100th Episode Celebration
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echo_blades
What's happening everybody welcome to a very very very special 100th episode from the triple t podcast for knife makers for knife for knife makers fleabags no more
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Denis Tyrell
It feels like feels like just yesterday we were taping number one.
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echo_blades
You know what? I can seriously recall the fear, the angst, the anxiety of Dennis going, Hey, why don't you tell people about you a little bit, Jared?
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echo_blades
No pressure. Let's go. du den and it den dan and th and da du and and then
Special Guests Introduction
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echo_blades
Holy shit, man.
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echo_blades
Well, as always, folks, I have scraped the bottom of the barrel and came up with Dennis Terrell from Terrell Knifeworks to join me on this very special 100th episode.
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echo_blades
You know, so...
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Denis Tyrell
Oh, and I have the, uh, the luck, the, uh, I don't know what to call it of having Mr. Uh, Jared Sandoval. I was gonna say Mr. Echo blades that too, that too.
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echo_blades
I am Mr. Echo Blades. That's right. Wow.
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Denis Tyrell
hundred episodes.
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echo_blades
Man, what a what a ride it's been, dude.
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Denis Tyrell
Still going strong. Maybe we should do something dumb like fire and steel and to everybody tell everybody we canceled the podcast.
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echo_blades
And I was going to say...
Audience Prank Discussion
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echo_blades
Yeah, guys, it's been a good run. I know, mate, it's been a good run here, but we're going to end this at a high note of 100 episodes. Keep giving us your Patreon money, and I'll see Dennis and Jared in ah June.
00:02:08
Denis Tyrell
That's got to be the worst UK accent I've ever heard.
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echo_blades
it does It doesn't matter if it's the best. You're going to say it's the worst. Holy shit. You know what I did today? i ended up talking to a um another Canadian since my life is in abundance of Hothians.
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Denis Tyrell
You're welcome.
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echo_blades
But I did talk to the guy that we called on our way up to Evan's shop last week and told him, I said, hey, you missed the golden opportunity to sit with another Hothian and tell me Or just bag on me for being American.
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echo_blades
And ah he did confirm that there is actually a 12-lane highway in Toronto.
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Denis Tyrell
Oh, thank you. ah
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Denis Tyrell
It sounds goofy when you say it like that, but I, on the drive up, I told, ah Jared that the 401 is 12 lanes across one direction, one way.
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echo_blades
One way, one direction.
Toronto 401 Highway Debate
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Denis Tyrell
he didn't believe me.
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echo_blades
And I said, bullshit. That is an amazingly wide thing. Or, yeah, highway. But he also said, like, define highway. I said, well, that's like a bunch of cars going.
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echo_blades
And he goes, yeah, it's more like a parking lot. Like, always.
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Denis Tyrell
Yeah, that's true.
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echo_blades
He says 3 a.m., 3 p.m., it doesn't matter. um So, anyways.
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echo_blades
But, yeah, he did miss a golden opportunity because... Yeah, I don't, I wasn't going to let it go ah very kindly, but it did confirm that though.
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Denis Tyrell
I'm just happy to be right.
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echo_blades
Yeah. That was the same day that you were right when you were wrong.
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Denis Tyrell
That's true. it was.
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echo_blades
ah Well, shit. Anyways, just a, thank you all four of you for hanging out. I don't know if you started with day one or if this is a brand new for listeners, but ah we do appreciate you.
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echo_blades
Yeah, it's been pretty cool. I've had a great time killing hours and hours of your time talking about nothing.
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Denis Tyrell
It's the show about nothing.
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echo_blades
That's right.
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Denis Tyrell
So how was your week? haven't talked to you all week. Well, except over text.
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echo_blades
Has it really been all week? Oh,
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echo_blades
yeah. um It's been. How the hell? Wow.
00:04:27
echo_blades
It's been, ah yeah, it's been just back to back to work normal. Got some shop time in sporadically here and there. um Mrs. Echo Blades abandoned me this weekend.
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echo_blades
Took off with my daughter to go stay in a yurt. in the
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Denis Tyrell
where Where, like Mendocino or something?
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echo_blades
Over where we were, no, where we were last week.
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echo_blades
Yeah, up in that area. so Similar area to to the Santa Cruz Mountains. And, uh, and I was like, okay, we'll have a great time.
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Denis Tyrell
Only hippies have yurts.
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echo_blades
I mean, oh darn. yeah I'll stay here and golf all weekend. And, uh,
00:05:06
Denis Tyrell
Well, you do you do abandon her every weekend for golf, so it doesn't matter.
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echo_blades
Yeah, what are you? Get the fuck out of here, Dennis Terrell. What the fuck is is wrong with you? It's just, man, it's sure, right?
00:05:17
Denis Tyrell
Sorry to have a dose of reality there.
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echo_blades
Yeah, anyways, um with my son. Anyways, the, ah yeah, so that was ah interesting, but not in all seriousness, she she wanted to get out, and she, ah when her and my daughter got to get away, so my son and I hung out here. was supposed to golf with my dad, brother, and Jared on Saturday. my dad ended up getting sick, so we didn't go. He didn't come, but my brother and I and my son had ah had a good time.
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echo_blades
um Oddly enough, we had a frost delay. fross delay So it was like one of the rare times here where we break um the low thirties and it was, ah it was freezing in the morning. We had one, ah one hour frost delay for golf. So we were supposed to golf at nine. They put us out at 10 and it was fucking cold in the morning.
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echo_blades
And by 10 30, 11,
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Denis Tyrell
yeah Okay. 90% of our listeners just went, oh, wham.
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echo_blades
No, but I don't give fuck. Fuck that. I don't give a shit. i don't Whatever. You guys are dumb for living where you live. Anyways, ah it's warm here all the time. But anyways, like an hour later, dude, it was beautiful.
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echo_blades
It was like the nicest day that i we've had in a long time. It was now Saturday.
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Denis Tyrell
That was yesterday? Oh, yeah we had frost on them on the ground yesterday, too.
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echo_blades
Yeah, no. Yesterday was cold. we My son and I golfed entirely different. Yeah, it's Saturday was gorgeous. It was just really cold in the morning. And but ah yeah, it was it was interesting deal. I had, you know, my normal layer shit on by the end of it. I was golfing in just a regular polo. It was it was fucking nice.
Struggles with Damascus Knives
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echo_blades
um and then came home did some shop stuff and repeat for sunday and then uh back to work and to the grind so yeah not not the most interesting thing um i do have ah you know some standard jared bitching to do though
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Denis Tyrell
geez what about now
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echo_blades
i am not a huge fan of etching i'm I have three knives that I etched yesterday afternoon. One of them came out tits. One, the two other ones, acid etching for Damascus.
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Denis Tyrell
you're talking about acid etching like like for for yeah
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echo_blades
Yes. Yes. Not, not laser etching. Um, I had one of them come out really awesome. And then the other two, um I know we had problems with one of these blades prior.
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echo_blades
So I expected this to be the same, but I wanted to try it one more time.
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echo_blades
Still same results, getting that those those lines throughout some of what should be the the dark on the ah on the on the high carbon. um And then another like one Could be ah either similar issue because they're around the same time that ah that i I made these billets like 10 years ago.
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echo_blades
um But... It also could be that I ground the cladding away and not maybe didn't center some stuff.
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echo_blades
so so there One of them almost makes sense to me where there's some spots where you know i would like to see it be dark all the way through.
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echo_blades
And that kind of is what it is. But overall, though, I don't know. I was talking to ah to a buddy the other day, and i was just like, I still think it's not a hard process, right?
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echo_blades
You you follow a process. um And it has to do with consistency of, you know, doing it, right? It's been, you know, months and months since the last time I've done it. But I still get a lot of angst every time I i do it.
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Denis Tyrell
So do I. I mean, it it never ends because there are things like like this copper folder, um the copper Damascus folder I just did.
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echo_blades
I don't. Okay, good.
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Denis Tyrell
I do the exact same process. Like, like I write it down, like it's a recipe, right? I measure it's like cooking, like baking.
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Denis Tyrell
Um, I measure everything. I sanded with 3000 between etching cycles. I coffeed it and it just went fucking black. Like the and went black.
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Denis Tyrell
And, uh, yeah, it's like, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Luckily this pattern is really tight, so I could just like hit it with 3000 and it just sanded the tops and it looks great. But for yours, that's a problem. Cause if you got really wide black areas, even if you coffee it, I mean, you're an, if the 15 and 20 goes black, you're fucked.
