You've hit that age. But anyways. and Yeah, that's a bummer, man. um Hate to see good people.
00:05:47
echo_blades
going out of business, but it is good that they're choosing to, to go out on their, their terms and that, you know, like can't rapidly having to close the door.
00:05:52
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah.
00:05:56
echo_blades
So.
Anvil Makers in the U.S.
00:05:57
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I mean, I don't really know that many anvil makers in, i mean, there's Atlas Knife and Tool, um but they don't make a lot of like really big anvils. Like Holland had a lot of like anvils on the bigger side.
00:06:12
Denis Tyrell
um pulling the trigger on the 260 or whatever yeah i'm i'm regretting
00:06:12
echo_blades
ah Yeah. I'm, I'm seriously regretting that, not, not grabbing one.
00:06:21
echo_blades
I don't know. Just an idea plower, just an idea planter.
00:06:29
Denis Tyrell
come on you gotta water it and take care of it and uh
00:06:31
echo_blades
a That's right.
00:06:36
Denis Tyrell
ah Yeah, I'm regretting not getting the 390, so instead of the 260.
00:06:43
echo_blades
Yeah, i thought that's what you were going to do. You were going to get the 390 and then you were going to sell the 240 and give me the Vivo or something like that. like that's That's how it always works out.
00:06:53
Denis Tyrell
ah Except I sold to V-Bore.
00:06:55
echo_blades
And then you sold the Vivo. and Anyways.
00:06:58
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I mean, there's, I guess, NC. There's only a couple of handbook makers in the US.
00:07:05
echo_blades
You got a mute button?
00:07:07
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, but I never get it in time.
00:07:08
echo_blades
Jeez. Sorry, folks.
00:07:12
Denis Tyrell
Oh, yeah. You have Mr. Quality Audio over here.
00:07:15
echo_blades
I never heard me cough. Anyways. um Yeah, I don't know. I'm a Facebook market junkie right now. So I still see them. Hey, good one.
00:07:28
echo_blades
Hey, he muted. Yeah, that was good.
00:07:31
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:07:32
echo_blades
um
00:07:32
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, you proud of me?
00:07:34
echo_blades
But they're still ridiculously expensive. so And they're always like really beat the fuck up.
00:07:42
Denis Tyrell
Well, sorry, i mean I miss which which one.
00:07:43
echo_blades
And those on Facebook market. place.
00:07:45
Denis Tyrell
Oh yeah yeah. Those are like, yeah.
00:07:47
echo_blades
They're just the worst. Yeah.
00:07:48
Denis Tyrell
My grandpa had an anvil and it's been sitting in the yard for 30 years.
00:07:52
Denis Tyrell
Kind of animals.
00:07:52
echo_blades
It's a great shape and it looks like, you know, like a shark's tooth on the edge.
00:07:58
Denis Tyrell
Yes. Yeah.
00:08:01
Denis Tyrell
Not so good. And they want like $900 for it or something ridiculous.
00:08:01
echo_blades
So.
00:08:04
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:08:05
Denis Tyrell
And it's 130 pound anvil or something stupid.
00:08:08
echo_blades
Exactly.
00:08:09
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah.
00:08:12
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:08:12
Denis Tyrell
Crazy. So what did you do this week?
Golf Course Adventures
00:08:16
Denis Tyrell
What's...
00:08:16
echo_blades
Man, I did.
00:08:19
echo_blades
Well, let me just get this out of the way. ah We'll do the golf segment. um i did something i haven't done and Yeah, good. That's great. I did something I haven't done in a long time and I walked because it's raining.
00:08:32
Denis Tyrell
What?
00:08:34
echo_blades
So it's cart path only.
00:08:35
Denis Tyrell
Would that be more of a reason to get a car? What do you mean you walked?
00:08:38
echo_blades
So when it's raining, you can't drive the cart out onto the fairway. So it's cart path only. So you end up just driving alongside everything. And then you hit your ball and sure as shit, when you have no control over the ball, like I do, if the, if the car pass on the right, I'm sure shit going to hit it as far left as possible. So I got to walk all the way over there.
00:08:56
echo_blades
You got to take a bunch of clubs with you. it's just a pain in the ass. Um, so I was like, had this bright idea that, uh, cause I used to do this every now and again, and I have a push cart. So I decided to walk bro, bad, bad move, bad move.
00:09:12
echo_blades
So You can say what you want. Golf's lazy, you know, and I'm starting to agree because I didn't realize how much you actually sit and chill out when you're in golf cart, right?
00:09:26
echo_blades
You get out, you swing the thing and you go back, you sit, you drive, you don't, yeah.
00:09:28
Denis Tyrell
Well, I'll tell you, when i when I went with you, that was probably, I mean, probably the third time in my life I've had a golf cart.
00:09:30
echo_blades
Like, but you're always like getting out and sit.
00:09:41
echo_blades
Yeah. That's crazy.
00:09:43
Denis Tyrell
Because I always walk.
00:09:45
echo_blades
Oh, 18, but you only did nine, right?
00:09:47
Denis Tyrell
No, well we used to do 18. I mean, um yeah, never used to get a golf cart.
00:09:51
echo_blades
And you were a lot younger though too, right?
00:09:53
Denis Tyrell
Well, my Oh, man.
00:09:55
echo_blades
Yeah, that's a big difference, dude. Like 45, 46, dude, it's not the same.
00:09:57
Denis Tyrell
oh
00:10:00
echo_blades
Anyways, it was four hours of me just like standing. Like it was, I found out for the first time that they actually have benches the side of the hole. Sometimes I never knew what they were for. I'm like, who the fuck uses these things?
00:10:13
echo_blades
It's for guys that are like, really hoping to just sit down for a second because you're walking. It's like, for I did like, it was like six and a half miles. I did it both days, Saturday and Sunday. So
00:10:24
Denis Tyrell
I'm surprised you don't have one of those like old man chairs that is like on your walker and you have it in your golf bag
00:10:29
echo_blades
I, I am going to, yeah, I'm looking for it. mean, it wasn't horrible, but it was definitely a ah deal. By the, by the ninth hole on the first day, my son was just like, come on, man, just get in the car, dad.
00:10:43
echo_blades
Cause he, he, he was doing the
00:10:44
Denis Tyrell
Oh He had a cart
00:10:45
echo_blades
He was doing the cart path thing. I just didn't want to. yeah it was a whole thing. But ah yeah, that was interesting. And then it was super wet. So, but yeah, that's it. And then I, um I was going to go buy another putter, but I was good. I avoided a scam. Somebody was like this crazy deal for this putter. And I was like, Oh my God, I'm not, I can't pass this up. So I started doing the thing with him, talking with him for a day.
00:11:09
echo_blades
And then a it's like a couple hours before I'm going to, I was in the middle of my last round and I was like, all right, man, I'm to, I'll, meet you at noon or whatever. And he's like, Hey man, can you send me a $50 deposit?
00:11:22
echo_blades
And I'm like to, to fend off the offers. And I'm like, yeah, no, I'm going to see you in two hours with cash. Like, you know, and then he disappeared, turned messaging off and that whole thing.
00:11:33
Denis Tyrell
that
00:11:33
echo_blades
I was like, all right. So anyways, I can't control myself, but my, my,
00:11:40
Denis Tyrell
Why do you need didn't you just buy a putter
00:11:43
echo_blades
yeah I have a problem.
Putter Obsession
00:11:45
echo_blades
have a problem.
00:11:45
Denis Tyrell
How many putters do you need like do you hit the ball differently
00:11:46
echo_blades
and All of them.
00:11:51
echo_blades
It's like, how many tools do you need? You know what i mean? It's the same thing. It's just, it's it applies to everything in my life. so
00:11:58
Denis Tyrell
yeah but i don't get it like i don't even know why people have more than one putter i mean you use the same but it's not like you i'm going to use this putter today because i'm hitting uphill or
00:12:06
echo_blades
No, no, it's just, yeah, it's just, yeah, this one's going to make me better type thing. It's the tool.
00:12:12
Denis Tyrell
oh oh okay i don't know if there was something i was missing like oh on a wet day you should use this putter
00:12:13
echo_blades
Yeah. Not, not the, not the person, you know, it's like the guy that gets, no, this is just, no, no, this is strictly just useless, obsessive purchasing.
00:12:26
Denis Tyrell
What happened to making a Damascus putter?
00:12:29
echo_blades
I'm going to, but a, I do want to like public service announcement here.
00:12:30
Denis Tyrell
All right.
00:12:33
echo_blades
That was definitely not an original idea. After we got off the podcast, we were like, we probably should have looked at that and, Yeah. There's, there's a lot of them out there.
00:12:41
Denis Tyrell
I knew i had seen them before. i told
00:12:43
echo_blades
Me
Knife Crafting Struggles
00:12:44
echo_blades
too. But yeah. And then I never claimed that it was like an original idea, but it's definitely been done. So, but I still want to do it because it's, it's still a cool idea.
