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E121: Blade show recap & UK Invasion
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We missed last week so it's a two-week recap episode! We'll talk about Blade Show and the fun week we had after. Come check it out!
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Denis Tyrell of Tyrell Knifeworks:
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Transcript
Introduction and Catching Up
00:00:00
echo_blades
ah hear nothing oh I hear it now.
00:00:16
Denis Tyrell
Hello everyone, welcome to an episode of the Triple T for Knife Makers podcast. I know you missed us last week, but we got a lot of stuff to talk about. i am here as always with my friend, my buddy, Mr. Jared Sandoval from Echo Blades, who pretty much joined me for the last two weeks, except for a short little interlude.
00:00:37
Denis Tyrell
um yeah it's been a while we got a lot to talk about jared
00:00:41
echo_blades
Yeah, we do. It was quite the role, for sure. we were pushing pretty hard. I've been, I know
Travel Experiences and Challenges
00:00:50
echo_blades
that.
00:00:50
Denis Tyrell
yeah yeah man yeah i mean uh where do we start i i guess with the the lead up to blade show and uh getting to blade show
00:01:05
echo_blades
Yeah. i Perfect timing, my wife just texted me.
00:01:12
echo_blades
It's great podcasting right now.
00:01:13
Denis Tyrell
Very important.
00:01:16
Denis Tyrell
We're starting with magic.
00:01:17
echo_blades
Yeah, it's just fucking right out the gate. Pure fire.
00:01:23
echo_blades
He's sleeping on.
00:01:24
Denis Tyrell
Well, folks, here it is.
00:01:24
echo_blades
That's right.
00:01:26
Denis Tyrell
Professionalism at its best. Yeah.
00:01:28
echo_blades
Well, I just wanted to give him, I just wanted to give him a little bit bit of rest from that overly exciting intro. mean, he blew their fucking socks off. I just needed them to catch their breath, get back down to earth.
00:01:38
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:01:39
echo_blades
And here we are. All right, I'm back. Let's roll. So yeah, we did the ah the whole blade show ah travel again, um which translates to insomnia
00:01:43
Denis Tyrell
well
00:01:53
Denis Tyrell
well well insomnia you're talking about the first day uh the flight there because yeah because it is it is a red eye flight but some of us uh had a nice seat on the plane we got
00:01:54
echo_blades
for me.
00:01:59
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:02:02
echo_blades
Cause what?
00:02:08
echo_blades
Oh, I see where this is going.
00:02:11
Denis Tyrell
and got to wave wave at Jared as he was filed off to coach.
00:02:11
echo_blades
I see where this is going.
00:02:17
Denis Tyrell
um And I had a beautiful, beautiful seat in first class.
00:02:18
echo_blades
Which I, ah
00:02:22
echo_blades
yeah, you did. You left me. You ritzy, bougie ass, retired, not struggling knife maker.
00:02:31
Denis Tyrell
Worth every penny.
00:02:32
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:02:34
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it was great. Enjoyed the flight immensely, but still didn't sleep much.
00:02:39
echo_blades
I had zero, I had zero desire to do it. And then, When we got there, I had checked the day before to see if the prices had come down any any bit.
00:02:50
echo_blades
And there was still quite a bit of availability there. And then by the time we got to the gate, when I was really starting to think about it, ah ever ever it was all gone and I was i was screwed. So back to 34D I went or whatever the hell it
00:03:06
Denis Tyrell
I think you were even further back. You were like 38 or something. Ridiculous.
00:03:10
echo_blades
No, I think it was 34.
00:03:10
Denis Tyrell
That was Parker's. Yeah, Parker was in 38 on the way home.
00:03:13
echo_blades
Yeah, it was like 34 or
00:03:16
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:03:16
Denis Tyrell
So.
00:03:18
Denis Tyrell
But we got there even though it was a red-eye flight. Earlier than normal, ah bright five a 5 a.m. That was a long day because we didn't get in.
00:03:27
echo_blades
Yeah. It was like 5 30.
00:03:29
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah, and then we set up the table and then
00:03:31
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:03:35
Denis Tyrell
unlike last year, there was some event, baseball game or something, right? So we didn't, the hotel rooms were all packed. So we didn't get the hotel room till what? 3.30? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:03:47
echo_blades
Yeah, it was almost four o'clock.
00:03:49
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:03:50
echo_blades
Yeah, it was almost four o'clock. And the the thing that you forget to tell everybody is that she had a little snotty nose when you before we took off.
00:03:57
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:03:59
echo_blades
And I was just like, oh, my God. ah So you get a you get this combination here. i I think that we cannot, I cannot let this go unspoken about.
00:04:10
echo_blades
But we go...
00:04:11
Denis Tyrell
I know what you're going to say.
00:04:13
echo_blades
We go across the country. We don't sleep. We get up, we go to breakfast. and And oddly enough, like I haven't seen you in in a minute. because Oh, that's right. Because I was sick the week before. and du it was just a lot. been real busy. I was traveling. and leading up to the show. And so we get down, we sit down to breakfast and I'm Raz and Dennis and fucking kind of says something to me.
00:04:39
echo_blades
And then snapped back it at you and basically was like, you, he's like, quit being a bitch. And I'm like, motherfucker, you quit being a bitch, you little sick guy. And we have this little kind of like, Okay. All right. Got that out of our way. And I think that was the last time, except for what I'll talk about in our mid, mid evening fights. But other than that, we were pretty much a buddy old pals, but yeah, that was pretty cool. I appreciate, appreciate just a you getting to pop off and me popping back and then this eating grits and pancakes and going about our merry way. Yeah.
00:05:18
echo_blades
It was a little tenser for a second, but yeah. And then we, uh, yeah, that that was a bummer because the year before, ah we were able to get a room like about 11 o'clock and get the nap in a lot earlier.
00:05:32
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, that was really nice. I was i was ah almost counting on that nap, and it never happened.
00:05:37
echo_blades
Same.
Blade Show Setup and Interactions
00:05:39
echo_blades
Nope. And we were just kind of, I think of the last hour we were in the lobby
00:05:41
Denis Tyrell
Actually, that's not true. and You had an hour and a half between like four and six.
00:05:48
echo_blades
No, we did nap eventually, but I was saying like getting there.
00:05:49
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, yeah, we... we
00:05:51
echo_blades
Yeah. It was like, I think the last hour before we when we were waiting for the room, we were with Brent and everybody kind of half nodding out on the beanbags in the lobby waiting for the room.
00:06:00
Denis Tyrell
right yeah
00:06:03
echo_blades
But yeah. And then I remember telling Dennis, man, dude, I don't even think I can. a And I was out like a light.
00:06:11
Denis Tyrell
that was funny you were like you're like yeah i don't think i'm gonna be able to sleep and it was like i'm not even a minute later and you were out might have been the most sleep you got
00:06:11
echo_blades
I don't even think I finished the sentence.
00:06:19
echo_blades
I was gone. Yeah. 100% and bastard oh But yeah, then, I mean, it and then we did our normal, uh, our normal thing. We went over and, uh,
00:06:39
echo_blades
headed over to, uh, Neil's house and had a, uh, had a good time over there. Got to catch up with a bunch of people. And, uh, myself had a wonderful, absolutely great conversation with the fellow golfer, uh, Mr. Colton, the barbell blacksmith, uh, which was surprising to me because I had no idea that, um, that he golfed, but, um,
00:07:04
echo_blades
Yeah, so we started chatting around, and he's a damn good golfer, too. But and ah other than that, being having a cool golf conversation with somebody, and that I was 100% geared up to to get the normal jokes thrown at me about golf.
00:07:21
echo_blades
um Man, I had a conversation with him and Tucker... from, i think it's Cobalt. Sorry, brother, if i if I'm forgetting it, but two younger guys, I think they're 25, maybe 26, 27 at the most in age.
00:07:39
echo_blades
And man, I just, a huge shout out because having about an hour of Conversation with Colton and then think Tucker joined in a little while later.
00:07:50
echo_blades
But man, those two young men just kind of gave me some hope for our youth. Like it was it was not a conversation that I was expecting to have, um you know, because I forget I'm I'm getting up there in age and.
00:08:04
echo_blades
ah But to see and hear two guys, you know great makers, um but just talk about their the business, their plans, their kind of like life goals.
00:08:05
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, you're old.
00:08:18
echo_blades
And just like just two solid dudes, great heads on their shoulders, good vision, good character. Like, I mean, it it was an actually a very refreshing conversation to have, um you know, because I in the real world, I deal with some younger people and sometimes, you know, I see, um, less than good character, you know, not, not overall. I'm not trying to be disparaging towards anybody. Uh,
00:08:52
echo_blades
but there's, there's a lot of times where I just kind of shake my head. Like, Oh God, I wish I'm not sure they get it yet. You know, maybe they have some, some growing up to do or something. It would be like having a conversation with me at that age.
00:09:03
echo_blades
So like, I'm not throwing darts and, and calling the kettle black at any means.
00:09:05
Denis Tyrell
He's just going to say.
00:09:08
echo_blades
Cause I sure as shit didn't have anything like, uh, together at that that age and um but yeah i just shout out to you guys man it was it was a cool conversation i really enjoyed it um and then continued on to you know just have ah have another great evening and a good get together with some people that we uh don't get to see very often on a in a different and it's always good um in that little setting prior to the blade show right when the shit starts rolling full steam and everybody's you know they're they're
00:09:42
echo_blades
It's the calm before the storm, I guess is what I'm saying. So cool, enjoyable lot of people.
00:09:46
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it was fun. and I had a good time at Neil's. Talked to a whole ton of people. um Yeah. and Talking to Toby and Leland a lot and Matt from Grip Tech and just the whole gang.
00:10:02
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it was good. It was good time.
00:10:04
echo_blades
Yeah, had some great times with Koi and Matt.
00:10:08
Denis Tyrell
Koi, yes.
00:10:09
echo_blades
Yeah, that's good stuff.
00:10:11
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it was good. It was good. And then... ah Yeah, and and then Thursday night Parker arrived, so i waited up for him. i think you you crashed a bit early, right?
00:10:25
echo_blades
I don't think we did. no we did not.
00:10:28
Denis Tyrell
Were you there when Parker came in?
00:10:29
echo_blades
Cause yeah, yeah, I was there.
00:10:30
Denis Tyrell
I thought you were already in one.
00:10:31
echo_blades
Cause you guys fricking forced me to go to the a waffle house.
00:10:36
Denis Tyrell
Oh, I i'm I'm getting my Waffle House nights confused.
00:10:41
echo_blades
Yeah. and Yeah. Dennis yeah. Yeah. Long story short. I got my arm twisted to go to Waffle House and I was done and I didn't really want to. And they're like, come on.
00:10:54
echo_blades
And then we end up at the wrong Waffle House.