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echo_blades
Yeah, no it's yeah it it i I don't quite understand because I know it's not anything other than something I've done or a a process that I'm missing along the way.
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Denis Tyrell
Well, I actually, uh, you know I'm going to give you some props here. It could sometimes like with the exact same process, I'll do five knives and two will work or three will work and two won't.
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Denis Tyrell
Like it is a mystery.
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echo_blades
Yeah. Okay. Well, that's good to know. Cause I was, I was feeling a little discouraged. I mean, I think I even texted you like this shit sucks. I'm all right.
00:10:32
echo_blades
We're not making Damascus anymore. I threw you in there with me just to make me feel better.
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echo_blades
But yeah. um Yeah. Cause I was like, God damn, this is frustrating. Cause especially at this point for somebody that struggles with, with, the end process of finishing. So I put this off enough anyways, like, you know, delayed doing it and then to get to it. And then to, you know, it kind of,
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echo_blades
backs up my want to put it off and not get to it. Cause it's like, you know, uh, there's going to, something's going to go wrong and blah, blah, blah, blah. Or it's going to go perfect. Like it has in the past where, Oh, this is the best thing in the world.
00:11:08
echo_blades
no you know And then there's people that seem to, you know, either luck out or have a recipe that works and, or they're, they're just auto still guys.
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Denis Tyrell
I think yeah I've talked to Morocco about this thing. And even even he'll have issues with coffee, issues with etching sometimes. Like it is not, this is not one of those cut and dry things like, I think like heat treating.
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Denis Tyrell
I think heat treating is like a recipe. You do it. it There's very little variability if you do the exact same steps.
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Denis Tyrell
Etching does not seem to be that way.
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echo_blades
No, there could be too many variables, length of time, timers, you know, once you neutralized it, I don't have any anything that's dialed and consistent like what you're talking about.
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Denis Tyrell
Yeah. i number one
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echo_blades
So there could be that, yeah.
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Denis Tyrell
yeah when When I did that Viking sword, I etched that thing four times. Like four sessions of etching before I got it to the way I wanted it.
00:12:06
Denis Tyrell
And like full, I'm talking like the coffee, like I just, it would not turn out the way I wanted. And finally it turned out amazing, but, and I don't know why I thought I nailed it after that. I thought, oh, this is the process. This is what I have to do. The next thing I did after that, did they that exact process still didn't, it didn't turn out.
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echo_blades
Oh, man. Yeah. So, it yeah, it was it was, like I said, one of chef's kiss.
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echo_blades
Like, I'm so happy with it. And ah the other two, I'm just like, hmm. So maybe I'll, I mean, I will. I'll i'll redo it again and and and figure it out. but ah Or throw them away. I'm kidding. Yeah.
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Denis Tyrell
throw away well the other option is just to and i've done this um on some early knives is just etch it but then sand it clean so it's silver and you still see the lines on it it just won't be the dark contrast which can be cool in its own right
00:13:10
echo_blades
And I think... Actually, one of the knives, that's what the customer wants. But I was going to try to convince him other ways if if I could get it to to come out.
00:13:19
echo_blades
So we'll see. and But yeah, like I said, it wasn't and anything other than than me and not doing it enough and trying to, you know. Again, there's no substitution for repetition and doing things. New tools, new, all this stuff doesn't make anything you know, miraculously better.
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echo_blades
So, uh, it's just practice, practice, practice, practice. practice and
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Denis Tyrell
Well, got to ask, what did you etch it with?
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echo_blades
Um, I used for the first time, which was fantastic. Uh, the, uh, all new grime Reaper degreaser to, to prep. And then, uh, these were both done in OG gator piss.
00:14:02
echo_blades
Um, which is something else I was thinking about too, because you know, what's great about the boys at Baker fortune tool, they give you options, right? So if you're not, uh, liking the results or you want a different look that you're getting from the OG, you can also use the heavy. Um, and if you have stainless, you can use, uh, the Gator piss max.
00:14:21
echo_blades
Um, and then when I finally lock all this shit in, get my shit together, uh, I'll definitely finish it up with, uh, the ceramic nano coating of gator skin.
00:14:31
echo_blades
Um, And not only do they make all the stuff that you need to etch to clean etch and protect, but they also are the makers of the premium pattern. Well, and still this week we have rip tide the original Baker forge,
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echo_blades
Legend 100 layer
Baker Forge Product Highlights
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echo_blades
Damascus cladding plus core double copper shims thick and with a thick 1084 band.
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echo_blades
As always, the app crew gets it ah one day earlier. So they get all of the awesome picks and all the rest of you website guys get the leftovers.
00:15:04
echo_blades
So um if there's any left, go check that out and make sure you're on the lookout for the next drop on Friday. And when you're done, You can load up that cart and use the discount code triple T 10 for 10% off.
00:15:18
Denis Tyrell
Yo, get it. Get it before it's going.
00:15:21
echo_blades
Boom. Get it for it's gone. Or you're flu bag with 99 episodes in a podcast.
00:15:27
echo_blades
Like get out here.
00:15:32
Denis Tyrell
What did I do this week? So Saturday, ah we we we all went, um Kim and I, my son Logan and my grandson,
00:15:43
Denis Tyrell
We're going to go watch Zootopia 2. And then part um Logan and I got to the theater and we saw, oh, Avatar is playing because he had already seen the new Zootopia. We're like, let's go see Avatar. um my you like the Avatar movies?
00:16:01
Denis Tyrell
You don't like them?
00:16:02
echo_blades
I was just in the midst of very silent, like ultimate heavy judging you right now.
00:16:08
echo_blades
I mean, like top level beep, beep, bee beep, 100% censored shit talking in my mind, but I was going to do it quietly until you asked me.
00:16:16
Denis Tyrell
well I actually like the the first one I loved. First one was amazing. Had the 3D effects in the first one were incredible. The second one, yeah, it was a little long.
00:16:25
echo_blades
Never did it.
00:16:28
Denis Tyrell
I don't know what fucking James Cameron, like, does he not have editors? That movie is three hours and 20 minutes long.
00:16:38
echo_blades
It's like Titanic all over again.
00:16:38
Denis Tyrell
The new one. it does not need to be that long.
Avatar 2 Length Critique
00:16:42
Denis Tyrell
I was like, just fucking, it was a good movie, but I was just like tired of watching it after two hours. Like, like they could have cut that story down, but, uh, well, it's already, it's a third of a three part.
00:16:51
echo_blades
Yeah. Or made it a two-part series.
00:16:57
echo_blades
Well, keep, you know, your parts got parts, you know?
00:17:00
Denis Tyrell
yeah, my parts have parts. Um, anyway, so that's my movie review. It was good, but it was too fucking long. Um, And then Sunday i had my new shop helper in the shop.
00:17:13
Denis Tyrell
Um, that is yeah.
00:17:14
echo_blades
Oh, that's right. I forgot about that.
00:17:16
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. CJ, who's a son of one of my good friends. Um, he's going to be my new shop helper. So he came to do a sharpening attachments and he was awesome.
00:17:29
Denis Tyrell
He's only 15, but caught on really quick and, um, yeah. Seemed to have a good time. Learned a ton. And then right when we were done, um so it was been four and a half hours, almost five hours.
00:17:47
Denis Tyrell
um The shop is clean. So he just finished cleaning the shop while he was finishing up grinding some things. And looked down at my phone and I have an order for a mag chuck.
00:17:58
Denis Tyrell
So I'm like, you want to learn how to make a mag chuck? And he said, yeah, sure. So he ended up staying for seven hours and, um, made the mag chuck, um, which is a lot of, um, milling work.
00:18:11
Denis Tyrell
So yeah, he's pretty experienced at using the mill already, but yeah, it was good.
00:18:16
Denis Tyrell
It was really good. Good to have another helper in the shop.
00:18:21
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. But, um, yeah, sold a bunch of knives this week. Um, like, four knives this week. So I was pretty happy about that.
00:18:31
Denis Tyrell
Both those copper, those copper carbon fiber, um the new model folders, both of those are sold.
00:18:39
echo_blades
That's hell of a way to start the new year.
00:18:41
Denis Tyrell
ah Yeah, I was pretty happy. um So I was...