00:12:44
Denis Tyrell
you I'd seen them before.
00:12:50
Denis Tyrell
yes
00:12:53
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:12:54
echo_blades
But, um, yeah, man, I got, I got in the shop. I finished ah a knife and then, um, well, yeah, thanks.
00:13:01
Denis Tyrell
but saw that. Looks good
00:13:03
echo_blades
I hate it. So, um, I hate it.
00:13:05
Denis Tyrell
been hated
00:13:07
echo_blades
Yeah. I don't know what I was, where where I was at, but, um, Cause I went back and rehand sanded it and you know, it's just one of those, I am, that's probably why I don't like finishing anything. Cause I'm never happy with it, but like I was a really, really, really, I mean, it's okay, but I just picked it, picked it apart to hell.
00:13:29
echo_blades
And almost didn't make the post cause I was just like, whatever, you know? But at any rate, I showed it to the guy. he's super happy. He wants to buy another one.
00:13:41
echo_blades
So he's like, how you know how fast can you make another one? And was like.
00:13:46
Denis Tyrell
oh Good thing you didn't ask me that
00:13:47
echo_blades
a ah a And then on top of that, I was finishing it. I just got done buffing the handle and and i was I was cleaning up the blade, which is a really irritating part of the process for me.
00:14:02
echo_blades
You got it all taped up. um And I don't know what you do when you, after you're done.
00:14:06
Denis Tyrell
You mean the blade yeah, oh He's drinking
00:14:07
echo_blades
Yeah, the blade. Now I'm going to meet.
00:14:14
echo_blades
I was choking. um So right. When you're, you're done hand sanding, you wrap it up for whatever reason.
00:14:22
Denis Tyrell
Mm-hmm.
00:14:23
echo_blades
I always just take a piece of masking tape and I'll, I'll put that over one side and then I flip it and then I do all that crap. But then I leave that tape on for a long time and then do the glue up.
00:14:36
echo_blades
And then that stays on, you know, while I'm doing the handles and everything. And then at the end, when I'm, take the tape off. There's always just shit all over the place. And, you know, it, it gives me so much anxiety.
00:14:47
echo_blades
Like there's going to be some kind of something on the, no, just crap.
00:14:49
Denis Tyrell
But you're not talking scratches and stuff. You just mean like crap from the tape.
00:14:53
echo_blades
Like, you know, just shit. It all comes off, but it's just like, I'll take the tape. I'm like, Oh, like right where the, the edge of the tape is, you know, I'm always worried. I left some glue or some glue got stuck under there or something, you know, some shit.
00:15:07
echo_blades
Um, but don't know. It's just my, my shit. But,
00:15:10
Denis Tyrell
I think you
Finding Peace in Crafting
00:15:11
Denis Tyrell
worry too much.
00:15:11
echo_blades
uh,
00:15:12
echo_blades
I do. And ah anyways, I was finishing up the knife and then ah had the garage like half over half open. And all sudden I go, I hear this. you Hey, excuse me.
00:15:23
echo_blades
And I'm like, what? And it was my neighbor. And you know, sees me out there once a year when I'm in the shop.
00:15:36
echo_blades
And he was looking ah for a new knife set or something like that. He's like, man, do you do kitchen sets? And I was like, yeah, 100%. No, I'm not doing a set of anything. Right. um And, but I said, you know, I do this and I saw, i showed him some stuff and anyways.
00:15:45
Denis Tyrell
Right.
00:15:51
echo_blades
So I got a couple more orders. So yeah.
00:15:54
Denis Tyrell
that's good. For next Christmas?
00:15:57
echo_blades
but Whatever it is. Yeah.
00:15:57
Denis Tyrell
I'm busting your balls.
00:15:59
echo_blades
I told him it ain't going to be soon, but yeah, no, I was like, it ain't going be soon, but yeah. So now I have even more shit than,
00:16:07
echo_blades
i have gone but um it was good man i i really really had a good time um i finally been it was able to uh because for a long time making was like a release and then had some stuff happen where because you're we're alone right you're just with your head and sometimes it's a dangerous place for for me and um there was less joy in being alone in
00:16:23
Denis Tyrell
and That's good.
00:16:33
echo_blades
in the shop where I used to find peace. And, uh, you know, so that's part of the reason why shit got lame, but, uh, I was, I started getting in the zone, and really enjoyed it. So, um, yeah, it was, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:16:44
Denis Tyrell
I'm glad to hear it
00:16:47
echo_blades
It was cool. It's good, good, clean fun for, uh, the understanding that this is, is, this is, is what it is for me, right?
00:16:58
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:16:58
echo_blades
It's not a job.
00:16:59
echo_blades
I gotta, I gotta fucking let this, you know, I got to do and make, and, you know, I do this for fun and enjoyment and starting to get back there too. But the, the, definitely the time change, the weather, all that stuff really helps.
00:17:12
echo_blades
This is a good time of year to spend time in the shop.
00:17:13
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I agree.
00:17:15
echo_blades
So.
00:17:16
Denis Tyrell
And I think i think you'll you'll do better. once you It's like you have all these knives in like the finish stage.
00:17:22
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:17:23
Denis Tyrell
I think if you try to get one, you you get to the point where you have a couple and you're just doing, oh, beginning to end on a knife. I think that'll help you.
00:17:30
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah. But I also think too, it's like, you know, just going through the end of those processes is not that bad. Like, you know, like was, I said that last week.
00:17:37
Denis Tyrell
It's not, it's never as bad as you procrastinate it about it.
00:17:39
echo_blades
Yeah. ah A hundred percent. So, but you know, finishing something that's really cool.
00:17:42
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:17:44
echo_blades
So now I just got to etch them, sharpen them and etch and then just keep, keep the wheels going. So, and then shit, man, we got to go after this, uh, sandpaper, um, company for a sponsorship because there is no more two 40 left.
00:17:50
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:18:01
echo_blades
left They completely sold out on Amazon.
00:18:04
Denis Tyrell
i'm I'm kicking myself for not giving you guys a Amazon affiliate link.
00:18:09
echo_blades
I told, yeah, I told Brent the same thing, man.
00:18:10
Denis Tyrell
ah two
00:18:12
echo_blades
I was like, yeah, we missed out because that was, yeah, people went ham on that stuff.
00:18:16
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah, that was hundreds of dollars of product you guys missed out on 4% on. But yeah, they'll restock.
00:18:26
echo_blades
Yeah, that that was a bad move, but yeah.
00:18:29
Denis Tyrell
That's all right. So good.
00:18:31
echo_blades
thinking about reaching out to him, though. I think Noah was just like, you should go after him. Go. What am I going to do? Tell you Noah?
00:18:36
Denis Tyrell
Exactly.
00:18:37
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:18:37
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, do it.
00:18:39
echo_blades
um But yeah, that's that. um What else was it?
00:18:44
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I know all about the procrastination, like as in the, this part's going to be hard and then putting it off or this part's annoying and putting it off. I went through that last week when I was doing the engraving for the gradient feather for the wire inlay.
00:19:06
Denis Tyrell
Because it's not that I don't like it. It's just kind of tedious. And it's like one of those things like you got one shot. You know? in it's like it it's It's like an Eminem song.
00:19:16
echo_blades
Yeah. Well, that's paralyzing to me. That's not even irritating.
00:19:21
Denis Tyrell
You got one shot and you can't you can't you can't mess it up.
00:19:23
echo_blades
Mom's spaghetti. Yeah.
00:19:27
Denis Tyrell
Or you got to redo the whole guard and redo the whole pommel, which will mess up the whole build. So that part is just terrifying. um But it's like, you know, it's you do it nice and slow. And anyway, it came out awesome. And I was happy with the the the wire inlay on that. And I got the wire that I needed. And yeah, so.
00:19:52
Denis Tyrell
But that build, um yeah, I'm extremely happy with how that knife came out. The video will be up this weekend. um Yeah, I didn't make last weekend because I had a...
00:19:52
echo_blades
Hmm.
00:20:08
Denis Tyrell
My student wanted to do an extra day, so that took out the day I was going to do video video editing. Still a ah couple tiny flaws in that knife that would that might make it fail an MS test, but I'm going to get some feedback on it.
00:20:23
Denis Tyrell
um and yeah i And I didn't make it out hunting and fishing last week, so hopefully maybe this week on Thursday. I don't know.
00:20:33
echo_blades
It's raining Thursday.
00:20:34
Denis Tyrell
Oh, damn it. Then it won't be this week because I got family here tomorrow and Wednesday. so yeah, maybe next week.
00:20:43
echo_blades
Hmm.
00:20:46
echo_blades
Yeah. Oh, I was going to say too, while while I was in the shop last night, um Jared ordered some new grips for his clubs and all on his own.
Golf Club Re-Gripping Project
00:20:56
echo_blades
We've done it a couple times, but I'm, I'm lazy.
