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Transcript

Introduction & Dennis's Return from Italy

00:00:16
echo_blades
what's up everybody welcome to another triple t podcast for knife makers i'm jared from echo blades and this week returning from the boot we have mr dennis terrell from terrell knife works himself live back in the studio ready to go is this really a studio
00:00:36
Denis Tyrell
Sure.
00:00:37
echo_blades
Okay. Yeah.
00:00:38
Denis Tyrell
We'll call it that.
00:00:38
echo_blades
but Well, he's, he's back in the studio, fresh off abroad. Uh, he sounds really, really sicky poo guys. He's really cranky. uh, we're going muddle through this guy.
00:00:49
Denis Tyrell
yeah I got that.
00:00:49
echo_blades
Like you just said, fuck it.
00:00:51
echo_blades
We're, we're doing it live.
00:00:52
Denis Tyrell
i got that gift that keeps on giving the, you know, the getting sick after the plane flight. Actually, Kim was sick like four days in, and she was a trooper through most of the trip being sick, and then I got it.
00:01:00
echo_blades
Oddly in,
00:01:07
echo_blades
No.
00:01:08
Denis Tyrell
I got it on the flight on the way home.
00:01:10
echo_blades
She got it during the trip.
00:01:13
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:01:14
echo_blades
ah Oh, brutal.
00:01:16
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. so But she was a trooper. She just pounded down the meds and made the best of it, so that was good.
00:01:24
echo_blades
oh man, I'm sorry to hear that.
00:01:26
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, but we've we spent the entire weekend because we got home like, I guess, Friday morning at 2 a.m.
00:01:26
echo_blades
That's a bummer.
00:01:34
Denis Tyrell
and spent the whole weekend on the couch, like didn't even get out of our pajamas kind of thing because we are were both sick.
00:01:40
echo_blades
Well, I figured that that was going to happen just from trying to recover from, you know, time change and stuff. But I heard some, some, oh yeah, I knew you were delayed and it was kind of a pain the ass.
00:01:54
echo_blades
And then I didn't anticipate on hearing from you, but I haven't heard bupkis from you.
00:01:55
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:01:57
echo_blades
So
00:01:59
Denis Tyrell
I knew i was going to talk to you tonight, so save it all.
00:02:01
echo_blades
yeah, sure.
00:02:02
Denis Tyrell
But all in all, was a great trip other than getting sick and the return trip.
00:02:03
echo_blades
Sure.
00:02:07
Denis Tyrell
But yeah, it was good. It was really fun. I would definitely recommend Italy. But i'll give you the I'll give you the recap.

Exploring Italy: Highlights & Challenges

00:02:15
Denis Tyrell
I don't want to drag everybody through it, but it was fun.
00:02:17
echo_blades
Why not?
00:02:19
Denis Tyrell
Right, yeah.
00:02:20
Denis Tyrell
It was... bright yeah
00:02:20
echo_blades
This is what they come here to hear.
00:02:22
echo_blades
Just you, your trip.
00:02:23
Denis Tyrell
it It was the five and a half hour flight to DC, then an eight hour flight to Italy. ah we We were kind of messed up because we left.
00:02:35
Denis Tyrell
When hell did we left? In the morning, like a Thursday morning, and we got there. Friday morning, but we hadn't slept yet. And it was anyway, but but luckily, as soon as we got there, um it was like an hour ah into from the airport into downtown Rome where our hotel was.
00:02:55
Denis Tyrell
And our hotel was ready at like 10 a.m., which was awesome.
00:02:59
echo_blades
Oh, so you got a quick power nap.
00:03:01
Denis Tyrell
Actually, we went for breakfast. We walked to the Trevi Fountain, which was seven minutes from our hotel. Everything was walking distance from our hotel.
00:03:09
echo_blades
Nice.
00:03:11
Denis Tyrell
it was awesome. Check that out. It rained. No, we said, should we buy umbrellas? Nah. We ended up buying umbrellas and it fucking poured. um The only day it rained was that day, um which was great because we got to the Trevi Fountain, which is...
00:03:20
echo_blades
Oh.
00:03:28
Denis Tyrell
There can be a ton of people there. And there was maybe 200 people there.
00:03:32
echo_blades
Just some troopers.
00:03:32
Denis Tyrell
we went We went the next day at like 7 a.m. thinking, oh, yeah, we're going to get there early before everyone. There was a fucking thousand people there. and like There was at least 500 people there at 7 a.m.
00:03:46
echo_blades
Wow.
00:03:46
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, and by like 2 o'clock, there's easily a thousand people around that thing. And there is not much room around there.
00:03:55
echo_blades
Wow. Wow.
00:03:55
Denis Tyrell
But, yeah. But I mean, the sites in downtown Rome is basically Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, the Spanish Steps, and the Colosseum. Those are like the four big ones.
00:04:07
Denis Tyrell
And we did all those.
00:04:08
echo_blades
Nice.
00:04:09
Denis Tyrell
so So that was cool.
00:04:11
echo_blades
Very cool.
00:04:11
Denis Tyrell
And then we we headed to...
00:04:12
echo_blades
What was the weather? mean, other than it being raining, it was, was warm, humid?
00:04:15
Denis Tyrell
It just rained out one day. Every day was like between 72 76. Every day.
00:04:23
Denis Tyrell
every day
00:04:23
echo_blades
oh that's beautiful.
00:04:24
Denis Tyrell
Oh, it was awesome. Like the way when we got to.
00:04:26
echo_blades
That's beautiful.
00:04:28
Denis Tyrell
So after that, so we spent two days in Rome. Then we took a train down to Naples. And.
00:04:36
echo_blades
Was Rome dirty? I heard it was dirty.
00:04:37
Denis Tyrell
No, Rome was beautiful.
00:04:39
echo_blades
Really?
00:04:39
Denis Tyrell
Rome is very clean. Downtown Rome is they keep it clean.
00:04:44
Denis Tyrell
They know there's tourists there. Naples. Naples, on the other hand, uh, Fucking spray paint must be cheap there because it's on everything.
00:04:44
echo_blades
Huh?
00:04:55
echo_blades
Oh, well, yeah.
00:04:56
Denis Tyrell
There is graffiti everywhere in Naples. Like to the point I asked the cab driver, like what is with all the graffiti?
00:05:07
Denis Tyrell
But yeah, but we only spent one night in Naples because there basically we were it was just a transition point to get to Sorrento. And we're meeting my sister and she got off a cruise ship in Naples.
00:05:14
echo_blades
Okay.
00:05:19
Denis Tyrell
So we had we had Naples pizza. We had pizza in Rome.
00:05:22
echo_blades
Tell me, tell me.
00:05:24
Denis Tyrell
It was good. It was good. I mean, it wasn't like earth shattering, but it was pretty good. ah The one I had in Sorrento was better ah because I got to basically choose my own toppings. um But Naples was cool. We did a little castle tour in Naples.
00:05:41
Denis Tyrell
And then we took the ferry from Naples to Sorrento. That's when, like, to me, Sorrento is fucking gorgeous.
00:05:52
Denis Tyrell
It is one of the most beautiful places on the earth. It is so very cool. I had no idea that it was going to... I knew Amalfi and Positano was, like, where they're up on cliffs. I didn't know Sorrento, the entire city's up on a cliff.
00:06:10
Denis Tyrell
And it's all these...
00:06:11
echo_blades
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, wow.
00:06:13
Denis Tyrell
Oh, it's unbelievable.
00:06:14
echo_blades
ah yeah oh wow
00:06:17
Denis Tyrell
And where our hotel was, our hotel is on a cliff facing the like the port and the marina.
00:06:25
echo_blades
ah huh
00:06:25
Denis Tyrell
ah So we had this, like we're like ah like, whatever, a thousand feet up almost from the water, looking out over our balcony. We had this big balcony with like patio chairs and stuff. We had like an amazing room in Sorrento.
