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E66: Flies in the honey
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Transcript
Introduction to the Triple T Podcast
00:00:16
echo_blades
What's up, everybody? You're listening to the Triple T Podcast for Knife Makers. This is Jared from Echo Blades, and as always, I have my homeboy, my partner, my jiggy-jiggy-jiggy-jiggy-jiggy-unit,
00:00:28
Denis Tyrell
I wasn't sure what you were going say there.
00:00:32
echo_blades
gangster, Mr. Dennis Terrell from Terrell Knife Works.
00:00:36
Denis Tyrell
Jiggy jiggy.
00:00:37
echo_blades
What's up, man? How are you?
00:00:38
Denis Tyrell
I'm jiggy.
00:00:39
echo_blades
You are.
00:00:41
Denis Tyrell
I'm tired, actually.
Dog Anxiety Stories
00:00:44
echo_blades
Why are you tired? You don't even work.
00:00:46
Denis Tyrell
ah I don't know if your dog... My dog is a fucking anxious, crazy... Do you have issues with smoke detectors going off and your dog just freaking the fuck out?
00:01:01
echo_blades
I do not have that problem, but ironically, i do have a dog lemma right going on right now.
00:01:10
Denis Tyrell
A dog lemma.
00:01:11
echo_blades
Yeah, like all kinds of dog issues.
00:01:11
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:01:13
echo_blades
So.
00:01:13
Denis Tyrell
Oh, well. Four, was it? Three thirty in the morning. I guess one of the batteries on one of the smoke detectors started beeping and Molly is just shaking.
00:01:27
Denis Tyrell
like uncontrollably for an hour every time that happens. It was like beep.
00:01:31
echo_blades
Like beeping or going like off? Oh.
00:01:35
Denis Tyrell
Beep. That just freaks her the fuck out and she shakes like she's vibrating the bed. She's shaking so hard.
00:01:44
echo_blades
We'll change the battery, lazy.
00:01:45
Denis Tyrell
Well, it doesn't help now. and they always go off in like in the middle of the night.
00:01:53
echo_blades
Wow, that's horrible.
00:01:54
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:01:55
Denis Tyrell
So... Yeah. And then, of course, she sleeps all day because she probably burned four million calories shaking for an hour.
00:01:56
echo_blades
Poor Molly.
00:02:04
echo_blades
Oh, yeah. Well, she's tired.
00:02:05
Denis Tyrell
Shaking and panting and, yeah.
00:02:06
echo_blades
She's been up all night. Yeah.
00:02:09
Denis Tyrell
Fuck
00:02:10
echo_blades
That sucks. Well, i like the the the story with the dogs now, we have three dogs plus one, four, which we have the original dog um who
00:02:22
Denis Tyrell
her. The Lynn dragged you on?
00:02:25
echo_blades
not my daughter.
00:02:26
Denis Tyrell
yeah Oh, that's right.
00:02:26
echo_blades
sir right Yeah, my daughter.
00:02:27
Denis Tyrell
It was your daughter.
00:02:28
echo_blades
Yeah, everybody celebrates her birthday. A day before I do, because I didn't know she existed for a day. They had her locked up in the room. But anyways, I always tell the funny joke is that you know she's she's the best thing to come out of pure deception in my life.
00:02:44
echo_blades
so um But my daughter moved back. She's back right now for a minute. And um so Sasha's back home. But when Sasha left, we were not a dog family. And then she came and we were, you know, dog family now.
00:02:59
echo_blades
So when she was gone, there was like this really like empty place in the house. And and I had never experienced that before because I've, you know, I've had a few pets here and there. um And I guess we had one dog before.
00:03:13
echo_blades
Anyways, but anyways, it was, there was a spot missing in our house. So we, and we're
00:03:18
Denis Tyrell
So you got three dogs.
00:03:20
echo_blades
We're affirming, where we are absolutely ah supporting of like, you don't need to go get a puppy, right?
00:03:24
Denis Tyrell
Okay.
00:03:26
echo_blades
There's plenty of animals that are, you know, need to be rescued. Apparently we lucked out and got the most perfect rescue ever with Sasha. Cause we go out and we get one and yeah.
00:03:39
echo_blades
So that's just the way the Sandoval's role. We live a life of excess. We're compulsive. ah We make very, very impulsive decisions at that. And one turned into, my wife on some like Facebook rescue page and they were going to take these dogs to the doggy green mile. And she had to save this one.
00:03:58
echo_blades
That one turns out to be cool. A year later, the same situation happens now. So I have three, a long story short.
00:04:05
Denis Tyrell
You need to keep her off the internet. Yeah.
00:04:07
echo_blades
I did. Yeah. Yeah. She's yeah. I have, you know, that, that parental restriction, blocked all those groups, but um yeah. So yeah,
00:04:18
echo_blades
I've never had a vet bill. I've never had like, I've heard stories, but something happened.
00:04:23
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:04:24
echo_blades
you know, they're two, two of the smaller ones are like Yorkie poos, real manly dogs, all about 15 pounds at the most. um And then the other two are bigger. So they were wrestling and something happened to one of the little guys.
00:04:36
echo_blades
And he just like shut down and, you they're, they're high energy dogs. I was running around but like fricking lightning bolts. And this guy just stops, lays down, won't get up. won You know, every time you pick him up, he started yelping.
00:04:51
echo_blades
there's something wrong with him. We go to the, I'm like, after like three days of this, I'm like, we'll just take him to the vet. You know, like I'm figuring it'll be a couple hundred bucks. It turns out he's got a, he's got a, like ah a slip disc or a bulge disc or something in his back from somebody jumping on him and and and he's hurt.
00:05:09
echo_blades
So they give him an x-ray he,
00:05:12
Denis Tyrell
No, that's $300 right there.
00:05:15
echo_blades
it was pretty much or no, because they were going to sedate him and it, cause they gave us an estimate 1600 and then they didn't have to sedate him.
00:05:17
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, is $300. I mean, they... they
00:05:27
echo_blades
So he ended up, uh, only being, I guess sedations, 400 bucks. So, um, yeah, I don't know a couple medicines and, and I'm just like, wow, that is the, that's a really expensive free dog.
00:05:40
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah.
00:05:41
Denis Tyrell
but Welcome to pet ownership.
00:05:44
echo_blades
Goodness gracious. I don't know if, uh, yeah. yeah So anyways, my wife is all, she was all bummed out because the dog was hurt. And I get it though.
00:05:56
echo_blades
I get You hear, hear stories of people that, you know, spend just a shit ton of money on, you know, trying to rescue dogs and cause they're family members now at this point. Right. But I'm not sure I like them that much.
00:06:05
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah.
00:06:10
Denis Tyrell
I tell you, when Molly goes, ah Kim is going to be a wreck.
00:06:15
Denis Tyrell
It's going to be awful.
00:06:15
echo_blades
i
00:06:17
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:06:17
Denis Tyrell
I will be too, but not as much as her.
00:06:18
echo_blades
Sure. I'll be sad. always good people.
00:06:25
echo_blades
But anyways, yeah. That's a good bill to have right before you leave.
00:06:32
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:06:32
echo_blades
so how are you? How's it going? How's the week? How's everything going? Entertain me. Tell me stories that are absolutely entertaining and full of vigorous description.
00:06:42
Denis Tyrell
Well, i don't I don't think I have anything that interesting, but yeah, ah last week went well.
00:06:46
echo_blades
Thank you.
00:06:49
Denis Tyrell
um Little, I'd say almost even a little ahead of schedule, which is good.
Knife Making Challenges
00:06:55
Denis Tyrell
I wanted to finish up that dagger last week and that finished that up Wednesday, so that was great.
00:07:03
Denis Tyrell
um Yeah, I'm on to release the video. So the video is out. If you haven't seen the video for the keyhole dagger you should go watch it many many many times um yeah i'm i'm really happy with it i'm happy with the um i'm holding it right now uh i'm happy with how uh the fit up um uh ended up it looks great um happy with the um
00:07:23
echo_blades
Ooh.
00:07:33
Denis Tyrell
The Damascus, I love the Damascus. I was worried that because it's that S, um you can't quite see, but because of it's like that S pattern, i was afraid that it was going to look very asymmetrical because it didn't terminate at the tip, but it looks amazing. Like, I'm glad I did not change anything because it doesn't look unbalanced at all. It just looks like more, yeah, the pattern looks cool.
00:08:00
Denis Tyrell
it's It's not, it's not, It doesn't take your eye away because it doesn't exactly terminate and it's not symmetrical, but it's not supposed to be symmetrical. So anyway, it was what I was going for.
00:08:13
echo_blades
Yeah. Nice.
00:08:14
Denis Tyrell
So, yeah, my, I mean, I've always got some critiques. I wish the.
00:08:18
echo_blades
I was going to say, I'm i'm really, i' I'm very curious because, you know, a lot of good stuff comes out of your shop and I've, I can tell when you're jazzed about something and I can tell when you're mad about something and I can tell when you're satisfied.
00:08:33
echo_blades
I can't get a read on this one.
00:08:35
Denis Tyrell
i am
00:08:35
echo_blades
Are you happy with it?
00:08:36
Denis Tyrell
I am very happy with it. i wish the etch was a little darker.
00:08:38
echo_blades
Good.
00:08:41
Denis Tyrell
I... when i i I went through um a bunch of like choices because this one is really tricky because it's got the wood attached.
00:08:54
Denis Tyrell
So everything, all the etching, all the coffee had to be done with the handle attached, of course, ah because it's keyhole. And I had to, like, even though you nail polish it, like the junction of...
00:09:06
Denis Tyrell
like you cannot get nail polish on the steel because you have a really shiny part and that just looks like dog shit. Right.