00:20:58
echo_blades
So um I'll take him somewhere to get re-gripped, but he wanted to re-grip, his clubs himself. So I was the way I have my that that welding table.
00:21:10
echo_blades
We did those little slots so we could slide in vices and different tools and shit on the side.
00:21:10
Denis Tyrell
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:21:16
echo_blades
So I was over on one side hand sand and he was doing the you know kind of give him a hand here or there, but he got in the groove and that was pretty cool. I meant to post a picture of him and I in the shop. And yeah you cross my mind there because i was like, that never happens, right? Because he's zero interest and like getting in there to do anything related like that.
00:21:35
echo_blades
But him working on his re-gripping his clubs was was pretty cool, man.
00:21:39
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:21:40
Denis Tyrell
What's that entail?
00:21:40
echo_blades
enjoyed it.
00:21:42
echo_blades
ah You got to cut the other, have to cut the current grip off. um And they do a some like sticky wrap that goes around it and and some kind of adhesive solomon of some kind that, so anyway, you got to use a bunch of acetone to scrape all the old shit off.
00:22:00
Denis Tyrell
Mm-hmm.
00:22:00
echo_blades
And then you, you wrap the, the, the handle and then you slide the club over.
00:22:07
echo_blades
So it's like just a bunch of tedious scraping and acetoning is probably the biggest part about it. It's super simple. It's like, yeah.
00:22:17
Denis Tyrell
Are these metal shafts?
00:22:19
echo_blades
It doesn't matter, but these ones, no, he did, he did a graphite, a couple of graphites and and some metal. Yeah. So, uh,
00:22:27
Denis Tyrell
Tells you what I know about golf clubs.
00:22:29
echo_blades
Yeah, it's super easy and saves you like. But the thing is, is like if you take it somewhere, you you buy the grip and you pay like. It can if you're going to do all of them there's There's a lot of savings in there. He did like six or seven clubs, but it's like, I don't know, four to seven bucks of labor.
00:22:47
echo_blades
You know, comes out to almost like 20 bucks a club with the grip. So he said and saved a good chunk of money doing that.
00:22:52
Denis Tyrell
No, that's not that
00:22:56
Denis Tyrell
Hmm.
00:22:58
echo_blades
Yeah, that was cool. I enjoyed that. And then I do, i I don't know why, but I feel obligated you know to do a public apology there for you sending a video of that that feather grading.
High-Priced Knife Details
00:23:14
echo_blades
And i made a, ah I was trying to set Dennis up for, which I think is hilarious, but we had some days go by for in between us talking.
00:23:26
echo_blades
And basically, He shared a knife and all I commented was, is heavy breathing.
00:23:35
echo_blades
And I never actually told him that. I really, truly do that. That knife came out really awesome, dude. It was, it was, it was beautiful.
00:23:41
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I'm really happy with it.
00:23:44
echo_blades
um I was showing some people. Actually, when I responded to you and talked about your breathing, I was showing a bunch of people and they were just, you know, Googling and gagging over it too. So it came out really well.
00:23:57
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it's I'm definitely going to be getting pro pictures of that one. It'll probably i don't think I'm gonna put it up for sale for a while. I'm definitely I might hold off until March. And what do you mean?
00:24:07
echo_blades
What would that number be for that knife?
00:24:13
Denis Tyrell
Um, that's a great question. It's probably around four grand.
00:24:17
echo_blades
That's exactly what I said. Yeah.
00:24:19
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:24:20
echo_blades
Yeah. That's what I was thinking.
00:24:22
Denis Tyrell
Something around there. I mean, it's mammoth molar handle. It's, um, silver inlay. It's got a lot of fanciness to it. Did you, uh, did you notice the groove in the, I mean, you guys will see it in this weekend where there's that groove that goes from the guard.
00:24:43
Denis Tyrell
through the spacer into the handle. It was like a half moon, like a, yeah, that was a pain.
00:24:48
echo_blades
Oh, yeah, I see it.
00:24:52
Denis Tyrell
I did that after I heat treated the spacer with a diamond file.
00:24:55
echo_blades
And that's that's a file. Yeah, I can tell.
00:24:57
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:24:59
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:24:59
echo_blades
Yeah, you did yeah that's that's really good.
00:25:01
echo_blades
What did I call that?
Crafting Damascus Tweezers
00:25:02
echo_blades
A swoopy swoop?
00:25:03
Denis Tyrell
A swoop. That's what I would have called it.
00:25:05
echo_blades
A scallop? Is that what you said it was? Yeah,
00:25:06
Denis Tyrell
I don't know. I would have called it swoopy swoop too.
00:25:12
echo_blades
yeah this thing is it's gorgeous. You just got to watch it with the sound off.
00:25:20
Denis Tyrell
Such a dick.
00:25:21
echo_blades
I know, I can't help it.
00:25:21
Denis Tyrell
um Yeah, you guys will see the video this weekend. I? don't know. Did I send it? I don't remember if I sent it to Morocco. um that i think I did. Maybe I didn't. I don't remember.
00:25:36
Denis Tyrell
um But yeah, I'm looking forward to doing the video, getting everybody to see it. And yeah, on to the next one now. But before the next one, I started today on the chef tweezers, the food tweezers, the Damascus food tweezers.
00:26:00
echo_blades
Yeah, I just saw those on your story, and those look absolutely nothing like what I pictured in my mind.
00:26:00
Denis Tyrell
Let's
00:26:07
echo_blades
I don't know why, but they were like the tiniest, most microscopic, like leaf, like parsley the mover of stuff.
00:26:12
Denis Tyrell
go. Hey, Jimmy.
00:26:17
echo_blades
Like, those things are gargantuan compared to what I was thinking before.
00:26:22
Denis Tyrell
No, well, the and these are even larger because I actually messaged the guy this morning because I was getting ready to like do the bend and all that stuff. And I was going to do them as offset tweezers, meaning you kind of hold them at an angle and they have a little swoopy swoop to them.
00:26:39
Denis Tyrell
And he's like, no, no, I want them as straight tweezers because they're for, he wanted them for some specific thing, like for protein. And they're they're quite big for even for food tweezers because they're almost nine inches long.
00:26:52
Denis Tyrell
So they're, yeah.
00:26:52
echo_blades
They're huge.
00:26:54
echo_blades
They're fucking massive, dude. i got
00:26:55
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Well, I mean, I think they're for like steak and like, like you know, moving moving protein around, not, you know, placing fucking edible flowers on a plate or something.
00:27:07
Denis Tyrell
But
00:27:07
echo_blades
I'm not sure you need tweezer precision for whatever he's thinking about. It's got to be a flex.
00:27:12
Denis Tyrell
I don't care.
00:27:14
echo_blades
It's got to be a flex of some kind because that shit is fucking...
00:27:14
Denis Tyrell
Of course it's a flex.
00:27:18
Denis Tyrell
This is like the chef version of like a big anvil.
00:27:21
echo_blades
Yeah, for sure. For sure.
00:27:23
Denis Tyrell
Um, yeah, but I haven't ground, I'm to i'm terrified of these things because I had to like put them in my, my bending jig so that I could bend them like exactly the same.
00:27:36
Denis Tyrell
and don't think you've ever seen that little bending jig. Um, no, this is like something that goes in the hardy hole for the animal.
00:27:39
echo_blades
Like the 3.1? Oh, okay. Okay.
00:27:44
echo_blades
oh okay
00:27:45
Denis Tyrell
Uh, and then bend them, but I'm like, these are going to be really, really thin, right? Like they're going to be like a 16th at the tip. Um, so they're going to taper quite a bit. Like what you're seeing there, like almost exactly an eight thick.
00:28:00
Denis Tyrell
That's only because i don't want them to warp. And I still think they're gonna, I don't want them to warp in the, um, in the quench because if they warp, then I got to fix them.
00:28:11
Denis Tyrell
And yeah, it's not going to be fun. so i'm trying to avoid that and do most of the grinding after heat treat so they've got holes in them they're bent the way i want them the jimping is at the very tip um and then all of the the other grinding will happen and then i got to temper them and not over temper them so they don't get too springy so they it's actually really complicated to get these um
00:28:21
echo_blades
Gotcha. Hmm.
00:28:41
Denis Tyrell
get these correct. I was chatting with um Trey Hill. He reached out to me and he said, oh yeah, I love these. And that he's tried them before and and and fucked them up because he over-tempered them.
00:28:53
Denis Tyrell
And they were just too springy. And I said, yeah, I'm i'm not planning on I'm going to temper them at a really low temp to keep them really, really stiff. And then re-temper them when I final grind them.
00:29:06
Denis Tyrell
And like work into it kind of thing i may not even temper them more than like 300 degrees so they might end up really stiff
00:29:16
echo_blades
Speaking of stiff.
00:29:17
Denis Tyrell
a good transition
00:29:22
echo_blades
Go ahead.
00:29:30
echo_blades
Oh, man.
00:29:31
Denis Tyrell
ah
00:29:37
echo_blades
Wow.