00:06:40
Denis Tyrell
So Sorrento was, that was the the highlight for me.
00:06:40
echo_blades
Wow.
00:06:47
Denis Tyrell
But yeah yeah, we did a couple day trips to Capri, which is the island there.
00:06:47
echo_blades
I love it.
00:06:53
Denis Tyrell
That's where they make all the pants. um
00:06:58
echo_blades
Okay, makes sense.
00:06:58
Denis Tyrell
No, no.
00:06:59
echo_blades
All right. Okay.
00:07:02
Denis Tyrell
um And there's like this chair ride. You can go up to the mountain on top of Capri, which is which is pretty cool. We went to Amalfi, which is like Amalfi and Positano. And Positano are like the two famous places down there. Like all the stars go to Positano when they they go to that part of Italy.
00:07:25
Denis Tyrell
um Just busy. Just wall-to-wall people. It's the only reason we didn't like Amalfi. It was just... fucking tourists everywhere. Like it is just packed with people.
00:07:38
Denis Tyrell
um So that part is not as fun. And then we went to Ravello, which is up in the mountain above Amalfi. And, you know, it was all about eating and drinking and having gelato and pizza.
00:07:53
Denis Tyrell
And yeah, yeah.
00:07:54
echo_blades
Oh, horrible.
00:07:57
Denis Tyrell
lot of cappuccinos. I had at least one croissant every day.
00:08:01
echo_blades
Attaboy. yes Yes. Yes. Big croissant.
00:08:06
Denis Tyrell
um But I can tell you there's there's a few things that the Italians have correct. And that's like, you know, like the the meat and the cheese and the food is just amazing.
00:08:20
Denis Tyrell
What they haven't figured out yet is fucking plumbing.
00:08:20
echo_blades
Mm-hmm.
00:08:24
echo_blades
Oh.
00:08:25
Denis Tyrell
I don't understand why like 80% of the toilets you go to, like public toilets, whatever, don't have toilet seats. You're just supposed to sit on the rim.
00:08:38
echo_blades
oh
00:08:38
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it's I'm like, okay, you you you have bidets in like the the hotels and stuff. You have fancy bidets. And everywhere else, like the the plumbing I did not use the bidet.
00:08:48
echo_blades
Did you use the bidet?
00:08:51
Denis Tyrell
I was thinking I was,
00:08:51
echo_blades
Shut your ass.
00:08:52
Denis Tyrell
like
00:08:52
echo_blades
No, seriously. Shut your ass. You squirted yourself and you did it.
00:08:55
Denis Tyrell
I did not.
00:08:56
echo_blades
Why? gosh.
00:08:58
Denis Tyrell
I had no desire to use the bidet.
00:09:03
echo_blades
Your business needs to know that kind of refreshment, dude. How could you not?
00:09:08
Denis Tyrell
ah yeah I have friends with that have those bidet toilets, so I've used those before.
00:09:13
echo_blades
The totos or whatever. Oh man.
00:09:14
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, yeah, the Japanese toilet.
00:09:15
echo_blades
Oh, I would have been, I would have did a real. Jeez.
00:09:19
Denis Tyrell
No, i me and my brother and I are commenting like, They make it so complicated. They could have just put like the the tank on top of the toilet like we do. No.
00:09:29
Denis Tyrell
They got to put it way up high with a separate button in the middle of the wall.
00:09:31
echo_blades
ah hu
00:09:34
Denis Tyrell
It's not a little flusher on the toilet. They just fucking make life complicated. And then they got to put piping in the wall so that they can put the tank up there. and we're like, why do they make this so complicated? why do they just put the tank on the toilet like we do?
00:09:50
Denis Tyrell
They have not got...
00:09:51
echo_blades
Because they were there first. That's all, I guess.
00:09:52
Denis Tyrell
i
00:09:53
echo_blades
don't know.
00:09:53
Denis Tyrell
i I guess. i don't Maybe we're you know plumbing 2.0 here. But other than that, bidet.
00:10:01
echo_blades
yeah I am so disappointed you didn't bidet yourself. God damn That's the name of this episode.
00:10:05
Denis Tyrell
ah but day
00:10:08
echo_blades
Self bidet. it would have been a beautiful day for of a bidet. Oh, man. and
00:10:15
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. But it was, it was fun.
00:10:16
echo_blades
All right.
00:10:17
Denis Tyrell
we We ended up actually bought a painting while I was there of Sorrento. We liked it so much. Um,
00:10:22
echo_blades
i i I fully support. That is a gorgeous city. That's like, I don't think a bad guy. MC Escher cat. And he has some lithographs of that, those, that style of town that, you know, like everything's real close together, but right on the cliff, just gorgeous, man.
00:10:39
echo_blades
And, and that is, that is a beautiful place, man. I'm yeah, that's.
00:10:44
Denis Tyrell
yeah it's really It's definitely one of the nicest, like, I've been to Mexico and I've been to a lot of places. It was definitely the most picturesque city I've ever been to.
00:10:54
echo_blades
Yeah. It looks that way just from the little shots.
00:10:55
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:10:57
echo_blades
I just looked it up right now. Cause yeah, You're like, oh, this is great. No, that's cool, though.
00:11:03
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. And it it was fun. now all all all ah All around, it was um it was a great vacation. And you know what I drank the most? Probably one every day.
00:11:12
echo_blades
Water.
00:11:13
Denis Tyrell
You're going laugh. Aperol Spritz. I was drinking those every day.
00:11:18
Denis Tyrell
don't know why. It's like this orangey drink. It's like an orange liqueur.
00:11:18
echo_blades
What the hell is that?
00:11:22
echo_blades
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah Okay.
00:11:25
Denis Tyrell
The chicks drink it, but it's really good. It's really refreshing.
00:11:29
echo_blades
Oh, it's an alcohol drink too?
00:11:29
Denis Tyrell
That's what I was drinking. You know what's an alcohol drink.
00:11:32
echo_blades
Ah.
00:11:33
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, Aperol is ah like an orange liqueur or something.
00:11:37
Denis Tyrell
But that with like soda water in it is amazing.
00:11:37
echo_blades
Oh, okay.
00:11:40
echo_blades
Okay. Oh.
00:11:41
Denis Tyrell
Even Kim was it.
00:11:43
echo_blades
Nice.
00:11:43
Denis Tyrell
you
00:11:44
echo_blades
So it didn't didn't convert you to bedang, but yeah you fever on your way.
00:11:51
Denis Tyrell
And the the last day, so then after Sorrento, we did the ferry and the train back up to Rome. We spent another night in Rome. I made a mistake.
00:12:02
Denis Tyrell
And when I booked the hotel, i was not paying attention. And I just, oh, I'll book the hotel next to the airport. ah But there's two

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00:12:10
Denis Tyrell
airports in Rome.
00:12:11
echo_blades
Oh, shit.
00:12:11
Denis Tyrell
So I booked it next to the domestic airport, not looking, which was fine.
00:12:12
echo_blades
Interesting.
00:12:17
Denis Tyrell
It was like, you know, a 30-minute ride. It probably, you know, didn't make much difference. But the nice thing is it was actually beside the ruins of...
00:12:28
Denis Tyrell
um um Shit. The... um
00:12:39
echo_blades
interesting
00:12:39
Denis Tyrell
The movie Gladiator, the bad guy in Gladiator, what's his name?
00:12:47
echo_blades
Which one? One, two?
00:12:50
Denis Tyrell
the the The first one, the first one.
00:12:50
echo_blades
The first one?
00:12:52
Denis Tyrell
um
00:12:56
Denis Tyrell
Marcus Aurelius' son. Yeah.
00:13:03
echo_blades
Marcus Aurelius is
00:13:08
echo_blades
Lucius.
00:13:09
Denis Tyrell
No, no, no. That's Commodus. Commodus.
00:13:11
echo_blades
Oh, Commodus. Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, the the bed.