00:09:13
echo_blades
Right.
00:09:13
Denis Tyrell
So you you have to err on the side of, you know, getting the wood a little.
00:09:18
echo_blades
Getting the word a little, yeah.
00:09:20
Denis Tyrell
So the, yeah um,
00:09:22
echo_blades
Hey-oh.
00:09:26
Denis Tyrell
so I had the edge went fine. Um, like the ferric edge, it's pretty deep edge. It looks great. Um, When I did the coffee the first time, like I didn't, even though I had, I, so I went and, uh, I sanded the blade to 2000. I wanted it really high so that, um, I was hoping that I would get some nice shiny 15 and 20 because it was etched. mean, it was sanded so high. And then I went back and sanded the highs, but I didn't buff it because buffing it, I was worried I was going to take off the,
00:10:03
Denis Tyrell
nail polish which is long i didn't whoops i didn't want to have to redo that um it was a big pain in the ass and then when i did the coffee it totally washed blacked out all of the 15 and 20 so i had to do it again and that time i forgot to dip to do the the phosphoric dip so again it washed out the 15 and 20 or sorry it didn't darken the uh the 1080 as much and then the third time was kind of the charm, but it just didn't get as dark as I wanted it.
00:10:36
Denis Tyrell
And I just couldn't, I didn't want to put it in again.
00:10:40
echo_blades
Gotcha.
00:10:41
Denis Tyrell
So anyway, that was a long explanation for, I just wanted it a little darker, but the contrast is great. It looks really good. The nickel looks really good. So, uh, I'm happy with it.
00:10:51
Denis Tyrell
i'm And I'm happy with how the, uh, the Quillians came out and the, yeah, but
00:10:56
echo_blades
If you stop moving around, maybe I'll be able to see.
00:11:02
Denis Tyrell
there see this is great
00:11:03
echo_blades
Yes. Yes.
00:11:06
echo_blades
Nice. Very cool. Listeners, go watch the YouTube channel. All four of you. Check out the million of posts that he did on it. Yeah, that's very nice.
00:11:16
echo_blades
The Quillians are just, I like them.
00:11:17
Denis Tyrell
yeah yeah I do too I overall I like how the the blade came out I think it ah it looks nice and I'm happy with it I'm i'm thrilled with how the keyhole ended up
00:11:29
echo_blades
That's good. That's good. I'm happy to hear that because I was going to tell you, if you're not happy with it, if you're mad about it, I think you're probably just being overcritical about your you yourself, you know which we all tend to do, right? Everything could be a little better.
00:11:40
echo_blades
You know all the little things that didn't go as as you planned, just like everyone else.
00:11:42
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:11:45
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:11:45
echo_blades
But it came out great.
Concert Plans and Anniversaries
00:11:47
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. um Yeah. I'm happy with it. and I got to do the sheath and all that unfun stuff.
00:11:53
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:11:53
Denis Tyrell
The stuff I procrastinate about.
00:11:54
echo_blades
All right.
00:11:57
Denis Tyrell
But yeah.
00:11:57
echo_blades
Well, cool.
00:11:58
Denis Tyrell
um But that's... I was glad to have that one done. And now I'm on back to working on the folders.
00:12:05
Denis Tyrell
And...
00:12:05
echo_blades
How many?
00:12:06
echo_blades
Three?
00:12:07
Denis Tyrell
How many folders? Three. And they're all being done in tandem. So... So when they're, yeah, almost, um almost done.
00:12:13
echo_blades
Batch.
00:12:16
Denis Tyrell
I mean, I, I fitted, finally fitted up the, the scales for them today.
00:12:22
Denis Tyrell
I got, I got to work with ivory for the first time.
00:12:23
echo_blades
Cool.
00:12:27
echo_blades
How'd that go?
00:12:28
Denis Tyrell
Actually, wasn't too bad. um
00:12:30
echo_blades
I feel good.
00:12:31
Denis Tyrell
Compared to, compared to working with molar, molar's a lot harder to work with. Ivory is a lot easier. um And,
00:12:41
echo_blades
I feel like it would be chippy. Okay. Hmm.
00:12:43
Denis Tyrell
It's not as chippy as, um because it's softer. For some reason, the molar is really, really hard. The the ivory is actually not that hard.
00:12:55
Denis Tyrell
I mean, it's it's easier to drill.
00:12:55
echo_blades
but
00:12:57
Denis Tyrell
it um It sands easier. Like sanding, ah like grinding the molar is like grinding stone. But the actual ivory is is not bad at all.
00:13:11
Denis Tyrell
It grinds really easy.
00:13:13
echo_blades
Nice.
00:13:14
Denis Tyrell
You just got make sure you don't get it too hot. But it's when you're working with $200 set scales.
00:13:21
echo_blades
was going to say it's got you puckered a little bit.
00:13:22
Denis Tyrell
Exactly.
00:13:23
echo_blades
ah
00:13:25
Denis Tyrell
It definitely has some. And you got to take them down like so thin. And I can only grind. that That was the most stressful part because it's bark. So it's the very outside of the tusk.
00:13:38
Denis Tyrell
Right. So it's already got a curve on the top.
00:13:42
echo_blades
Yeah, it's got ah like a concave or a con...
00:13:43
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, convex on the top. so And you can't grind anything off the top.
00:13:50
Denis Tyrell
Because you're taking you're yeah you'll take that that color away. And the color is what you want. so um So you can only grind off the backside. And then you have to like like grind it so that it's, oh, I need to grind a little more off this corner and then level the whole thing so that it's the same thickness all the way around.
00:13:50
echo_blades
So it keeps that...
00:14:02
echo_blades
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:14:11
Denis Tyrell
It's really tricky.
00:14:13
echo_blades
Hmm.
00:14:14
Denis Tyrell
And then I'm going have to grind the bolster to match the... Yeah. It it was more effort than I thought it it was going to be. But... But yeah, it's all good. It's fitted. I haven't ground the bolster yet, but so far... So far, so good.
00:14:32
Denis Tyrell
As long as I don't drop them on the floor or anything stupid like that. They're a little more... Ivory is definitely a little more fragile than anything else. But... But...
00:14:41
echo_blades
is Is it durable?
00:14:44
Denis Tyrell
What do you mean? du
00:14:44
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I mean, it's like, don't drop it Like it'll break. So it's not like an, and this is not like an everyday carry knife. This is going to be a very high end knife. This is for the gold Damascus knife.
00:14:44
echo_blades
Like.
00:15:01
echo_blades
Gotcha. Yeah, because I was just thinking if you're. not wanted to be super ginger with your handle scales, I would suggest you go check out Rock Solid Scales. Matt over there has some really, really awesome ah products for you. ah Flagship is the GripTech handle material, um very durable, super grippy.
00:15:24
echo_blades
And I have just been seeing all kinds of just really, really, really awesome patterns, colors. You know, people are really taken to it and um just really loving all the all the work that I'm seeing. i already said this before, but I'm looking forward to blade show to see how many people have it and um check out, you know, what else he's been putting out there. But if ah you're interested in some awesome handle material, go check out rock solid scales, load up that cart and you could use the discount code triple T 10 for 10% off.
00:15:59
Denis Tyrell
I've been using my new paring knife all weekend, and Kim has too.
00:16:04
echo_blades
nice
00:16:05
Denis Tyrell
So yeah, I'm loving the the grip tech on that knife. It's really cool.
00:16:09
echo_blades
yeah That's cool.
00:16:11
Denis Tyrell
It's very comfy.
00:16:12
echo_blades
Awesome. Awesome. Yeah. Great stuff. Priced well. And you could drop it.
00:16:19
Denis Tyrell
Yes.
00:16:22
Denis Tyrell
Well, not that I've dropped your knife yet, but I'm sure I can drop it and it's not going to shatter like...
00:16:27
echo_blades
Yeah. But cool.
00:16:29
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah. You know what? I got it. um So once in a while, like something will surprise me on Amazon. Like, you know, we're not talking Timu here or anything like this, but sometimes you order something and you look at the picture and you're, you know, maybe we're used to getting disappointed and like you see a picture on Amazon and you're thinking, oh yeah, I'm going to get that. it's not going to be what I expected.
00:16:58
Denis Tyrell
I'm going to show you next time you're over. So I ordered a little wooden box for that knife and to put the knife in and it's like a little jewelry box or something like that.
00:17:09
Denis Tyrell
And in the picture, it's this beautiful wood burl. It's a Thuya, if you know what that is.
00:17:16
echo_blades
No.
00:17:16
Denis Tyrell
Thuya, T-H-U-Y-A, Thuya Wood Burl Box.
00:17:22
echo_blades
Okay.
00:17:23
Denis Tyrell
And I'm thinking this is like, it was like $26. I'm like, how good could this possibly be? I'm like, fine, I'm going to order it.
00:17:31
echo_blades
But it's worth the investment.
00:17:32
Denis Tyrell
Holy fuck. Like, I'm serious.
00:17:34
echo_blades
Awesome.
00:17:35
Denis Tyrell
This thing is quarter inch thick, Thuja, all over the lid, the bottom, the sides. um I ordered another one and I ordered the big one for 60 bucks just so I can cut it into scales.
00:17:52
Denis Tyrell
I'm totally serious.
00:17:53
echo_blades
Oh, wow.
00:17:55
Denis Tyrell
um i I don't know.
00:17:56
echo_blades
You sure it's not Fulia? Is it a hardwood? Oh.
00:17:58
Denis Tyrell
No, I mean, i even, i I checked it with calipers. I was like taking measurements. I was so surprised at the beauty and the quality of the wood in this thing.