00:29:40
echo_blades
Do you know where these movies come from?
00:29:42
Denis Tyrell
Of course, I know them all.
00:29:44
echo_blades
Okay. All right.
00:29:44
Denis Tyrell
Oh, was that go-ahead as in you wanted me to do the read?
00:29:45
echo_blades
Because that's great.
00:29:48
echo_blades
I was just saying, are you with me or are you not? Because speaking of stiff...
00:29:56
Denis Tyrell
I'm with you. If you want to have a really nice stiff hammer,
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00:30:02
Denis Tyrell
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00:30:02
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:30:07
Denis Tyrell
Get that stiff peen. Get that straight peen. cur
00:30:13
Denis Tyrell
These are getting worse by the minute. I apologize, Frank.
00:30:17
echo_blades
I can't believe you said stiff bean.
00:30:23
echo_blades
Goodness gracious.
00:30:25
Denis Tyrell
ah
00:30:26
echo_blades
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00:30:31
Denis Tyrell
Oh, God.
00:30:33
echo_blades
The makers of the fat peen. Cross straight.
00:30:35
Denis Tyrell
Boys and girls, this is an 18 and over show.
00:30:38
echo_blades
Jesus, man. That fantastic, Dennis.
00:30:41
Denis Tyrell
ah Oh, yes. So why get yourself a ah fancy hammer from Frank and you'll be happy.
00:30:51
echo_blades
For sure.
00:30:52
Denis Tyrell
Oh, man.
00:30:52
echo_blades
You know why? Because ain't it grand to have a stiff, I mean, a fat peen in your hand.
00:31:01
echo_blades
Oh my God, that's so good.
00:31:01
Denis Tyrell
oh and uh speaking of sponsors i got my shipment my other shipment from um because you know every time i put something in my cart i realize i need something else so i always end up doing multiple orders from maritime but i got my powdered steel and a bunch of other stuff including my scales from grip tech or my grip tech skills from uh
00:31:17
echo_blades
Mmm.
00:31:25
echo_blades
Nice.
00:31:28
Denis Tyrell
wait Now I'm messing up the name.
00:31:31
echo_blades
See, Matt, i don't know. you you You think you're in good hands with that guy, but...
00:31:33
Denis Tyrell
My grip. I know, right? My grip X scales from grip tech is what I meant to say. um Go check them out at Grip Tech Composites.
00:31:47
Denis Tyrell
I'm Grip Tech Official on IG. Use the discount code TTT10. um I got a set of blue and a set of gray, and I was showing my student this weekend, and he was all oogling them.
00:32:00
Denis Tyrell
So go get yourself some. They finish really nice. If you want a higher finish, you can try the limitless color ones. um Or the Grip-X 3D if you want the 3D printed ones that have some cool patterns. So go check them out.
00:32:16
echo_blades
Indeed. Yep.
00:32:16
Denis Tyrell
And if you need anything else for knife making, go check out our friend Lawrence Lake at Maritime Knife Supply. He's got basically everything. Everything.
00:32:25
echo_blades
indeed
00:32:26
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. You need it, he got it. So go check them out. Maritime Knife Supply. That's where I get all my shit. Jared too.
00:32:37
echo_blades
yep
00:32:37
Denis Tyrell
And I see, I think it's that time of year, he's going to be running the Nessum, the New England School of Metalworks scholarship,
Knife-Making Class with a Veteran
00:32:48
Denis Tyrell
right? Isn't that coming up?
00:32:50
echo_blades
I don't know.
00:32:51
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, one of my patrons was talking about it. So, yeah, I think that's coming up soon. We'll have more info on the probably next week's show on that.
00:33:01
echo_blades
All right. and don't i I was wondering if I missed something, but...
00:33:06
Denis Tyrell
i did They were just talking about it today. I think Will from Maine was talking about it in the
00:33:10
echo_blades
Gotcha.
00:33:12
Denis Tyrell
and the
00:33:15
Denis Tyrell
TK Discord chat.
00:33:18
echo_blades
Gotcha.
00:33:18
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:33:20
Denis Tyrell
But... Yeah, but I had a great student this um this weekend, Ryan, who actually ended up calling me Tuesday last week and said he wanted to add on a day since he's coming up from San Diego um and had the time So we added a day and he he really wanted to do some canister.
00:33:49
Denis Tyrell
and And then we were thinking about doing some copper. So we actually did in we started the day, loaded up a canister with some ball bearings and then used that as the core and wrapped it with copper.
00:34:04
Denis Tyrell
uh copper and made basically a ball bearing core with um copper shim and a 1084 cladding so it looks really cool um so yeah that's what we did friday and then we did a really cool mosaic um came out really nice uh
00:34:15
echo_blades
Nice.
00:34:24
Denis Tyrell
We went a little wacky on the last, um, on purpose. Um, not, you know, happy accident or any of that. No, for fuck's sake or anything like that. Um, we just did a, um, a step we don't normally do for that one. And it kind of turned out really cool.
00:34:39
Denis Tyrell
And, um, Yeah. So he was happy with it. I was happy with it. And he had a good time and learned a lot. And he is a 22-year ah Marine vet.
00:34:51
Denis Tyrell
He was a Marine for 22 years. And he gave me a patch from his Marine unit, which was helicopter unit, the Scarface unit.
00:35:03
Denis Tyrell
And i was watching, we were talking about that show Marines. Have you seen that but that documentary memory on Netflix? No?
00:35:13
echo_blades
You cut out.
00:35:14
Denis Tyrell
Oh, the documentary on Netflix called Marines. Have you seen that?
00:35:17
echo_blades
No, I saw that in the notes and I have not seen that.
00:35:20
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, and I was starting to watch it and then um there was, they were talking about the helicopter pilots.
00:35:21
echo_blades
ah
00:35:25
Denis Tyrell
I'm like, hey, that's the patch that he gave me.
00:35:29
echo_blades
Oh, nice.
00:35:29
Denis Tyrell
And it's still an active unit after all this time. So that was cool.
00:35:35
echo_blades
That is cool.
00:35:35
Denis Tyrell
But a really cool guy. um Had some great stories. And Parker and um Parker came over for dinner one night. So they were talking, you know, since Parker's off to basic in, you know, a month, ah they were talking about military stuff.
00:35:55
Denis Tyrell
And yeah, Parker got a lot of his questions asked.
00:35:59
echo_blades
Cool.
00:35:59
Denis Tyrell
um And yeah, it was it was good to have him there. And we We hung out since Kim was out of town. And yeah, it was really fun.
00:36:08
echo_blades
Very cool.
00:36:08
Denis Tyrell
So was a good class. I think he'll be back for another class at some point. So that was good.
00:36:15
echo_blades
Nice.
00:36:16
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. It's always fun. I mean, those classes are fun. They're kind of taxing because it's, you know. it's just a lot of time sitting around and waiting and forging. And, you know, it's not like the, but if for the intro classes, there's a little more downtime where like, okay, you guys are like hand sanding your handles.
00:36:38
Denis Tyrell
So then I'm like, okay, I'm going to go like finish this knife over here or something like that. Cause there's nothing I can help. But in this class, it's all like, we're doing the same thing over, like over all the time.
00:36:49
Denis Tyrell
So there's no downtime for me.
00:36:50
echo_blades
are you Are you making a billet with him?
00:36:53
Denis Tyrell
No, no, no.
00:36:54
echo_blades
You're just doing the one.
00:36:55
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. There's just no, it's like space in the forge and like time at the, there's just not enough time for two people to be making different billets.
00:37:05
echo_blades
Yeah, we've done that enough. and That's how we made an unbasketed a basket weave.
00:37:07
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. The oops. Yeah, and right.
00:37:10
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:37:11
Denis Tyrell
I told him that story too. Yeah, we started with a massive billet. Like the mosaic that he handed up with was 21 inches long, ah two and a half inches wide, and a quarter inch thick.
00:37:29
echo_blades
Wow.
00:37:30
Denis Tyrell
That's the billet he ended up with, of mosaic. So plus the 21 by two and a half by quarter.
00:37:34
echo_blades
Say those numbers again.
00:37:39
echo_blades
Wow.
00:37:40
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it was a massive billet. We had to cut it at the end because it wouldn't fit on the surface grinder to grind it.
00:37:46
echo_blades
Geez.
00:37:47
Denis Tyrell
um And he left with the the ball-bearing kumai one.
00:37:50
echo_blades
How come he didn't thin it out?
00:37:53
Denis Tyrell
ah he He wanted it thick.
00:37:55
echo_blades
He wanted it thick. Okay.
00:37:56
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, he wanted it a quarter thick for the knives he was making.
00:38:00
echo_blades
Gotcha. Very cool.
00:38:01
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I mean, that's but that's all pre-heat-treat stuff, you know, and you're going to grind it down and that kind of thing.
00:38:04
echo_blades
Yeah. Sure.