00:10:56
Denis Tyrell
No, no, that was doubt that was the second night.
00:10:56
echo_blades
And for whatever reason, for whatever reason. m
00:11:02
echo_blades
Was it?
00:11:03
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, that was with Lawrence. That was the second night.
00:11:06
echo_blades
Oh, you're right.
00:11:08
Denis Tyrell
No, the first night was very successful.
00:11:09
echo_blades
You're right.
00:11:10
Denis Tyrell
That was a very successful trip to Waffle House.
00:11:13
echo_blades
Oh, and I didn't go.
00:11:14
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it was just me and Parker. You're you're thinking of the, yeah.
00:11:16
echo_blades
Yeah, that's right. Oh, okay.
00:11:19
Denis Tyrell
Parker and I went to Waffle House.
00:11:20
echo_blades
That's the next thing.
00:11:20
Denis Tyrell
ah You were in bed. And, yeah, we got in at like one or something like that. And, yeah, then ready for the day one of the of Blade Show, which was good.
00:11:34
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:11:37
Denis Tyrell
did you like to Did you like the new setup? I didn't really talk to you about it. The the table setup, I mean?
00:11:41
echo_blades
No, I, and well, no, we didn't talk about it.
00:11:42
Denis Tyrell
No, you didn't know?
00:11:46
echo_blades
Yeah, I couldn't, yeah my honestly, I don't know. and I think that we were fortunate enough to to land around some good people again.
00:11:59
echo_blades
um That was super, awesome. Um, I had a lot of anxiety around that because just that's the kind of person I am, uh, especially having been around the same people for, you know, four years or three or four years like that. Um, basically the same.
00:12:18
echo_blades
Um, but yeah, we, we, we lucked out again, had some cool people around us. Um, and then,
00:12:27
echo_blades
I think it's like the theme of the show. I can't figure out if it was our the or location or if it was just the actual show was kind of different this year.
00:12:39
echo_blades
Wasn't a big fan of that big ass pillar right in front of us, but, um
00:12:43
Denis Tyrell
Right. Yeah. I knew that was there. I saw that on the map when I saw my table.
00:12:48
echo_blades
but for every time I talk to anybody, um the, the, the overhead banner that you had, was visible from all over the place. So if you knew where we were, i don't think it was problem finding us.
00:13:04
echo_blades
um But I don't know about like the the new people, just like the the traffic. So now I'm curious about your opinion
Sales, Community, and Future Speculations
00:13:12
echo_blades
about that too, because this show, ah i didn't, I didn't get,
00:13:18
echo_blades
I didn't spend a lot of time at the table. i I kind of continuously roamed more regularly than I have in the past.
00:13:28
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, in fact, and and I did the opposite. I stayed at the table. I did very little. I didn't even hit all of the tables, which is like first time ever that I haven't at least gone down every row and um at least briefly. I didn't even make the rounds um to all the tables.
00:13:46
Denis Tyrell
So that I kind of regret not not going. I didn't make it over to the even heat. I was over at even heat, but it was before the show started and the guys weren't down yet.
00:13:58
Denis Tyrell
um But when the show was open, I was trying to stay at the table a lot. Um, but I did think, I think overall, I'm curious what the numbers were, but it felt like traffic was down this year.
00:14:13
Denis Tyrell
yeah. Yeah.
00:14:13
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:14:15
echo_blades
The best way I can describe it is all the years prior, no matter all of the years, it's always been a kind of a slow go, especially on Friday.
00:14:28
echo_blades
But then we would hit these like big waves of people where we we get stuck in, you know, just interactions with with people for an hour or two at a time. And then you get a little bit of break.
00:14:39
echo_blades
And then you'd get another big wave, especially on Saturday. It's like there was ah it's like moments of these like large waves and a lot of people nonstop talking.
00:14:49
echo_blades
And then it would chill out for a second. And then we' get these waves. And I don't think we ever got that huge wave. It was just like a so steady, slow crawl of people for the times I was there.
00:14:59
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I mean, there was one point there's one point saturday around like eleven eleven thirty that we got a decent size um you know, group around the table, but Sunday was a ghost town.
00:15:18
echo_blades
Oh, I wasn't there.
00:15:18
Denis Tyrell
Like, yeah, like we might as well have not shown up on Sunday.
00:15:19
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:15:24
Denis Tyrell
Like it was really everyone, like the whole show was super like quieter than I've ever seen it.
00:15:31
echo_blades
Did you get a notification that you had to be at your table throughout the whole show?
00:15:36
Denis Tyrell
No. Well, that's always, that's part of your contract.
00:15:41
echo_blades
Oh, okay.
00:15:42
Denis Tyrell
I didn't get any like extra notification or anything.
00:15:42
echo_blades
I guess because...
00:15:45
echo_blades
Yeah, because I heard... um the the booths anyways that there was some heavy emphasis on them not wrapping up and bailing early on Sunday like a little more than normal yeah
00:15:56
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, but that's that's always part of, oh more than, don't know. I didn't get anything extra.
00:16:02
echo_blades
okay but you stayed for for the entirety
00:16:05
Denis Tyrell
We started breaking down at like, quarter to 12 even though it was open till 2 and then actually it was probably 12 30 we started breaking down and we were we just headed out at like one like quarter to one I think we were done because there was nobody like everyone almost everyone was breaking down at that point even though the show didn't close till 2
00:16:17
echo_blades
gotcha
00:16:24
echo_blades
Gotcha. Okay. Gotcha.
00:16:29
Denis Tyrell
but as far as like the table set up how did you think the display went yeah
00:16:35
echo_blades
I think it was good. Yeah. I liked it. I think you had a ah good thing. um
00:16:43
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, other than...
00:16:43
echo_blades
I think you learned your lesson. Yeah. I think you learned your lesson the hard way. Yeah.
00:16:50
Denis Tyrell
So for everyone, if you watch the video, I had like the knives on these on these like on these magnetic boards at like 45 degree angles. But what I didn't consider is standing behind those you have all these blades, they're in a 45 degree angle pointed right at your head and people want to shake your hand and you have to reach over this well like death contraption.
00:17:20
Denis Tyrell
And i was I was trying not to do it and like going to the side and shaking people's people's hand. And at one point, Saturday afternoon, a guy handed me like a knife to look at and I quickly grabbed it And I impaled myself.
00:17:36
Denis Tyrell
I'm actually really lucky. It didn't hit. Like if i I'm looking at it right here and it's like, I can feel the tendon right here and attended right. And it just, it went in the tip of the knife.
00:17:49
Denis Tyrell
Like this gash is like three quarters of an inch wide. So the blade went in probably three quarters of an inch, like the tip.
00:17:59
echo_blades
It was a lot worse than it looked like because I watched it happen. um and And I didn't think you like made ah any different kind of move, but it just it just worked out to where it' was just like you perfectly jabbed yourself.
00:18:15
echo_blades
but like And you reacted kind of like nonchalantly.
00:18:16
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:18:20
echo_blades
Um, and then when we were trying to tape you up, that's when I, you were like, you had one, you had to like covered and then you like looked it up and I was like, Oh shit, that looks like that might, we might need to glue this or something.
00:18:35
Denis Tyrell
It definitely could have used too like a stitch or two for sure. I mean, I managed to like like bandaid it together tightly so that it it it did heal.
00:18:40
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:18:47
Denis Tyrell
It looks a little goofy now, so I'm pretty sure I'm going to a scar there.
00:18:51
Denis Tyrell
um Yeah, but next time I use that, the handles will going be going up and the tips will be going down. Um, which is what I did Sunday and, uh, it was a lot safer.
00:18:51
echo_blades
Oh, for sure.
00:19:05
Denis Tyrell
and it still looked fine.
00:19:06
echo_blades
i mean, even when you had to lower them, it was decent. Like, when there was only like an inch or so of the blade sticking up, that was probably a lot more manageable than what we originally had.
00:19:11
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:19:17
echo_blades
But, yeah.
00:19:17
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. It was actually, what when I flipped it the other way, it's actually better because the blades are closer to people for them to see the blades and then they can still grab the handle.
00:19:18
echo_blades
But thank God. ahead.
00:19:26
Denis Tyrell
So it actually works out better. that the handles are up. It's safer for me. um So that's way I'll be doing it next time I use those.
00:19:35
echo_blades
Hello, dum-dum.
00:19:38
echo_blades
ah
00:19:39
Denis Tyrell
And I even said, as soon as I put them up there, this is dangerous.
00:19:40
echo_blades
Oh,
00:19:43
Denis Tyrell
um
00:19:43
echo_blades
oh yeah. Yeah,
00:19:44
Denis Tyrell
So I'll know for next time.
00:19:46
echo_blades
that's funny. Yeah. Well, thank God that we had the mayor, Mr. Lawrence Lake from Maritime Knives Supplied. ah He had ah some swag um that he was giving out, and one of them was these little packages of Band-Aids.
00:20:02
echo_blades
And, yeah, we... We ran through one full one trying to get you to stop bleeding.
00:20:07
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, and i ending and pretty much the second one the next day.
00:20:09
echo_blades
Yeah. And then we had to go back. Yeah. Yeah.
00:20:12
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah. So what if you guys need Band-Aids or anything else for knife making, go check out Lawrence at Maritime Knife Supply, and he will get you hooked up.
00:20:14
echo_blades
Oh man.
00:20:19
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:20:24
echo_blades
Absolutely.
00:20:25
Denis Tyrell
Sorry, i still got a cold.
00:20:27
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:20:31
Denis Tyrell
ah
00:20:31
echo_blades
Oh, good mute.
00:20:32
echo_blades
Yeah, that's good.
00:20:32
Denis Tyrell
I know. Yeah.
00:20:33
echo_blades
That was solid. Real quick on that button.
00:20:36
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Um, yeah.
00:20:37
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:20:39
Denis Tyrell
So go check out Lawrence, give him some love. Uh, I'm, I love, he got us, see he made, um, Jared and I some shirts with our logos on them that, uh, were really awesome, but, uh, he didn't get them to us in time, um, for us to wear them.
00:20:49
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:20:55
Denis Tyrell
I didn't get mine until after, but, uh, they're really cool.
00:20:58
echo_blades
They literally showed up the day i got home.
00:21:02
Denis Tyrell
Huh?
00:21:03
echo_blades
but So, yeah, the the day i came home, they were there when when I woke up the the next morning.
00:21:03
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:21:11
echo_blades
So that they didn't come in until when Tuesday after Blade Show, which is a bummer. Yeah. Because he let me know, like,
00:21:19
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, they're beautiful.
00:21:20
echo_blades
three weeks before that that he had ordered them, but they just, they didn't get there in time. Yeah. It was really cool. Great idea. Super sweet. I thought we would have been styling and pimping all through blade show. If we were able to, to rock those shirts though, cause they're, they're damn cool.