00:13:12
Denis Tyrell
Commodus.
00:13:13
echo_blades
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:13:13
Denis Tyrell
The bad dude.
00:13:14
echo_blades
but Yeah, yeah.
00:13:14
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah. Joaquin Phoenix.
00:13:15
Denis Tyrell
is Sorry.
00:13:15
echo_blades
river yeah
00:13:16
echo_blades
River Phoenix's brother.
00:13:18
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. So we were actually 10 minute walk from Commodus' is estate, like his palace, um which was just totally random.
00:13:26
echo_blades
okay
00:13:29
Denis Tyrell
And it's so far out of downtown Rome. There's nobody there. where basically we walked in at like four o'clock. The place is huge. And unlike, you know, all the ruins downtown Rome, this one, you can walk, you can walk into the rooms.
00:13:45
Denis Tyrell
There's like tile that's like, you know, 2000 years old. And you're allowed to walk on this mosaic tile, which I could not believe, but we're walking around in the rooms and stuff.
00:13:52
echo_blades
Wow.
00:13:55
Denis Tyrell
It was very cool.
00:13:58
Denis Tyrell
But yeah.
00:13:58
echo_blades
Nice. So how long how long was the trip? It was 11 days? 11 days travel, like the whole thing?
00:14:01
Denis Tyrell
Eight days. No, we were eight days.
00:14:05
Denis Tyrell
e
00:14:07
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, i guess I guess it was like 10 days with with the travel.
00:14:07
echo_blades
Or you were in Rome eight days?
00:14:08
echo_blades
Okay. Okay.
00:14:10
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:14:11
echo_blades
and okay
00:14:13
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, the travel was brutal. But yeah, coming back, um we our flight from Rome was delayed. We actually sat on the tarmac for like over an hour.
00:14:23
echo_blades
Oh, brutal.
00:14:23
Denis Tyrell
So we were delayed by like two hours, missed our connection. um and actually, Kim did all the flights, and she actually got us like business class on the way back.
00:14:35
Denis Tyrell
So that was cool. So we had really nice ah seats for the Rome trip. And then she actually got us first class domestic from DC to San Francisco because we knew we wanted to sleep.
00:14:47
echo_blades
I've never done first class.
00:14:50
Denis Tyrell
It was like, it's just like that one was just like business class. There wasn't a first class. I mean, it was business class, whatever. You've never flown business class?
00:14:58
echo_blades
I'm like what where you're in the front of the plane.
00:15:01
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:15:03
echo_blades
So there's like only two seats and they're hella wide and they recline.
00:15:04
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:15:06
echo_blades
Yeah. I've never done that either.
00:15:06
Denis Tyrell
Yes. Oh, geez.
00:15:08
echo_blades
Yeah. I got to sit in one after the plane landed.
00:15:08
Denis Tyrell
um
00:15:10
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:15:13
Denis Tyrell
Well, let me tell you, don't ever don't ever do it because you're never going to want to go back to coach again. um
00:15:19
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:15:20
Denis Tyrell
But being as we had a 10-hour flight, it was really, you actually get you get trays with hot food and actual silverware. It was very cool.
00:15:30
echo_blades
Oh, wow.
00:15:32
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah.
00:15:33
echo_blades
I think I was, I had, an when I was coming back from, ah from blade show, my, i I'm glad I didn't do it. Cause it was, it was cheap. It hundred bucks for, to upgrade to first class.
00:15:46
echo_blades
um And, and I didn't know.
00:15:48
Denis Tyrell
On a six hour flight, I would totally do it.
00:15:50
echo_blades
Well, that's, that's the thing. I, I had a layover. So there was ah but there was a five hour flight. And then I, the the hundred dollar was for like the, the puddle jump basically like 45 minutes over.
00:16:01
Denis Tyrell
Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:16:03
echo_blades
And I was like, should I do it? and then I kept doing it and I decided not to. And then I was like, oh man, I would have got duped. I've been like, you know, first class hundred extra bucks just to go up and come right back down. Cause it was, it was a short flight.
00:16:13
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, yeah, that's not worth
00:16:15
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:16:15
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, yeah. But for a 10-hour flight, it was worth it.
00:16:18
echo_blades
Wow. Yeah, for sure.
00:16:19
Denis Tyrell
But anyway, we got delayed. We had to wait like five, well, it ended up being six total hours in D.C. We could have got on a flight an hour later, but we wouldn't have got, not only we would have had coach, we would have had middle seats and we wouldn't have sat together.
00:16:36
Denis Tyrell
We would have been like 10 rows apart and we each would have had a middle seat.
00:16:38
echo_blades
Oh, no. No.
00:16:41
Denis Tyrell
and I'm not doing that. and And this is the flight we had to we had to get some sleep on.
00:16:42
echo_blades
No.
00:16:46
Denis Tyrell
So we said, screw it.
00:16:46
echo_blades
Yeah, I'm not doing a middle middle flight, like, middle seat to Portland, let alone 10 hour.
00:16:49
Denis Tyrell
No.
00:16:52
Denis Tyrell
No.
00:16:53
echo_blades
I would lose my mind.
00:16:54
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, after a 10-hour flight, no way.
00:16:56
echo_blades
no No way.
00:16:58
Denis Tyrell
So we we ended up taking the 10 p.m. flight just so we could get our first-class seats.
00:17:03
echo_blades
Nice.
00:17:04
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. and we got to we got to go to the first-class lounge in between anyway.
00:17:06
echo_blades
Oh.
00:17:08
Denis Tyrell
So and that was,
00:17:11
Denis Tyrell
So that was that was good.
00:17:11
echo_blades
All
00:17:13
Denis Tyrell
So all in all, it ended up well. We retired when we got back, but since it was 2 a.m., we just slept through. And kind of, since we stayed up for like 26 hours straight, it really just reset our clocks kind of thing, except the fact that we were sick and we ended you know, stay lying on the couch all day anyway.
00:17:34
echo_blades
right. So that was, when did you get back? This this Friday or...
00:17:39
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, just three days ago.
00:17:41
echo_blades
Three days ago. Okay. All right. Interesting. interesting Well, I mean, cool. Well, I'm glad you guys always had a good time. And you guys traveled just by yourselves or you had people with you?
00:17:51
Denis Tyrell
We traveled for the first three days. We were by ourself and then we met my sister and um her husband in Naples. And then they came with us to Sorrento and all that.
00:18:00
echo_blades
Okay. Gotcha. Gotcha.
00:18:05
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, that's my sister who's in Canada. So its I don't get to see her all that often. So it's good to meet up on vacation.
00:18:12
echo_blades
Nice. Well, cool, man. I'm glad you had a good time.
00:18:15
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:18:17
echo_blades
That's way cooler than what I did.
00:18:21
Denis Tyrell
Hey, I heard the podcast last week. It was pretty good.
00:18:24
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:18:24
Denis Tyrell
was listening listening to it on the plane. It made me laugh.
00:18:27
echo_blades
Oh, good. Good. Yeah, man, that was a good one. i ah Having Tony on was ah really cool because ironically, he's kind of was been kind of out of the out of the game for a while.
00:18:39
echo_blades
And then so it was good to get him on so, uh, you know, people can hear him and see his stuff or six people anyways. But, um, yeah, an important guy and, and, you know, equal kind of in the beginning, like you, just as far as, you know, the, the time and and mentorship, I should say. So it was a cool opportunity for me. And then, uh, Mr. Fame himself, Mr. Baker, always, always a good guy to have.
00:19:08
echo_blades
Um, and so super grateful. They, they both stepped up in the, Joined and had a good time.
00:19:14
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I especially was entertained by you crushing the spider and his his dreams getting shattered by you crushing the spider.
00:19:23
echo_blades
I couldn't, you can't write shit like that, dude. I have a video too of the, uh, I sent it to Koi, um, of, uh, of Sarai, um, before she called me or during while she was waiting for me to get there.