00:38:08
Denis Tyrell
And I don't... And typically, if it's a mosaic, I tell people that most times you should at least forge the tip of the knife in. So you want it at least forging thickness kind of thing. Like, don't make it an eighth inch if you're going to forge it.
00:38:24
echo_blades
On a mosaic too? I know you did that on a feather, but.
00:38:27
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, well, it does look nice if you forge the tip in a little bit, just so that ah the pattern kind of morphs towards the tip.
00:38:35
echo_blades
right
00:38:35
Denis Tyrell
um I wouldn't hammer in the bevels, but... i like making the pattern kind of merge towards the tip kind of looks better. Yeah. Yeah.
00:38:47
Denis Tyrell
Cause if you don't, you just cutting off half the pattern and it looks weird sometimes, but, but definitely with the feather, you gotta, yeah, you gotta forge those to shape for sure to profile.
00:38:53
echo_blades
gotcha
00:39:02
Denis Tyrell
But, um, yeah, it was a good time. Um, The, um, I hadn't done, i haven't done a canister and haven't done ball bearing in a really long time. So that was kind of fun to do.
00:39:15
Denis Tyrell
Even though it's, you know, canister's not my favorite process, but, uh, it was good.
00:39:21
echo_blades
but I've never done one. i don't think we've ever done one. I've never seen you do one.
00:39:25
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah, we never have. We should, uh... We should do like a fossil Damascus. I see our buddy Sean, Sean the Knife Guy, Sean. He just did a video on YouTube.
00:39:40
Denis Tyrell
He's doing some long form videos. He just did one of fossil Damascus in a canister.
00:39:45
echo_blades
Yeah, I was going to give him a ah shout out last week because I always enjoy when he gets, uh, busy posting stuff. Um, when he gets active on, on social media, I didn't, I missed the whole YouTube thing.
00:39:59
Denis Tyrell
It was just today. He just posted it today.
00:40:01
echo_blades
Oh, okay.
00:40:01
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:40:02
echo_blades
Yeah. No, super knowledgeable guy, man. I, I've always enjoyed, uh, when we, when we hung out and, and go, um, well thought out, you know, he's done his, he's done research and the work and, nerded out enough to, to learn the processes in a manner.
00:40:05
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:40:19
echo_blades
And that's, uh, Pretty good.
00:40:21
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:40:21
echo_blades
So shout out, Sean.
00:40:24
Denis Tyrell
Yep.
00:40:26
Denis Tyrell
So what else you got coming up?
00:40:29
echo_blades
Um, I don't know. I don't really know what I have coming up. Uh, I can say Thanksgiving's coming around the corner.
Thanksgiving Plans
00:40:40
echo_blades
That's next week.
00:40:40
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:40:43
Denis Tyrell
Yes, next week.
00:40:43
echo_blades
It is next week.
00:40:45
Denis Tyrell
Next week.
00:40:46
echo_blades
Yeah. So I'm looking forward to that. Have some time off. And then, I was planning on like extending that a little bit, but, um, I fly out to, uh, back to Washington the Tuesday after that, uh, at the holiday. So I was going to take the Monday off, um, after, but then that would like put me back for a day and then gone for the rest of the week. And just, I couldn't, I can't miss that much currently right now. So I think I'll, uh,
00:41:18
echo_blades
go for a big chunk during the Christmas break.
00:41:22
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. I just remember you just reminded me that i have jury duty next week, actually. um i got to call in Friday to see if I actually have to show up.
00:41:34
Denis Tyrell
so Oh, this would be a good story.
00:41:34
echo_blades
Man, I don't know how. Yeah, I'll tell you after.
00:41:44
echo_blades
Yeah. yeah
00:41:46
Denis Tyrell
oh man. Now I want to hear it
00:41:49
echo_blades
I'll tell you after that one. Yeah. But, ah you know, speaking of, like, what do I got coming up? I just sent you a reel on Instagram.
00:42:00
echo_blades
ah Something that I saw this this week that I thought was fucking super cool.
00:42:00
Denis Tyrell
Okay.
00:42:06
echo_blades
um Just wanted to give a shout-out to Walker Knives. I think I was going to shout him out as Maker Spotlight, but I believe when Ryan... um
00:42:19
Denis Tyrell
Mm-hmm.
00:42:19
echo_blades
Coakley knives was on.
00:42:20
echo_blades
I think that was his, his guy. Um, so, but at any rate, he put this, uh, this reel up of, uh, this little 3d printed jig, um, on, obviously it's a like a standard model that he does.
00:42:35
echo_blades
Um, but he's got the, uh, like, like a handle jig printed, um, and he clamps the knife on it. And, he, uh, slides the, uh, the file guide over the knife and gets the exact same plunge location on every knife.
00:42:54
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I don't think you're describing it well. the It's like a fake scale that has pins and it's got a little shelf in the front and he just slides it into the pinholes.
00:43:06
Denis Tyrell
So then your file guide just goes, you know, slide.
00:43:09
echo_blades
To that spot.
00:43:10
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, slides onto the exact same spot and then you just take it off and you got your file guide on there.
00:43:10
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:43:14
Denis Tyrell
ah It's a really cool idea ah if you do the same model over and over.
00:43:19
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:43:20
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it's a really cool idea.
00:43:22
echo_blades
Yeah. I said it was genius. And then what he responded back. He's like, let's not get carried away there, buddy, or something like that. ah And I was like, well, I mean, I'm easily impressed.
00:43:33
echo_blades
I thought it was really cool. And you're asking me like what what I have coming up is, yeah, I think it would be cool to get to a point where you have, you know, that style of knife, you know, locked in to where you can do a, a jig like that for some repeatable processes.
00:43:49
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:43:50
echo_blades
That's, you know, mean, it's not, the world's worst thing to spot your plunge line with your file guide, but it does make it, um, super easy and, easy to lock that thing in over and over again. So I liked it, man. And, uh, if you haven't checked it out, that's Walker knives.
00:44:11
echo_blades
Um, just one word. Um,
00:44:13
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I might have to steal that idea if I'm waiting for some water jet cut blanks for a run of chef knives that um I just might do that for.
00:44:26
Denis Tyrell
I'm not usually a um file guide guy, but um yeah, I may use that. I usually just eyeball the plunge line and I don't use a file guide, but maybe I'll try it.
00:44:42
echo_blades
I don't think I've done one. It was one of the very beginnings one knives, but i i use the file glide all the time.
00:44:53
echo_blades
It is because I don't I would it's a bitch because um i I don't like a the vertical plunge. I like the angle.
00:45:01
Denis Tyrell
right
00:45:02
Denis Tyrell
Mm-hmm.
00:45:02
echo_blades
And, you know, so the way that that that kind of forced me into to freehand grinding more than ah want.
00:45:09
echo_blades
But I do have that cool little jig that Steve Lockwood made me. ah
00:45:16
Denis Tyrell
but
00:45:18
echo_blades
That allows me to use my file guide on the thing. And I'll do ah do a video on that next knife I grind. Because it's really cool. I used it for when we did the the folder. um And that worked out really cool.
00:45:32
Denis Tyrell
Oh, that's right. You did. You you brought it over.
00:45:34
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:45:34
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:45:35
echo_blades
Yeah, super simple. Really cool.
00:45:37
Denis Tyrell
Very cool. um Yeah, I've, what was he
Tool Preferences and Search
00:45:42
Denis Tyrell
going to say? um i need a new file guide and I think they were out of stock on Maritime last time I looked so I couldn't get one.
00:45:47
echo_blades
a
00:45:48
Denis Tyrell
So I might have to try again.
00:45:52
echo_blades
I'm trying to blink on the one that I have. But they stopped making them. It was about a year ago or something. I was saying that they were making their last run of them.
00:46:04
echo_blades
Shit, I am drawing a blank here. It's not the Benke or whatever.
00:46:11
Denis Tyrell
Like the Nordic edge one.
00:46:11
echo_blades
It has the one. I can't remember the popular file guide is, but. One of them has like glued on carbide that they always pop off.
00:46:19
Denis Tyrell
Right. Yeah. Yeah.
00:46:22
echo_blades
This one had a mechanical connection for for the carbide. So it never went anywhere, which was cool. So I always recommended it and I can't fucking think of the name. It doesn't matter because they don't make them anymore. But I grabbed another one before they stopped. So I have two.
00:46:36
Denis Tyrell
Oh, maybe I should grab one off you. I don't even have carbide one. my Mine, what I use it mostly for is for locking things in the in the vice on the mill. Because I don't really grind with...
00:46:47
echo_blades
Gotcha. Yeah.
00:46:49
Denis Tyrell
That's why I've never bothered to get one with carbide.
00:46:49
echo_blades
Yeah, ah you just can't use the file guide on the on the rest, though.
00:46:54
echo_blades
It's because it's in the way.
00:46:56
Denis Tyrell
yeah but yeah Yeah, but I don't do chef knives for the rest anyway.