00:18:45
echo_blades
I mean, that is the goal, right?
00:18:46
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, yeah. I was going to put those knives up on the drop point, um but now I don't have anything to put up there.
00:18:54
Denis Tyrell
But ah if you guys have knife drops, you want to... get some eyes on, definitely go use the
Knife Makers' Drop Point Service
00:19:00
Denis Tyrell
Drop Point. It is a weekly newsletter that goes out to a ton of not just makers.
00:19:07
Denis Tyrell
This goes out to collectors. It goes out to knife buyers. These are your target audience. So um get your drops, your pre-orders, all that stuff out in front of the target audience. Skip the social media grind and reach those real customers. So go to the drop point dot com. and you will see instructions on how to do a submission ah to get it on the newsletter. It's free, guys. There's no reason not to use this resource.
00:19:38
Denis Tyrell
um But since we talked about the, or I mentioned the social media grind, ah some new fucking stupid-ass social media stuff a whole ton of knife makers are now restricted on facebook myself included so i just i got a notification that uh your page
Social Media Restrictions for Knife Makers
00:20:05
Denis Tyrell
has been restricted due to an auto like basically a you know an automatic review thing and it was a knife
00:20:15
Denis Tyrell
that I posted in it was one from Sharp by Coop that I i reposted the picture. So this is like in July and I've done a ton of knife posts since then, but that's maybe there's a whole bunch on after that, but yeah. And then I'm reading now a whole ton of people are getting restricted on Facebook,
00:20:38
echo_blades
I'm still good. I don't really post much on Facebook from the Echo Blades page.
00:20:46
echo_blades
So maybe that's why I'm safe.
00:20:49
Denis Tyrell
Um, but Instagram is still fine. Like don't they use the same damn algorithm? Like it's the same company. Like what are they doing?
00:20:59
echo_blades
Yeah, I don't know.
00:21:01
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. It's silliness.
00:21:04
echo_blades
Yeah, I don't know.
00:21:06
echo_blades
I did just get back from Walnut Creek having dinner with a buddy, though. I been i was moving and shaking today.
00:21:12
Denis Tyrell
Where'd you go? Where'd you go for dinner?
00:21:13
echo_blades
Went per to Rocco's Pizza.
00:21:16
Denis Tyrell
Oh, that sounds delicious.
00:21:17
echo_blades
And then i then I had to explain to another person in my life that I have removed red sauce from my pizza, and I have to go through this whole fucking song and dance and...
00:21:30
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I don't support this decision.
00:21:31
echo_blades
Deal with the, yeah, deal with the fucking whole, I'm like, well, have you tried it? No. Okay, well, let's try it. We had two pizzas.
00:21:40
Denis Tyrell
You mean no sauce or you mean like white sauce?
00:21:43
echo_blades
No, no sauce. Zero sauce. And it's fucking fantastic, minus the heartburn.
00:21:46
Denis Tyrell
That's just cheesy bread.
00:21:51
echo_blades
And ah so we ended up getting two pizzas, one with sauce and one with with no sauce. And guess what pizza got half eaten? The one with no sauce.
00:22:01
Denis Tyrell
I'm sure it would be fun. it It's like.
00:22:03
echo_blades
don't miss it. That's, i guess, every time i explain it to somebody, is I just don't miss it. It's not that big of a loss.
00:22:09
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it's like
Pizza Toppings Debate
00:22:10
Denis Tyrell
cheesy bread. You're having. cheesy bread with whatever your topping is i mean like I'm sure it's good but it's not pizza
00:22:19
echo_blades
Sure it is. It's just not soggy-ass fucking... yeah Yeah. Anyways, yeah. so I had to have that that whole conversation. But, yeah, it was good. A buddy of mine who... was in the area for a long time. He ended up relocating one of the, one of the, yeah I envy the, the people that the rest of the country hates. And he, he escaped from, from here and moved to Arizona.
00:22:46
echo_blades
And i got to hear for a good 20 minutes about how awesome it is. You know, not being here in California blah, blah, blah, blah. blah blah blah
00:22:57
echo_blades
in But that was cool. it was good to catch up and and see him. He was in town for business. So I just, you know, it's 40 minutes there, 40 minutes back. but So I just barely got back right before we ah hopped in here to record. So
00:23:14
Denis Tyrell
How's the pizza at Rocco's?
00:23:16
echo_blades
it was OK. It's better than.
00:23:18
echo_blades
yeah Yeah, it wasn't like. ah
00:23:22
echo_blades
mind-blowing, but it was it was good. i didn't It's going so kind of hard to have a bad pizza, but there's like Domino's.
00:23:30
Denis Tyrell
Oh, don't know. had shitty pizza.
00:23:34
echo_blades
There's a good saying that my a dear friend of mine says that's not good enough for ah or not not ah clean enough for this show, but I'll tell you after.
00:23:43
Denis Tyrell
Oh, yeah. The one I know is ah pizzas like sex. Even if it's bad, it's still pretty good.
00:23:49
echo_blades
but i guess that's a cleaned-up version of saying it. Sure. Yep. Yeah. That's what it is.
00:23:55
echo_blades
Um, so yeah, it was all good. We did to order small salads though. And they were pro we ordered two small salads and it was enough for like 15 people. don't know what the fuck they' their definition of small is, but it it is definitely not like a personal salad.
00:24:12
echo_blades
Um, so yeah, that was cool. Um, and then what else? Oh, Oh, could I forget? ah can we go back and insert?
00:24:25
Denis Tyrell
No, I'm not doing that.
00:24:27
echo_blades
Anyways, I would like to wish my beautiful wife, uh, Mrs. Echo blades a happy birthday. Um, today when you guys hear this, it'll be her her birthday. So, um, yeah, that is it.
00:24:38
Denis Tyrell
Happy birthday, Lynn.
00:24:41
echo_blades
Um, we normally are gone doing something this, uh, you know, something extravagant on our, we're in Monterey, but, uh, yeah,
00:24:46
Denis Tyrell
yeah Yeah, you guys used him in water, eh? He used to be your
00:24:52
echo_blades
or last year we were in the Caribbean on a nine day cruise. I'd much rather be there than looking at you right now. That's for sure. Um, but, uh, yeah, not this year. Things are a little, but a little weird, but we'll, we'll make up for it. Um,
00:25:10
echo_blades
I did. This is cool. For the first time in in many, many months, um, I got a bunch of shit from Amazon of knife making supplies.
00:25:23
echo_blades
It felt really, yeah, it was pretty cool.
00:25:25
echo_blades
Um, for whatever reason I decided that, um, my, again, I'm into two of everything right now. So I got another granite surface plate, but this one I got the, the big daddy.
00:25:35
Denis Tyrell
You got the big one.
00:25:35
echo_blades
the Yeah. The three by 18 by 24. Um, that came, uh, got some, those sanding discs, the sanding pad things that you got the nine inches.
00:25:45
Denis Tyrell
The nine inch ones.
00:25:47
echo_blades
There's like, you like, um, the, uh, Scotch spray mount, um, came in some two inch electrical tape. Somebody, um, in lieu, in lieu of, um, painter's tape to tape off my knives.
00:25:58
Denis Tyrell
and use that for? Besides electrical.
00:26:06
echo_blades
So I find that painter's tape leaves this weird residue.
00:26:10
echo_blades
uh, when you peel it off and it was suggested that, uh, electrical tape doesn't, but obviously standard electrical tape is too small. So I Amazon two inch and sure shit that came in.
00:26:22
echo_blades
So, um, those cool little squeezy bottles that you got for the acetone. I was super stoked about that. I don't know. My, my excitement over a squeezy bottle, uh, was, was not, not line with, with like what it should be, but it was awesome.
00:26:36
Denis Tyrell
You know what? I use like four times less acetone after I got those. Because you're not like dunking the whole can.
00:26:42
echo_blades
I could see it.
00:26:44
Denis Tyrell
You're just squeezing it.
00:26:46
echo_blades
I had it in a, in a different squeeze bottle, but, um, the, the little hook fountain nose thing that you, that is, I don't know.
00:26:53
Denis Tyrell
oh yeah, yeah.
00:26:57
echo_blades
It was cool. So I got that. I got some more knife cases. And then another Dennis Terrell tip was, uh, um, little, uh, Kydex felt line sleeves.
00:27:10
echo_blades
Those are really cool.
00:27:11
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Those are great for like chefs, chef knives.