00:21:35
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah. I'll be wearing mine in Austria, so everyone will see it if they go to Austria.
00:21:35
echo_blades
Oh, it's a bummer.
00:21:43
echo_blades
Yeah. Everyone, everyone, everyone's going.
00:21:45
Denis Tyrell
Everyone. All the cool people that go.
00:21:49
echo_blades
a cheese
00:21:53
echo_blades
it's freaking funny
00:21:53
Denis Tyrell
oh But the show went well, sold a few knives, um plus the pre-sold one, the pre-sale ones. So overall, the show was very good.
00:22:05
Denis Tyrell
And now I need to ship all those knives out tomorrow. But um yeah, went really well. Happy. Got some professional photos taken from Josh Lynn Fraser. So I'm anxious to see what those look like.
00:22:21
Denis Tyrell
And yeah, overall, it was really good show.
00:22:24
Denis Tyrell
Had really fun time at the pit with all all the folks out there.
00:22:24
echo_blades
Yeah, I can't.
00:22:28
echo_blades
Always.
00:22:31
Denis Tyrell
Donnie D and the whiskey table was a big hit as usual. um Yeah, had some good conversations out there. Any other highlights from the show you want to mention?
00:22:45
echo_blades
Yeah, I got myself a ah a sweet Wiener Smith ah Swiss Army knife um from Blade HQ. and And I got this little this little, yeah, it's like a little Swiss Army thing, but it's a glizzy.
00:23:02
echo_blades
And na I could not not buy this thing. And I came back. When I got it, i basically walked in. It was on the complete opposite end of the show from us.
00:23:15
echo_blades
um Literally on the on the complete opposite end. And I came back holding this thing up. And every person that I saw, I stopped and showed and just professed my undying love for the glizzy.
00:23:28
echo_blades
And i ended up probably getting about seven or eight of them sold just for me coming back talking.
00:23:37
Denis Tyrell
How come you're good at selling other people's knives and not your own?
00:23:40
echo_blades
I don't know.
00:23:41
Denis Tyrell
What the hell?
00:23:41
echo_blades
It's probably because this was a fucking, this probably because I had, uh, this was super cheap little knife. Um, and there wasn't a guy on the table that kept dropping the knife that was right before me in price.
00:23:58
Denis Tyrell
and ah
00:24:00
echo_blades
Maybe,
00:24:03
Denis Tyrell
Parker, Parker did. i think he bought that glizzy before you did.
00:24:07
echo_blades
No.
00:24:09
Denis Tyrell
Are you sure? I thought i thought swore he showed it to me like Saturday morning.
00:24:10
echo_blades
No.
00:24:14
echo_blades
No. No. Not even close.
00:24:17
Denis Tyrell
Okay.
00:24:19
echo_blades
No.
00:24:19
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, Parker was trying really hard to sell that Damascus spike knife, but to no avail. to
00:24:27
echo_blades
Yeah, I mean, I had a ton of people pick my knife up, and I thought it was going to go ah a bunch of times. it I ended up taking it home with me, but...
00:24:36
Denis Tyrell
I swear I had it sold twice.
00:24:38
echo_blades
Yeah, you had some interactions with it, but yeah, this it didn't go. But then I'm joking, I'm busting Dennis' balls because – The knives were similarly priced, and then I come back the next day, and that spike knife dropped $25, and the next day it dropped. And I'm like, bro, that's like unwritten table mate rules.
00:25:03
echo_blades
You're trying to get me. But I was surprised they both – I could have, but I take my my suggestions from Micah.
00:25:05
Denis Tyrell
You have dropped yours.
00:25:13
echo_blades
He says, don't ever do that. Take it back home with you. It'll sell the next time. So. ah yeah But yeah, that was cool. But I didn't have any...
Post-Show Activities and Adventures
00:25:22
echo_blades
That wasn't the the reason for being there. So it wasn't a big deal on my side. But I mean, more than anything, I think the highlight for me is always, for since we've been doing this show, is running into talking to all the listeners, getting incredibly uncomfortably good feedback from people. And I just...
00:25:44
echo_blades
you know and i just If I had the opportunity to talk to you, and I'm sure Dennis as well, we appreciate you guys so much. um it I want to say it makes it all worth it because it's not like this is a huge amount of effort, but it is always great to hear that you know what we're doing is is appreciated and that we're doing a fairly decent job.
00:26:07
echo_blades
Um, I had some really cool talks with, uh, uh, actually more people than I expected about, um, the, the last show that we did about my son graduating. And apparently I kind of got borderline a little emotional and, a couple of people come up to me and said that, you know, that I had was getting them there too, um which I thought was really cool. Cause you know, I forget, you know, we're here talking and bullshit and doing our thing, but you know, there there's seven people, six, seven on a good day that actually listened to us. And so it is really awesome. We appreciate you guys and appreciate you taking the time to, to let us know that it's it's awesome to hear.
00:26:52
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it's super fun talking to folks. And I had so many people come up and say, oh, they love the videos and they love the podcast. And, you know, it was, yeah, it was, it's super fun.
00:27:03
Denis Tyrell
I love talking to folks about that stuff and what they like to make. And, uh, yeah, it was, it was great show for that, uh, from that aspect.
00:27:12
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:27:13
Denis Tyrell
Um, but I'm not so on the traffic stuff. I mean, kind of expected things to start slowing down. So maybe this is the you know, maybe this is it. Um, we're going to start to see the ah traffic at the shows, um, decline, but the odd number, odd thing is we didn't, I, someone said, I didn't really notice it, but someone said the tables were a little further apart, like as if there was not as many tables, but there was the same table number. So I don't get that. I wonder if they just rearrange things.
00:27:48
echo_blades
Yeah. I don't know. I didn't notice any less makers for sure.
00:27:53
Denis Tyrell
Right, and and that's...
00:27:53
echo_blades
i know there was a ham i hate it handful of people that weren't there, but I know that was kind of preplanned, but um no, I didn't get that at all.
00:28:01
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:28:04
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. mean, we'll see, because if fewer and fewer people go to Blade Show, or as many makers going to go, it's going to turn into a, you know, a B2B show for makers pretty soon if we don't get the... um you know, the attendees, but I think that this year was the first time they had that arts and metal show.
00:28:26
Denis Tyrell
So i'm wondering, you know, if that did have an impact on, especially the higher end makers, um, you know, not as many collectors kind of thing.
00:28:34
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:28:38
echo_blades
Yeah. Very well could be, man. And I'll be lying to you if I've, if I had any idea of what the recipe was and what was going. Um, I'd, yeah, I'd make a lot more knives, but I certainly don't. But I will say though, that it's very, very consistently, you're going to get the people that got their ass handed to them, didn't do anything. And then there's always the other side of that where they had the best shows they've ever had, you know?
00:29:08
Denis Tyrell
Yep.
00:29:09
echo_blades
So, um, I'm not sure if, if things are slowing or not. I mean, I know that's kind of what you've been saying for a while, but, um, definitely there's, there was plenty of, uh, other ends of that story there that they, some, I think Brent sold out, um, which was amazing. Um,
00:29:28
echo_blades
And even some, a lot of people around us. So I, it's, it's always that equal kind of, you know, either you had what people wanted this year or, and you know, you, you did well and maybe you, you missed the train and didn't do so hot. But um I don't know for me personally, like I said, it's a, it's just an awesome experience. Great to, to to participate in and and to see everybody, but yeah.
00:29:57
echo_blades
There might be just that everybody goes to Atlanta just to shake a maker's glizzies, you know? So.
00:30:05
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, see, that's what you need to do. You need to make a glizzy knife and because you like them so much, and that one is going to sell.
00:30:13
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:30:13
Denis Tyrell
We're going laser it on there. i'm going to put a big wiener on your ah on your knife and watch it sell.
00:30:18
echo_blades
It's a glizzy, dude. The wiener warrior is the only time we get to say wieners.
00:30:25
echo_blades
But yeah, no, we could be onto to something there. um Yeah. I did buy. Did you buy anything? Would you buy?
00:30:32
Denis Tyrell
Um, this is the first show ever. I bought nothing.
00:30:36
echo_blades
You bought zero?
00:30:38
Denis Tyrell
Zero. I bought nothing at the show. Amazing, huh? Like I said, I barely walked around.
00:30:44
echo_blades
I don't believe you.
00:30:45
Denis Tyrell
i didn't even see stuff to buy.
00:30:49
echo_blades
I don't believe you.
00:30:50
Denis Tyrell
no i bought i bought nothing i didn't buy anything um i didn't buy handle material i didn't buy g10 was looking actually i wanted to buy some i needed some g10 pin stock um but when i went around and looked saturday afternoon nobody had any
00:30:50
echo_blades
You bought something.
00:31:09
echo_blades
m
00:31:11
Denis Tyrell
so yeah didn't buy anything
00:31:12
echo_blades
It's a bummer. i did I did pretty damn good. I didn't buy much either, but I did buy the Glizzy. um And then for the first time in a long time,
00:31:25
echo_blades
um
00:31:28
echo_blades
Spyderco released a ah paramilitary 2 with the Tanto blade. Tanto. Tanto. I don't know what it is.
00:31:37
Denis Tyrell
Equally same.
00:31:38
echo_blades
Yeah. Tanto
Community and Shared Hobbies
00:31:40
Denis Tyrell
Six and one half.
00:31:40
echo_blades
just makes me, makes me weird it out when I hear it.
00:31:43
echo_blades
But anyways, um, they, uh, yeah. And they haven't put that knife out for a long time. And for whatever reason that was, that's what I ended up buying.
00:31:54
echo_blades
Um, a folder knife.
00:31:56
Denis Tyrell
That's not the one with the top lock, is it?
00:31:58
echo_blades
Huh? Yeah.
00:32:00
Denis Tyrell
Oh, see? Yeah, I like that one. Only because it's got the top lock, and I think that's really cool.
00:32:02
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:32:06
echo_blades
yeah, this is a great knife. Um, but yeah, that, that's what I got. And I got, i got some gold soul bolts and a little bit of handle material. And other than that, I didn't, it was a, it was a, I got off pretty cheap. If I didn't buy this knife, if it would have been, um, really good, but.
00:32:25
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. The only other thing I was looking for white um buffing compound and they only had like tiny little sticks and wanted the big one.
00:32:33
echo_blades
Hmm.
00:32:34
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. The two things i was looking for, nobody had.
00:32:34
echo_blades
You always do.
00:32:37
echo_blades
I always want the big white one. Oh, that's cool. Yeah. And then other than the fact that, yeah, I guess...
00:32:43
Denis Tyrell
That's right.
00:32:50
echo_blades
that's school
00:32:50
Denis Tyrell
Oh, man.
00:32:52
echo_blades
yeah and then other than the fact that yeah i guess Yeah. Loud sleeping is hereditary ah throughout the Durell family.