00:47:02
echo_blades
and Okay.
00:47:03
Denis Tyrell
Because they have that, you can't get to the the heel of the knife anyway, because it's too far back. So I can't do it on the rest on the rest anyway.
00:47:16
echo_blades
Oh, gotcha.
00:47:18
Denis Tyrell
But, um, yeah, I don't know if I'm going to get to those chef knives before Christmas though.
Dagger Project Plans
00:47:23
Denis Tyrell
I mean, cause after, um, the, I'm hoping I probably, I'll see how things go tomorrow.
00:47:33
Denis Tyrell
I'm hoping to get those, um, tweezers done this week, but that's probably not going to happen. but Um, and then next week is I got a few days off. Um, but after that, I want to work on that, uh,
00:47:47
Denis Tyrell
mega dagger that I'm calling. um the That big piece of mosaic is going to be a big giant dagger. So I'm anxious to start working.
00:47:57
echo_blades
You just decided this or you said it like going to say, cause I don't, I'm not, it's not ringing a bell to me.
00:47:58
Denis Tyrell
No, I decided like a week or so ago.
00:48:04
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, no, it's going to be a big dagger. like billet is like 13 long.
00:48:06
echo_blades
Mega dagger, dagger.
00:48:11
Denis Tyrell
the billet is like thirteen inches long um but and But it hasn't been forged yet. And this dagger's got to be forged to shape.
00:48:23
Denis Tyrell
Forged to profile kind of thing. So it'll probably end up being, I'm guessing, probably a 16-inch dagger. It'll be a big one. and And I'm thinking I'm going to go really fancy on this one.
00:48:34
echo_blades
Wow.
00:48:37
Denis Tyrell
I'm going to use ivory. I'm going to use gold inlay. All kinds of fancy stuff. Yeah.
00:48:44
Denis Tyrell
I won't...
00:48:44
echo_blades
You know what i got to use when I was finishing up that knife is ah our buddy ah Travis Haynes from Pelican Paste.
00:48:52
Denis Tyrell
Uh-huh.
00:48:52
echo_blades
um I waxed that handle and and the blade up with ah the soft wax, but he also has
00:48:59
echo_blades
hard wax, Pelican oil, hand-solve soap, uh, cast iron pan seasoning, butternut. And again, just a, a reminder that he's got a sale going on through November, uh, for, um, some BOGO on, uh, the two ounce tins and Pelican oil, uh, $5 off of sample packs, 20% off of custom tins, 10% off the entire site.
00:49:22
echo_blades
And I was supposed to reach out to him last week and see if we're double dipping on that discount code. Uh, I didn't. So I don't know. But even if not, ah tell him ah you heard about this sale over on the the Triple T podcast. But go check it out and take advantage of this awesome sale going on through November.
00:49:41
echo_blades
lot cool stuff.
00:49:42
Denis Tyrell
Nice. Yeah, I put some of that on the handle of my last knife. Not this one, but the last one.
00:49:53
Denis Tyrell
And you know what I need to get some more of? Some more gator skin, because I was showing my student this weekend.
00:49:59
echo_blades
yeah
00:50:02
Denis Tyrell
um He was asking me about all the little tools that I use, and then I was going through the drawer, and I went, oh, this, and I pulled out the little almost empty jar of gator skin.
00:50:14
Denis Tyrell
So if you need some premium nano ceramic coating to protect your knives, get yourself some
00:50:18
echo_blades
premium
00:50:21
Denis Tyrell
of course premium some gator skin and while you're at it get yourself some
00:50:23
echo_blades
that's right
00:50:26
Denis Tyrell
um
00:50:29
Denis Tyrell
my brain is not working and get yourself some gator piss to etch it some grime Reaper to clean it and hey might as well get some steel while you're at it get yourself some awesome steel from Baker Forge and tool use the discount code triple T 10 um And check out if they got any stainless, because now they're working a big stainless line.
00:50:52
Denis Tyrell
It's looking awesome, so go check it out. i don't know what's up there now. I don't know if they... Oh yeah, so this week is the Copper Fray is live, which is powdered 1084 in bundled copper mesh.
00:51:06
Denis Tyrell
And that always looks cool. A cladding full of a little copper frays in black steel, flat ground, ready to roll. Available in both ripple and wavy patterns. So go check it out. If it's still there, i bet you this one's going to go quick because it's a pretty cool padding.
00:51:25
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah.
00:51:26
Denis Tyrell
and use the app.
00:51:27
echo_blades
I love reading that. I love reading the shit that people missed. It's it's just the highlight of my week, the drops that people can't get.
00:51:33
Denis Tyrell
The what? Oh, no, this is.
00:51:35
echo_blades
Yeah. What you missed on last week was copper fray flat ground, ready to roll, but not for you. it was available in both ripple and wavy patterns.
00:51:47
echo_blades
The app crew got it all ready and just be there next Friday.
00:51:49
Denis Tyrell
And you get nothing.
00:51:54
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, telling them what they missed.
00:51:57
echo_blades
That's right. That's right. Clean it, etch it, protect it. Triple T 10 for 10% off.
00:52:01
Denis Tyrell
That's right. He got it right. And you know what um my student Ryan was the most interested in in the shop?
00:52:12
Denis Tyrell
um was So he's got grindstone.
00:52:16
echo_blades
It's like 50 sets in toss up for me right now, but ah either one is a win in my opinion. So
00:52:22
Denis Tyrell
ah He's got a grinder, but he's not real happy with it just because he bogs it down. ah So he was drooling over the Ameribrade Fastback 2x72. Every time he would use it, he's like, man, I can just push steel into this thing, and it doesn't bog down at all.
00:52:39
Denis Tyrell
the the belt doesn't jump around like his. um He was very impressed in I think he's going to go home and purchase one. And you should too, if you don't have one, go get yourself an Ameribraid Fastback 2x72.
00:52:52
Denis Tyrell
Best grinder on the market. While you're there, take a look at the Hyperdisc. It's a disc grinder. It's a buffing wheel. it's It's you name it. There's all kinds of attachments for it that switch really quick.
00:53:05
Denis Tyrell
So go check them out, Ameribraid.com.
00:53:09
echo_blades
That's right.
00:53:10
Denis Tyrell
Yes, he was like and then I showed him the drop away plant and yeah he was He was all geared up for that Yeah, yeah
00:53:12
echo_blades
and
00:53:20
echo_blades
Some cool stuff for sure.
00:53:24
echo_blades
You know what happened that that that I realized is that I have this, this fancy homemade grinder with a air ride suspension for my belt tensioner.
00:53:34
Denis Tyrell
Right suspension, yeah
00:53:36
echo_blades
Yeah, no, it's, and I love it.
00:53:39
Denis Tyrell
Mm-hmm.
00:53:40
echo_blades
Uh, but I think, I don't know who I was talking to, but, um, I got a bunch of leaks in my, in my house, like all, all throw, it's all compromised right now.
00:53:51
echo_blades
And, uh, this is the time where it is now officially, um, you know, I, I would like to take this opportunity to to tell my good friend, Jeff, next time you do something for me and charge me nothing and hook me up with free materials, dude, make it quality.
00:54:09
echo_blades
I mean, come on, dude. Shit's not lasting. How dare you?
00:54:14
Denis Tyrell
I was, it's funny you say that because it was probably, it was probably like two months ago. I'm hearing something in the shop, like this is a sound that I'm not used to. I'm like, what is that coming from?
00:54:27
Denis Tyrell
I probably walked around the shop for 15 minutes trying to figure out what the sound was coming from. And, you know, my air hose is right by the press. Well, I guess a piece of scale had hit that blue hose, like my air hose, and it put a tiny little hole in it, but it was fucking making a loud sound.
00:54:49
Denis Tyrell
And yeah, that's what it was. It was the, and I could hear it across the room, but yeah, didn't clue in.
00:54:51
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:54:54
echo_blades
Yep.
00:54:57
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:54:58
Denis Tyrell
That's what it was.
00:54:59
echo_blades
I was like, my I need a new compressor. Cause it kept kicking on, kicking on, kicking on.
00:55:01
Denis Tyrell
Kept going off. Hoser.
00:55:03
echo_blades
And I'm like, what the, so my, my hose got holes. I got holes in my hose. And, uh,
00:55:09
Denis Tyrell
hoser
00:55:10
echo_blades
Yeah. But, hey.
00:55:17
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah. Still do i But, yeah, I got to do that.
00:55:21
Denis Tyrell
It's almost vacation time.
00:55:22
echo_blades
I got to fucking re-plumb that at some point. It's not totally out of commission, but...
00:55:27
Denis Tyrell
Don't you just need a new hose? Don't you have quick connects on it?
00:55:29
echo_blades
Yeah, but it's... yeah but it's like... Yeah, it's in between the main run from the... I have manifold. but Manifold's got manifolds in the system, so... But it's in between the main manifold.
00:55:41
echo_blades
It's the one that goes from the compressor up over.