00:27:16
echo_blades
I, so those came in and then my new phone, which was not supposed to be shipping until the 27th of this month, uh,
New Phone Excitement
00:27:27
echo_blades
shipped on Saturday. It'll be here tomorrow.
00:27:29
Denis Tyrell
Oh, so you're actually going to be able to do a post about the show.
00:27:32
echo_blades
I, yes, I will no longer.
00:27:34
Denis Tyrell
i expect that 100th episode post tomorrow.
00:27:37
echo_blades
Yeah, I'll muddle around through it if I don't ah get it anyways.
00:27:38
Denis Tyrell
Phone or no phone.
00:27:41
echo_blades
But yeah. And then I do plan to like tag. There'll be like a million tags in this because I'm going to hit all of the past maker spotlights that I haven't hit over the last three four weeks or something like that. Yeah. So we got the new 17 Pro Max.
00:27:59
echo_blades
So I'm excited. Coming from a 13. I feel like
00:28:02
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, you're like coming from the Middle the the middle Ages into the 2000s.
00:28:05
echo_blades
i feel like it. Yeah, that's that is not like me. Yeah.
00:28:13
echo_blades
So, yeah. And then shut go ahead.
00:28:14
Denis Tyrell
All that new stuff.
00:28:18
Denis Tyrell
If you were not going to use Amazon, where would you buy Knife Gear?
00:28:22
echo_blades
I would I always go to Maritime Knife Supply. How about you?
00:28:26
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, of course.
00:28:28
echo_blades
Tell me about
00:28:28
Denis Tyrell
I checked there before I checked Amazon.
00:28:32
echo_blades
that's it. That's
00:28:34
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, you you were supposed to do the reading on me.
00:28:39
Denis Tyrell
I tagged it up for you. but Yes, go to a go to Maritime Knife Supply and buy all of your stuff. That's what we want you to do. ah Seriously, folks, Maritime Knife Supply has everything you need, knife making materials, steel, you name it, abrasives, you got it.
00:29:02
Denis Tyrell
Equipment, they've got it all. So go check out Maritime Knife Supply.
00:29:08
Denis Tyrell
Jared's nodding his head.
00:29:14
echo_blades
That was not the save I was expecting.
00:29:18
echo_blades
You're supposed to shame me. That was the script. That was the plan we had. I was going to say I ordered some miscellaneous garbage off of Amazon and you were going to come in with the savior of the ultimate knife supply zone and did you failed me again.
00:29:35
echo_blades
That's that's fleabag status, dude.
00:29:37
Denis Tyrell
We're back to Fleabag.
00:29:38
echo_blades
I expect way more out of you on one Oh one for sure.
00:29:38
Denis Tyrell
We're back to Fleabag. back to flebag oh i spent the entire day in the shop
00:29:51
Denis Tyrell
today Actually, hold on. We'll we'll talk about... um i ended up working on the sword the other day. and ah because i I have two other knives, like the knife that we brought to Evan's place and a knife that I did for the course last weekend, last week. So I i was thinking I was going to finish those up because they're both...
00:30:16
Denis Tyrell
bowie knives and you know i was trying to get those out of the way but um i ended up grinding the bevels on the sword let me tell you the the little swoopy part like there's there's like i don't know big three inch scallops at the bottom of the blade oh my that they were so complicated to grind
00:30:36
echo_blades
Shoopa doops.
00:30:41
echo_blades
I just, I, ah before I get, let you go here. When I called the little scallops, the swoop dupes, you, you were like two a millisecond from saying swoopy dupes right now.
00:30:54
echo_blades
And then you came back up with that. So I'm telling you, swoop a dupe is an official term.
00:30:58
Denis Tyrell
yeah the yeah swoopy dupes uh those are really complicated uh to grind
00:31:05
echo_blades
yeah, they look so ridiculous that I even asked you when you showed me, I'm like,
00:31:11
echo_blades
did you just land on that or did you plan that? you had to show me your, yeah, you had to show me the picture.
00:31:14
Denis Tyrell
no like but it's in the picture it's planned but i did not account for because Because of that curve, it's an inside curve, the um the angle changes on that bevel through that entire curve.
00:31:30
Denis Tyrell
It's a bitch um to grind. I finally got them to, and and of course, you you have to get that, you know, it's got to meet at that medial ridge, which makes it even more complicated.
00:31:39
echo_blades
That's the word I was looking for. Yeah.
00:31:41
Denis Tyrell
um But i I think I nailed it. So it just took a it took a long time.
00:31:45
echo_blades
Yeah, it came out great.
00:31:49
Denis Tyrell
But I still have to like convex the very edge, but otherwise some I'm happy with the the grinds on it so far. So I'll be on to do some do some hand sanding and then guard work.
00:32:03
Denis Tyrell
So that's exciting to, yeah, I'm at that stage where now now I'm, you know, I was apprehensive about grinding it. So I was pushing it off, um but now I'm excited about VTR.
00:32:13
echo_blades
I know nothing about what you're talking about. You know, if you just lock in, make a decision to do something, it's very easy. You just get it done, Dennis.
00:32:20
Denis Tyrell
uh yeah yeah i know i should just get it done
Gratitude for Ivory Connection
00:32:23
echo_blades
Just follow my lead.
00:32:24
Denis Tyrell
yeah so then it'll be on the guard work um and handle and um so oh i'm i'm gonna i'm gonna break tradition and i'm going to um pull in maker spotlight a little early because first a shout out uh to my man bob gore so i said in a um
00:32:49
Denis Tyrell
in a podcast two or three episodes ago that, Hey, if anybody has a hookup for ivory, i want some white ivory, like not scale, not scales. I want blocks of white ivory.
00:33:04
Denis Tyrell
I know it's expensive. I want wild blocks of white ivory. So Bob reached out to me and he said, Hey, you should talk to this guy that, that I use.
00:33:16
Denis Tyrell
And he sent me a picture of a box with four amazing chunks of white ivory in it. And I'm like, oh, okay, i gotta I got to reach out to this guy. And I'm like, have you, this is like through Instagram, right? Like, Bob, have you ordered stuff from this guy and already have it? And then he sent me a picture of like a table of all the stuff that he's got from this guy.
00:33:40
Denis Tyrell
So my... my Maker spotlight this week is Joshua Smith. I'm going to give you his Instagram, but he doesn he hasn't posted. Mostly what he does is Facebook. So I'm going to put both his Instagram and his Facebook in the show notes.
00:33:59
Denis Tyrell
ah His Instagram is mmxosupplies. And this guy has the most amazing ah ivory scales, um blocks, does a lot of mammoth molar, has got a lot of, you know, like the crosscut um tusks that have been um stabilized with resin.
00:34:24
Denis Tyrell
Tons of those. Most of what his stuff, like that you can see his stuff is on Facebook, which is where I'm starting to see all his stuff because now we're hooked up on Facebook. But definitely if you're looking for ivory or just any kind of high-end handle material, go check out Joshua Smith. It's not Josh Smith from, you know, the maker Josh Smith. This is somebody else. He's from North Carolina. I already got my shipment. Amazing stuff.
00:34:52
Denis Tyrell
uh, so happy with it and, uh, said I would shut him out on the podcast. So, uh, go check him out. Um, I, and I were joking. I'm like, maybe we don't want to give this guy's name out so we can like keep all his stuff for ourselves. But, uh, yeah, no, we're gonna, we're gonna share it and, uh, give this guy some business.
00:35:12
Denis Tyrell
So I was thrilled to get all that ivory, which I'm gonna use maybe for the sword project, but certainly for other projects in the future.
00:35:23
echo_blades
I don't know where you've been. You should have just asked me. ah Him and I were already friends on Facebook.
00:35:28
Denis Tyrell
Are you really? how bastard. um
00:35:33
Denis Tyrell
And then the same day,
00:35:33
echo_blades
Really awesome stuff, dude.
00:35:35
echo_blades
Really awesome stuff.
00:35:40
Denis Tyrell
um I'm perusing Facebook and I see an ad for a guy selling muskox, which I love. um I've seen muskox.
00:35:52
Denis Tyrell
When I visited Alaska, there was a maker up there who had like like milk crates full of muskox and he showed me a couple of finished ones. it just It's just amazing looking stuff.