00:33:03
echo_blades
um Yeah. the I had a great time. i didn't didn't sleep a wink, but you know, that's, that's cool.
00:33:09
Denis Tyrell
You say that you definitely slept a wink because I heard you snoring when I was up.
00:33:12
echo_blades
Yeah. In between, in between very, very very i literally have a time-logged stamp from fucking like 2 in the morning till 5 like half-hour intervals. Oh, they're going at again. I couldn't beat you guys back to bed.
00:33:32
echo_blades
yeah It was... it was It was like a tandem freaking log sawing event, which is the first time that's ever happened. And and it's partially my fault because i didn't bring appropriate PPE to the party. Normally we have earplugs or i have some headphones or something to do. i didn't have nothing. And I just had to freaking bear the, uh, the storm. So,
00:33:56
Denis Tyrell
My earplugs were working so good, i didn't even hear Parker in the bed beside me.
00:34:01
echo_blades
Yeah, it must have been some some some high quality freaking decibel reduction because I'm surprised.
00:34:01
Denis Tyrell
So, ah yeah.
00:34:08
echo_blades
I know there were some floors above us. i don't think they're there anymore, but sorry, but the Waverly is now only 12 stories.
00:34:22
echo_blades
The other thing um I found out too, is that apparently um I've heard this for, for a long time now, but when we were uploading our shows, it was coming in as audio as video and causing some people problems to, uh, they couldn't hear it.
00:34:41
echo_blades
And apparently.
00:34:41
Denis Tyrell
Or they couldn't listen to it in the car is the first time i had heard it, heard that issue.
00:34:47
echo_blades
Okay. Yeah. Cause I know, they keep saying, and then i remember the the handful of times that I've uploaded this show. I'm like, man, this is the same direction he's given me. And it it clearly says,
00:34:58
echo_blades
audio only, but somehow it was coming out to, uh, to video, but I guess Dennis, was able to reach out to, uh, Zencaster and get that all worked out. So it looks like that's been taken care of now. So
00:35:11
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. I don't know why that's not a setting. You actually have to call their tech support and get them to switch it off on your channel, which is really dumb. But yeah, it is resolved.
00:35:21
echo_blades
that's weird. Cool.
00:35:25
Denis Tyrell
But yeah.
00:35:26
echo_blades
Yeah. And then Sunday I bailed out. My buddy picked me up around nine o'clock and I drove four hours to Charlotte and had a really good time.
00:35:41
echo_blades
um Golfed three times. um So there's a restaurant. and So I didn't get to take Toby there, but if anybody comes to visit, there's a spot in the town that I grew up in that has the most amazing banana shakes, and there's a burrito spot right next to them. So I i always, if anybody's coming to visit, I always take them there.
00:36:09
echo_blades
um So i have this thing for for banana shakes. There's a restaurant down there in the south called Cookout. Have you ever been?
00:36:20
echo_blades
You ever heard of it, seen it?
00:36:21
Denis Tyrell
Is it a chain?
00:36:22
echo_blades
Yeah, it's a chain. 100%.
00:36:23
Denis Tyrell
I've never heard of it.
00:36:24
echo_blades
Yeah, it's called Cookout. um And i remember the first last year when I went, I go into the place and they have the the food is like the cheapest shit I've ever seen in my life.
00:36:40
echo_blades
Dollars wise. It's like $1.50 hot for a hot dog
00:36:45
Denis Tyrell
No, it's like Costco.
00:36:46
echo_blades
three bucks for a hamburger. Like, I mean, I, it was so cheap. I felt like saying, all right, restaurant, this one's on me. Cause there was no, no other time in my life. am I going to be able to buy a bunch of people's dinner like that? But, uh, yeah, the, the, it's, it's amazingly, uh, not that much money or it was, but the, but the milkshakes are like,
00:37:12
echo_blades
six bucks. They're like double, triple the cost of the hot dogs, but, uh, they have a banana shake there. And man, I had like three of those fuckers while I was there. That was like, it was awesome.
00:37:24
echo_blades
Um, cause I really didn't, we didn't really have any over the top good food this, this trip at all that that I can recall.
00:37:35
Denis Tyrell
Well, I thought the steakhouse was pretty good.
00:37:38
echo_blades
it was okay. Yeah. It wasn't bad.
00:37:40
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it was it was decent.
00:37:41
echo_blades
was a good sandwich. Yeah. It was a good sandwich.
00:37:44
Denis Tyrell
Good sandwiches.
00:37:45
echo_blades
Um, but yeah, that the banana shakes was, was the killer for me. And then we had, uh, another on all you can eat sushi, which again, i don't, it's the second place now that I've ran into that, but it's not a thing here, but apparently exist in, in Charlotte and Reno from what I understand.
00:38:07
echo_blades
Um, But yeah, did a bunch of golfing, ah which was really fun. Hung out with a couple of my buddies. and um Dude, humidity is horrible.
00:38:22
Denis Tyrell
It is horrible.
00:38:23
echo_blades
It is horrible. I don't know if yeah
00:38:28
Denis Tyrell
You can only take so many showers a day. That's how I feel in humidity. like It's like you take a shower and 20 minutes later you feel disgusting already. I don't have...
00:38:38
echo_blades
it wasn't even that. Yeah. I get, yeah. a hundred percent. Like there's no escaping it and Like it wasn't even that bad. It wasn't like Florida, like Florida's the the worst
Future Plans and Reflections
00:38:50
echo_blades
I've ever been in through all the islands I've been through all the Caribbean and all those places, Florida, the time I spent in Florida, that was the most God awful shit I've ever experienced. So this wasn't bad, like that bad, but it was, it was definitely there. um i mean, at one point we golfed the the Sunday night, we did ah like a twilight round.
00:39:12
echo_blades
Um, and we were out on the golf course till like fucking nine o'clock. And I was, was the first time I've ever golfed in a tank top. Um, I went in there and I, apparently, ah yeah, it was a nice place.
00:39:22
Denis Tyrell
They let you do that? It's a real classy golf
00:39:26
echo_blades
Uh, I was surprised, but I went in there. I was actually so conscious about it that I went and I bought a polo inside the the place. And I was just like, Oh yeah.
00:39:36
echo_blades
And they're like, Oh, you're just going to put that on. You want the, the guy said, oh you're going to, you want me to take the tags off so you can wear it? And i was like, Yeah. So I just, but I walked out, I teed off and got a couple holes down and I was like, fuck this. But I was literally in the car, just driving in circles in the fairway, just trying to keep the wind blowing on me. Cause just to get some, the, the, it felt like an air conditioner cause it's all sticky and the wind had a little small breeze, but yeah, it was, it was shitty, dude.
00:40:04
echo_blades
Um, not my favorite thing to do at all.
00:40:07
Denis Tyrell
Well,
00:40:09
echo_blades
Yeah. Flew back home Sunday, Tuesday um um no and caught back up with you guys.
00:40:19
Denis Tyrell
yeah. And while you were in, um, well, you were in North Carolina, i Toby and his son Leland came back to California.
00:40:30
Denis Tyrell
and uh yeah they uh came back primarily you know to hang out with us but uh to do a folder class so we spent a the first day we just relaxed for the morning did a little hot tubbing a little swimming and then we went in the shop we spent most of tuesday in the shop um just getting those folders done and then wednesday morning and then when you got there we just We just leisure.
00:41:02
echo_blades
Yeah, you went to go pick up the ah the jet skis on Wednesday, and then you guys stopped by my shop for a few, and then we just went back and hung out.
00:41:02
Denis Tyrell
we
00:41:08
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:41:13
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah, it did. Yeah. Jumped in the pool and the hot tub and had dinner and yeah, just kind of relaxed. Um, and then Thursday we the plan was to go, uh,
00:41:29
Denis Tyrell
shooting on thursday take toby and leland shooting and we were all geared up for that we get there and uh well first toby forgets his wallet so he doesn't have any id and of course you need id and then right before we're about to leave she asks uh where are guys from and he says england and she says we only allow people with us ids to shoot here which i'd never heard of before
00:41:31
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:41:59
echo_blades
Yeah, apparently that's a...
00:41:59
Denis Tyrell
am
00:42:00
echo_blades
ah a range by range policy and that happened to be theirs.
00:42:06
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. So that was unfortunate. So we didn't get to shoot. um And we just headed home and did more pool stuff. But yeah, I wanted to wanted to shoot some trap and some targets on the rifle range and the pistol range, but we never got to do any of that.
00:42:25
Denis Tyrell
too bad
00:42:26
echo_blades
Did not, had to go to work on Thursday.
00:42:30
Denis Tyrell
That's right.
00:42:31
echo_blades
That was lame. had to go do a half day on my day off.
00:42:32
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah.
00:42:37
Denis Tyrell
We should, uh, talk about some of our awesome sponsors that were at the show as well. Um, I know the boys at Baker Forge did really well when I went over, they were pretty much done.
00:42:43
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:42:50
Denis Tyrell
They didn't have a whole lot on the table when I saw them. Um, uh, when I went over Sunday morning and I think they were trying real hard to take nothing home. Um, So I'm not sure what they still have on the website. um Well, they've had a week to make new stuff, but go check them out at Baker Forge and check out all the cool patterns that they have.
00:43:13
Denis Tyrell
um While you're there, check out the Gator or Piss, the Grime Reaper, Gator Skins back in stock. I know we had a bunch at the show, which that's the one thing I forgot to pick up. I wanted to grab some Gator Skin.
00:43:27
Denis Tyrell
But, um, as always use the discount code triple T 10 to get 10% off that order. And, uh, yeah. Tell them the boys at a triple T sent you and, uh, go get some cool steel.
00:43:43
Denis Tyrell
So yeah, it was fun hanging out with Koi as always at the show.
00:43:47
echo_blades
Yep.
00:43:48
Denis Tyrell
He's a cool dude, but, um, yes, they did.
00:43:51
echo_blades
All of the, all the Baker boys are cool. They had a really cool table too. I guess. Yeah. I was busting. I think was Waylon's balls about it, but yeah, he did a, they did a, a, the, their logo and they kind of backlit it with some light.
00:44:05
Denis Tyrell
All right.
00:44:11
echo_blades
Um, it came out super awesome. Uh, looked really cool. Um, and yeah, of course they, they killed it. Um, and I figured like you were, we didn't say something. Oh yeah. Gator skin.
00:44:26
echo_blades
All, all, ah all of the, all of the good stuff they got the app. That's what it is next week.
00:44:31
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:44:32
echo_blades
I'm not seeing a drop here, but I'm not looking too hard either. so um,
00:44:36
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. They might not have done the drop because of blade show and just getting back at it.
00:44:40
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:44:41
Denis Tyrell
So.