00:18:10
Denis Tyrell
I don't know. I don't know who they have like child labor somewhere in some other foreign country that's making these things. I don't know, but awesome deal. I couldn't believe it.
00:18:20
echo_blades
is it ah is it a hardwood
00:18:22
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:18:23
Denis Tyrell
Oh, it's, good I should, write if I, next time you're over, I'll show you and you'll be very surprised.
00:18:23
echo_blades
oh
00:18:30
echo_blades
OK. OK. Oh.
00:18:30
Denis Tyrell
It is beautiful. The lid is this beautiful burl. It's like an orangey reddish kind of wood.
00:18:37
Denis Tyrell
Google Thuya, T-H-U-Y-A, Thuya burl images, and you'll see what I'm talking about. It's a beautiful wood and I've seen it before.
00:18:38
echo_blades
Oh.
00:18:48
Denis Tyrell
But yeah, anyway, that's go it's going to be in a nice little box. And I have a little vial of the gold.
00:18:52
echo_blades
oh
00:18:54
Denis Tyrell
um Yeah, and this little box had, I swear, you could get at least two sets of scales out of this little box.
00:19:02
echo_blades
Oh, that is super burly.
00:19:04
Denis Tyrell
For 26 bucks, I couldn't believe it.
00:19:07
echo_blades
Interesting. Well, you lines got them for a lot more. So you got to steal.
00:19:13
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:19:14
echo_blades
Cool.
00:19:14
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:19:15
echo_blades
Well, that's awesome.
00:19:15
Denis Tyrell
So, yeah.
00:19:16
echo_blades
That's a cool, ah that's a cool moment right there.
00:19:16
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:19:18
echo_blades
Oh,
00:19:18
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, and this is like right off Amazon. I couldn't believe it.
00:19:24
echo_blades
interesting.
00:19:25
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. But
Sand Sharks and Customer Enthusiasm
00:19:28
Denis Tyrell
what else happened? Oh, Parker came over and we were working on sand sharks because I got the parts from from Jeff. So sand sharks are back in stock.
00:19:38
Denis Tyrell
So if you're waiting on a sand shark, wait no more. You can get them. um like i sent two you know this is the furthest i've ever shipped anything someone ordered a sand shark get ready from malaysia yeah
00:19:55
echo_blades
Oh wow.
00:19:58
echo_blades
that's that's That's a ways away.
00:20:00
Denis Tyrell
yeah that's a ways away and which is and i had to reach out to him and i said you know this is runs on 110 he's like oh yeah i've already got it like a step down converter and i'm all ready and i'm like okay $240 to ship it or something.
00:20:16
echo_blades
e
00:20:17
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:20:18
echo_blades
Ouch.
00:20:19
Denis Tyrell
That's crazy.
00:20:21
echo_blades
yeah Goodness. Well, that's cool.
00:20:23
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:20:24
echo_blades
Well, I'm glad they're back.
00:20:26
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:20:26
echo_blades
That thing's a powerhouse.
00:20:27
Denis Tyrell
Yes.
00:20:28
echo_blades
Where can they get them?
00:20:28
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Get them. They can get them at TyrellKnifeWorks.com and you can also find them over at Housemade.com.
00:20:34
echo_blades
Hmm.
00:20:40
echo_blades
Very cool.
00:20:41
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, but buy them from me because I make more money that way
00:20:44
echo_blades
Oh, Jesus.
00:20:47
echo_blades
If you're in Malaysia,
00:20:51
echo_blades
from Brian.
00:20:55
echo_blades
Oh, that's cool. Well, that's great. Now I can have my buddy back. because yeah
00:21:00
Denis Tyrell
Yes. Which one? Me or Jeff?
00:21:03
echo_blades
ah Oh, my God. Dennis.
00:21:08
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:21:10
echo_blades
I don't know who to piss off right now. Oh,
00:21:14
Denis Tyrell
I know who you meant. It's okay.
00:21:16
echo_blades
that's funny. That's funny. You're always here, buddy. Don't worry.
00:21:20
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah. I'm always a sucker for punishment.
00:21:23
echo_blades
Yeah, yeah. So the other day ive i' I was, again, ADHD boy here. And one of the awesome things that that i I do on a daily basis, because I don't have the ability to change it, apparently, is I get in my car, start the car, and then I'm going to connect my phone like you know pretty quick if i if I'm on top of it.
00:21:53
echo_blades
But whatever station is on in my car, like I have zero idea for what what is on the radio. And always seems to land on on a station that I get.
00:22:04
echo_blades
Like the signal barely comes in here. And then as I start driving down the road, if I don't change it, it'll go to static. And like and ill never change it. it just it just It's on. Like I'll get to thinking in my head and...
00:22:17
echo_blades
But anyways, that was happening. And I was somewhere in the middle of of Vasco, which is like halfway between my house and and Dennis's house. And what was the song I said? Oh, I wear my sunglasses at night came on.
00:22:34
Denis Tyrell
ah Corey Hart?
00:22:34
echo_blades
And i have no idea. And I was like, I just I and I just got my Judgey McJudgerson on.
00:22:37
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:22:41
echo_blades
And i was like, I can't I can't imagine. Like growing up and and that song being cool. It's not my jam. Okay. It's not the worst thing in the world, but I think it was really bad. So I text Dennis and I was like, bro, I'm sorry, but the music you grew up with was, you know, there's a good amount of trash. And he starts going off about, you know, no, you're, you're crap. and vodadada dada And I'd said the name of the song and he goes, okay.
00:23:09
echo_blades
So there's a few flies in the honey. And I don't know why, but I have never heard that term. And i thought it was, it made me laugh. Cause was just thinking about you getting all judgmental and getting ready to fire back. And you were like, okay, all right, you're right. That one sucks.
00:23:30
Denis Tyrell
Well, if you if you really sit down and listen or read a lot of the lyrics from the songs of the eighties, yeah, they're, it's not good.
00:23:39
echo_blades
It's not, I mean, there's some really bad stuff, but i mean there's some really awesome stuff too, man.
00:23:40
Denis Tyrell
Oh, like like some of the, some of the, like what we used to call like rock songs.
00:23:42
echo_blades
The,
00:23:47
Denis Tyrell
are
00:23:47
echo_blades
Oh, yeah.
00:23:48
Denis Tyrell
why
00:23:49
echo_blades
Butt rock, we call it. Oh, Lord.
00:23:50
Denis Tyrell
and It's so funny. Cause Parker listens to like the stuff that i would listen to back then it's so far why do i don't get it like i never listened to what my i guess i do now um listen to what my parents listen to but parker listens to he he had kiss on the other day and i'm like oh and it was it was it was like lick it up or something like that like listening like oh this is the worst
00:24:08
echo_blades
Oh, Lord.
00:24:19
echo_blades
That's funny.
00:24:20
Denis Tyrell
Because the lyrics are so bad. But it's entertaining, I guess.
00:24:24
echo_blades
Oh man. Did I tell you that I'm going to, to a concert?
00:24:25
Denis Tyrell
Okay. No.
00:24:29
Denis Tyrell
no
00:24:30
echo_blades
I didn't. So my son started playing the guitar. Cause I I've played the guitar for a long time. Practice guitar, never, not not good or anything, but I've, I've play, play well enough to, to entertain myself. And, um, I used, I started with the electric guitar and I ended up on the acoustic and that's, that's what I like to do.
00:24:49
echo_blades
Um, but I'm not, I've never been able to like, my dad is a musician as well. And you figure, you know, if you have a musical family that they could teach you, right.
00:25:00
echo_blades
My dad never taught me a fucking, a lick about how to play every time. Like I'll be like, show me that he starts playing and he starts jamming and yeah you I get nothing as far as instruction out of him.
00:25:11
echo_blades
So I was always like, you know, fine, i'll I'll do it myself. So my son wanted to play and I've been able to help him a little bit, but I find myself like, I just, I don't, I don't i don't know how to like to, to share the information of like how I'm doing or what I'm doing or how I'm doing it.
00:25:28
echo_blades
And, So I got him a guitar and he's basically inherited every, all the the shit that I had over the years is now his, all my amp, my, you know, all my electric guitars, like everything.
00:25:39
echo_blades
um And I'll be damned though. the The kid's been playing for about a year now and he's getting pretty damn good. And I'm out of nowhere. He comes down the stairs and he's got a Pantera shirt on.
00:25:50
echo_blades
So he's listening to like, you know, right.
00:25:53
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:25:54
echo_blades
And I'm like, and I've listened to Pantera a lot.
00:25:54
Denis Tyrell
Well,
00:25:58
echo_blades
uh not like my my jam jam you know but it's it's good and and i'm happy that he's listening to it but he's starting to play it so all of a sudden i'm looking i'm instagram death scrolling one time and metallic is coming to town on uh in june and lo and behold pantera is opening for him so i was like oh man i said i talked to my wife and
00:26:19
Denis Tyrell
no
00:26:23
echo_blades
I'm like, god I don't want to take Jared there. But the last concert we took him to, he was was all into this band and we surprised him. He was young though, like eight, nine. He was like on his seat for five minutes. And then 10 minutes later, he was like, want to go home.
00:26:39
echo_blades
hi I couldn't deal with it. I almost lost it. Like it was not my finest parenting moment in my life. But I was like, I, know, cause I knew had much money we'd spent and we'd done this whole thing to like try to make it the best night of his life. And he was just, this is cool. Nope. I'm over it.
00:26:55
echo_blades
So I told her I wanted to to take him. he's going to be 17 now. So, um, anyways, we're going to see Metallica and Pantera, uh, catches though. It's, it's on June 22nd.