00:36:04
Denis Tyrell
Uh, so I've always wanted to use it, but never really found some nice pieces. So he had a couple of pieces that are one inch thick slabs, um, that, uh, he's sending me. So maybe I'll shout him out next week. Uh, if I, uh, if I get them in time, but, uh, very much looking forward to those as well.
00:36:25
Denis Tyrell
Cause, uh, that stuff's incredible. I've never seen or used mucks muskox, um, Yeah, you're in for a treat. I'll show it on Instagram when I'm and you'll see it in my builds when when I do those.
00:36:39
echo_blades
Yeah, he doesn't have anything on Facebook. I mean, on ah on Instagram, because I do follow him on on on Facebook.
00:36:44
Denis Tyrell
On Instagram. Yeah.
00:36:50
echo_blades
But I just followed him on the Instagram account.
00:36:53
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, there's no posts.
00:36:53
echo_blades
and But it immediately accepted a private. His account was private on Instagram, and I followed back, and i got immediately it it accepted it. So it's got to be automated.
00:37:08
Denis Tyrell
Hmm. Interesting.
00:37:10
echo_blades
That's really weird. But anyways, anyways, back to the Mucksocks.
00:37:15
echo_blades
Yeah, that stuff was cool. that Those are some.
00:37:19
echo_blades
Those are some big ass pieces.
00:37:21
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah. it i was One of the one of the pieces of and by five. Pure white ivory. is one and a half by two and a half by five pure white ivory
00:37:36
Denis Tyrell
That's huge. I'm not going to tell you what I paid for all of them because I don't think he's going to, ah you almost did, but I don't think he's going to give everyone that deal.
00:37:40
echo_blades
I almost guessed it though.
00:37:44
Denis Tyrell
But um yeah, go check him out. a Good prices. what but What Bob's telling me is you know, he's got some good prices and amazing materials. So go check him out.
00:37:57
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. But, um oh, so so who do you have? for Let's finish off Maker Spotlight. Who do you have for Maker Spotlight this year this week?
Craftsmanship Community Praise
00:38:06
echo_blades
So I got our good buddy One half of the dynamic duo, ah Mr. Dustin O'Hara from the Art of Craftsmanship.
00:38:16
Denis Tyrell
Love that guy.
00:38:17
echo_blades
Dude, just one of the best dudes in the game here. um And i was just going through my ah feed and saw just a hatchet, and I really didn't even see um like who who it was, but it it was just, it screamed Dustin on there. But, you know, and what I really like is those, those sheep shear knives that he does.
00:38:42
Denis Tyrell
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:38:43
echo_blades
um And, but then, it you know, you kind of you know, mess around in the, uh, through his page, uh, great YouTube channel podcast. Um, but he's just into just making.
00:38:57
echo_blades
And, um, you know, if you're not following Dustin, um, make sure you do that. Uh, that's the art of craftsmanship on, um, He's got 10,000,
00:39:11
echo_blades
0.7k followers there uh youtube channel and like i said the the the podcast as well um but yeah just uh uh brother devin the to just awesome awesome people awesome content really good things and um there's a handful of people that i was uh that i really look forward to seeing at makers camp and i was really bummed uh that we didn't get to check in this year. Um, and he's, he's high on that list. So, um, yeah, that's who I got for this week.
00:39:45
echo_blades
Um, go check.
00:39:46
echo_blades
Yeah, I don't,
00:39:47
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, he's loved hanging out with both Dustin and Devin at Maker Camp. Good good guys.
00:39:54
echo_blades
yeah i don't I bought, I have a Viking toothpick. I think he called it that I picked up from maker's camp the last time I was there. And it's a, it hangs in my, on my wall in my, my bedroom. Fucking love that thing. It's the coolest. It just, one of those things that you, you look, you're cruising by tables and things. I didn't even know Dustin made it.
00:40:18
echo_blades
I was just in, in one of those in the the tents there. And I looked and I was like, ah, that is bad-ass. I want this. And then all a sudden Dustin appears. And, beerson and I was like, oh, this is even easier purchase for me.
00:40:30
echo_blades
So, yeah, I love that.
00:40:37
Denis Tyrell
So I spent all day today on, which which is going to be my Thursday video because can't contain this.
New Grinder Attachment Design
00:40:47
Denis Tyrell
i I'm very excited about this.
00:40:50
Denis Tyrell
I made what I think is one of the most incredible grinder attachments ever. I'm very excited about this one, especially if you're a guy like Jared and I, and you have multiple grinders,
00:41:07
Denis Tyrell
um this is the attachment you're going to want. Now, is it available anywhere? No. Could you make one yourself? Maybe. I am talking to the boys at Ameribraid tomorrow.
00:41:23
Denis Tyrell
um to see uh maybe they want to consider uh making one of these and putting it up for sale so um if you guys first of all if you guys need a grinder go check out mare braid the fastback
00:41:29
echo_blades
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:41:42
Denis Tyrell
the premium grinder to own my favorite grinder in the shop is that fastback 2x72 so many cool attachments I love the drop away um Platin uh so many cool things uh also they have the hyper disc which uh my buddy Jared here owns uh probably what those disc uh uh sanding discs are for us so check them out go to ameribraid.com and uh see what they got
00:42:12
Denis Tyrell
ah We will have a um a discount code for Ameribrate coming up soon, I think. We've just been lagging on getting that. um But so what what I started with, Jared and I were talking about grinders and grinders and Generally, we were thinking, we were looking at a particular grinder, um which is a horizontal only grinder.
00:42:39
Denis Tyrell
Okay. It's the AMK horizontal grinder. Okay. Really just because... You know, why have a dedicated...
00:42:49
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, we're lazy.
00:42:49
echo_blades
We're fucking lazy.
00:42:50
Denis Tyrell
The nice thing about this horizontal grinder is it has a four-inch wheel, a platen, and a small wheel, all with their own rest and permanent. Like, it's you don't have to switch attachments or anything like that.
00:43:03
Denis Tyrell
I looked at it. I hemmed and hawed about it. And my issues with it are, first of all, it's huge. The footprint on this thing is massive. I don't like how much room it takes up.
00:43:17
Denis Tyrell
Um, and the rests on those things only tilt to 30 degrees. I do a ton of stuff where I need 60, like swedges, um, scallops on guard. Like there's a bunch of things that I need more than 30 degrees. So that annoyed me. I'd have to fab new rests for this thing.
00:43:36
Denis Tyrell
Um, and then I thought, fine, I'm just going to make one. I'm just gonna, I've got a third grinder in the shop that I, that I barely use, it's only used for a small wheel attachment.
00:43:49
Denis Tyrell
I'm thinking of getting rid of it.
00:43:54
echo_blades
He said three.
00:43:55
Denis Tyrell
so what's that?
00:43:58
echo_blades
I was just mumbling what everybody else said. Three? Oh, anyways, go ahead.
00:44:01
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, three. So I'm thinking, okay, well, maybe I'll just build a horizontal grinder myself. And I'm thinking, okay, I gotta get a motor. I gotta get a VFD. I gotta get wheels. I gotta get, and I thought to myself, this is the stupidest thing ever. Why would I go through all this?
00:44:18
Denis Tyrell
And I had an epiphany. I'm looking at the Ameribraid, uh, the other platen that I have for the Ameribraid, which has got four inch wheel and an eight inch platen and a two inch wheel on the other side. And I'm looking at it and I'm like, why can't I?
00:44:38
Denis Tyrell
make a copy of this thing, but change it so that there's a small wheel attachment on the right side instead of a two inch wheel. My grinder already flips horizontal.
00:44:49
Denis Tyrell
I can fab the rests for it. And then I don't have to do it. I have a grinder that has a VFD that's variable speed, blah, blah, blah, two by 72. So I made a new D plate that has a four inch wheel. In fact, it can have a six inch, a four four inch, or a two inch on the left side, a platen and a small wheel attachment that can take two inch wheels all the way down to, you know, your usual, you know, whatever you want for a small wheel attachment.
00:45:20
Denis Tyrell
And this thing is made to run, the D-plate is made to run horizontal. And it's got three independent rests that all tilt. Actually, they all tilt almost to 90 degrees.
00:45:33
Denis Tyrell
um I am so excited about this attachment. it is the, ah it basically, i have three grinders. One is for vertical, one is for horizontal, and one's for small wheel.
00:45:46
Denis Tyrell
That's what I use them for now. I basically just eliminated one of my grinders.