00:44:41
echo_blades
But yeah, make sure you're using the the Baker Forge and Tool app. You can get a one-day early access to to all the upcoming drops ahead of the website, folks.
00:44:51
echo_blades
So do that for sure.
00:44:53
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Who we didn't see at the show, unfortunately was, Frank and needed from two bastards. Um, I guess they didn't make the show this year, but if you guys need a quality hammer, go check them out at Two Bastards Texas Smithian Supplies.
00:45:11
Denis Tyrell
um Go get yourself one of the one of the variety of peens to get that knife forged the way you need it, whether it's straight peen, cross peen, crisscross, diagonal, you name it. They got them all.
00:45:29
Denis Tyrell
Jared, you look confused. Can't find your peen.
00:45:33
echo_blades
I was just thinking about how grand it was to have one in my hand. That's all. I was just spacing out, just grabbing.
00:45:42
Denis Tyrell
just dreaming about peens as usual.
00:45:44
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Fat peens, not just regular peens, fat peens, not into no skinny things. Yeah.
00:45:52
Denis Tyrell
was It was, was fun having Toby in the shop and listen to all of the, I'd like to say Toby isms, but I think it was more a UK uh slash aussie isms all the things that he would say that we would laugh at and then get him to translate uh that was that was extra special for me uh for the past week i think one of the funniest was uh when you have you know you go to like ah a spanish restaurant and you have small plates of food you know what is that called jared
00:46:30
Denis Tyrell
Tapas. But I guess Toby pronounced ah pronounces tapas.
00:46:39
echo_blades
He 100% calls it tapas because he fucking messaged me at the airport and had a Mexican place there and said, look, tapas.
00:46:50
Denis Tyrell
That was probably my favorite. um
00:46:52
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:46:53
Denis Tyrell
he kept He kept saying jumper. i'm like, what the hell is jumper? He means like...
00:46:59
echo_blades
Sweater.
00:47:00
Denis Tyrell
well yeah like a pullover like not he actually had to spell it out for me it doesn't have to have a hood so it's not a hoodie it's it but it doesn't have a zipper so it's like a pullover sweater but a jumper toilet roll that's another one i heard instead of toilet paper it's a toilet roll
00:47:03
echo_blades
Whatever. It's a damn sweater.
00:47:08
echo_blades
Oh, yeah.
00:47:13
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:47:21
echo_blades
Okay.
00:47:23
Denis Tyrell
um the the The boot.
00:47:24
echo_blades
I know the boot.
00:47:26
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, the boot. And he was talking about um doing stuff. um You know, he teaches courses and he was teaching a bunch of guys for a stag do.
00:47:39
Denis Tyrell
Remember, he we got him to the stag do.
00:47:40
echo_blades
Yeah. The stag do. Yeah. Yeah.
00:47:44
Denis Tyrell
He means like a bachelor party. A stag do.
00:47:47
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:47:50
Denis Tyrell
So many funny things.
00:47:51
echo_blades
My favorite is to do that. I don't care what he says, but yeah, when you're, when you, you got a couple of new tattoos on your arm recently,
00:48:01
Denis Tyrell
tatoo yeah the ta tattoo Tattoo spelled T-A-D-D-O-O.
00:48:07
echo_blades
Yeah, 100%.
00:48:08
Denis Tyrell
Tattoo.
00:48:09
echo_blades
And then I'm like, dude, you just said to do. And then like he'll he'll never repeat it the way that he says it when I call him out on it. Then he goes, what?
00:48:15
Denis Tyrell
Right.
00:48:16
echo_blades
that's A tattoo. yeah I'm like, no, dude, you just said to do. What the hell is a to do? That's a list. That's what I have to do.
00:48:25
Denis Tyrell
it yeah but Yeah, exactly.
00:48:26
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:48:26
Denis Tyrell
Something on your list.
00:48:30
echo_blades
Uh, that was good stuff.
00:48:32
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:48:33
echo_blades
Good stuff.
00:48:34
Denis Tyrell
But...
00:48:35
echo_blades
Um, uh, before we go on, I was going to say that, um, yeah, uh, on our sponsors there, grip tech composites.
00:48:36
Denis Tyrell
you
00:48:41
echo_blades
Um, and that's a grip tech official on IG, uh, maker of grip X grip X, 3d limitless. Um, Matt, uh,
00:48:54
echo_blades
I'm sure killed it. Had a great time. He did. he didn't shake his finger at me, but he did tell me that I have to stop telling you guys that the, uh, the discount codes are not applicable at the shows.
00:49:04
echo_blades
So,
00:49:05
Denis Tyrell
it
00:49:06
echo_blades
that is That is on me. My bad. My bad, Matt. I'm sorry for those uncomfortable conversations, but I think it's just awesome to know that people are going up using the discount code because apparently you fuckers don't use the discount code on the website, which is i don't understand. You guys have 10% off some awesome handle material at griptech.com to get a discount to get it for cheaper.
00:49:32
echo_blades
And while he's doing the newsletter, you could sign up for the newsletter, use the discount code for the color of the week and double dip.
00:49:37
Denis Tyrell
okay
00:49:40
echo_blades
with the discount code triple T 10. Like I go do it, take that guy's freebies and and get it done and use the fucking codes. i don't understand. I'm very disappointed that we were to to learn that there's not that much code action going on. So use the code guys. It's there for you. And um you know, that's just how we do it. But as I say that, do not use the code at the shows because then you got to have an uncomfortable conversation. And then I got to have an uncomfortable conversation. because I'm over here running my mouth, just doing whatever.
00:50:13
echo_blades
ah So anyways, but um yeah, grip tech composites, um awesome stuff. You know, like I say, it so grippy, you can feel it when you you got the stranger engaged.
00:50:24
echo_blades
So, is um
00:50:25
Denis Tyrell
if
00:50:28
echo_blades
but yeah, that, that, that's, had a,
00:50:31
Denis Tyrell
Okay.
00:50:32
echo_blades
really a couple of awesome, uh, conversations with Matt and his wife, uh, cool people, um, good stuff. And I was just watching a ah video that he just posted. um and he did a, uh, a test on, on grip X and how it hold up and in, in, um, submerged in salt water.
00:50:54
echo_blades
And, um, yeah, so he did a, uh, um, a whole thing. There's a, uh, a reel that he put out. Um, but yeah, 34 days in salt water and the grip X showed no significant change at all.
00:51:14
echo_blades
held up fully submerged. It was only supposed to be 30 days because Matt's like me, it ended up 34 days, which I thought is great, but yeah, it ended up the same thickness, the same size, the same weight, the same everything. Um, he wasn't using the, the, the highest calibrated tools, but, um, they still within the specs of, of accuracy within the tools, uh, no significant change. So, um, I thought that was cool. So go ahead and Yeah.
00:51:43
echo_blades
Use it in whatever you want.
00:51:43
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:51:44
echo_blades
Go fucking diving with it.
00:51:47
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. I'd be more worried about the epoxy using it holding on, but, uh, yeah, grip tech's awesome. Yeah.
00:51:53
echo_blades
It's, it's not a, we don't worry about anything. Grip tech bonds completely and unfailable. ah But yeah, that was cool.
00:52:05
echo_blades
um And then another sponsor that didn't make it Ameribraid maker, the two by 72 fastback. um They had some stuff going on, but if you're in the market for the best grinder in the business, go check out Ameribraid at Ameribraid.com.
00:52:22
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:52:24
echo_blades
You use a discount code triple T 10 for 10% off accessories and the discount code TTT for discount on machines themselves. They also got the hyper disc. um And yeah, just everything they do is awesome. I love it.
00:52:41
echo_blades
Dennis loves it. And everybody that comes over and uses it loves it. So you should love it so much. You go get yourself one, two, maybe three. um Join the the multiple grinder crew.
00:52:55
Denis Tyrell
Join the elite.
00:52:56
echo_blades
That's right. which I was happy to see that Noah joined that group too. And he wholeheartedly understands now.
00:53:02
Denis Tyrell
Yes.
00:53:05
echo_blades
You can point the fingers when you only got one, but when you got two, you go, ah, see what's going on here.
00:53:11
Denis Tyrell
Ah, I see now. He sees the light.
00:53:15
echo_blades
Ah, that's right. And then, yeah, go ahead.
00:53:18
Denis Tyrell
he's going to see, yeah, and he's got his new shop all set up too, so
00:53:23
echo_blades
Yeah, that looked pretty cool. um
00:53:26
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:53:26
echo_blades
I look forward to seeing him here pretty quick. And then it was, I had a great conversation with Spencer over to even heat, um even heat family owned and operated company since 1948, building highest quality knife heat treat ovens around. um They, if you're in the market for a kiln, yeah, go absolutely go check out even heat, get yourself the best heat treating oven.
00:53:51
echo_blades
In the world, plain and simple, Spencer's brothers, awesome dudes. Like I said, I had a really cool conversation. i Every conversation with Spencer, you never know which way we're where it's going to go. It could be completely business, could be a bunch of bullshit. This one was about, we ended up talking about AI for about 15 minutes. Yeah.
00:54:13
echo_blades
We can't stop it. It's here. And, you know, the potential options for how it can potentially, it's going to make its way into our community in multiple areas. But, yeah. So, yeah.
00:54:29
echo_blades
It was awesome to see him. Always is. And, yeah, go get yourself one or two of those ovens, too.
00:54:37
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, we don't all have two of those, but...
00:54:40
echo_blades
Yeah, you do
00:54:42
Denis Tyrell
No, i I do. I'm like, I said we don't all.
00:54:46
echo_blades
I don't Toby. Sorry, dude. no
00:54:53
Denis Tyrell
He's got like seven grinders, so we can't rip him too much.
00:54:56
echo_blades
Yeah. He's not hurting. He's not hurting for tools. He's hurting for ovens. That's it. So I was pretty numb his, his comments.
00:55:05
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. But we we did have a ah really fun day Friday going to San Francisco. We went to Alcatraz, which I haven't done in 20 years.
00:55:17
Denis Tyrell
So well it's been a while for you, right?
00:55:18
echo_blades
same yeah i probably more than that
00:55:21
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah, it was cool. It hasn't changed much. um There's a few places under repair, but it's always cool to go out there.
00:55:28
echo_blades
that was a bummer that was a bummer that was actually kind of the the the mess hall. Um, there's a handful of things I thought I remembered seeing that I, it's just kind of shitty when you're going through the thing and you're like, yeah I think towards like after the first five minutes, it's kind of like, okay, then kind of get wrapped up in the story.
00:55:52
echo_blades
And we did the audio tour is what I'm saying. And then you kind of get to this thing and they're like, well, you were about to go into this place, but it's under repair. So go fuck off.
00:56:04
echo_blades
ah But yeah, it it was, it was cool. I was actually a really good, I think we had, we got absolutely blessed with some of the best weather the city has to offer the day we were there because the sun was shining and
00:56:19
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it was a little windy, but yeah, it was good.