00:27:05
echo_blades
That happens to be Lynn and I's 23rd wedding anniversary. So, um,
00:27:10
Denis Tyrell
Oh, that was not well planned. Is she going?
00:27:13
echo_blades
No, she's not going to go.
00:27:13
Denis Tyrell
Oh.
00:27:14
echo_blades
But I talked to her. I said, Hey, you know, she's good with it. So, um, just, just have to postpone that, uh, thing it's on a Saturday or a Sunday or something like that. So not, not the worst, not like on a Tuesday at least, you know, but, uh, so yeah, I'm kind of stoked about that.
00:27:31
echo_blades
I've never seen Metallica and, uh, I'm looking forward to to seeing it. Although the other night they're doing two shows the other night, Limp Bizkit's opening up and that's where I would, I would rather go see them. But, uh,
00:27:41
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I don't know. I can't even name a Pentara song. I mean, I'm sure I've heard them, but that's not my jam at all.
00:27:48
echo_blades
All you need to know is Dimebag Daryl.
00:27:50
Denis Tyrell
I don't know that.
00:27:52
echo_blades
And he was killed.
00:27:53
Denis Tyrell
oh i saw
00:27:54
echo_blades
RIP Dimebag. And the rest is not even worth talking. so But it's good stuff.
00:27:59
Denis Tyrell
I saw Metallica with Aerosmith, Metallica, The Black Crows, and...
00:28:10
Denis Tyrell
Shit, who was it? Fuck, I think it was Warrant. Yeah, Warrant.
00:28:15
echo_blades
In 1980.
00:28:16
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah, pretty close. No, it was a it was late 80s.
00:28:20
echo_blades
all right.
00:28:23
Denis Tyrell
No, actually had to be in the 90s. It was in the 90s.
00:28:26
echo_blades
right.
00:28:27
Denis Tyrell
Because the Inner Sandman had already come out.
00:28:29
echo_blades
Oh yeah. You're in nineties town. That's cool. Yeah. I'm looking forward to that. I've never, I've never seen them. I never thought I would. Um, but yeah, that's pretty cool. I don't know how the hell we got here, uh, it's at Levi's.
00:28:39
Denis Tyrell
that shoreline?
00:28:42
Denis Tyrell
Oh, that's better. Yeah, they're they're too big to play Shoreline.
00:28:46
echo_blades
Oh yeah. Shoreline's a shithole.
00:28:51
echo_blades
That's a one way in and never come out. if and yeah
00:28:55
Denis Tyrell
ah
00:28:56
echo_blades
Yeah, but that's cool. So I have no idea how we got there, but.
00:29:01
Denis Tyrell
No.
00:29:01
echo_blades
Oh,
00:29:03
Denis Tyrell
Oh, and speaking of anniversaries, my wife has informed me that we're going to Monterey for our anniversary, which is like three days before we leave for Blade Show.
00:29:12
echo_blades
ah cool.
00:29:15
Denis Tyrell
I pulled the, oh, I don't know. I got to check how I'm doing a blade show. She's like, no, no, you don't. but she She put her foot down and she said, you can take one day off.
00:29:24
echo_blades
Fair enough.
00:29:25
Denis Tyrell
I'm like, all right, I guess I am.
00:29:27
echo_blades
Fair enough. Yeah. She's worth it.
00:29:29
Denis Tyrell
So we're doing the one day, one night in Monterey.
00:29:30
echo_blades
You're good.
00:29:34
echo_blades
Very cool.
00:29:35
Denis Tyrell
I know that's one of your favorite towns.
00:29:37
echo_blades
It is. It's good stomping grounds there.
00:29:39
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah.
00:29:40
echo_blades
It's cool.
00:29:41
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, but speaking Blade Show, I know you didn't watch it because, you know, you never watch any of my stuff anymore.
00:29:48
Denis Tyrell
ah My Triple T last week was on Blade Show. um Kind of tips for Blade Show. And...
00:29:48
echo_blades
What do you mean?
00:29:57
echo_blades
i did i I skimmed through it. I did not give it an honest wash, but i always i always worry about your click-through rate, so I go through it.
00:30:00
Denis Tyrell
Use... Well...
00:30:05
Denis Tyrell
Oh, yeah, right.
Blade Show Tips and Reflections
00:30:09
Denis Tyrell
Um, so I figured we spent a few minutes talking about blade show this year and, uh, you know, what's, um, Parker's pinging me.
00:30:13
echo_blades
Sure.
00:30:18
Denis Tyrell
Is he in work tomorrow? Um, talking about blade show and, you know, for people that have never gone, what to expect, um, you know, what's What I would recommend you do if this is your first time at Blade Show is grab the go to the Blade Show um website and grab the map and kind of write down all the places that you definitely want to visit and then find out where they are.
00:30:48
echo_blades
Just circle 23-0?
00:30:51
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, and of course, circle 23-0, because that's where we are.
00:30:52
echo_blades
Yeah, yeah. Gotcha.
00:30:55
Denis Tyrell
um That's table twenty three oh not 230.
00:31:01
echo_blades
Which is a valid clarification.
00:31:01
Denis Tyrell
oh
00:31:04
echo_blades
it's
00:31:05
Denis Tyrell
i've I've had to put like 23-0 in, ah because i've many people say, I was looking for you at booth 230. Like, a no, i'm not I'm not rich enough to have a booth.
00:31:20
echo_blades
Brent. Oh, go ahead.
00:31:21
Denis Tyrell
Brent.
00:31:21
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:31:23
Denis Tyrell
um But what I recommend is you make a list of the places you definitely want to see. i've even done that this year so that I don't miss anybody. and And then get the map, print it out. In fact, I think they give you a ah print.
00:31:40
Denis Tyrell
Don't you get it in your bag or something like that?
00:31:42
echo_blades
i
00:31:42
Denis Tyrell
Or, yeah.
00:31:43
echo_blades
pretty sure. Or they hand out the pamphlets or something like that. i don't know they give you bags.
00:31:46
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. But anyway, if not, print yourself a copy that map and circle it and check them off. That's the first tip I think you should do. ah Because there's so much going on and um Sometimes you miss a row. you You know, you... Yeah.
00:32:05
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:32:05
echo_blades
you bump into somebody that you know you start a conversation knocks you off your course and you never get back there
00:32:10
Denis Tyrell
yeah So, but, and then if you can, if you know people at Blade Show, ah have kind of, figure out a kind of a home base because I, ever when I've been, and I've been to several Blade Shows, like Blade Show Texas a few times, like not exhibiting.
00:32:30
Denis Tyrell
And I get exhausted walking around. Like I'm like, I need to just sit down for a while. And if you know someone and you can like, hey, on can I and come hang out and sit down for a while is ah is a good idea.
00:32:43
Denis Tyrell
Or even the little, now that they have a little, that little lunch area, which tables and chairs now is a good little break area.
00:32:49
echo_blades
yeah
00:32:50
Denis Tyrell
So you'll see lots of people taking breaks because it is kind of exhausting walking around.
00:32:55
Denis Tyrell
Wear comfortable shoes, bring ibuprofen.
00:32:55
echo_blades
yeah
00:32:57
echo_blades
but sure Yep. Crocs and ibuprofen. You'll be good.
00:33:02
Denis Tyrell
Crocs.
00:33:05
echo_blades
Don't wear the fish flops.
00:33:05
Denis Tyrell
ah
00:33:07
Denis Tyrell
Have you ever actually worn those?
00:33:09
echo_blades
I have. ah have.
00:33:12
Denis Tyrell
Well, you better wear them this year.
00:33:14
echo_blades
I brought them last year. That's that's it. they They're strictly at this house now.
00:33:20
Denis Tyrell
You know. But i'm I'm anxious to see a bunch of our friends, especially the ones that are Brent, getting a table i started getting a booth for the first time. so how that setup is going to work for him.
00:33:32
Denis Tyrell
um what what he's What he's got up his sleeve. See if Koi's going to change anything. Maybe someday I'll get a booth.
00:33:43
Denis Tyrell
I don't know. I'll have to see how things go. Um, what's your favorite part of blade show what any tips that you would have Jared for folks first off for people that have never been.
00:33:55
echo_blades
Um, I, all the things that you just said, um if you can, i mean, I'm, I'm torn between, um I guess I knew I was going to go back when I went.
00:34:09
echo_blades
So it wasn't like a one-time thing. If this was a one-time shot, like you're, you've saved up and you you know, you're, you're, you're not sure you're going to make this regular deal. Uh, I would highly recommend the things that Dennis said.
00:34:21
echo_blades
um and if you're a maker, um, really kind of like take inventory of your shop to see, what you need and what you're after. Um, as far as like, uh, materials and, you know, things like that, because, um, there is like an endless, endless, like just a sea of oohs and ahs and you could, Hey, you can quickly run out of money.
00:34:45
echo_blades
Um, you could just spend your time squirreling around, but I think trying to put together a plan, um and making sure that you're, you, highlight the things that you want to see, um and make sure you,
00:34:58
echo_blades
prioritize getting those things done as opposed to just walking around. That's where I'm saying like I'm torn because I think there's a good amount of ah value in just experiencing Blade Show organically and just kind of letting it happen and, you know, just ending up where you end up and seeing who you see.
00:35:17
echo_blades
it is, it is long, right? It's a couple days worth of things, but couple days isn't enough to see everything. So, um, I would definitely do that. But if you're looking to go, you know, for handle material, you want to go check out rock solid scales, or you want to go see Pelican, bay like, you know, go mark that stuff down and make it a point to, to get to there.