00:19:36
echo_blades
And, uh, so there's, there's proof how big the fucker was, but, uh,
00:19:40
Denis Tyrell
And it was it was a black will.
00:19:43
echo_blades
Yeah, it was a Black Widow. 100%.
00:19:44
Denis Tyrell
Where was it?
00:19:46
echo_blades
What do you mean, where was it?
00:19:47
Denis Tyrell
No, where was it in the house?
00:19:48
echo_blades
It was in the car. She was on the side of the road.
00:19:49
Denis Tyrell
It was in the...
00:19:51
echo_blades
Yeah, we went to a thing called Fork and Film.
00:19:55
Denis Tyrell
Okay, yeah, yeah, that's right.
00:19:56
echo_blades
yeah so Yeah, and we we did a movie and a dinner thing, and then we were driving back, and we were on the back roads on cellars, it's called. but It's you know out in the cornfields.
00:20:04
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I know exactly where you are.
00:20:05
echo_blades
And she was just... Yeah, so she was on the cellars, and she was she just pulled over to the side because this thing was... just i guess it like came down from the splenomeb type thing.
00:20:15
Denis Tyrell
That is...
00:20:16
echo_blades
And then it went back up to the ceiling and then it it stayed there. But it wasn't on the... When you open the door, it was on the inside part of that. So she opened the door and it didn't move. And then she was just like freaking out. She's like, there's a fucking spider.
00:20:30
echo_blades
And then here I had to pretend. I mean, i really really did do a good dad job to you know not freak out. But inside, venn i there My fear of spiders is legendary. Like...
00:20:41
Denis Tyrell
um I'm with you on that one. I do not like spiders.
00:20:43
echo_blades
Oh God, it was gross. So, and, uh,
00:20:46
Denis Tyrell
That's weird because Black Widows usually, um and I've read this and I've noticed this, they're they're usually very low to the ground in like against structures.
00:21:00
Denis Tyrell
So the fact that it was in a car up high is very weird. That's was asking if it was a Black Widow.
00:21:04
echo_blades
I agreed. Yeah, no, I'm, I'm like 90%. The thing was, or it was very black widow esque because the thing was big and yeah yeah, it was gross.
00:21:15
Denis Tyrell
shiny and long dangly legs
00:21:15
echo_blades
It was, it was shiny, chunky. i didn't, didn't get too in there to see the, uh, um, the hourglass or anything, but yeah, but yeah, that was, that was cool.
00:21:28
echo_blades
It was, it was a cool opportunity to tell the truth on a guy that loves the spider.
00:21:28
Denis Tyrell
cool cool just just hearing his voice when you said yeah you killed a spider he was like deflated
00:21:32
echo_blades
So,
00:21:39
echo_blades
Yeah, it was serious. His face was like, oh, that's so. Yeah, it was a good time. I enjoyed it and appreciate both of them for stepping up and joining
00:21:51
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I haven't had a spider in the shop in a while. And when I do, they die a fiery death usually.
00:21:57
echo_blades
on.
00:22:00
Denis Tyrell
um usually take the torch to them just to make sure.
00:22:00
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:22:03
echo_blades
Yeah, need die of like noise pollution from me screaming like a fucking bitch. Yeah. Not the thing.
00:22:13
Denis Tyrell
ah I did manage to get in the shop a little bit um because I had a couple of orders that came in last week that I had to get out the door as soon as I got home.
00:22:26
Denis Tyrell
So a hunting knife that I just had to do a sheath for. Got one of Parker's finished up, so it'll be on the website.
00:22:31
echo_blades
Okay.
00:22:34
echo_blades
Nice.
00:22:35
Denis Tyrell
um And then I finished up that folder that yeah that I posted, which came out pretty cool.
00:22:38
echo_blades
Yeah, I saw that.
00:22:42
Denis Tyrell
I was liking that one.
00:22:44
echo_blades
Yeah, it did. It came out really cool.
00:22:46
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Oh, speaking of that course, I got a package today from our friend, Mr. Bald man. um he sent me, um, to two, two those trays.
00:23:00
Denis Tyrell
They're like the flexible, you know what I'm talking about?
00:23:02
Denis Tyrell
You probably already know.
00:23:02
echo_blades
Mm-hmm.
00:23:04
echo_blades
I do.
00:23:04
Denis Tyrell
And, and, uh, two of the, we, uh, um, screwdriver sets. So that's awesome.
00:23:11
echo_blades
Yeah, no, much needed too.
00:23:11
Denis Tyrell
That'll be a, yes.
00:23:13
echo_blades
Cause we were talking when he was saying he'd sent, he was sending you that stuff. And i was like, Oh, that's cool. Um, But yeah, when and I have my own of all that stuff, too, I just never I didn't bring it in the first day. OK, we didn't really know. But then the second day it was just a dumb, dumb, dumb move.
00:23:33
echo_blades
But yeah, all three of us fighting over the same the same bit all day long, you know, as we're taking that thing apart over and over again was feel frustrating.
00:23:39
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Did not think ahead on that when I planned two people for a course to share of one screwdriver.
00:23:46
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:23:48
echo_blades
Yeah, but that worked out.
00:23:50
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. But yeah, I super appreciate it Brent. Thank you.
00:23:54
echo_blades
Yeah. Cool.
00:23:56
Denis Tyrell
So we'll... But if you're looking for folder parts, where you can go is Maritime Knife Supply.
00:24:05
Denis Tyrell
Not only do they have folder parts, they've got abrasives, they've got tooling, you name it. Lawrence has got it. So go check out Maritime Knife Supply.
00:24:05
echo_blades
Absolutely.
00:24:17
Denis Tyrell
Get your stuff, put it in a cart. Say hi to Lawrence for us.
00:24:21
echo_blades
Absolutely. The mayor.
00:24:25
Denis Tyrell
The mayor.
00:24:26
echo_blades
The mayor. Yeah. And then I think, you know, Coy really fucked me up last week when I was doing an amazing read. That was probably the funnest read that I've done in a long time doing his read.
00:24:42
echo_blades
In front of him like that. And then Tony was there and he's like, but wait, there's more. you That was I was dying. zone But ah yeah, he screwed me all up because he's like, no, that's not the drop this week. And I was like, it took me a minute to kind of put together that like I'm about to read this ad because I don't have him here to tell me what, you know, the upcoming drop is.
00:25:03
echo_blades
So he, but if you're in the market for some ah premium pattern, well, this deal, go check out Koi Baker and the boys at Baker Forge and Tool. ah This week, again, if there's any left is the all new pattern called Matrix.
00:25:17
echo_blades
um It's a Damascus. ah Layout weaves a mix of patterns into the stunning complex design that's turning heads, flat ground, ready in tons of sizes and to do all kinds of cool knives.
00:25:33
echo_blades
um So if there's any any of that left, go ahead and jump on that. Also, you can grab yourself some... There's a...
00:25:45
echo_blades
somebody going in my garage. i have the, the alarm that like lets you know what doors are being opened.
00:25:51
Denis Tyrell
Mm-hmm.
00:25:52
echo_blades
So, Oh, um, a garage door, sliding glass door, front door. trying to do this thing is a garage door. But ah yeah, in the garage door, you can go either to Forge and Tools website, use the app, or you can go in my garage. You'll see a variety of Gator Piss, the OG blend, um the Gator Piss Max and Heavy.
00:26:16
echo_blades
um And they have the Gator Skin, which I just got a package from Koi today. Thank you, sir. Got myself my very own bottle of Gator Skin, the nano ceramic protectant.
00:26:31
echo_blades
for the finishing and protection of your etched Baker steel and the all new Grime Reaper too, I think is out and about at this point.
00:26:44
echo_blades
So that is the cleaning agent for preparation of your etching.
00:26:50
Denis Tyrell
That's right. I still haven't tried it out.