00:55:43
Denis Tyrell
Cut and splice, baby. Cut and splice.
00:55:45
echo_blades
Yeah, that's what I was. Yeah. Yeah, that's. Yeah, I'm out of.
00:55:50
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:55:50
echo_blades
I'm out of splices right now.
00:55:52
Denis Tyrell
he
00:55:53
echo_blades
It's been compromised for a while, so I got to figure something out.
00:55:55
Denis Tyrell
You need some some nipples and clamps.
00:55:58
echo_blades
Yeah, I do. I probably have all of it, too, so but I got to do that. I just really noticed it about too last weekend. But.
00:56:06
Denis Tyrell
I can't believe you just passed by nipple clamps and just didn't say anything.
00:56:10
echo_blades
Why? it's did you do you know
00:56:14
Denis Tyrell
It's not like you.
00:56:15
echo_blades
The obvious ones aren't funny, man.
00:56:16
Denis Tyrell
It's not like you.
00:56:19
echo_blades
Yeah, well, I'm a hurt soul right now. so
00:56:24
echo_blades
I am a hurt soul.
00:56:25
Denis Tyrell
We're going to do some maker spotlights.
00:56:29
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:56:31
Denis Tyrell
um Since you're never ready, I'll go first.
00:56:34
echo_blades
Oh, I was ready, but yeah, go. I didn't.
00:56:37
Denis Tyrell
I'm going to... So I had to do the the mammoth for this handle that you guys are going to see this weekend if you watch the video. And I was really apprehensive on every part of dealing with mammoth.
00:56:54
Denis Tyrell
ah Mammoth molar. um So I decided to watch a video and I did... I saw one from Smith Hand Forged Knives. He's from...
00:57:06
Denis Tyrell
South Africa, really cool guy, and I've seen some of his videos before, and he did a great video on drilling mammoth with a carbide tip to like a masonry bit, which worked like a charm.
00:57:21
Denis Tyrell
i Convinced that is the way to do this. um It was super easy, didn't take long, didn't it did create fucking mess. I think I was breathing.
00:57:34
Denis Tyrell
I had like mammoth tooth powder in my mouth because it was going everywhere.
00:57:39
echo_blades
You mammoth's breath?
00:57:42
Denis Tyrell
but At one point, because you have to like clear it out of the hole, right?
00:57:45
echo_blades
Oh, man.
00:57:46
Denis Tyrell
And at one point I decide I'm going to blow into the hole and all of like the disgusting mammoth dust just goes right in my mouth. it is gross um but the hole was easy to drill so uh wanted to shout him out um His Instagram is smithhandforgedknives, no underscores.
00:58:10
Denis Tyrell
And he is Stuart Smith. And go check him out. He is a blacksmith by trade but does awesome knives. And he's got a lot of good good videos, good YouTube videos.
00:58:21
Denis Tyrell
And just does really cool work. So go check him out. Give him some love. He's got just under 14,000 followers on Instagram. He's been around a while, so he knows a lot of techniques. Go check him out.
00:58:36
echo_blades
I'm looking at it, I think.
00:58:40
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, that's not... Well, that's not it.
00:58:40
echo_blades
Nope, that's not it.
00:58:47
echo_blades
The post I just tried to find. ah was ah It was like butterfly jewelry maker, Smith Handmade.
00:58:55
Denis Tyrell
No, not that one.
00:58:55
echo_blades
It was not it.
00:58:58
Denis Tyrell
It's Smith Handforged Knives.
00:59:02
echo_blades
There we go. Now I'm seeing.
00:59:04
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, he's a big dude with a beard, you know, like most knife makers. Oh, if you go down his feet, he's got just a beautiful wire inlay handle.
00:59:15
Denis Tyrell
That one's awesome.
00:59:18
echo_blades
Oh yeah, he's...
00:59:20
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, he's a real deal.
00:59:24
echo_blades
Ah. That from Bladeshow.
00:59:28
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, he he actually goes to Blade Show. I've seen, I think his table is not far from where where ours was.
00:59:30
echo_blades
Yeah, ah he looks familiar. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, very cool. That's good one.
00:59:35
Denis Tyrell
Kind of like behind us, like further closer to the wall.
00:59:38
echo_blades
Yeah,
00:59:39
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:59:42
echo_blades
I'm gonna give him a...
00:59:45
echo_blades
um i have a i'm not sure if this guy's making anymore but it crossed my mind the other day uh it is a toka knives t-o-k-a knives um he's kind of local like so he was in sacramento area uh but uh his name is gene benavante um This guy, when I first started making um one of my buddies, a good friend of mine was out over in that area and he was at like a Maker's Mart fair type thing.
01:00:23
echo_blades
And he came across him and and got his info. um And I started following him. He just, his videos, a few years ago anyways, were super informative.
01:00:33
echo_blades
And this guy had processes for batch work that I have... on a, on a scale that I have not seen before. I haven't seen it since, but, uh, you kind of scroll down there. He's just got like, um, silverware trays full of knives.
01:00:50
Denis Tyrell
I see that.
01:00:50
echo_blades
Um, I, and he would, ah and and I reached out to him and we had a couple of conversations back in the day. Um, just super helpful. Um, uh, but he would, uh, some of his reels would just be like, you know, this is what I do and this makes it easier and blah, bla blah, blah, blah.
01:01:08
echo_blades
Um, and really cool. It does, awesome knives and a fucking shit ton of them. Um, but I'm not sure.
01:01:14
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, there's some big batches, man. Holy.
01:01:17
echo_blades
i mean, big, like lots and, and, uh, file work on all the spines and he had like processes and he would do his, his bevel jig deal.
01:01:28
echo_blades
He's actually the first person that, um, I saw the, the Tobin jig from, he saw the jig,
01:01:34
Denis Tyrell
Oh, really?
01:01:36
echo_blades
and was trying to like duplicate it, but was talking about how fantastic it was. And back then um i hadn't, I was unable to understand the awesomeness that the Tobin jig was or is.
01:01:51
echo_blades
And so I moved right past it. Like that's stupid. I was taking a page out of Dennis's book. I didn't understand it. So it was dope. But anyways, Gene's super cool dude, man. And I don't, I, like I said, I don't know if he's, it looks like he hasn't been active for, uh, through this year, but Hey, I understand.
01:02:09
Denis Tyrell
Maybe he's just busy working and hasn't posted. 20.
01:02:09
echo_blades
So
01:02:12
echo_blades
good. Yeah. Could not, I know he moved, I think a little further up North, but, um, anyways, uh, it, it, it was a good follow. and if you're looking for some cool info, uh, go check out the page and, um, deep dive a little bit. And there's a lot of cool tips there.
01:02:27
echo_blades
Um, so, and, what did I say? Anyways, 2,390 followers.
01:02:33
Denis Tyrell
one
01:02:36
Denis Tyrell
ye
01:02:36
echo_blades
Um, and yeah.
01:02:39
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, that's a good one.
01:02:40
Denis Tyrell
It's staggering how many knives he had us on his bench in a couple of those videos, man.
01:02:40
echo_blades
Yeah.
01:02:45
echo_blades
Yeah. I mean, lots and he was doing that for, and he was like farming his own wood and stabilizing his own stuff.
01:02:47
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:02:50
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Even Coakley would be impressed.
01:02:53
echo_blades
Like he he took it. Yeah. It's a lot, dude.
01:02:58
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:02:58
echo_blades
Um, But yeah, so that's who I wanted to shout out.
01:03:01
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:03:03
echo_blades
Yeah.
01:03:03
Denis Tyrell
Nice. That's good one.
01:03:07
Denis Tyrell
Cool, cool. We want to tackle this listener question this week.
01:03:12
echo_blades
Nope.
01:03:16
Denis Tyrell
Tirit, you don't want to answer anybody's questions. What the hell?
01:03:20
echo_blades
Yeah, there's like a, we could talk about it. i don't I don't care. I don't have any answers on this particular one, but I do know that it gives me,
01:03:25
Denis Tyrell
I don't either. I don't either.
01:03:29
echo_blades
extreme anxiety because, um over the past couple months, my, my hands have been hurting in a fashion that is, i don't even like to talk about it.
01:03:40
echo_blades
Like, um, so the carpal tunnel, but anyways, we have a listener that is up for some carpal tunnel surgery and he was asking, uh, if we had any suggestions on what he can do to and i continue his, his learning and, uh, and progress in making.
01:03:58
echo_blades
and kind of a tough one, right? Like I can't think of anything that you could do without your hands, except think about some stuff, but I
01:04:01
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I don't have...
01:04:07
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, and I don't... i' I'm not an expert on carpal tunnel, like what other exercises or stuff like that.
01:04:11
echo_blades
mean it.
01:04:12
Denis Tyrell
I'm sure he'll probably have like little um like PE kind of or What do you call it? Uh...
01:04:22
echo_blades
Physical training, physical therapy.