00:56:22
echo_blades
there was no, no, I'll take that back. It was absolutely perfect for an afternoon in, in the city. It was like 75 degrees. The sun was up. Um, the only time it was windy was when we were on the boat getting there.
00:56:36
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
00:56:37
echo_blades
Um, so it was cool. Did a pier 39 walk the Embarcadero, which that place is toned down a lot. They, they redid it.
00:56:47
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:56:47
echo_blades
Uh, cause, and it was daytime too, but, uh, I remember it being a lot dirtier than it was. Yeah.
00:56:54
Denis Tyrell
No, they've redone the most of the ports on that side. Yeah.
00:56:59
echo_blades
So thankfully.
00:57:01
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it was good time.
00:57:02
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:57:03
Denis Tyrell
Good time. And then... ah saturday we went out boating my buddy dan has a wakeboard boat and uh we went out boating which was super fun to watch jared uh watching jared uh um wake surf or
00:57:23
echo_blades
Swallow water, get dragged by a boat. We went out and absolutely did the whitest thing in the world. I'll just say it flat out.
00:57:36
echo_blades
It was, uh, I'll tell you what I, uh, boating going out, uh, it's never been anything that I've done a lot of. the only time I ever go out on a boat is to fish. So, um,
00:57:49
echo_blades
like very, very few times I've been out to do that. But I will say that that was one of the, that was the most enjoyable time that I've had. And I think it just had to do a hundred percent with the company. I think all my previous experiences were,
00:58:04
echo_blades
probably, you know, very alcohol fueled and retardedness and, you know, but having a good group of dudes um and watching some first timers do the thing and and the whole wake surfing thing is was I didn't even know that was an actual thing.
00:58:21
echo_blades
was my mind was blown.
00:58:23
Denis Tyrell
yeah i made sure i went first so that when dan went i wanted dan go last so like i looked impressive uh before dan got up there
00:58:33
echo_blades
You a hundred percent did. i was thoroughly impressed. I was like, that's probably the coolest I've ever seen him, seen him do anything. Cause you're definitely not cool, but yeah, you're freaking surfing that little, a little way, but yeah, that was, that was good.
00:58:49
echo_blades
It was a fun time.
00:58:49
Denis Tyrell
ah Toby did awesome. He got, I mean, he fell down once, but he got right up pretty much surfing the wave.
00:58:51
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:58:57
Denis Tyrell
um Yeah, he did really well. And Leland as well.
00:59:00
echo_blades
And Leland did awesome too. Yeah.
00:59:02
Denis Tyrell
Leland got up and yeah, it was, it took him a be few tries, but that's normal um for the first time trying to get up there. But yeah, it was a good time.
00:59:14
echo_blades
Yeah. I didn't just for clarity here and full transparency. i did not get to wake surf. Um, and I got dragged by the boat,
00:59:26
echo_blades
but, uh, yeah, it was cool.
00:59:26
Denis Tyrell
I'm being nice.
00:59:29
echo_blades
Wow. It is what it is
00:59:32
Denis Tyrell
No, it is it is purely a technique thing. And until you learn that technique, um you know, you're just going to do it wrong. And...
00:59:41
echo_blades
It's hilarious because you can watch other people do it and you can hear the instruction. Right. And it's great because it all makes sense. And then you get out there and all I could hear was.
00:59:53
echo_blades
Yeah, no, you can hear shit.
00:59:54
Denis Tyrell
The same instruction?
00:59:57
echo_blades
And then it's like, put it in gear. And then all of a sudden it's like, yeah. And then they just like, I was getting dragged.
01:00:05
Denis Tyrell
It was like, it's like when you're sitting on the boat and you're watching someone like having a hard time, it's like, you want to video it and show it to them and say, look what you're doing because you can tell them all you want, like sit back on your butt and like, don't lean for like anything you tell them, you just have to work it out for yourself.
01:00:05
echo_blades
It was cool.
01:00:26
echo_blades
You have to do exactly the opposite of what you think you need to do.
01:00:29
Denis Tyrell
Yes.
01:00:30
echo_blades
it's It's like instinctually, you want to straighten your legs and lean forward. and that
01:00:35
Denis Tyrell
and stand up. Everyone wants to stand up really quick and you can't do that.
01:00:36
echo_blades
Yeah. there But yeah, that was cool.
01:00:40
Denis Tyrell
But
01:00:42
echo_blades
had a great time.
01:00:43
Denis Tyrell
yeah.
01:00:44
echo_blades
And the only reason why I went was because Leland asked me to go. So shout out to Leland.
01:00:51
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. But that was, pretty that was really fun. That was a good day. And, uh, yeah, they took off. Um, Well, they finished their knives Sunday morning. Then you came over.
01:01:01
Denis Tyrell
We had another little pool session and relaxed and, yeah, just kind of hung out.
01:01:03
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah.
01:01:08
Denis Tyrell
And they they took off last night.
01:01:11
echo_blades
yeah
01:01:11
Denis Tyrell
And he already made it back. So it was it was super fun having them here and, you know, just hanging out and listening all the funny stories that Toby has. And just he's a cool guy.
01:01:25
Denis Tyrell
So it was really fun having them in the shop, having them at the house and yeah, just showing them the California stuff. um So yeah, it was a great visit and I'd love to head over to England at some point and, you know, be the foreigners over there.
01:01:43
echo_blades
Absolutely. I do. I had, ah I had a blast, dude. I think it's just, uh, another awesome example of, uh, of, uh, of a community bringing people that would never be together for any reason.
01:01:59
echo_blades
um you know, brings us together. You're building bond, you're building friendships, you're, you know, it just, I, I, I can't, Yeah, I had a great time. um And Toby's an awesome dude Leland's an awesome kid.
01:02:15
echo_blades
um A real trooper. um And like i said, I had some really cool really cool moments, some great conversations, a lot of laughs.
01:02:27
echo_blades
And and um like you said, I'm looking forward to the next time. um And yeah, it would be really cool to get out that way, though. But the fact that I went to sleep last night at about seven o'clock.
01:02:44
Denis Tyrell
Mm-hmm.
01:02:44
echo_blades
So I fell asleep. I woke up at five and ah started doing some math and I was like, those dudes are still not even home yet.
01:02:58
echo_blades
Yeah.
01:03:02
Denis Tyrell
Well, they, it was a 10 hour flight and they got on that flight at like at midnight. So yeah, they were not even home yet. They didn't get home until it would have been 10 AM hour time this morning.
01:03:17
echo_blades
What was it actually?
01:03:19
Denis Tyrell
Cause he was texting me around one o'clock, uh, that they were like on their way and on the train and whatever.
01:03:26
echo_blades
Yeah, I texted him at like 11.
01:03:26
Denis Tyrell
So.
01:03:29
echo_blades
like just before 11. And he'd said 11. Yeah, just like 11 that he was just landed and they were still on the plane.
01:03:40
echo_blades
So i was like, oof. I mean, that that's a long-ass flight. That doesn't sound fun.
01:03:47
Denis Tyrell
No, not fun at all. That's why, uh, uh, what is it called?
01:03:50
echo_blades
No.
01:03:53
Denis Tyrell
Uh, premium economy and first class are made for flights like that.
01:03:58
echo_blades
Absolutely.
01:03:59
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:04:00
echo_blades
Yeah.
01:04:02
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. That's, uh, one of the reasons we're taking the premium economy to Austria so that we don't have a crappy seats for those flights.
01:04:13
echo_blades
Nice. So what do you got coming up?
01:04:15
Denis Tyrell
Well, um, back to work now. i got to figure out what I'm going to make. You know, um I got to figure out what, um, sorry, my computer's binging away here. Um, I got to figure out what I'm going to make next. Uh,
01:04:32
Denis Tyrell
So I have a class. i I may have a class Thursday. I definitely have a class Sunday. um Just an intro class. I'm going to try and finish the folder that I was working on while they were here. Yeah,
01:04:48
Denis Tyrell
yeah I think I'm going to start a new Damascus project um later this week. It's supposed to cool off, um which is why Friday I think it's going to be, know, 80, which is not bad.
01:05:02
echo_blades
Yeah.
01:05:02
Denis Tyrell
so um
01:05:03
echo_blades
It was hot as free. It was 95, 100 here whole time. here the whole time
01:05:07
Denis Tyrell
yeah yeah so it's supposed to cool down thursday friday um so i think i'm gonna get some damascus done and then and then um A yeah two weeks from now, I've got, uh, Jaden from, uh, Wolf River.
01:05:26
Denis Tyrell
Why am I forgetting his, think that's right. And, um, Noah from Antiat River Forge will be here for a folder class. Uh, not this coming Friday, but next Friday.
01:05:37
echo_blades
In a couple of weeks, right?
01:05:39
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:05:40
echo_blades
Nice.
01:05:41
Denis Tyrell
So they'll be down here for that. Um, yeah. So getting, getting ready for that.
01:05:47
echo_blades
That'd be cool.
01:05:48
Denis Tyrell
Gonna have to, ah reconfigure the shop a little bit for, uh, for a wheelchair. i was walking around the shop today. Um, oh, I got my new drill press already.
01:06:01
echo_blades
Oh, yeah, that's weird.
01:06:04
Denis Tyrell
You, you've been hiding that one from me. I've never seen that tool in your shop or I would have, uh, uh, I would have stole it earlier.
01:06:11
echo_blades
Yeah, okay. yeah okay
01:06:18
Denis Tyrell
Uh, I've been, um, I've been looking to get a variable speed drill press, one that you don't have to like change the wheels on.
01:06:18
echo_blades
um
01:06:26
Denis Tyrell
and I go to Jared's house and lo and behold, the man has a variable speed jet drill press, um, which I was very envious of.
01:06:37
Denis Tyrell
And then I went home and I looked and there are only like so
01:06:39
echo_blades
for a about a day. And then you win.
01:06:43
Denis Tyrell
No, seriously. I ordered it yesterday, Sunday morning, and it got here today, Monday. I already have it put together and in the shop and I've already used it.
01:06:51
echo_blades
Wow.
01:06:55
Denis Tyrell
So it was only 600 bucks. So I was, I was amazed how cheap they were for like a jet drill press.
01:06:58
echo_blades
Yeah.
01:07:00
echo_blades
Yeah. I think I got, yeah. I think I got mine for like 200 bucks on the marketplace.
01:07:06
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, there was a guy in like Sacramento that had one for like 325. But if I wanted to get it, I wouldn't have been able to get it till like today.
01:07:15
echo_blades
That's.
01:07:17
Denis Tyrell
And I would have drive all the way to Sacramento and it would have been gone.
01:07:19
echo_blades
Yeah.