00:35:39
echo_blades
Um, and if you have a favorite maker to like go beeline there and talk to people, I think that's the, that's, I was kind of like I said, when I was skimming through your, your video, um, I don't need to give a suggestions on people that have tables and, and are, are doing the thing. But I think as a patron, one of the worst things to do is to walk by somebody's table and they're not engaging or inviting or talkative or, you know, they're off putting in some kind of way. And, um but you know, as a, as a patron too, you can initiate all that stuff and you'll find out that, you know, we're an awesome community full awesome people. And,
00:36:15
echo_blades
with similar interests and, you know, just want kind of get down and, and talk about it. So get out of your shell.
00:36:25
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, got break that shell.
00:36:27
echo_blades
Got to break the show. Got to get out there and do it, which is hard. I get it, you know, but,
00:36:32
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. And Brent is a master as far as pulling people into the table and um being on the other side of the table and and pulling people in and being interactive and talking to people.
00:36:46
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:36:47
Denis Tyrell
He's a great.
00:36:48
echo_blades
There's a lot of people that are good. Brent's one, Micah's one, you know, it just on and on and of people that, you know, just ah get the people coming in and and and keep them coming in.
00:36:49
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:37:01
echo_blades
You know, it's a, it's good stuff.
00:37:05
Denis Tyrell
Cool. Yeah. um And as far as like, should you get a table? um You know, if you're thinking about it, probably too late now, but if you, if you haven't thought about it, but for next year, i always, i always tell people you should definitely go experience blade show as a, as an attendee first. So, you know what, what you're getting into.
00:37:27
Denis Tyrell
um but then You know, I've said this many times on the show and in videos that it can be one of the worst places to sell knives because there's over 800 tables plus, and you know, I know they're not all knife sales, but three quarters of them are, plus booths and stuff.
00:37:38
echo_blades
Sure.
00:37:50
Denis Tyrell
So there's a lot of competition. You really, you do, if you're considering getting a table, um you know sales selling knives um you know be careful because that's not you know you may not even pay for your table or your trip um from you know lack of sales so be careful like don't don't count on the sales is what i'm saying
00:38:16
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:38:16
Denis Tyrell
And I think you really what I've learned, i think every year, every past year in Blade Show, I've gone in with like, oh, this year I'm to have this plan and this year I'm going have this plan.
00:38:28
Denis Tyrell
And it's never been what I expected. So this year I'm just, hey, this is what I'm doing. It's not a plan. I'm just, I made what I've made. I'm bringing what I'm bringing.
00:38:41
Denis Tyrell
And if it sells, great. If it doesn't, it'll sell on the website kind of thing. um But I think the knives that have always sold are the ones that are different, that are not on, you know, not on the table beside me. Like the for me, for me personally, the ones that are sold are the unique ones.
00:39:02
Denis Tyrell
that other people don't have. If you're going to make the same $300-ish knife that there's probably a hundred tables that have those on there.
00:39:14
echo_blades
Yeah, I do. That is, that is, I got to stop you there. Cause I think it that is such a personal choice. And whatever lane you're in, just fucking stay in your lane and do what you do.
00:39:24
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:39:25
echo_blades
Don't listen. a couple of years ago, everybody was drinking the whole EDC Kool-Aid poison. And you know, it, it, that year it was popping off, you know, the next year, you know, lots of people put a lot of into it and they got skunked.
00:39:34
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:39:38
echo_blades
I've seen some amazing makers come away with full tables and not sell a single knife. So yeah,
00:39:44
Denis Tyrell
yeah I just mean, b if if you're going to, if your plan is EDC knives, then you got to, I think you either you got to pull people in, you got to have an amazing story.
00:39:44
echo_blades
you know
00:39:55
echo_blades
Sure.
00:39:55
Denis Tyrell
you got You got to do something different.
00:39:57
echo_blades
Yep. Yep.
00:39:59
Denis Tyrell
i'm not i don't me I'm not knocking.
00:40:01
echo_blades
No, no, no.
00:40:01
Denis Tyrell
If your thing is 300 knives, that's great.
00:40:02
echo_blades
I get what you're saying, but I'm saying that you're,
00:40:05
Denis Tyrell
I just mean you've got a lot of competition.
00:40:07
echo_blades
Yep. Yep. But the unique guy makers have a lot of competition as well. That's the place where it's all there.
00:40:12
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:40:13
echo_blades
Just, just do you stay in your lane. And, and like, I think the, the, the old house adage of, you know, selling your product is, is half the battle, you know, sell yourself.
00:40:23
echo_blades
So, so what you're doing and, you know, you're not going to get that by just looking down at your table and ignoring people.
00:40:25
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:40:29
echo_blades
So, yeah, that's for sure.
00:40:31
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, that's, that always, always kind of chuckle when I walk by. The guy doesn't didn't even see me walk by because he was looking at his phone. Not that I was going to, you know,
00:40:42
echo_blades
and I'm for, I'm, I'm super confident in this, in this belief that, you know, ah we're not, we're introverted community by nature, right? We spend a lot of time in our shops by ourselves and people, big, big people, places and things like that aren't necessarily everybody's cup of tea.
00:40:59
echo_blades
But so I always have to talk myself into like, there's a good chance that the person that, you know, is just kind of nervous about engaging in the conversation as well. you know Like, So they're probably just as, you know, like, but you just go up and talk and shit, shit starts happening. And, you know, they're not your, your deal. You'll figure that out real quick and and move along.
00:41:22
echo_blades
But a lot of fun though.
00:41:24
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:41:25
echo_blades
I'm super stoked to see just the people. Like I put the flag up last couple of weeks and, You know, I, I relieve myself of the, of the pressure and the burden of trying to like kill myself to, to get inventory done.
00:41:38
echo_blades
um But I don't have a table, right. I'm just there to, to, to be a part of and help, you know, and experience everything. And so the focus is just seeing, seeing all the people that we don't get to see all year long.
00:41:53
echo_blades
And ah people are starting to reach out now and are you going, you know, making sure. so um'm I'm getting i'm getting juice now for sure. It's it's starting to get real.
00:42:01
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, meet me too. tonight Now that, you kind of like what you said, the pressure is a little off because I know I'm going to finish what I wanted to finish.
00:42:06
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:42:09
echo_blades
Sure.
00:42:10
Denis Tyrell
um So, yeah, now I'm looking forward to it. And I know I got a bunch of sheaths and bullshit, but i I know I'll get that stuff done. I can push myself to get that stuff done. But, yeah, I'm really looking forward to it.
00:42:19
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:42:22
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah.
00:42:23
Denis Tyrell
And we got some events to go to and we got some um yeah people to see while we're there. And, yeah, it should be really fun.
00:42:31
echo_blades
Yeah, it's going to full. We're not going to be a dull moment, that's for sure.
00:42:34
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah. And I'm, I'm so happy we we're at the Waverly. Like I thought about that the other day and I'm like, that makes me so happy this year.
00:42:43
echo_blades
I just told somebody that. Somebody said, oh God, who is it? They're going to kill me.
00:42:50
echo_blades
It'll come to me in a second. But they were like, oh, yeah, hey, you know, same same bat channel, same bat place. Donnie, Donnie D's said, got I got the tables ready. I'm like, oh yeah, that's going to be awesome.
00:43:02
echo_blades
Cause I said, you can just count me in for a full-time spot because I'm staying at the Waverly. So I'm just gonna, I can go crawl and, you know, disappear for a couple of minutes and then come back.
00:43:12
echo_blades
Cause that, that's cool.
00:43:13
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:43:14
echo_blades
I was thinking about how, how far away the Waffle House is going to be now though.
00:43:20
Denis Tyrell
would
00:43:20
echo_blades
It's going to be like a direct trip though, to the Waffle House to come back though.
00:43:24
Denis Tyrell
Well, that Waffle House is like a five-minute drive.
00:43:24
echo_blades
It's a lot easier to,
00:43:26
Denis Tyrell
It is...
00:43:28
echo_blades
yeah it was a five minute drive back instead of like a, you know, walk across the street like it was last
00:43:32
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, just don't lose your wallet. Oh, it's your phone.
00:43:34
echo_blades
It was my phone.
00:43:36
Denis Tyrell
Okay, well, don't don't lose that either.
00:43:36
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:43:38
echo_blades
Yeah, that fucker. He got me for it. I can't. What did he get me for?
00:43:44
Denis Tyrell
What was that, like 20 bucks or something?
00:43:46
echo_blades
was like 20 bucks. Yeah.
00:43:47
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah.
00:43:49
echo_blades
Oh, he made me go, I had to go back in and get more money. Cause I had like a 10 on me and he looked at me and he was like, and I was like, all I got is a hundred fucker. You ain't getting that. So ah go fuck off.
00:44:01
echo_blades
But it was worth every bit.
00:44:03
Denis Tyrell
You know.
00:44:03
echo_blades
I left my phone in the Uber. If you're, if you guys are wondering last year at the wall floss, I had one too many sparkling waters and just couldn't keep it.
00:44:08
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. could could Man can't handle his water.
00:44:13
echo_blades
Yeah,
00:44:16
echo_blades
that's for sure.
00:44:18
Denis Tyrell
Oh, yeah, we'll have, of course, all of our sponsors are going to be there.
00:44:24
echo_blades
I'm stoked to see them all.
00:44:26
Denis Tyrell
talked to Lawrence and he gets in in the afternoon on Thursday. i think the same same thing he did last year. So he'll probably hit us up as soon as he gets in, which is about the time we'll be able to check into the hotel, I think.
00:44:39
echo_blades
Yep.
00:44:44
echo_blades
Very cool.
00:44:45
Denis Tyrell
So, yeah, will we want to run upstairs and have a nap, I think, before before the evening.
00:44:52
echo_blades
Mm-hmm.