00:45:52
Denis Tyrell
Because now I have both horizontal and small wheel on the same machine. Very exciting. So if you have multiple grinders and you, this is, this to me is like, oh my God, it's the best thing ever.
00:46:07
Denis Tyrell
I'm so excited, especially with all.
00:46:08
echo_blades
why didn Why didn't I think of this?
00:46:12
Denis Tyrell
No, you you thought about buying it out of the box once.
00:46:15
echo_blades
Get the fuck out of here. I think you did a fantastic job doing this, but not taking anything away.
00:46:21
Denis Tyrell
i was surprised i could i could turn it around in a day um i i'm just i have the probably a couple hours left on the on the rests but um yeah i mean it already it's done it tracks you saw the video tracks perfectly uh runs great and uh it's even got the deflection wheel for the small wheel attachment so you can plunge um yeah awesome so my video Thursday will be kind of building this thing again I'm not going through a step by step I show the plan and everything for it but um yeah I don't know that people are going to be able to follow this exactly but um you know without the actual pieces that I started with
00:47:08
Denis Tyrell
But um yeah, pretty exciting. And I really hope that Ameribraid thinks about carrying this thing, because I think it's going to be a winner. I think a lot of people are going to want this thing.
00:47:18
echo_blades
Me too, Dennis. I think the same thing. From my heart to yours.
00:47:27
Denis Tyrell
Anyway, you can tell I'm pretty jazzed about this thing, but um it's ah
00:47:27
echo_blades
Very cool, though. No, you, yeah, you are. Yeah.
00:47:33
Denis Tyrell
it's exciting.
00:47:35
echo_blades
I love leaning on shovels. It's just's the highlight of my life, dude. Guys, there's a lot of, if you guys think there's a lot of ball busting that goes on here in this show, what takes place off air is endless. It is endless. The the amount of fucking subtle undertone digs that we take at each other on this show is just barely touches the surface here.
00:48:02
echo_blades
So there there was a lot of shit talking that just took place right now.
00:48:06
echo_blades
And I want to know, we're not going to go into a lot of details, but just message me and I still won't tell you. But ah that was fun for me.
00:48:16
echo_blades
ah But seriously, dude, that thing came out awesome. um ah i' I've been on the search for the the new coolest tool in your shop for quite a while. And I'm glad that you got off your ass and you tried to convince me that the the big surface grinder isn't isn't the best. So equally excited about that.
00:48:36
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. I mean, I can't wait to put it in into action and ah it it this boils down to laziness and not wanting to change the rest and change the attachment.
00:48:48
Denis Tyrell
that We've had this underlying theme many times in the show and
00:48:53
echo_blades
The most versatile machine isn't good enough for us.
00:48:59
Denis Tyrell
it's just too complicated. We need simple, keep it simple, stupid.
00:49:01
echo_blades
It is. yeah you I mean, guys, just imagine having to stop what you're doing.
00:49:08
echo_blades
Go a two feet away. Grab something else. Pull a small lever, pull it out, replace it, put the other thing back. Fuck all that.
00:49:20
echo_blades
We're just going to make a thousand grinders for every shop. You get a grinder. You get a grinder. You get a grinder. That's what it's about here.
00:49:30
Denis Tyrell
ah yeah but i i've talked to a bunch of makers and and i have heard of many of us i think noah is the same where he will actually change his process he will do something else so he doesn't have to change the attachment
00:49:46
echo_blades
and Not only is that the the truth, but I fully support this. So new knife on the way.
00:49:54
Denis Tyrell
i was gonna do a finger trial but fuck it i don't want to put the attachment in
00:49:58
echo_blades
That's right. Two inch finger choil it is. and Oh, that's so good.
00:50:06
echo_blades
Why does that make my heart so happy? Oh man. But if you want to mess around with grinders and all that dumb shit, you can't forge your knives to shape. So in order to do that, you will need a hammer. And I suggest you go check out a two bathers, Smithy and supply, go check out Frank and Nita and get yourself a two bastards, fat peen, a cross straight diagonal, curved, whatever you need. He'll take care of you. um It is Dennis and I's go to hammer when we do a beat hot steel.
00:50:37
echo_blades
um So. Make sure you're cool like the cool kids and go grab yourself a two bastards fat peen.
00:50:46
Denis Tyrell
You know what? I'm going to have a peen on my arm.
00:50:52
echo_blades
You're going to join the peen crew.
00:50:55
Denis Tyrell
ah I have an appointment for my next tattoo, which is going to be an anvil with my logo on the front of the anvil, but there's going to be a hammer on the top of the anvil.
00:51:11
echo_blades
Ain't it grand to have a fat Pete tattooed on your arm?
00:51:12
Denis Tyrell
And with that peen on your arm.
00:51:21
echo_blades
Oh, look at you.
00:51:22
Denis Tyrell
so yeah i'm gonna have you know i feel imbalanced with just one tattoo on the right arm now i need one on the left arm so yeah proportionate
00:51:22
echo_blades
You overachiever.
00:51:31
echo_blades
For the sake of yes, that's cool. Make it proportionate. Yeah. Proportion it to your arm.
00:51:39
Denis Tyrell
what do i have spencer biceps you were like
00:51:45
echo_blades
I'm at like length.
00:51:46
Denis Tyrell
it Well, I mean, it's an anvil. I can't make it too big without it, like, wrapping around my arm. So I'll make it suitable.
00:51:53
echo_blades
Okay. There you go.
00:51:57
echo_blades
And where are you going to get this tattoo from that the the local guy?
00:52:01
Denis Tyrell
And Tracy. Same guy that did the knife.
00:52:04
echo_blades
Why do still think you went like down the street to the guy that's right by your house?
00:52:09
Denis Tyrell
No, that was that was for the one on my back.
00:52:14
echo_blades
Your tramp stamp?
00:52:15
Denis Tyrell
No, the other one.
00:52:16
echo_blades
Oh, okay. um Okay, yeah, cool. I still want to get my my anchor's mark on my on my wrist there, but everybody scared the shit out of me.
00:52:29
echo_blades
I'm already a bitch.
00:52:30
Denis Tyrell
how big are you going to get it?
00:52:31
Denis Tyrell
It's going to be what an inch.
00:52:32
echo_blades
Huh? Yeah, at best.
00:52:34
Denis Tyrell
Let's still be a pussy.
00:52:35
echo_blades
That's all I got. That's all I got. Proportions. ah
00:52:42
Denis Tyrell
Even if it does hurt, it's only like what an inch. Give me a break.
00:52:46
echo_blades
It'll be solid shading. Oh God, it's going to be.
00:52:49
Denis Tyrell
The shading.
00:52:49
Denis Tyrell
is It's always the outline that hurts. The shading's you'll be numb by then.
00:52:54
echo_blades
I guess I have one tattoo that I got fucking 20 some years ago and no, no, no idea. So we like first.
00:53:03
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, this one, the the knife didn't actually didn't hurt. I won't say it didn't hurt, but it was like, you know, a cat scratching you. Like not even, it was not super painful.
00:53:14
echo_blades
I was pretty fucked up when I got this one, so I don't even remember.
00:53:18
echo_blades
Couldn't tell you if it hurt or not.
00:53:18
Denis Tyrell
That's worse.
00:53:19
echo_blades
Yeah, bled like fuck.
00:53:20
Denis Tyrell
i was going to say it bleeds like crazy.
00:53:21
echo_blades
That's sure. Yeah.
00:53:23
echo_blades
Yeah. Well, don't be friends with your... you don't Yeah. My buddy was ah had ah had a shop, and i didn't i forgot to tell him I was shit-faced when I walked in. so He should have known better, though. I was pretty known for being shit-faced. Yeah.
00:53:40
Denis Tyrell
You know what I might do when I get my tattoo?
00:53:42
Denis Tyrell
Maybe I'll coat it in pelican paste. Maybe that'll be good for it.
00:53:46
echo_blades
I think that will actually protect it from everything.
00:53:50
echo_blades
There's nothing that Pelican Pace can't protect.
00:53:53
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Maybe the hand salve will be good for it.
00:53:57
Denis Tyrell
But if you guys want to protect your knives, your hand and material, you name it, i go check out pelicanpaste.com. They have hard wax, soft wax, pelican oil.
00:54:09
Denis Tyrell
know what part of the Pelican and the oil comes from, but a hand solve and soap. And of course the butter, not,
00:54:14
echo_blades
same Same place the gator piss comes from.