00:26:51
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:26:52
Denis Tyrell
He said to give it a little spray and smell it.
00:26:52
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:26:55
echo_blades
I did do that. It does.
00:26:56
Denis Tyrell
Did you?
00:26:57
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah. You get a little, Ooh, orange is so nice. Yeah. But you can go do that, all that. And then you can use the app for one day early access to all of the drops. And when you're done loading up that cart full, all those amazing products, make sure you use the discount code triple T 10 for 10% off. Yes.
00:27:16
Denis Tyrell
Nice.
00:27:17
echo_blades
yes
00:27:19
Denis Tyrell
You know what the most most important thing that's going to happen this week?
00:27:26
echo_blades
I don't tell me.
00:27:28
Denis Tyrell
The most important thing that's going to happen this week? Come on.
00:27:31
echo_blades
I don't. I'm clueless.
00:27:32
Denis Tyrell
my My birthday.
00:27:34
echo_blades
No.
00:27:36
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, my birthday's on Wednesday.
00:27:38
echo_blades
What day is that?
00:27:40
Denis Tyrell
The 8th.
00:27:41
echo_blades
It's every year.
00:27:43
Denis Tyrell
Unfortunately, yes, every year. but Too many.

Seasonal Changes & Personal Life

00:27:48
Denis Tyrell
Too many in a bro. I'd like to skip this year if I could.
00:27:50
echo_blades
oh man. What is this year?
00:27:52
Denis Tyrell
ah The big 5-5. Yeah.
00:27:56
echo_blades
Wow.
00:27:57
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:27:57
echo_blades
Five, five is live.
00:28:00
Denis Tyrell
i'm ah I'm actually a senior citizen in a lot of places now that I'm 55. I think at McDonald's I get a discount.
00:28:11
echo_blades
that's a positive. ah
00:28:16
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:28:17
echo_blades
Oh, man. And Maker's Camp is this week, too, huh? So we're not going where we would be on our we celebrated what? How many years in a row your birthday was at Maker's Camp?
00:28:29
Denis Tyrell
ah Well, yeah, last the last four years, right? Three years, three years.
00:28:35
echo_blades
what Were we there during then or I know two of them.
00:28:36
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:28:38
echo_blades
I know i have distinct memories.
00:28:38
Denis Tyrell
Oh, yeah, yeah, one. Yeah, two of them were actually my birthday was when we were there. Another one was I think it was like the day after or the day before or something like that.
00:28:44
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah.
00:28:48
echo_blades
Gotcha.
00:28:49
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:28:51
echo_blades
Okay. Well, that's not happening this year.
00:28:52
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, that's right, because yeah, Makers Camp is this weekend.
00:28:55
echo_blades
This weekend.
00:28:55
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:28:56
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:28:56
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. We won't be going to that.
00:28:59
echo_blades
No, but I'm looking forward to seeing all of the, uh, the posts from everybody there. That's getting to, enjoy it and, feel the crushing disappointment of FOMO. So.
00:29:13
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I don't know.
00:29:14
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:29:14
Denis Tyrell
I don't know too many people that are going this year, so I don't have as much FOMO.
00:29:20
Denis Tyrell
But maybe I will when i when I start seeing the posts. We'll see.
00:29:20
echo_blades
Yeah, you say that until you start seeing.
00:29:23
echo_blades
Yeah, you will. It'll be fine.
00:29:25
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:29:26
echo_blades
But yeah, there's that, you know. um I got to do um
00:29:34
echo_blades
very small batches of of shop time, you know, hour here, a couple hours there. And it just seems like um all I'm doing right now is hand sanding and really, really boring stuff. And it's really hard to make a lot of progress.
00:29:50
echo_blades
on, uh, you know, finishing that stuff. If you're, if you don't get to just bear down and get through it.
00:29:56
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, one at a time, man. One at a time. Just get them done.
00:29:59
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah. I can't though. So I get bored and then I'm like, Oh, so, but, uh, you know, um, I've been going back and forth between the, um,
00:30:11
echo_blades
the sand shark and the, uh, and the, the good old fashioned elbow grease version, and then bumping over to, one of the coolest machines on the market, uh, for disc grinding the, the hyper disc, um, and from Ameribrade.
00:30:28
echo_blades
So if you're in the market for a new, Um, grinder, the, fastback two by 72 is an incredible machine that Mr. Uh, Terrell uses on the regular. Now.
00:30:39
echo_blades
Um, I have the, uh, the hyper disc, um, as I said, and been putting that thing through its paces here lately. Um, And again, I have a love hate relationship with it because it lets me know how shitty my grades are, but it's awesome.
00:30:55
echo_blades
So, uh, yeah, if you're in the market for, either one of those things, go check out Ameribraid. Um, and, uh, do we have a code yet? No. Okay.
00:31:04
Denis Tyrell
No. Oh, Kevin might become, he might be here next week, I think.
00:31:09
echo_blades
Oh, okay.
00:31:10
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, he said he might stop by. So, uh, oh, yeah, exactly.
00:31:12
echo_blades
Maybe we'll press them up then. Cool.
00:31:15
Denis Tyrell
We're going to corner him and have him give us all the details.
00:31:16
echo_blades
Cool.
00:31:20
echo_blades
Nice. Yeah, but so I was doing that and and the weather's been been good. You miss some cool, cool stuff. So, and then just normal stuff. Work is pretty lame. I'm gearing up for, i got a trip coming next week or the week after back up north sir to Washington.
00:31:42
echo_blades
and yeah, and then golfing. Had a ah ah really good round on Saturday. My son and I went out Saturday and Sunday. And, um, I shot 88 and then the little bastard shot 87. It's,
00:31:59
Denis Tyrell
This is starting to sound like a trend.
00:32:02
echo_blades
it's it was feeling like that. Like it had been a good four rounds since I, uh, I've, I've bested him and, we were out with, uh, with Jeff. And, um, so, you know, my family and I, we have,
00:32:16
echo_blades
I don't know i explain it. We have, we have a a different relationship, you know, and the and way we talk and communicate to each other than, than most people. Right. So my wife and I can easily make some people uncomfortable by the way we talk to each other.
00:32:29
echo_blades
Like it there's a problem, but it's, there's really not, we're just busting balls and, and Jared's 17 now. So he's catching on and doing this whole thing. So like, yeah,
00:32:40
echo_blades
He was riding with me in the cart and the whole time he was like, I'm going to whoop your ass, Dan. You basically I'm paraphrasing, but, and I'm like, okay, all right. And then every time like we come up, ah the the course that we golf at has a lot of water in there. So he's, you know, he'll always like, oh, don't hit the water. You know, like, I'm like, bitch, like, why you want to put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby? Yeah.
00:33:02
echo_blades
So we were a couple holes in and I was, ah I didn't start off too well. And ah anyways, he made a putt and I kind of was like staring him down. And like, and Jeff, it was the most awkward, coolest thing ever. Cause Jeff's like, why are you mugging your son, dude? Like tell him you're proud of him. Like, that's a great thing. He poured the hole. I was like, fuck that dude. Just a minute ago, he was telling me I was going to put it in the water.
00:33:28
Denis Tyrell
Well, he said don't put it in the water.
00:33:28
echo_blades
But yeah, yeah, same thing. but So yeah, we went back and forth and and he ended up beating me because I did put one in the water on 18. and then And then the next day I had an amazing, but it was it was a bad round for for us in the beginning. I think I shot 50 on the front and then 42 on the back, which is incredible, right? Because I went double par, double par, double par, double par birdie.
00:33:56
echo_blades
for like basically bogey golf, but yeah, it was, it was very emotional to say the least. And, um, but I whooped his ass that day. So he, he'd never recovered. So I feel, I feel vindicated and then bad, bad father status too, wishing him a bad round. But yeah, so we had a great weekend, man. I super chill, relax, like I said, you know, get some golf in and, and some shop time and,
00:34:22
echo_blades
yeah that's That's pretty much the way it's going right now. and i'm And I'm good with it. That's the cool part. I've given myself all that. no No beating myself up over where things are at.