00:44:54
Denis Tyrell
But i got my I got my abrasive shipment from Lawrence today. i was very happy about that.
00:45:00
echo_blades
Awesome.
00:45:01
Denis Tyrell
So, yeah.
00:45:02
echo_blades
I'll be over tomorrow.
00:45:05
Denis Tyrell
So, folks, if you guys need anything knife-related, Maritime Knife Supply is the place you want to go, whether it's knife steel, and again, cuts it for you, slices it up for your Damascus, ah knife steel, handle material. He's got all of the beautiful handle material from Oleg, from a bunch of others. He's got um he's carrying the rock-solid scale stuff too, right?
00:45:35
echo_blades
i don't know. I think so.
00:45:38
Denis Tyrell
um pretty I'm pretty sure he is.
00:45:39
echo_blades
I know it's Sharky has got some stuff there.
00:45:41
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, yeah, he's yeah it's got a ton of handle material and all the equipment.
00:45:45
echo_blades
Rob's. Yep. Yep.
00:45:46
Denis Tyrell
um Yeah, definitely go check out our friend Lawrence at, I was going to say at Two Bastards, at Maritime Knife Supply.
00:45:59
Denis Tyrell
all All of our sponsors are swirling in my head.
00:46:05
Denis Tyrell
Oh, man. ah Yeah, I'm excited to spend some time with with my twin.
00:46:10
echo_blades
Yes, GripTech is there.
00:46:13
Denis Tyrell
Okay, I figured. Yeah, I know we talked about it before.
00:46:18
Denis Tyrell
So
Overcoming Procrastination and Fishing Plans
00:46:19
Denis Tyrell
what's new with you? We haven't talked to that besides you're going to a show. What else is new?
00:46:25
echo_blades
I lost you.
00:46:27
Denis Tyrell
You lost me.
00:46:28
echo_blades
There you are. I got lost in a sea of tabs.
00:46:34
echo_blades
I was starting to panic there.
00:46:37
echo_blades
Oh man. ah what's new with me? Not much. Um, the, like I said, the, what am I trying to say?
00:46:48
echo_blades
The, uh, the, the, the, uh, help me, dude, the pressure cooker thing.
00:46:49
Denis Tyrell
i don't know
00:46:55
echo_blades
I relieved myself of that. And then, um, but I still, man, I just got this really, and I was just going to keep sharing it because, you know, I started reaching out to a couple of people to like accountability partner. I'm real big about that. Like, uh, in recovery, we talk about, we're only as sick as your secrets, right? So if I keep these feelings or whatever, i know a lot of guys are in big feelings kind of guys. And I'm, I'm just, I am that guy.
00:47:18
echo_blades
Um, but so like last week, I think I was talking about, um, I was listening to some podcasts and I was all motivated and, you know, about discipline and motivation and all that stuff. And I was really thought I had a, had a good momentum,
00:47:36
echo_blades
Until I woke up the next morning and completely forgot about it. And that didn't carry over. So this weekend, um i had some stuff going on. And then Sunday, um i just, i I gave in to the the negative self-talk procrastination bullshit that I've been fighting here lately.
00:47:56
echo_blades
Um, just a sea of excuses and you know, I'll get, I'll go out there. I'll go out there. I'll go out there. And I, you know, I had about probably a good half a day on Sunday that I intended to go out to the shop and I didn't, uh, and I beat myself up for it pretty good. Um, but then I took this very, you know, I have a large prescription of that, uh, fuck it all.
00:48:18
echo_blades
Yeah. And I took a double dose of that and, um, just kind of just gave myself a break and, you know, I just too much real world problems, uh, real life problems or ish not problems, but issues and things to kind of focus this energy on. So, uh, I gave myself a break cause it didn't last too long, but, um, now I'm all trying to, I'm making that time up in my head, uh, this weekend, I got a three day weekend. So, um, I have, i have a goal.
00:48:48
echo_blades
um I have ah one knife that's almost done. i have three that are in really, really, really close, are reasonable position to finish. And that's pretty much what I'm, that's that'd be my goal to take. So I should have four things and they're nicer knives, Damascus builds. So I'm looking forward to that.
00:49:12
echo_blades
um I need a fucking haircut.
00:49:15
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, you hippie.
00:49:16
echo_blades
Yeah, I need a haircut bad. This is probably the the longest since COVID that I've gone. My beard is ridiculously out of control, and i don't have intentions of getting haircut until the Monday before Blade Show, before we leave.
00:49:33
Denis Tyrell
do Do you have your barber to your beard too? Hmm.
00:49:36
echo_blades
Yeah, he does everything. Yeah, ah it's a full service. Wax his eyebrows.
00:49:41
Denis Tyrell
Hmm. Checks your inseam.
00:49:44
echo_blades
Yep. Mm-hmm. Manscaped, the whole thing, dude. it's It's a full service shop, dude. um Yeah, so it's going to be a minute. But umm past that I'm past that like super uncomfortable in-between phase when everything bothers you on your hair, your beard, everything's going crazy.
00:50:01
Denis Tyrell
Yes.
00:50:06
echo_blades
But yeah, that's got to happen. um And then I'm super looking forward to... i got another trip to to Washington. I leave tomorrow evening, and I'll be there for the rest of the week.
00:50:17
echo_blades
But I am going to go hang out with our buddy Steve Lockhart on, i think, Wednesday evening. And we're going to chase down some salmon. so Salmon, excuse me.
00:50:30
echo_blades
And I'm stoked. I'm absolutely stoked. I've never gone salmon fishing.
00:50:35
Denis Tyrell
Uh, I'm jealous.
00:50:36
echo_blades
I've never gone salmon fishing. I hope so.
00:50:40
Denis Tyrell
You're going to hook into one of those and it's like a, you look, you're fighting a shark.
00:50:46
echo_blades
hope so I hope get onto one. Um, he's out there doing some recon right now. He was texting me this weekend. So, uh, I'm super stoked.
00:50:54
Denis Tyrell
When, when do you leave tomorrow?
00:50:54
echo_blades
Um, tomorrow night. Yeah. Or evening, something like that.
00:50:58
Denis Tyrell
But when are you fishing?
00:51:00
echo_blades
Wednesday.
00:51:02
Denis Tyrell
Oh, okay. So it's like great when you get there.
00:51:04
echo_blades
Yeah. I got to work.
00:51:05
Denis Tyrell
Huh.
00:51:06
echo_blades
So I got to, got, got a lot. I got a really stressful week as far as you know, work goes. Got a big, lot of lot of things to to handle there. That team I don't get to see, but you know every month and a half, two months or so. So we kind of gather up a bunch of things, but I'm trying to make it super efficient and productive as I can. but So is going to be a good break from that, though.
00:51:31
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:51:32
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:51:33
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Like I said, I'm jealous.
00:51:35
echo_blades
Yeah, it was pretty cool.
00:51:37
Denis Tyrell
And I'm seeing, uh, like I'm thinking, um, referring to fishing. I see, uh, Dave Lish's stories and he's always fishing like in the morning and I'm seeing him on the on the lake catching trout.
00:51:52
Denis Tyrell
like, man, I want to go fishing. don't
00:51:56
echo_blades
I haven't been for a while. It's actually summertime.
00:51:58
Denis Tyrell
know. It,
00:51:59
echo_blades
We do a lot.
00:52:01
Denis Tyrell
but what you where do you What do you fish for in the summer? Like crappie or something?
00:52:05
echo_blades
We go out in, uh, well, it's ironically do a lot of trout fishing, but, um, I haven't, it's always up in the, in the high country, uh, up in, off of three 95 North or East.
00:52:16
Denis Tyrell
okay
00:52:21
echo_blades
Is it that way's East. I keep wanting to call it North, but like, June Lake mammoth, you know, that three 95 is more East than it is North. So, but it's over the mountain range three 95 runs on the other side of the, the other side of Yosemite runs up to state on the backside, uh, up into Reno and Nevada and all the way down to big bear and stuff.
00:52:31
Denis Tyrell
I don't know that highway.
00:52:38
Denis Tyrell
Oh.
00:52:43
Denis Tyrell
Well, that's far. That's like couple hours, at least.
00:52:46
echo_blades
Oh yeah. It's like three or four hours.
00:52:47
Denis Tyrell
All right. That's like a full like weekend trip.
00:52:48
echo_blades
Yeah. It's a, it's a, it's a, yeah, it's a trip. But I do have a buddy that lives up in Copperopolis, which is about an hour and a half.
00:52:57
Denis Tyrell
well
00:52:57
echo_blades
And there's a couple of tall, like couple of lakes out there.
00:52:57
Denis Tyrell
Mm-hmm.
00:53:00
echo_blades
You get out there early enough. You can get onto some, some bass in the morning.
00:53:06
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:53:07
echo_blades
So that's always a lot of fun, but.
00:53:11
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. ah Coming back from Kelly Shop, what, last month or something like that, there's a beautiful little little river right by that I never saw because i I got into her place going the back way.
00:53:25
Denis Tyrell
And there's a beautiful little river that goes through there. And there's all kinds of little places you can fish along that river.
00:53:31
echo_blades
I've never done, haven't done much river fishing here anyways. It's not.
00:53:37
Denis Tyrell
I don't know what's in it. I mean, there must be fish in it, but...
00:53:39
echo_blades
Yeah, I don't either. Yeah. lot of lakes that we have a lot of lakes, so lot of bass.
00:53:43
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah. But I'm hoping if, if things go well on my blade show prep, I would, and I haven't checked the weather next week, but today was warm.
00:53:54
Denis Tyrell
I might actually take the jet skis out and go, go jet skiing with Parker next week. If I can, uh, weasel a day without, uh, having to do knife stuff.