01:07:21
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:07:22
echo_blades
Yeah.
01:07:22
Denis Tyrell
So.
01:07:23
echo_blades
My I lucked out. I was i had a day off. It was here in Discovery Bay. um And yeah, I was able to pounce right on it and grab it up.
01:07:34
echo_blades
It was good. Hardly used to.
01:07:35
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:07:36
echo_blades
So. Mm
01:07:37
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I put the DRO on it. I moved the DRO from the Shop Fox over to that one. Works great. oh
01:07:43
echo_blades
hmm.
01:07:45
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. You should buy a DRO for that one. Then you can do folders.
01:07:50
Denis Tyrell
no
01:07:51
echo_blades
I have a DRO.
01:07:52
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, but not on that one.
01:07:54
echo_blades
That's right.
01:07:55
Denis Tyrell
That's the one you need the DRO on because it's got variable speed.
01:08:00
echo_blades
But I have to do folders then.
01:08:04
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:08:04
echo_blades
Then I need a mill. Oh, I have one of those.
01:08:06
Denis Tyrell
You don't need a mill.
01:08:06
echo_blades
Yeah. Okay.
01:08:07
Denis Tyrell
If you have that thing, you don't need a mill. You can just do folders that don't require a mill.
01:08:12
echo_blades
Hmm. Well, there you go.
01:08:13
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:08:15
echo_blades
But I have a mill too.
01:08:15
Denis Tyrell
But, um, uh, but yeah, got that set up, getting ready for, um, for Noah and, um, Jaden in a couple of weeks, got a couple classes before then.
01:08:15
echo_blades
Yeah.
01:08:26
Denis Tyrell
So yeah, it's, we're, we're back at it. I got to get some stock for Austria.
01:08:32
echo_blades
There you go.
01:08:32
Denis Tyrell
So that is the plan. What about you? What you got planned for the next week?
01:08:39
echo_blades
I got it.
01:08:39
Denis Tyrell
Work?
01:08:40
echo_blades
Yeah. I had an interesting day. Just that. i mean, you you remember, you remember what it's like. Yeah. He takes some time off and this was, this was quite a bit.
01:08:48
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, the the first day back sucks.
01:08:52
echo_blades
It's going to be like this for a couple days. But I am so i'm super grateful. I have a great team. um Nothing crazy went on. I'm left in good hands and everything was kind of still the same.
01:09:09
echo_blades
we just had a pretty extensive like move remodel thing going on. So it was, it was a shitty time to, to be away. Um, but yeah, it'll be fine.
01:09:23
echo_blades
And now I'm, uh, got, uh, a talk with my neighbors. They're going to pick out some handle material for, um,
01:09:34
echo_blades
I got ah for a couple for, that'll be two, two knives there. Yeah. And then now that Jared's, um,
01:09:46
echo_blades
graduated and, uh, and working, um, I'll have some more time in the shop and, um, yeah. So I'm looking to start making some, some progress there and wrapping all the shit that I have hanging out.
01:10:02
echo_blades
Um, But first I'm in the midst of planning a, uh, a golf trip with Jared. Um, I don't know yet.
01:10:12
Denis Tyrell
Really? Where are you going?
01:10:15
echo_blades
Um, there's too many options, but I do want to, uh,
01:10:23
echo_blades
take him out for, for, you know, a little graduation gift. Um, and we'll probably go on like a three or four day trip out somewhere. I haven't came. I don't, I don't know if I want to do like a resort and go stay at one place and golf. There's a lot of places have, you know, multiple golf courses, or if we want to just hit the road and kind of see what we can. uh, but that's what I'm trying to put together right now. Um, there's actually a couple, some,
01:10:50
echo_blades
people that'll help plan it. The worst part about that is like trying to plan golf in advance in places that you don't know.
01:10:57
Denis Tyrell
Is this something you're going to do in the next month or two or what?
01:10:57
echo_blades
It's you can't like book tee times that far out. So it's like, you're kind of rolling the dice with like trying to make a plan and then, you know, not being able to secure it for sure.
01:11:10
echo_blades
time. And, um, uh, I'm yeah. Beginning in July.
01:11:15
Denis Tyrell
Oh, wow. Oh, really soon.
01:11:17
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
01:11:18
Denis Tyrell
can always do Palm Springs.
01:11:20
echo_blades
Yeah. It's hot though.
01:11:21
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, was going say it's hot. It just blazes there.
01:11:23
echo_blades
It's hot. Yeah. So we were thinking San Diego. There's some places and in, in, uh, there's a really cool place that I'm looking for up in, uh, called the Wolf Creek in, uh, Mesquite, Nevada.
01:11:35
echo_blades
And on the Utah border, uh, up in the mountains, um, that has some really cool, really cool stuff.
01:11:37
Denis Tyrell
Okay.
01:11:42
echo_blades
I'm really leaning towards that. So anyways, but yeah, that's, that's that. Um, and then just like, Looking forward to ah being home. um It's been an exhausting trip, to say the least. Like I said, i don't I don't fall asleep at 7 o'clock very often. So that was just pure exhaustion. I was the at the house on Sunday right before I left. I was just like, I am toast, dude.
01:12:08
echo_blades
So it would be good to hang out with the with Mama and get back in the swing of work and then leave again. would be great.
01:12:19
Denis Tyrell
Are you like taking a week off or is this like going to be a weekend thing?
01:12:23
echo_blades
I don't probably like a couple days, couple days off.
01:12:27
Denis Tyrell
Nice.
01:12:28
echo_blades
Yeah. Got my anniversary coming up too. So we'll see.
01:12:31
Denis Tyrell
let me know if you're going to miss a podcast.
01:12:35
echo_blades
No, I will not let you know.
01:12:40
Denis Tyrell
Like last time.
01:12:41
echo_blades
Are you, yeah. who Who do you got for your maker spotlight?
01:12:47
Denis Tyrell
This week I have... Uh, evolution cutlery. Um, this, I just been seeing this one on my, um, on my feed quite a bit lately. This is Dan Tompkins, uh, evolution underscore cutlery.
01:13:04
Denis Tyrell
Um, just does some really cool work. Um, love the one that's pinned, the buoy that's, that's pinned there, which is just beautiful.
01:13:09
echo_blades
Yeah.
01:13:15
Denis Tyrell
Uh, like the lines on it, uh, does a lot with Baker forge, um, um, steel and, uh, yeah, just some really cool stuff.
01:13:28
Denis Tyrell
So, uh, how are you, are you, uh, are you following him?
01:13:32
echo_blades
I it was not. I was not. I could see uh,
01:13:40
echo_blades
caught your eye.
01:13:41
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, some cool stuff.
01:13:44
echo_blades
Yeah, definitely.
01:13:45
Denis Tyrell
I really like that buoy in Baker Forge steel that's like on the, I don't know, sixth or seventh row. um That's a nice one.
01:13:58
echo_blades
Oh, yeah.
01:14:00
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I see.
01:14:00
echo_blades
Oh, yeah, that screamed you.
01:14:04
echo_blades
That thing says, Dennis.
01:14:05
Denis Tyrell
He's got one a little bit a little below that as he did the the red patina on. Yeah.
01:14:11
echo_blades
yeah that's really good stuff i like that that's a good one very cool oh there's the old kieranite green handle
01:14:16
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, me likey.
01:14:20
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:14:28
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, so go check out Dan Tompkins at Evolution underscore Cutlery.
01:14:28
echo_blades
a ways down
01:14:33
Denis Tyrell
He's got just over 6,600 followers, so let's let's pump up those numbers.
01:14:41
Denis Tyrell
Add seven to it.
01:14:48
echo_blades
Oh, that's why I keep spelling it wrong.
01:14:53
Denis Tyrell
Who do you have?
01:14:55
echo_blades
Are you kidding me?
01:14:58
echo_blades
I have...
01:15:05
echo_blades
Wizor. Wizor. I thought it was Windsor.
01:15:09
Denis Tyrell
No, i always say wiser, like I'm wiser than you.
01:15:12
echo_blades
Yeah. I don't know why I'm kind of say Windsor. That's probably why i could never find him.
01:15:15
Denis Tyrell
No, there's no end and there's no V.
01:15:16
echo_blades
Yeah. Weiser forge. There's not as a hundred percent. You're completely correct. Um, I got our new neighbor, uh, Joshua weiser from weiser forge.
01:15:28
echo_blades
Um, Cool dude, man. Like I said, i when you if you have ever switched tables or something, you know you get around new people. There's just some people, I'll just say, you know if I'm out being Judgy McJudgerson, I'm like, God, these people look like stick in the mud.
01:15:46
echo_blades
um And I'm like, that would suck. But we were lucky enough to have him right behind us. And he had some really, really cool work. Um, and apparently he's a forge and fire champion too, as well, which, yeah.
01:16:02
Denis Tyrell
He is.
01:16:05
echo_blades
Um, but funny dude, I, we, I had a conversation. I can't, don't, probably not appropriate for here, but, uh, he was cracking. He cracked me. Absolutely. Crash. Just say, he sent him a message. Hey man, it's good to meet you and blah, bla blah, blah, blah. And,
01:16:19
echo_blades
Uh, yeah. So he fits right in my, my wheelhouse here. So, uh, but yeah, awesome maker, really cool stuff.
01:16:24
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:16:27
echo_blades
He, he, he had a great show, um, as well. Uh, he actually had one of the coolest moments, uh, probably the coolest moment, um, as far as like a knife sale goes.
01:16:35
Denis Tyrell
All right.
01:16:38
echo_blades
Um, So for all us makers that are there, we get into these conversations with people. And um first off,
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01:16:47
echo_blades
hold on. It's it's Wiser Forge, W-I-S-O-R Forge on Instagram. He's got 2,403 followers.
01:16:55
echo_blades
um yeah And he' he's out of Virginia, if I'm not mistaken. But I could be...
01:17:02
Denis Tyrell
thought I thought he was in Texas, but...
01:17:03
echo_blades
think that No, I know it's... and know it's Virginia. i I'm pretty sure it's Virginia. But ah yeah, he's a journeyman, ABS journeyman. um But yeah, he ah we get in these conversations with people and i think we can all relate to the to the one a conversation where you get a guy that you talk to
01:17:26
Denis Tyrell
he's there a change.
01:17:27
echo_blades
Yeah, you start talking to, um and they're more interested in telling you about their life than anything else that's going on in the real world right in front of them, right? So had an older gentleman stop by, and I just happened to be, nothing going on in front of us, and um this guy's talking, and, oh yeah, doing this, doing that.
01:17:50
echo_blades
And starts telling about how he made knives and, you know, like when I um made knives back in this time and blah, blah, blah, blah. And just, you know, it was like a fucking 12 or 13 minute conversation.
01:18:04
echo_blades
And i was like getting ready to like interrupt them and like, you know, try to get them out of it.