01:04:23
Denis Tyrell
physical training stuff to do, but physical therapy.
01:04:25
echo_blades
Sorry. Yeah.
01:04:27
Denis Tyrell
yeah
01:04:27
Denis Tyrell
ah But as far as what he can do in the shop, I mean, there's always like sit down and do designs. You don't have to, you know, work on some other stuff.
01:04:27
echo_blades
Yeah.
01:04:35
Denis Tyrell
It doesn't have to be.
01:04:35
echo_blades
we got to hold a pencil though.
01:04:36
echo_blades
Like, you know, I mean, like, I don't know.
01:04:37
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, but it's not like it's not like hey hand sanding or stuff that would be like really hard on your hands. But I don't know. It depends how bad the surgery is.
01:04:48
echo_blades
Yeah. I don't know, man. But like I said, I started having these like weird pains in my hand. I mean, I sit at a desk and type all day long and not the most ergonomically best thing. And it just, and then on, uh, I think, uh, Noah and,
01:05:03
echo_blades
And Ryan, on the last week's episode, we're talking about like, I, if fuck, if I'm wrong, sorry, but somebody is like insured their hands. Cause that's what, and then I was like, oh fuck, like chances of me doing that now are, know, I'm old.
01:05:12
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah,
01:05:18
Denis Tyrell
I think.
01:05:19
echo_blades
I, you do all this crap, but yeah. So anyways, I want to just not think about as I got aimine out of mind, out of sight type thing.
01:05:23
Denis Tyrell
yeah i forget
01:05:27
Denis Tyrell
I mean, i'll be honest, i it was probably over a year ago I started having some bad trigger your finger in a couple of my fingers on my right hand. And it went away with time, but I still feel it in the morning. Like, my hands are still really stiff in the morning, and I get up and actually run them under some cold water in the morning, and that usually wakes them up. And they're fine during the day, but, yeah, they're stiff in the morning.
01:05:53
Denis Tyrell
every morning and every night I can feel them right now. And, you know, that's not going to get better with age, but yeah, it, uh, knife making is hard on your body.
01:05:59
echo_blades
No.
01:06:04
Denis Tyrell
There's a, there's no doubt about that.
01:06:07
Denis Tyrell
And your hand,
01:06:07
echo_blades
Yeah. I think like carpal tunnels, the, the, the one thing though, that you don't, you don't have to be doing anything to get it.
01:06:15
Denis Tyrell
it's, it's true.
01:06:15
echo_blades
It's, it, it's the one thing that, you know, having an inactive life and sitting at a desk and doing computer work for years and years and years will get you. So, um,
01:06:24
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. I mean, even even now editing video, if I'm if i'm editing video and i I don't have this, actually the the fat guy towel i actually use to support my wrist. Because if I don't, like when using a mouse, if I don't, my hand will go numb.
01:06:43
echo_blades
Yeah.
01:06:44
Denis Tyrell
And that can't be good.
01:06:45
Denis Tyrell
So, yeah.
01:06:46
echo_blades
No.
01:06:47
echo_blades
But anyways, yeah, that's why I didn't want talk It's not that it wasn't a good question or anything, but it was just, yeah, I don't think about it. Yeah.
01:06:53
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. you don't want to think about getting old.
01:06:56
echo_blades
just don't like everything I do. There's some good jokes there. Oh, my hands are important, dude. I'm just saying. My hands are important.
01:07:08
echo_blades
Yeah.
01:07:09
Denis Tyrell
we're We're back to peeing jokes.
01:07:10
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah.
01:07:15
Denis Tyrell
Oh man.
01:07:16
echo_blades
yeah
01:07:19
Denis Tyrell
um Oh, I do have news.
New Laser Welder/Cutter
01:07:23
Denis Tyrell
I'm not doing, i i may, I don't know if i'm going to do Triple T this week. I might do a ah quick one.
01:07:30
Denis Tyrell
But um I am getting, I have one, i think it arrives tomorrow, a laser welder slash cutter.
01:07:40
echo_blades
Cool.
01:07:40
Denis Tyrell
It's not a CNC one, but um it is a laser welder slash cutter. It's not the X-Tool one because they ghosted me on that one. But another company reached out to me and I said, yes, of course, I would love to have one.
01:07:53
Denis Tyrell
And they're sending all the bells and whistles with it. So I'm interested to put it through its paces.
01:08:00
echo_blades
nice
01:08:01
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, so that'd be fun to play around with the laser welder.
01:08:06
echo_blades
cool
01:08:06
Denis Tyrell
and i gotta find a spot for it i need like a triple decker welding cart now um
01:08:14
echo_blades
bit my brain there that's just die but that wasn't even sarcastic or i was literally just like okay i'm trying to imagine the triple decker
01:08:26
Denis Tyrell
because i've got the tig on the bottom the the meg and now i need the a spot for the laser welder
01:08:33
echo_blades
yeah
01:08:34
Denis Tyrell
So, hmm. I don't know what what I'm going to do for that. And I don't even know if it needs... I know nothing about this machine. Like, literally, I've not researched it at all. I don't know if there's a gas... There must be some kind of shielding gas.
01:08:50
echo_blades
Yeah, don't know. Yeah.
01:08:51
Denis Tyrell
There's got to be.
01:08:53
echo_blades
I'm curious to find out.
01:08:55
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, me too. So um I'll find out when when I get it.
01:08:58
echo_blades
All right.
01:09:00
Denis Tyrell
It won't be this week's video, but um maybe next week, depending on how the holiday goes. But we'll see. You guys can watch it Thanksgiving Day instead of football.
01:09:16
echo_blades
How long is it going to be?
01:09:20
echo_blades
You can't a whole football show on this welder.
01:09:23
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it's going to be a three-hour video.
01:09:25
echo_blades
Jeez.
01:09:29
Denis Tyrell
I won't be. do do you what Do you watch football on Thanksgiving Day?
01:09:29
echo_blades
Oh, man.
01:09:35
echo_blades
Tennis.
01:09:36
Denis Tyrell
I'm just asking.
01:09:37
echo_blades
Tennis.
01:09:38
Denis Tyrell
I know it's not your favorite team to play, so.
01:09:38
echo_blades
Just. Just stop. Just stop. I can't with you.
01:09:44
Denis Tyrell
Or do you watch golf?
01:09:46
echo_blades
I'm fucking American, dude. I would watch golf, too.
01:09:48
Denis Tyrell
don't
01:09:49
echo_blades
But, yeah. Do I watch football and get out of here?
01:09:52
Denis Tyrell
know.
01:09:55
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, that's all Kim's going to do is watch the Lions. and Yeah, she'll be in her happy place. Watch you football. Man, I can't believe that's coming up so quick.
01:10:06
echo_blades
It's here.
01:10:08
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:10:09
echo_blades
Get grateful.
01:10:10
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah. Well, we're going to wrap this bitch up.
01:10:15
echo_blades
Yeah. But before we do, uh, hopefully we'll wrap up a couple of things and, uh, finally get to put my, uh, my 22 and a half inch KO, even heat kiln to its paces because, uh, you know, if you're into heat treating, um, your knives in, in the most scientific form, like Dennis likes to say,
01:10:29
Denis Tyrell
That's right. eight
01:10:39
echo_blades
ah you should go check out even heat kilns. They're family owned and operated company since 1948, building the highest quality knife heat treat ovens on the market. So I am, uh, ready to, uh, throw a couple of things in there. I definitely will be heat treating, um, over the, uh, um, Thanksgiving weekend, uh, for sure.
01:11:01
echo_blades
But, um, yeah, that's for, that's, that's going down.
01:11:03
Denis Tyrell
Oh.
01:11:04
echo_blades
If you need an oven, you can go check out, uh, their website. They got a couple, uh, suppliers, but you should definitely go Maritime a Knife Supply will hook you up and take care of that for you as well. You
01:11:21
Denis Tyrell
That's right. I will be doing the chef tweezers in the even heat, hopefully tomorrow.
01:11:27
echo_blades
going to use the big one for that? Because those fucking things are gigantic.
01:11:28
Denis Tyrell
The...
01:11:32
echo_blades
You got 46 inch tweezers. Fucking brontosaurus sticks. Yeah.
01:11:36
Denis Tyrell
I was just going to say that. it's Flintstone steaks.
01:11:41
echo_blades
That's right. Yeah.
01:11:43
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:11:44
echo_blades
All right. We may leave.
01:11:46
Denis Tyrell
All right. ah We can go now.
01:11:48
echo_blades
We can leave. Bills are paid.
01:11:51
Denis Tyrell
All right. We'll see you folks next week. Adios.
01:11:56
echo_blades
Maybe.
01:11:57
Denis Tyrell
Maybe.
01:12:08
echo_blades
Hi, Mom. Love you.
01:12:11
Denis Tyrell
Oh, you missed this one. Dennis does the soundboard good. missed that comment. please Please talk about that next week. Bye.
01:12:19
echo_blades
That's a wrap.