00:34:34
echo_blades
You know ah you were gone. I had a family reunion um the the weekend that you left. And I ended up selling that knife that's been at your

Future Plans & Knife Making Techniques

00:34:42
echo_blades
house for forever.
00:34:42
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I heard.
00:34:43
echo_blades
yeah So that was cool.
00:34:46
Denis Tyrell
Good, congrats.
00:34:46
echo_blades
and Thanks, man. yeah Feels good. Love it.
00:34:49
Denis Tyrell
see See what happens when you finish knives? You actually can sell them.
00:34:53
echo_blades
Yeah, it's weird. Yeah.
00:34:55
Denis Tyrell
What a concept.
00:34:56
echo_blades
I don't, it's a concept.
00:34:59
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:35:00
Denis Tyrell
Actually, I had lunch with Logan, my son Logan, today at Beeb's at Las Positas, of course.
00:35:08
echo_blades
I know it where. Yeah.
00:35:08
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. And he said, yeah, we should go golfing now that the weather's cooled down. I'm like, sure, maybe I'll give Jared a call and we can can go golfing.
00:35:16
echo_blades
Absolutely. Anytime. Yeah.
00:35:19
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, he loves to golf. Both of us suck, but yeah.
00:35:23
echo_blades
it's all good. Everyone sucks.
00:35:25
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it's still fun though.
00:35:27
echo_blades
Yep. Shoot the best round of your life and you're still 17 over. It's ridiculous.
00:35:36
echo_blades
But, uh, yeah, so that's, that's really fucking the, the gist of it all, man. I, I got, uh, a lot of things in that, uh, And then finish line status, which im and I think we got one more warm day and then it's back to like hopefully winter weather of 70s and stuff.
00:35:54
Denis Tyrell
of course it is.
00:35:55
echo_blades
so
00:35:55
Denis Tyrell
Cause you, you know why? Cause while I was in Italy, they called me to say my jet skis are ready and,
00:36:02
echo_blades
Oh, fuck. That's great.
00:36:06
Denis Tyrell
and here's, here's the kicker.
00:36:06
echo_blades
yeah
00:36:08
Denis Tyrell
So, uh, I get, I basically called them back, uh, Yeah, it was Thursday because it was while we were waiting for our plane to like that five hour layover.
00:36:22
Denis Tyrell
So I called them because of the three hour time change. And I said, I'm not going to get there tomorrow, meaning Friday. Can I get the Monday? Oh, well, we're taking the week off to go to the some fucking jet ski competition or something. So we're not going to be back till the 15th.
00:36:41
echo_blades
Oh, man.
00:36:43
Denis Tyrell
Son of a bitch.
00:36:43
echo_blades
Yeah, you might get one one weekend in if that wasn't the case.
00:36:46
Denis Tyrell
Oh, no way. It's going to be cold as hell by then.
00:36:49
echo_blades
No, I'm saying if they weren't gone, like this probably is the last, the last shot before it it goes.
00:36:49
Denis Tyrell
They're going to. Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:36:54
echo_blades
But I don't know I was, ah it was, I know, 80 something last night, but the, you know, and then right now is like, we're right before the time change too.
00:36:55
Denis Tyrell
ah Yeah, that's good.
00:37:03
echo_blades
So the, when I was getting out in the shop, I had the the garage door like half open and my, my grinders and stuff are towards the front, towards the door. And I'm standing at the, uh, the hybrid disc going back and forth to the grinder in there.
00:37:18
echo_blades
And the sun is just beating, just cracking the the bottom of the thing.
00:37:22
Denis Tyrell
Just on
00:37:24
echo_blades
And my fucking feel the fucking heat on my calves, like on my legs.
00:37:26
Denis Tyrell
your legs.
00:37:28
echo_blades
Like, I'm like, this is brutal, dude. i Yeah. So, but the time change and then less golf and all that stuff.
00:37:33
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. wait When is the time change?
00:37:35
echo_blades
So I think it's Halloween day, actually on Halloween's on a Friday this year.
00:37:40
Denis Tyrell
Oh, really? Hmm.
00:37:41
echo_blades
Yeah. Well, it's not, it's that weekend. So I think it's a Saturday. So the day after, but
00:37:47
Denis Tyrell
Yes, Halloween's a Friday, so it'll be the first.
00:37:49
echo_blades
yeah. Yeah.
00:37:51
Denis Tyrell
November 1st.
00:37:52
echo_blades
Yeah. Which is cool.
00:37:54
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:37:54
echo_blades
So,
00:37:55
Denis Tyrell
Wow.
00:37:57
echo_blades
but yeah, I'm, so I'm looking forward to weather coming down. Cause then we can get together and bust out our, uh, two bastards, fat peen and get the forge cooking and start, to making some more shit to not finish.
00:38:10
echo_blades
But, you the moral of the story is that if you're in the market for a new ah forging hammer, go check out Frank Anita at Two Bastards Smithy and Supply, the makers of the Fat Peen, the multi-varieties. They got the straight cross diagonal.
00:38:25
echo_blades
um I'm sure the Kirby Peen's coming someday. But, yeah, ah great hammers. Dennis' go-to, my go-to. So if you're in the market, make sure you go check it out.
00:38:33
Denis Tyrell
wow
00:38:36
Denis Tyrell
Cool, cool.
00:38:36
echo_blades
because So they're gonna
00:38:36
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, i I will be using mine. Not this weekend. But next weekend, I have a class. i have two people coming for intro to bladesmithing class, the two day class. So we'll definitely be.
00:38:48
echo_blades
they're going to know what it feels like to have one in their hand?
00:38:51
Denis Tyrell
Oh, yes, they will.
00:38:52
echo_blades
It'll be grand for sure.
00:38:53
Denis Tyrell
but
00:38:55
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I should.
00:38:56
echo_blades
You're on a slew of shit coming up, huh? like
00:38:58
Denis Tyrell
ah
00:38:58
echo_blades
If I recall, right?
00:39:00
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it turns out, um so we're supposed Mareko coming next week, but he's got some personal stuff, so it doesn't sound like he's going to make it. He actually gave me the go-ahead to just do the video that we were going to do anyway.
00:39:15
echo_blades
Okay.
00:39:16
Denis Tyrell
so um So, yeah, I'm going to do that, so stay tuned. I'll be working, hopefully, well... I have, I want to do that video for the tweezer.
00:39:29
Denis Tyrell
I promised this commission that I would do those Damascus tweezers for the chef.
00:39:32
echo_blades
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Mm hmm.
00:39:34
Denis Tyrell
I don't think those are going to take very long. And then I'm going to work on that Damascus pattern.
00:39:39
echo_blades
Oh, that's right. We still got to do that, that, that thing I was talking about.
00:39:43
Denis Tyrell
Oh, that thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:39:44
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:39:46
Denis Tyrell
We do that anytime.
00:39:46
echo_blades
So when you do that, yeah.
00:39:48
Denis Tyrell
Um, but yeah, so, and I got a, got a bunch of other, like it's all kind of forging stuff. So now I'm moving into like a whole bunch of forging things, which I'm excited about.
00:39:59
echo_blades
Cool. Yeah.
00:40:00
Denis Tyrell
I've got something I'm going to do with titanium and I have some, um, cobalt that, uh, I'm going to be merging with some steel and trying that out.
00:40:13
echo_blades
Oh, interesting.
00:40:14
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, and that's going to be something cool, I think. But stay tuned on that.
00:40:20
echo_blades
Nice.
00:40:20
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:40:21
echo_blades
Nice.
00:40:22
Denis Tyrell
So some fun stuff coming up. And I have ah i've had a two-week hiatus on Triple T's. So my Triple T this week is going to be on grinding belts. So all you want to know about grinding belts from...