00:54:05
Denis Tyrell
And I don't want it to be on the weekend because they're going to be too many idiots on the water.
00:54:05
echo_blades
Got it.
00:54:10
Denis Tyrell
I'd rather go,
00:54:11
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:54:12
Denis Tyrell
But we'll see.
00:54:15
echo_blades
Yep.
00:54:16
Denis Tyrell
I got to take you and Jared out again.
00:54:20
echo_blades
Yeah, that was fun.
00:54:21
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:54:21
echo_blades
That was good time.
00:54:22
Denis Tyrell
I don't know. can you Can you ride doubles with him or is he getting too big?
00:54:27
echo_blades
Nah, he's a little dude. He's like his dad was when he was younger. Oddly enough, i'm I'm a big guy now, but I was, I was exactly his size when I was his age. He's like 118 pounds right now, 120, but he's been going to the gym.
00:54:40
Denis Tyrell
right.
00:54:41
echo_blades
So ask him, he's like 220 yoked, you know,
00:54:48
echo_blades
which is cool.
00:54:49
Denis Tyrell
Oh.
00:54:50
echo_blades
Yeah. But, uh, yeah, so we got the, all the, the, the cast of characters up at blade show. I'm really looking forward to seeing Koi Baker and the boys from Baker forged in tool.
00:55:04
echo_blades
If you're in the market for, sort for, whoa, I just stuttered. If you're in the market for some premium pattern, welded steel, go check them out. They got, uh, the Baker forge a tool app, or you can get a one day early access to all of their drops.
00:55:19
echo_blades
Um, they have a gator piss. They've expanded that line from regular gator piss to a gator or piss heavy, gator piss max for stainless.
00:55:24
Denis Tyrell
Thank you.
00:55:31
echo_blades
Um, all that stuff is shipping now. I'd confirm they're out and rolling. And, uh, if you haven't tried that, make sure you go do that. Um, load up your cart and use the discount code triple T 10 for 10% off. That's tt T T T 10 for 10% off.
00:55:48
echo_blades
Um, but at blade show, they got a bunch of cool stuff going on. So like, as we were talking about preparing for your trip, um, and what to do at blade show, uh, there's a lot of educational stuff that's there too, as well. If you have the opportunity to do that and,
00:56:01
echo_blades
Koi and the boys are putting on together or putting on some um demos with Grayson from Gray Blades and Jordan from JB Blades. They're going to do a step-by-step process on how they etch using gator piss.
00:56:19
echo_blades
ah That's going to be really cool. a bunch of ah demos, a lot of topics and covered, you know, how to prepare um stacking oxide, sealing oxides, and just a whole in-depth look into the Gator Piss product standard in both max and heavy.
00:56:38
echo_blades
So, and, you know, Koi always probably, probably going to record it, but they'll, they'll, they're going to have a Q and a as well. from other you know damascus experts from the industry so make sure you stop over at coi's table and say what's up and check out all that cool stuff that he has going
00:57:00
Denis Tyrell
Definitely. And I was talking to Mr. Coy the other day and they're going to make a big product announcement at blade show. And my video that comes out the Thursday of blade show
00:57:09
echo_blades
oo
00:57:15
Denis Tyrell
will have will be on that topic so i will be doing a review an introduction of that product um koi gave me the go ahead to release that video the thursday of blade show and i think you guys want to check out this product it's going to be a cool one
00:57:19
echo_blades
very cool
00:57:32
echo_blades
nice
00:57:36
echo_blades
very cool awesome
00:57:39
Denis Tyrell
keep you in suspense
00:57:40
echo_blades
yeah course we're going to see travis haynes from pelican paste um he's he's got a table there um if you're looking for some premium wax go check that out he'll he'll have the hard wax soft wax pelican oil um assuming the hand solve and the soap will be up there too ah he's currently right now also putting together trying to get these challenge coins often sold the raise of money for for the trip there um but
00:58:12
echo_blades
the fill the code up um fill ah your card up and use the discount code triple t ten and i don't know try it man go up there and say triple t ten when you're fill your bag up as well yeah you
00:58:26
Denis Tyrell
ah i'm go I plan on buying some Pelican paste. I'm going to walk up to him and say, Travis, Triple T10.
00:58:32
echo_blades
yeah tt t ten
00:58:32
Denis Tyrell
ah pe pelican pelet Sorry, I need the Pelican oil.
00:58:36
echo_blades
that's right
00:58:36
Denis Tyrell
Actually, i need some Pelican paste too.
00:58:39
echo_blades
nice nice
00:58:39
Denis Tyrell
oh
00:58:40
Denis Tyrell
And I'm looking forward to seeing the best dressed man at the Blade Show.
00:58:40
echo_blades
you know
00:58:45
echo_blades
that's right
00:58:46
Denis Tyrell
Mr. Frank Machado from ah Two Bastards Texas Smithian Supplies, maker of the most amazing hammers out there.
00:58:54
echo_blades
you
00:58:55
Denis Tyrell
So if you need a hammer, go talk to Frank. ah He'll probably have a few with him. He's always walking around with hammers, holding up that something.
00:59:08
echo_blades
<unk>s it's got to be like a counterleaver like method of some kind that keeps it up
00:59:08
Denis Tyrell
Can't figure it out.
00:59:10
Denis Tyrell
I don't know. I don't know. Maybe maybe these are like they're straps that go up over your shoulders or something. I don't know.
00:59:17
echo_blades
yeah very cool
00:59:19
Denis Tyrell
But yeah, go check them out. Get yourself straight peen, cross peen, any kind of peen. All the peens.
00:59:26
echo_blades
curvy
00:59:26
Denis Tyrell
Curvy, curvy peens.
00:59:27
echo_blades
<unk>p ain't grand to have a fat pean in your hand
00:59:33
Denis Tyrell
I do love our sponsors.
00:59:35
echo_blades
yes we do and just for some like proof effect here ah you know sponsors are are gracious enough to support the show we appreciate them we support them we back them we we use all the products that we're talking about here um but you know when you're you're doing a podcast and what what episode are we on sixty six now yeah that's that's amazing right so i guess as we started in the very beginning of of this journey here it was like i don't know
01:00:08
echo_blades
sometimes yeah what well we what dennis and i don't want to be is the is the podcast that you know is hey look at us we're doing naked cartwells right look at us look at us we
Podcast Reach and Humorous Voicemail
01:00:18
Denis Tyrell
Nobody wants to see us do naked car wheels.
01:00:18
echo_blades
ah try
01:00:21
echo_blades
aye and fair enough do say but you know the the attention seekking and the you know although there's a responsible effort to to promote the the podcast and and to get our you know what we' doing out there and um but i struggled with that a lot when we first started um i super insecure about you know telling people personally right but facebook and instagram kind of took care of that for me because my part of my my duty here is to to manage the the i g account
01:00:53
echo_blades
and somehow the meta linked all my my shit together so when i post the triple t which i was just doing to post to you know that account ah we do tag each other and in our and our regular accounts but it linked over to facebook um and i never really knew and and so now personal people that i like not that i have never spoken to about knifemaking in any way or shape or form you know talk to me or reach out and they you know say some things about it but ah even professionally too like every now and again i'll tell somebody at work you know oh yeah i do a podcast you
01:01:30
echo_blades
but does that mean so oh but what i'm trying to get at is that you know we we talk about it and i'm getting more i'm more comfortable saying it if the if the opportunity comes up and in the conversation but ah my boss who um he a good buddy of mine like but one of my better friends too you know i let him know that i was doing this for a while but i don't ever expect anybody to listen and i think that's wonderful thing about podcasting is that we never know who is actually going to listen right its we hit send it goes out and we never know so
01:02:01
echo_blades
the four listeners thing is is great if it's more than that that's awesome but i got this message the other night from from my boss and i he had just started telling me that he was listening to the podcast and i was like oh that's pretty cool and i started thinking about like oh i hope i wasn't talking too much
01:02:21
Denis Tyrell
How much it sucks at work.
01:02:23
echo_blades
is well it fucking does suckg fuck him but so he i get this voicemeil the other night and i just shared it with dennis and i just if this isn't the the validation for all the sponsorship dollars right here buddy just
01:02:39
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, we got to play it.
01:02:40
Denis Tyrell
You got to tell me when to stop because I haven't heard the whole thing, but.
01:02:40
echo_blades
get um
01:02:43
echo_blades
it it ends on its own at the perfect time
01:03:14
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:03:14
echo_blades
ah
01:03:15
echo_blades
i thought that was fantastic man i don't i don't talk about like
01:03:18
Denis Tyrell
yeah
01:03:20
echo_blades
because the but buddy is ah he's an amazing maker himself just an entirely different world um you know he has a ah lemons team him and ah couple of our buddies put together a racing team almost ready racing ah the the wonderful will the twenty four hour lemons they do you know like three or four races a year but they bought an old ford escort ah like a trash
01:03:44
Denis Tyrell
what could it what is this i've never heard of this racing lemons
01:03:48
echo_blades
yeah it's ah it's called lemons racing so they they take the most like the shittiest cars and they build them up but they give them a theme so
01:03:57
Denis Tyrell
oh
01:03:57
echo_blades
his cars is is dr pecker
01:04:03
echo_blades
yeah so dr pepper theme but like just some really awesome stuff and and it's just endless like the the creativity that some of these guys go but therere they're functional race cars and they raced for twenty four hours over the weekend they just run these things and it's pretty cool i haven't had an opportunity to to go check out a race but i want to do it but ah top of that you know he's one of the most the far as making goes he's probably one of the most influential guys along with jeff and a halfful other people that are you know prior to knifemaking
01:04:35
echo_blades
he's the guy that i built my first the bench with i always joke around that i was forty years old the first time i cut a piece of wood on purpose and he was the guy that made sure i didn't cut my hand off when i did it so but to have him listening and you know good that he's ready to he's saying pelican pace and fat peen and you know like all all that stuff was was pretty cool so i couldn't help but ah share that
01:04:57
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, that's pretty awesome.