00:54:20
Denis Tyrell
uh, you got to milk the, uh, the Pelican.
00:54:21
echo_blades
Squeeze, baby. Squeeze the pelican.
00:54:28
echo_blades
We're on to you, Travis. The secret's out.
00:54:34
Denis Tyrell
ah go to PelicanPaste.com. Use the discount code triple T 10.
00:54:39
echo_blades
I actually use some, uh, Pelican paste on my, uh, work rest to today cause our yesterday. Um, cause I was ah a little grind happy.
00:54:52
echo_blades
Um, last week and uh apparently i was uh making a uh i was like a pelican in its natural habitat putting water everywhere and i came back and there was rust all over my my carbon because i have i have one work rest that's that's stainless which i think they all should be um but this one's not so I sanded it down and, uh, and lathered that up with some, uh, with some, uh, Pelican paste in for a little extra protectant and slidey slippity slide around too.
00:55:06
Denis Tyrell
I hate that.
00:55:28
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, one of my rests is stainless and that's the way to go.
00:55:29
echo_blades
And let's see this.
00:55:32
echo_blades
Absolutely. So yeah, there's that. There's that.
00:55:39
echo_blades
Uh, yeah. And then I got ah couple of builds in in place and I think I've slated one of them for ah one of our awesome handle material, uh, grip tech composites.
00:55:55
echo_blades
I'm going to do another, uh, think I'm gonna do two more storm trooper type,
Grip Tech Composites Promotion
00:56:01
echo_blades
uh, uh, builds.
00:56:02
echo_blades
Yeah. so I have some really cool, uh, storm trooper-y ish, uh, grip X. Um, if you're in the market for some, uh, unique handle material, go check out, uh, grip tech composites on grip tech official and grip tech.com, uh, makers of the grip X grip X 3d and the limitless brand. Um, also guys want to remind you that, uh,
00:56:29
echo_blades
Grip Tech Composites is doing a ah a new deal this year. um You can sign up for their ah newsletter and receive an exclusive discount for a weekly color variant of a particular um scale.
00:56:47
echo_blades
that they're using. Um, you got to sign up for the newsletter to get that, that, um, discount code. And, uh, as of right now, um, you can double dip and use the discount code triple T 10 and, um, stack those, um, those discounts.
00:57:04
echo_blades
So you I think, yeah, there's only one thing cooler than a discount code.
00:57:05
Denis Tyrell
I love stacking.
00:57:09
echo_blades
That's a stacking discounts goes for additional discount. So, so stack on my friends, uh, this week, um the, the color is a Viridian, which yeah, Dennis, you are the owner of a pairing knife with Viridian.
00:57:27
Denis Tyrell
Oh, that's the green with the black on it.
00:57:30
Denis Tyrell
Okay. Okay. okay I was going to ask you what the hell Viridian is, but all right.
00:57:33
echo_blades
That, that one I do know. Cause that's the one that is on, on the parent knife that you guys have. So yeah, go do that. Discount code triple T 10 crypt tech composites.
00:57:45
Denis Tyrell
I am intrigued what graphite diamond edition is. That sounds fancy.
00:57:51
echo_blades
You might have to wait.
00:57:52
Denis Tyrell
That's yeah. Huh.
00:57:55
echo_blades
No giving shit away. It's a surprise.
00:57:59
Denis Tyrell
Oh, there's surprises? all right.
00:58:01
Denis Tyrell
I won't tell you what week it is then.
00:58:04
echo_blades
This week is the one that matters the most.
00:58:07
echo_blades
Viridian. It's the Viridian week.
00:58:11
Denis Tyrell
You know, i yeah I was doing my normal morning morning scroll this morning. I was on Yeah, another one of those times when we're busting each other's balls.
00:58:16
echo_blades
I going say, it ain't a workout.
00:58:27
Denis Tyrell
oh no it was not a workout i was cruising facebook and i'm a member of a bunch of facebook groups um specifically now i'm following a bunch of navy facebook groups on training and a lot of them post um the videos of the sailors the
00:58:51
Denis Tyrell
the sailor sailor recruits, semen recruits, marching.
00:58:59
Denis Tyrell
And then they tell you the ship and the division in case you see your semen.
00:59:03
echo_blades
You're semen.
00:59:05
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. ah No, they're semen recruits. You can't call them sailors yet.
00:59:08
echo_blades
Oh, they're not semen yet. They're not fully developed siemens.
00:59:10
Denis Tyrell
Right. They don't have a tail.
00:59:12
echo_blades
They're tadpoles, yeah.
00:59:13
Denis Tyrell
Yes. um And I've been watching these for now a couple of weeks, This morning, I saw Parker marching. was very thrilled to to see him.
00:59:25
echo_blades
That's pretty cool.
00:59:25
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it was. I mean, it's for like literally a sp like ah a second and a half where you see him kind of move across the video. but
00:59:31
echo_blades
And only you're going to know it's him because it's yours.
00:59:35
Denis Tyrell
i was I was sitting there pausing on every person, but I did get to see my son in a video this morning.
00:59:41
Denis Tyrell
So I was thrilled with that. um I was telling Kim that yesterday, the day before, I saw his same ship and division, and I couldn't see him. And I was like, damn, did he get, like, um separated? Did he, which means, you know, he quit or did they excuse him for some reason? i was like, oh, shit, I was all paranoid.
01:00:08
Denis Tyrell
And then I saw him. And I think it was actually the same video, but it was from the other side. So, uh, or the same marching session, but it was from the other side. So I actually got to see him now.
01:00:19
Denis Tyrell
So yeah. Yeah. That was cool to see him. And, uh, I posted that, that image on Facebook saying, yeah, it was nice to see the kid and he's already almost halfway through, basic training. So.
01:00:35
Denis Tyrell
We're looking at hotels and flights now to get down his graduation next month. Can't believe it's like five weeks away. Yeah.
01:00:45
echo_blades
Wow. What week? The 12th?
01:00:48
Denis Tyrell
The 19th is his graduation.
01:00:50
echo_blades
Okay, cool. Then you can go to the AT&T Pro-Am with me.
01:00:54
Denis Tyrell
Uh, no, no interest level this low, you know, this low, like you can't even see it.
01:00:54
echo_blades
Very cool. Yep. You see a lot of famous people. You know what? for for For like CeeLo, you might be crazy.
01:01:05
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, exactly.
01:01:12
echo_blades
This one, if you're super lame and not into golf, This would be the one to go to because you get to see all the famous people too. I've seen some really cool, really cool people.
01:01:21
Denis Tyrell
isn it Is this the one at Pebble?
01:01:25
echo_blades
It's been a long time since I go, since I, since I go, it's been a long time since I go. ah I took Jared there for a few years in row when he was younger and it was, it was pretty cool to see Bill Murray and, you know, Larry, the cable guy and, you know, all the sports guys and really cool.
01:01:45
Denis Tyrell
it the The only experience I have with that tournament is that um when I used to scuba dive a lot, you know, you pick your weekends to go to Monterey.
01:01:56
Denis Tyrell
We ended up going to Monterey the weekend that that was playing. And they have every access to every beach shut down so that you drive all this way to get to Monterey with all your scuba gear.
01:02:10
Denis Tyrell
You get there and you're really annoyed that you can't dive because beach access is closed everywhere because of this stupid.
01:02:16
echo_blades
hilariously Hilariously, there is a Facebook memory that comes up ah around well that weekend.
01:02:18
Denis Tyrell
was not happy.
01:02:25
echo_blades
And prior to my ADHD dive into my love of golf, there's a post that I have of me like literally motherfucking the entire golf community for fucking up my trip to California.
01:02:41
echo_blades
to Monterey so I can relate or used to be able to relate because it is a fucking madhouse that weekend and if you're planning it unknowingly yeah you made a big mistake so I do understand that completely however
01:02:47
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, it is.
01:02:56
Denis Tyrell
be yeah You want a nice casual weekend of scuba diving or touring Monterey? Don't do it that weekend.
01:03:02
echo_blades
yeah don't do it in the beginning of February for sure ah now I'll just be contributing to that
01:03:09
echo_blades
um yeah but before we get out of here i gotta to give a couple shout outs to uh one um mr john chandler ah one of our five four listeners um took a uh a trip over to the old pancake house in fort worth and uh just did a
01:03:34
echo_blades
a story and posted the, the, on the menu. And that is the place where you can get your, uh, fix of the beautiful baby Dutch sampler plate that I, uh, I had when, uh, Lawrence and I went there, um, last year, which reminded me that that trip is fast approaching as well.