01:18:05
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:18:09
echo_blades
um But sure as shit at the fucking very last minute, the guy is just like, all right. When he says, oh hey, you say, what do you want for this? He's like, oh, you know, such and such dollars. And he's like, all right, cool. I'll take it.
01:18:22
echo_blades
And just it was good sale. And I could see from his buddy and and both of them that we're all like, whoa, didn't fucking see that coming. And after he made the sale and he turned around and walked and I was just like, i was like, dude, that was that was cool.
01:18:38
echo_blades
He's like, but yeah, he goes that I had zero idea. This guy like never in a million years would I thought this dude was just, you know, pull out an envelope and drive cash on the table and walk away with a knife. Uh, but the guy said, you know, he goes, you know, sometimes having a conversation with somebody pays off, you know?
01:18:56
echo_blades
And, for me anyways, I think that's something that'll stick with me for, for a long time. Um, You know, it's it's the sale, the you know, it's it you just you just don't know what what you know what potential customer is there.
01:19:15
echo_blades
And definitely judging people by how they look or whatever. But, um you know, part part of the deal is to have those conversations. And some of them are quick and some of them are apparently 13 minutes long.
01:19:26
echo_blades
But, you know, ah I thought it was super cool. I don't know if you've ever had an experience like that, but.
01:19:34
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, mine usually end in you know, half hour, hour, and then the person walks away. But yeah, yeah but I know the feeling.
01:19:41
echo_blades
I. I figure you would because nothing unique has ever happened to you.
01:19:49
Denis Tyrell
That's right.
01:19:49
echo_blades
I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. You've done it all, Dennis. You've done it all. Yeah. We've done it all. ah Yeah.
01:19:58
Denis Tyrell
Well,
01:19:59
echo_blades
So anyways, great, great maker. Great dude. Go check him out if you're not following him. And yeah, tell him the boys at Triple T said what's up.
01:20:09
Denis Tyrell
that's right. And if you guys do have blades left over from Blade Show that you're trying to get rid of, this is a perfect time to use the Drop Point. ah That monthly, sorry, the weekly newsletter that is absolutely free. Let you get your knives up there or announce any drops you got coming up.
01:20:28
Denis Tyrell
um definitely take advantage of it. It's free. Why wouldn't you? go That newsletter goes out not just to makers, but to collectors, to consumers of knives. So ah go check out the Drop Point at thedroppoint.com.
01:20:43
Denis Tyrell
And it is from the minds of ah Skiff Workshop, the maker of the finest bearings and parts for knives, mostly folding knives. um So go check them out as well, Skiff Workshop.
01:20:59
echo_blades
cool
01:21:01
Denis Tyrell
All right, man.
01:21:02
echo_blades
no it's not all right man it's not all right man don't you dare don't don't you dare don't you don't you dare how are your jet skis
01:21:04
Denis Tyrell
No.
01:21:10
Denis Tyrell
You'll get over You'll get over it.
01:21:15
Denis Tyrell
Why? What else? What else you got to talk about? Oh, I don't know yet. Haven't taken them back out. So, were yeah, we took...
01:21:28
Denis Tyrell
I took the one off the, so when we went boating, since I got this jet skis back specifically for this event, uh, there wasn't that many of us. So I figured, um, I would only take the one out. Well, it took the one off, uh, which is not the one that was having problems, but it hasn't run for a while. So the battery was dead.
01:21:50
Denis Tyrell
Should have run it before everybody got there, but, um, had other issues because as, uh,
01:21:58
Denis Tyrell
as i okay oop As I back the Jeep down to put them in I, so I make a point. I do not take my keys out of my Jeep because a long time ago i had someone drop my key into the Delta and get me stuck there. So I make it a point not to take my keys onto the dock just so they don't fall in the water.
01:21:58
echo_blades
Ah, and then we get to the moral of the story.
01:22:27
Denis Tyrell
So I get out of the Jeep, I throw my keys on the seat, like I always do. And somehow the button on my key fob must've got pressed. Maybe I hit it against the seatbelt or whatever happened, it locks the door.
01:22:44
Denis Tyrell
I'm literally on the launch ramp. I go to get in the the Jeep to to move the jeep and all the doors are locked
01:22:54
echo_blades
I pull up to the marina and I'm sitting there for like 10 minutes and I'm like, where the hell is everybody? Cause I like, yeah we had a time to be there. i was very close to just a, just a tad early, but I was on time and I'm sitting around there and I'm like, this nobody's here.
01:23:06
Denis Tyrell
you.
01:23:12
echo_blades
i'm like, this is bullshit. I'm like, I know that Dennis is not going to be late, especially after busting my balls like he was. And I'm like, what the hell is going on? So I finally, I get out of the car and I start walking over to the dock and and then sure as shit, I see Toby Leland and Dennis down Jeep, back wheels in the water,
01:23:37
echo_blades
skis floating around there. And I just get this weird look. And yeah, he's sitting down there with his keys locked in the car.
01:23:45
Denis Tyrell
yeah so i had to i had to call my wife get her and she was actually in close to where we were because she almost followed us by out to do groceries at this place she likes to do groceries at which is a 20 minute drive from home so she had to drive back home get my keys come my extra set of keys come back and uh so i can unlock the jeep
01:23:47
echo_blades
it was It was a great moment.
01:24:13
Denis Tyrell
And I wish the story ended there because the, we pull out the, the, the jet ski that doesn't start and drop in the other one, the one that has just been worked on and it's having issues.
01:24:28
Denis Tyrell
It's sputtering and ah yeah, I don't know. And I didn't feel like dealing with it. We only had, how many were we? One, two, it was only six of us, right?
01:24:36
echo_blades
six, yeah. It was cool.
01:24:39
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. there was only six of us on the boat, which isn't really enough to have someone on the jet ski. I mean, we could have, but it would have been a pain in the ass with the number eight. It's great to have the jet skis when there's like 10 people on the boat because then there's more people to trade off and stuff. but So anyway, we I ended up putting that one back on the trailer and that's why we all just went out of the boat.
01:25:03
Denis Tyrell
So I got to deal with that jet ski.
01:25:05
echo_blades
was cool
01:25:07
Denis Tyrell
I don't know. I might go out this week and just give it a, I might just have to give her some gas and get it going and see if I can whatever, knock the dust off it and whatever. if Hopefully it doesn't have to go back into the shop. We'll see for the umpteenth millionth time this year.
01:25:26
echo_blades
Yeah.
01:25:28
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:25:30
echo_blades
Let's go.
01:25:31
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. But we'll see. But what?
01:25:34
echo_blades
And for the...
01:25:38
Denis Tyrell
What?
01:25:39
echo_blades
No, go ahead.
01:25:42
Denis Tyrell
I don't know Jared's doing. We did have a fun day, nevertheless, without the skis, but it would have been cool to, because Toby and Leland had never been on jet skis, so that would have been fun.
01:25:54
echo_blades
They sputtered around for a minute.
01:25:54
Denis Tyrell
So.
01:25:55
echo_blades
I got a picture of him on a jet ski that kept dying.
01:25:59
Denis Tyrell
It's not the same.
01:26:00
echo_blades
Yeah. The keys in the car were great. I love that. That was probably my my special.
01:26:03
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Well, luck luckily there's three launches there. Could you imagine if there was only one launch and I had like 40 people, like,
01:26:08
echo_blades
Oh, God.
01:26:12
Denis Tyrell
giving me the hairy eyeball waiting for me.
01:26:14
echo_blades
Yeah. i don't what the hairy eyeball is, but it doesn't sound good. So. What the fuck is a hairy eyeball?
01:26:23
Denis Tyrell
That's when someone's looking at you sideways. you Is that another Canadianism, the hairy eyeball?
01:26:28
echo_blades
I guess. Yeah. i Yeah. They give you the fish eye or what?
01:26:34
echo_blades
That's funny. And I'll close with this.
01:26:35
Denis Tyrell
All right.
01:26:36
echo_blades
I had the but the most, the funniest thing that happened. The whole blade show is we, we hung out with some awesome people. um Yeah, like, you know, hanging out with seeing our buddy Lawrence, you know, hanging out, Brent, though the whole thing, just a a great time.
01:26:53
echo_blades
um But we got to also hang out with the with the sausage man, um Jamie. And I don't know, I think it was Saturday afternoon um and I was shows about, you know half hour from closing and I was walking by to go do something and I see Jamie at the table and he is absolutely 100% knocked the fuck out sleeping straight up, knocked out.
01:27:23
echo_blades
And I walk up to him. I'm like, yeah, I got to sell anything fucking sleep in here, buddy. And he's like, Oh fuck. And he gets up and then he's like, well shit. I was standing up.
01:27:36
echo_blades
I was falling asleep. Yeah.
01:27:42
Denis Tyrell
poor Jamie.
01:27:42
echo_blades
It was a whole lot more dangerous sleeping while you're standing up.
01:27:50
Denis Tyrell
He...
01:27:50
echo_blades
Oh, man.
01:27:51
Denis Tyrell
And this is after he he got reprimanded by blade, and denied entry.
01:27:51
echo_blades
It was fucking...
01:27:57
Denis Tyrell
Uh, you know, he normally like makes his sausage, like his skillet sausage.
01:28:01
echo_blades
Yeah, yeah.
01:28:02
Denis Tyrell
They told him he couldn't do it. They had like five security guards around him and they would not let him, uh, cook this.
01:28:04
echo_blades
Yeah.
01:28:08
echo_blades
Yeah. Do his normal...
01:28:10
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:28:11
echo_blades
Yeah.
01:28:12
Denis Tyrell
Which is yeah.
01:28:13
echo_blades
Which is a bummer. But yeah. So yeah, that he got so pissed off he fell asleep. Standing up. So whether it's this show or the next, but yeah, that's going to be the name of a show is sleeping, standing up, sleeping on your feet.
01:28:29
echo_blades
That's what I was going to say.
01:28:30
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:28:30
echo_blades
But all right.
01:28:30
Denis Tyrell
Right. Yeah. It was a fun couple of weeks. We are back on our regular schedule. Oh, one other announcement. I almost forgot for those that have stuck around this long.
01:28:43
Denis Tyrell
Uh, the next challenge is starting up.
01:28:44
echo_blades
everyone
01:28:46
Denis Tyrell
Um, the sci-fi challenge is starting up in a couple of weeks. So stay tuned. You're going to get some more info on it. So, uh, stay tuned folks.
01:28:53
echo_blades
stay tuned folks all right sounds good no i'm good
01:28:57
Denis Tyrell
I sent out the invites today.
01:29:02
Denis Tyrell
Alright, we out of here. You got other crap to talk about. Alright. We will see you next week.
01:29:27
echo_blades
And that's a wrap, mate. Mate.
01:29:32
Denis Tyrell
Mike?