01:04:59
echo_blades
yeah
01:05:00
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:05:00
echo_blades
but yeah who do you got from maker spotlight
01:05:05
Denis Tyrell
I have, wait, where's my time? I have Everett Edge, Everett, E-V-E-R-E-T-T, Edge, Everett Edge, and it's Brock Everett Edge.
01:05:18
Denis Tyrell
Everett Leland. Um, and, uh, he's got but just over 1300 followers and, um, just making all kinds of stuff from folders to, I see a really cool, um, Kumai folder. He's got some, little hatchet, uh, lots of really cool.
01:05:39
echo_blades
but i like to hatche
01:05:39
Denis Tyrell
Um, yeah. Well, does a lot of rock texture on, um,
01:05:44
echo_blades
yeah
01:05:46
Denis Tyrell
on his knives. That seems to be a theme, but some really, really cool stuff.
01:05:52
echo_blades
oh dude i think i just saw him and pickle colllabbed on something
01:05:57
Denis Tyrell
Oh, really?
01:05:58
echo_blades
i think that that rock texture kuai is is pickle steel
01:06:02
Denis Tyrell
okay. That makes sense. Yeah.
01:06:04
echo_blades
yeah
01:06:05
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:06:07
echo_blades
yeah very cool
01:06:07
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it's got some some cool knives. And he's Canadian, so, you know, always happy to support the Canadians.
01:06:17
echo_blades
yeah he's got cool
01:06:18
Denis Tyrell
Western Canadian Knife Association, Salmon Arm, BC.
01:06:24
echo_blades
and be you he has cool vests
01:06:31
Denis Tyrell
you insulting my maker spotlight?
01:06:33
echo_blades
i'm not so i have one i'm just saying they're influential
01:06:40
Denis Tyrell
oh So go give him a follow.
01:06:44
echo_blades
yeah very cool
01:06:46
Denis Tyrell
And who do you have this week?
01:06:53
echo_blades
to that
01:06:56
echo_blades
make sure i got yep i got a cook underscore knifeworks um he's got to thirteen hundred and thirty five followers so similar following account amounts there um out of southern but is v virginia
01:07:12
Denis Tyrell
yep
01:07:13
echo_blades
ye ah i've been following this guy for a like for a long time years now um and ah i like his maker's mark too it's like ah
01:07:28
echo_blades
don't know what that so um i want to call it the shocker but it's not quite the shocker but it is
01:07:32
Denis Tyrell
but
01:07:33
echo_blades
but like like shocker minus the pinky but really cool makers mark but ah does awesome like edc stuff lot of stonewa um what is the name of that that handle the rock texture handle the
01:07:50
Denis Tyrell
Oh, like, um, uh,
01:07:52
echo_blades
there's a name for it umm coming up short
01:07:55
Denis Tyrell
Enzo pattern.
01:07:55
echo_blades
and so yeah yep yep ah so on
01:07:58
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:07:58
echo_blades
lot of lot of that ah but really cool stuff um
01:08:08
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I don't see a name.
01:08:10
echo_blades
on't either
01:08:13
echo_blades
yeah a lot ring handles just just really cool stuff really solid ah looking styles and just gets after it so go give him a follow that's
01:08:28
echo_blades
underscore knifeworks on i g
01:08:30
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, that's a good one. I've been following him for a while, too. I like the ring knives. I don't know why I haven't made one of those besides like but besides a karambit.
01:08:36
echo_blades
yeah same
01:08:38
Denis Tyrell
Every time I look at one, I'm like, oh, those are cool. I got to make one, but still haven't.
01:08:43
echo_blades
yeah think that was like one of the first requests my buddyies made there you make a ah ring i'm like yeah i just never did cool stuff
01:08:54
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it's only place to hold. Should be in a knife is in a ring.
01:08:59
echo_blades
ah you go
01:09:02
Denis Tyrell
aye I got one other big announcement. that the YouTube Knife Maker Challenge is going to get kicked off in a couple of weeks. I'm already ah working on the list of um participants.
01:09:19
Denis Tyrell
We got a couple of new ones. This challenge that I think are going to just blow the socks off ah ah the challenge. So I'm expecting some big things.
01:09:31
Denis Tyrell
So look forward to seeing the announcement.
01:09:31
echo_blades
cool um you and announcedce have you announced the ah anything about it
01:09:37
Denis Tyrell
No. So what it I'll save it for the announcement video that'll come out in probably the week after Blade Show.
01:09:48
echo_blades
okay
01:09:49
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, so I can tell you the timeline will be...
01:09:50
echo_blades
cool
01:09:55
Denis Tyrell
I haven't actually done the timeline yet, but... um You got until at least the end of August. It'll probably be the very beginning of September where we drop the um the videos.
01:10:09
Denis Tyrell
Because I'd like all the judging and everything to be done before I leave for Italy. so So it's going to be like the first week because I'm leaving in the 22nd. So I'd like it to all be wrapped up by then.
01:10:22
echo_blades
you're going to italy the twenty second of what
01:10:24
Denis Tyrell
September.
01:10:25
echo_blades
oh ah cramping must out
01:10:27
Denis Tyrell
but Yeah.
01:10:31
Denis Tyrell
We're already, ah well I'm getting alarmed at what the price of flights is actually.
01:10:31
echo_blades
all right
01:10:38
echo_blades
ah can't imagine
01:10:39
Denis Tyrell
Oh, it's, it's insane. It's like, Oh, you want it? And they do the old bait and switch like, Oh, flights are like $615. Oh, but you, you want it. You want to sit together.
01:10:52
Denis Tyrell
You want to to take a bag. Okay. Now you're up to a thousand dollars a person. Oh, you want, you know, you don't want to sit in the back of the plane. yeah It's going to be, we're looking at probably close to 20, 25, 2600 bucks for the flights for two of us.
01:11:09
echo_blades
and that's just a standard so
01:11:11
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
01:11:13
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it's pretty crazy. So.
01:11:16
echo_blades
um it's cool that sounds like a cool trip there though
01:11:19
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, should be. actually reached out to um um Blackbeard Projects, Gator from Blackbeard, because I know he's in Italy, but unfortunately he is not.
01:11:26
echo_blades
oh nice
01:11:31
Denis Tyrell
He's in Florence and we're not going to Florence.
01:11:33
echo_blades
oh he's like the noaah of washington
01:11:37
Denis Tyrell
ah No, he's in a major city. It's just not one I'm going to, unfortunately, and I'm going to be pretty far.
01:11:41
echo_blades
doesn't matter yeah
01:11:43
Denis Tyrell
So I would have liked to hook up with him and take him out for dinner, but not going to happen unless he...
01:11:44
echo_blades
it's
01:11:49
echo_blades
good for you for reaching out very proud of you
01:11:53
Denis Tyrell
He's the only person I know in Italy, so if we have any other Italy listeners, you reach out to me and let me know.
01:11:53
echo_blades
very cool
01:11:58
echo_blades
ah yeah you got to go check out last week or no you aren't that wasn't you you weren't here with us
01:12:04
Denis Tyrell
What?
01:12:04
echo_blades
alfreo
01:12:05
Denis Tyrell
Oh, but he's not in Italy.
01:12:08
echo_blades
yeah
01:12:10
Denis Tyrell
What?
01:12:10
echo_blades
my maker spotlight from a couple weeks ago
01:12:12
Denis Tyrell
yeah Yeah, but I looked him up. He's not actually in Italy, though, is he?
01:12:15
echo_blades
ah thought he was pretty sure he is he speaks italian italy sorry and
01:12:24
Denis Tyrell
it
01:12:25
echo_blades
ah fuck that up got dang
01:12:30
Denis Tyrell
ah Maybe I just didn't look.
01:12:30
echo_blades
a
01:12:32
Denis Tyrell
No.
01:12:33
echo_blades
anyways well yeah go check that out sometime he's out there
01:12:35
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, right on.
01:12:36
echo_blades
um but yeah other than that i don't i don't i don't know anybody i do have a major announcement too before we go
01:12:41
Denis Tyrell
Hmm.
01:12:44
Denis Tyrell
Oh.
01:12:46
echo_blades
the triple t podcasts stickers have shipped
01:12:50
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, you're lucky. You would have been at a whole heap of shit if you didn't get those done. But good, I'm proud of you.
01:12:58
echo_blades
thank you ah appreciate it we'll get anything else done but we'll have fucking stickers all right
01:13:06
echo_blades
all right well yeah i i got to work tomorrow
01:13:11
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, me too.
01:13:12
echo_blades
some point and then i gotta fly away so
01:13:17
Denis Tyrell
Oh, yeah, work hard. Well, I'm not.
01:13:22
echo_blades
good thank you appreciate your support
01:13:22
Denis Tyrell
No, no, I'll be working. I'll be working.
01:13:26
echo_blades
do
01:13:28
Denis Tyrell
All right, man.
01:13:29
echo_blades
okay
01:13:30
Denis Tyrell
That is a wrap. We'll see you folks next week. And take it easy.
01:13:38
echo_blades
take it's lazy
01:13:42
echo_blades
um but but but but but
01:13:46
Denis Tyrell
Makes me want breadsticks.
01:13:48
echo_blades
or a mattress
01:13:54
echo_blades
what's up mama i love ya that's a wrap