00:40:38
Denis Tyrell
ah Actually, a bunch of stuff that I heard in and learned
00:40:38
echo_blades
Oh, that's right.
00:40:42
Denis Tyrell
in um when I did my trip in Minnesota.
00:40:47
Denis Tyrell
So that was good info. So I'm going to pass that on and basically just do it a refresher for folks on belts and what to use, when to use, the different varieties, all that stuff.
00:40:47
echo_blades
Nice.
00:40:58
echo_blades
Guys, I would probably pay attention to this one because this particular episode of abrasives from Dennis may include more than two belts because that's all the fucker uses.
00:41:13
Denis Tyrell
I actually bought a bunch of belts in when I was a USA knife maker, just so that I could do this video and actually talk about.
00:41:21
echo_blades
I can imagine. Yeah.
00:41:25
echo_blades
So you use the 36, uh, razor star for everything.
00:41:25
Denis Tyrell
Yep.
00:41:30
Denis Tyrell
but
00:41:30
echo_blades
Yep. ah Okay.
00:41:35
Denis Tyrell
Doesn't matter what it is.
00:41:35
echo_blades
and Oh man. It's fantastic. Yeah.
00:41:39
Denis Tyrell
I'm sure I'll mention that in the video, but.
00:41:41
echo_blades
I hope so. Cause God, that was one of the things I'm like, as a newer knife maker, you're always, you know, you, you Google all the dumbest diet. Almost not the dumbest things, but you Google everything. Right. And, or on the knife forums and you Oh, this is the tried true progression right here. you know, blah, blah, blah, blah.
00:41:57
echo_blades
Go for the tennis. He's just like, Oh, I got two bills. One 20 and 36. Okay.
00:42:05
echo_blades
okay
00:42:07
Denis Tyrell
Hey, I use other belts once in a while.
00:42:07
echo_blades
oh Yeah, when I give them to you, fuck.
00:42:11
Denis Tyrell
Mostly for sharpening.
00:42:13
echo_blades
Yeah, ah there you go.
00:42:16
Denis Tyrell
Oh.
00:42:17
echo_blades
But, yeah.
00:42:20
Denis Tyrell
But when I have that class, we're also going to be selecting some handle material. One of those possibilities is Grip Tech, or Grip X from Grip Tech Composites.
00:42:25
echo_blades
All right.
00:42:31
Denis Tyrell
um Go check a Grip Tech Composites. Use your discount code TTT10. ah They got Grip X 3D.
00:42:37
echo_blades
That's right.
00:42:38
Denis Tyrell
They got the limitless components. Color ah rubber with the that gives you the higher finish um Awesome stuff. So go check them out and they are yeah not exhibiting.
00:42:53
Denis Tyrell
i just saw you raise that in the notes No, I wasn't gonna read it and then I thought you were highlighting it for me to read Yes, go check out its grip tech official on IG
00:42:56
echo_blades
I was trying to get it before you did it. Okay. No, they just got done with that.
00:43:07
Denis Tyrell
And again, use the grip to to use the grip code, ah the discount code get yourself
00:43:15
echo_blades
you go.
00:43:17
Denis Tyrell
man
00:43:18
echo_blades
I actually had a ah listener reach out and tell me that they were in listening to this show in, uh, in traffic. And I was talking about the, uh, the, the process that I used for, um, finishing and, uh, and the frustration that I had the the first time when I was trying to do it like regular material and, you know, went up to like 400 and the shit started smearing around and getting all weird and lose.
00:43:37
Denis Tyrell
Mm-hmm.
00:43:49
echo_blades
It was, Way better finish at 220. And then i was as I was going up, I was like, what the fuck? So I had to phone a friend and figure out what the hell I was doing wrong. And then I found out about the you know quit at the 400 or 220 in Sandblast to get that.
00:44:05
echo_blades
And they were like, I was screaming at the radio. Ah, why? in struggle I'm struggling trying to take this up to 1,000 grit. And I was like, yeah, don't do that.
00:44:12
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, that's, that's, an yeah, don't do that.
00:44:15
echo_blades
Unless you're using the Limitless, because that's what that's made for.
00:44:18
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah, it's cool stuff. I really like it.
00:44:23
echo_blades
Absolutely.
00:44:24
Denis Tyrell
I actually got to get some more.
00:44:28
Denis Tyrell
And if you need a heat treating oven, go check out Even Heat Kilns, family owned and operated since 1948. nineteen forty eight That's older than me
00:44:40
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Building the highest quality heat treat ovens available. So go check out Even Heat Kilns and tell them that you heard it on Triple T.
00:44:52
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:44:53
echo_blades
And if you're in Hothia, you can go check out Lawrence Lake at Maritime. He'll hook you up with one too.
00:44:59
Denis Tyrell
yeah And there's tons of resellers that also sell...
00:45:04
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:45:04
Denis Tyrell
Evenheats. Everybody sells Evenheats. It is the oven to own.
00:45:08
Denis Tyrell
I have two. Jared has two. All cool people have two.
00:45:08
echo_blades
Absolutely.
00:45:14
echo_blades
And then the slightly less cool people, but yeah.
00:45:20
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:45:20
Denis Tyrell
ah You're so cool if you have one. Don't

Wrap Up & Reflections

00:45:22
Denis Tyrell
worry.
00:45:22
echo_blades
ah Yeah. Cool.
00:45:27
Denis Tyrell
Well, shall we do some maker spotlights?
00:45:30
echo_blades
Sure.
00:45:31
Denis Tyrell
All right. ah I was just, what i I was watching a couple reels and stuff on my yeah buddy John over at Old Hickory Forge and I'd figure i would give him a shout out.
00:45:45
Denis Tyrell
um He's starting to rebuild his shop. um just Just watch him go through that. Puts a smile on my face that he's, you know, he's getting back into it and, you know,
00:45:58
Denis Tyrell
forging forward, so to speak. So let's all give John some love and go check him out at Old Hickory Forge.
00:46:02
echo_blades
See what you did there.
00:46:06
echo_blades
Absolutely. Yeah. Great news. Great news. um I have somebody that just popped up on my feed since I've fixed that repetitive people situation that I had, I'm starting to get some newer, um, contents, uh, pop up. And this guy, uh, goes by WJC knife. Uh, he has a 733 followers.
00:46:39
echo_blades
Um, uh, Jake cook out of, uh, I think MD is Maryland, right?
00:46:45
Denis Tyrell
Yes.
00:46:46
echo_blades
Yeah, so out of central Maryland. But I was looking at ah a, I think that's Grip Tech. Yeah, that's all the the green one.
00:46:55
Denis Tyrell
Oh, the green one.
00:46:57
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:46:57
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah.
00:46:58
echo_blades
And I was like, oh, that is a sexy knife. ah really like that.
00:47:01
Denis Tyrell
I love his handles.
00:47:01
echo_blades
And yeah, beautiful.
00:47:02
Denis Tyrell
I love that Ridge on the handle.
00:47:04
echo_blades
absolutely. Um, the whole, the whole knife is really cool. So, um, that one caught my eye and then I just started, uh, poking through his, uh, his feed here and it's got a couple really cool, uh, Damascus, um, builds, uh, that one on the right, that's takedown, right?
00:47:23
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, yeah, I was just going to say that takedown is very cool.
00:47:23
echo_blades
Look at me. Yeah. Yep. And, uh, Yeah, just some really cool um stuff, man. So love his work. So I thought I'd give him a shout out and yeah, go give him a follow and tell him the boys at Triple T said what's up.
00:47:41
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, very cool stuff.
00:47:44
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, he's definitely that that ridge on his handle is very is very common on all his knives.
00:47:44
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:47:50
echo_blades
It looks comfortable.
00:47:52
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:47:52
echo_blades
Yeah, it looks like you'll just slide right in there.