01:03:55
echo_blades
Um, And then last week I was talking about um needing some manzanita handles. And ah one of our listeners, Devin Sheridan from Briar Hill Forge, reached out to me and said that he had a couple pieces of a stabilized manzanita that he really didn't have any use for and ah sent them.
01:04:17
echo_blades
They're on their way. to me. So I wanted to give him shout out and a huge thank you for, uh, for that very thoughtful, um, And, i can't wait to get it and get it on, uh, get it on that knife. So very cool.
01:04:34
echo_blades
Appreciate you.
01:04:34
echo_blades
I told him, I think I literally said, I wish the other three listeners are as cool as you. no
01:04:41
Denis Tyrell
Sure, alienate all our listeners.
01:04:44
echo_blades
It's only one third or three thirds, three fourths.
01:04:45
Denis Tyrell
went there Three quarters.
01:04:47
echo_blades
Yeah, three quarters. One thirds. Yeah. ah Shit, I forgot my joke. God dang it, Dennis.
01:04:58
Denis Tyrell
You're going say two or three ain't bad?
01:05:00
echo_blades
Nah, yeah, I don't know. It's gone. Maybe it'll come back. But yeah, it was pretty. It was supposed to be hilarious.
01:05:05
Denis Tyrell
Oh yeah. Like everything you say, it's supposed to be hilarious.
01:05:09
echo_blades
I think it is. It's all that matters. Shit. Oh, that's what he said. He goes, I tried to, you know, try to give these like, man, you guys have i've entertained me for a lot. And I was just like, oh God. Yeah. Sorry.
01:05:21
echo_blades
yeah For 100 weeks. I've been boring you. Well, Dennis has anyways.
01:05:32
echo_blades
I'm surprised you're still awake. Yeah.
01:05:35
Denis Tyrell
I got shit to do still.
Even Heat Kiln for Pizza?
01:05:39
Denis Tyrell
We got one more read.
01:05:40
Denis Tyrell
If you guys are in the need of doing some heat treating, you got to get yourself an Even Heat Kiln. ah Even Heat Kiln, family owned and operated since 1948. That's older than that's older than me
01:05:54
echo_blades
the Oh, that was when you graduated.
01:05:57
Denis Tyrell
Building the highest knife heat treating ovens available. I have two. Jared has two. Finally used his even heat just last week. His new one. ah Be like the cool kids. Go get yourself an even heat kiln. They will not do you wrong.
01:06:16
echo_blades
That's right.
01:06:18
Denis Tyrell
I love my even heat. You know, I was thinking you said pizza. I've been making like pizza at home and I don't have one of those fancy pizza ovens. And the issue with pizza is like got to have a really, really hot oven.
01:06:30
Denis Tyrell
And I'm really contemplating doing like a like a rectangular pizza and putting it in the even heat and ah doing it in there because then I can crank it up to like 800 degrees and cook it really fast. 900.
01:06:44
echo_blades
I heard 900 is the key.
01:06:45
Denis Tyrell
oh nine hundred All right.
01:06:47
echo_blades
I i'm just had a conversation at dinner about pizzas and my buddy had one when he bought his new home. He had one. He had a really nice, um kind of similar to his outdoor barbecue built-in deal and a fire pit and shit. So when he went over to this place, he put a pizza oven back there as well.
01:07:09
echo_blades
And he was talking about making them. And he said something about like 900 was the was a sweet spot for her for him. so
01:07:15
echo_blades
And I was like, oh, so during the summer, he lives in Arizona. You don't got to turn that bitch on. That's really cool. Yeah.
01:07:24
echo_blades
Because it's hot as fuck. And you know where it's not always hot as fuck? Just only a couple months. So it's only cut it's only freezing cold and hot as fuck a couple months out of the year. The rest is perfect here. so
01:07:36
Denis Tyrell
yes yes uh yeah so uh might just have to use the even heat as a pizza oven
01:07:43
echo_blades
That's not a bad idea. know it's not suggested, but I'd like to see it tried.
01:07:48
Denis Tyrell
What not suggested? I'm suggesting it.
01:07:50
echo_blades
Well, the in The evening guys will tell you that it's meant for a knife heat treating.
01:07:55
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, yeah, whatever.
01:07:57
Denis Tyrell
Maybe I'll make a calzone in the big tall one. Big like.
01:08:03
echo_blades
Dude, you don't interest me very often. And that was, that I'd like to see that like a cocoon, cocoon zone.
01:08:11
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, like ah ah a cocoon zone or what?
01:08:16
Denis Tyrell
I don't know.
01:08:16
echo_blades
Is there a fucking echo in here? Is there an echo blade in here?
01:08:19
echo_blades
yeah Oh, that's me. Okay. did do do
01:08:24
Denis Tyrell
All right. I'm done with you. We're done.
01:08:27
echo_blades
I am done with you as well. Thank you.
01:08:32
Denis Tyrell
Anything else you want to say?
01:08:33
echo_blades
Happy birthday, my love. Happy birthday, my love. I can't wait to celebrate tomorrow with you.
01:08:39
echo_blades
We'll probably take you out to Wendy's, just like for old time's sakes.
01:08:43
echo_blades
That was a long-standing... thing for us when you're married a million years you start off and you're you're poorer than you are today and uh for a lot of years that's that's where we ended up with wendy's for which she was good with but it's ah it's a good show yeah it's gone downhill for me yes yeah junior bacon cheeseburgers used to reign supreme and they're just like this
01:08:58
Denis Tyrell
I love Wendy's. I was at Wendy's just the other day.
01:09:04
Denis Tyrell
What? Blasphemy.
01:09:11
Denis Tyrell
I've never had a burger at Wendy's. you believe that?
01:09:15
echo_blades
Well, you're not missing anything now. I would say the olden days, the Junior Bacon Cheeseburger was the deal of a century. It was like 99 cents for stellar little burger.
01:09:26
echo_blades
You can get like 50 of them.
01:09:27
Denis Tyrell
Spicy chicken sandwich. It's the best chicken sandwich of all the chain restaurants.
Chili Debate
01:09:32
echo_blades
You ever had the chili?
01:09:34
Denis Tyrell
I'm not, I don't like chili to be in with, so I wouldn't, it's not, I mean, I can eat it.
01:09:36
echo_blades
What? What? What?
01:09:39
Denis Tyrell
I just don't, I don't, it's never something that I like, oh, let's have chili. Like that never comes out of my mouth.
01:09:45
echo_blades
you chili dogs aren't like
01:09:48
Denis Tyrell
No, I don't like it.
01:09:54
Denis Tyrell
Don't like it.
01:09:55
echo_blades
Oh my God. Chili dogs are like, if it's up to me, they're a weekly thing here. my am i No one else in here in this house loves, has a love for the chili dog.
01:10:00
Denis Tyrell
No, that's gross.
01:10:04
Denis Tyrell
the The only thing that should go on a hot dog is is mustard and relish.
01:10:04
echo_blades
Like I ah no chi it dove andnna turn a do.
01:10:09
echo_blades
dog. Chili dog with a chili dog. and feel li down
01:10:11
Denis Tyrell
maybe Maybe onions if I'm feeling Randy, but... Okay,
01:10:18
Denis Tyrell
going to end the show just so I can not hear you anymore.
01:10:19
echo_blades
dogs with a chili dog. Chili dog with a chili dog. There's a meme that somebody did that entire Jack and Diane song would say in Chili Dog over and over. It is fantastic.
01:10:32
echo_blades
Chili dog with a chili dog. Chili dog with you till a chili dog and a chili dog.
01:10:40
echo_blades
Chili dog. Chili Chili dog. If you don't end this, I'm going to way out.
01:10:48
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, we're done.
01:10:49
echo_blades
We're going to chill the dog.
01:10:49
Denis Tyrell
Goodbye, folks. Thank you for ah ah sticking out 100 episodes. We'll see you at 101.
01:10:57
echo_blades
Absolutely. From the bottom of our decaying hearts. Love you, Mom.
01:11:10
echo_blades
dog with a chill the dog. Chilly dog. And that's a wrap.