00:47:56
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, yeah's like it's like a modified version of... um like I do that too, but I do it with two fingers instead of one finger. You know, like that like the Coke bottles.
00:48:07
echo_blades
Yep.
00:48:08
Denis Tyrell
And I've seen it done with one finger. It's a nice effect. It looks really good in that first pinned one.
00:48:14
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:48:14
Denis Tyrell
Which is i can't tell the wood there. Well, looks good. Yeah.
00:48:21
echo_blades
That's not Ambronia. and
00:48:22
Denis Tyrell
I don't know what that is. It's hard to tell.
00:48:28
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it is Amboina.
00:48:30
echo_blades
Ambronia. Yeah, sorry. Look at me.
00:48:31
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. I know. Look at you.
00:48:34
Denis Tyrell
it wasn't really... Amboina is usually kind of red. was expecting a little redder. But yeah, you were right.
00:48:34
echo_blades
yeah
00:48:39
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:48:40
Denis Tyrell
Good job. Oh.
00:48:40
echo_blades
See, I'm learning day by day. One thing.
00:48:46
echo_blades
But ah yeah. So what else we got? um Oh, yeah. I mean, if you want to take your... Amboinia to the next level, you should go check out Travis Haynes at, uh, Pelican paste, uh, maker of the premium wax of, um, all different varieties. yeah He's got hard wax, soft wax, a Pelican oil, hand solve soap, and the, uh, cast iron seasoning, butternut.
00:49:12
echo_blades
Um, yeah. If you want to get some, uh, orangey citrus wax protection on, uh, your handle material and your knife, uh, in general, go check out, uh,
00:49:25
echo_blades
Travis Haynes at Pelican Pace and load up the cart and use the discount code triple T10 for 10% off.
00:49:32
Denis Tyrell
Nice.
00:49:34
echo_blades
Yeah. Thinking about handle, uh, shaping is, um, I had a memory pop up of a knife I made, um, while back where I did like, I don't know, uh, Brent and I were just talking about it, but the, um, it's like the reverse of a Coke bottle, like the, the,
00:49:53
echo_blades
the, you know what i'm saying?
00:49:53
Denis Tyrell
Mm hmm.
00:49:55
echo_blades
And, um, and I did it on accident, like just, yeah, that, yeah, you remember?
00:49:55
Denis Tyrell
Yep.
00:49:58
Denis Tyrell
Is that the one that that you showed in the sheath? Yes, yeah, I remember it.
00:50:04
echo_blades
Yeah. Cause, um, that was, and I don't know why I haven't made, well, I know why, cause I don't finish anything, but I like that knife, uh, in general, that shape, that was a cool thing, but I, don't know why I got away from it, but, uh, anyways, the memory came up and, um, but just prior to that, Brent and I were talking about like that.
00:50:22
echo_blades
It's an awkward, it doesn't look like you would be comfortable. and it's nothing anybody would like tell you to do on purpose. Uh, so I'm glad I bumped the grinder in the wrong way and kind of just went with it.
00:50:35
echo_blades
But, uh, it was pretty cool to, uh, to see that one pop up. And then, uh, but then I was tripping out because, it it was a memory. and And, and the way I posted it was like, I remember doing this one.
00:50:47
echo_blades
I'll have to do some more like type of thing. But then I just got a bunch of people. Oh, that, that came out great. And this was good. Like, like I had just done it and and posted it yeah and I was like, what's wrong.
00:50:57
Denis Tyrell
Yeah,
00:50:59
echo_blades
And I did this too, the other day where I posted a memory of Jared and I golfing in Hawaii and,
00:51:04
Denis Tyrell
yeah I just saw that one, but it didn't come up as a memory. It looked like you just posted it.
00:51:08
echo_blades
Okay. Okay, good. Because I'm glad that you felt that because it to me, it was a memory and it it says like the date was like 2017 or something like that. And think one of my aunts was like, and I had just seen last weekend.
00:51:20
echo_blades
She's like, oh my God, you cut your beard. You know, I'm like, and I gained 500 fucking pounds too.
00:51:23
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, well, that's that's what threw me.
00:51:26
echo_blades
Yeah. yeah
00:51:27
Denis Tyrell
but I was like, I go away for a week and you shave your beard? What the hell?
00:51:32
echo_blades
Yeah, put on 40 pounds. that's the That's the part I was like, God damn, people.
00:51:39
Denis Tyrell
yeah Well, it was it was actually that Jared was, Jared Jr.
00:51:39
echo_blades
don't have 40 pounds of music.
00:51:43
echo_blades
And yeah, yeah.
00:51:44
Denis Tyrell
was younger. That's why I knew it wasn't old.
00:51:45
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:51:46
Denis Tyrell
But yeah, because it was, I don't know what Facebook is doing, but it wasn't, because usually it's like embedded, but it's not.
00:51:53
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:51:54
Denis Tyrell
If you look back at it, it's not embedded as a memory.
00:51:57
echo_blades
Yeah, it might be because I commented on it. I didn't post it.
00:52:01
Denis Tyrell
Yes. You probably just went back to your feed.
00:52:02
echo_blades
That's probably what it was. Probably going back to my feed.
00:52:04
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:52:05
echo_blades
That's yeah. All right.
00:52:06
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:52:06
echo_blades
Absolved.
00:52:07
Denis Tyrell
Because I saw it too.
00:52:07
echo_blades
But yeah. So um yeah, I thought I was tripping. I was like, guys, didn't, this is, I'm not in but Hawaii right now for sure. So, but yeah, that was a cool memory. That was like eight years ago or something like that.
00:52:23
echo_blades
I think, yeah, that's what I did. That was the day i posted that was, I was still a little, ah a little upset that he beat me by one. And I think I, the comment was, yeah, I beat you that day.
00:52:31
Denis Tyrell
Yes.
00:52:33
echo_blades
Punk.
00:52:33
Denis Tyrell
Yes, I saw that.
00:52:35
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:52:38
echo_blades
So, but yeah, well, man, I am glad you're back and look forward to getting, need to use your laser services to, um,
00:52:52
echo_blades
put my maker's mark on that hidden tang chef. And then I got to decide if I want to keep it or put it up, which I'm torn on.
00:52:58
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:53:03
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, stop by.
00:53:04
echo_blades
I think there, I don't know who told me, but you know, you're not, or it was you like not to you're, you're not like emotionally connected to the things you make at all.
00:53:08
Denis Tyrell
What?
00:53:14
Denis Tyrell
Not really.
00:53:14
echo_blades
Right.
00:53:16
Denis Tyrell
Not really. I only keep the things that have issues.
00:53:20
echo_blades
Gotcha. Okay. Yeah. I don't know why I feel like that. That's like the first, you know, bunch of things. Uh, and I like it too. So, um, haven't decided, but anyways, I got to finish it and sharpen it and then, uh, go there and say what's up, but I'm going to wait for you to get rid of the, the, uh, the windy flu.
00:53:42
Denis Tyrell
go.
00:53:45
Denis Tyrell
Shoo, shoo, retarded flu.
00:53:46
echo_blades
super time
00:53:50
Denis Tyrell
you You just got it through the mic. You're dead now.
00:53:58
Denis Tyrell
we'll We'll see if any of our listeners get that.
00:54:06
echo_blades
and I hope they do. I hope they do. Well, with that, I don't know if I got anything else to top that one. That was working great. I waited 54 minutes and probably three seconds for you to say something funny.
00:54:21
echo_blades
So I think we're done.
00:54:23
Denis Tyrell
Hey, I'm sick. Give me give me a break.
00:54:25
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah. I get it. All right, man. Well, that's it.
00:54:31
Denis Tyrell
That's all. I'm done with you.
00:54:32
echo_blades
I'm done. Yeah. Go away for another eight days.
00:54:34
Denis Tyrell
but
00:54:35
echo_blades
get out of here.
00:54:35
Denis Tyrell
bye
00:54:51
echo_blades
And that's a wrap.