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E88: Captains of Mediocrity
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Jerid loves being one-under 3 holes but alas... he finished in the ruff. <sigh>. Denis is busy working on feathery black veins so come join us and hear all about it!
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Denis Tyrell of Tyrell Knifeworks:
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Transcript
Introduction and Humor
00:00:17
echo_blades
What's up, everybody? Welcome to another Triple T podcast for knife makers.
00:00:22
Denis Tyrell
okay
00:00:23
echo_blades
We really appreciate you hanging out with us and listen to us do some mediocre bullshit as we just continuously try to disappoint the world one fucking listener at a time.
00:00:35
echo_blades
But as always, i got my buddy Dennis Terrell from Terrell Knife Works. I am Jared from Echo Blades, and we are here to try to entertain you the best we can for about an hour.
00:00:47
Denis Tyrell
The best we can. It's the best we could do.
00:00:48
echo_blades
The best we can.
Golf Mishaps and Family Fun
00:00:50
Denis Tyrell
the best we could do.
00:00:50
echo_blades
This is the best effort podcast.
00:00:51
echo_blades
Yeah. I just want to tell everybody that we try really hard and, you know, we just miss the mark consistently.
00:00:57
Denis Tyrell
but
00:00:59
echo_blades
So whatever.
00:01:01
Denis Tyrell
a
00:01:03
echo_blades
How are you, buddy?
00:01:03
Denis Tyrell
That's going to be it's going to be the name of the podcast. Captains of Mediocrity.
00:01:08
echo_blades
Yes.
00:01:08
Denis Tyrell
Yes.
00:01:09
echo_blades
Yes.
00:01:09
Denis Tyrell
ah equipment
00:01:10
echo_blades
Groundhog's Day.
00:01:10
Denis Tyrell
um yes
00:01:12
echo_blades
Let's do it.
00:01:13
Denis Tyrell
I'm good, I'm good. I feel like I've been extremely productive in the last week, so that's good.
00:01:20
echo_blades
Well, that's really good to hear, especially coming off of a nice long vacation and getting the shoe shoe flu and all that good stuff.
00:01:22
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I'm on a big vacay. Yeah.
00:01:31
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:01:32
echo_blades
Spending a whole week golfing like me.
00:01:32
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:01:34
echo_blades
that's good stuff.
00:01:38
echo_blades
Oh, it's real good. Real good. Well, yeah.
00:01:42
Denis Tyrell
What have you been up to besides golf?
00:01:43
echo_blades
So I shit the bed at my, I know everybody's fucking interested. I'm just going to get this out of the way. Right. So I shit the bed at my golf tournament. Um, I, I know, I know, I know guys, here it is.
00:01:51
Denis Tyrell
We were all on pins and needles waiting.
00:01:54
echo_blades
So I was one under through three holes, which is fucking great. Thought i was going to shoot the best round of my life. And, uh, it didn't happen. I showed up. So obviously the the guy that played the first three holes was, you know, not me.
00:02:09
echo_blades
So, uh, that was cool. And then, uh, it was my brother's birthday. Happy birthday, Derek. Um, my little brother turned like fucking 50 or something like that. Cause we're old as hell now.
00:02:20
echo_blades
Uh, but we went out, I'm kidding.
00:02:21
Denis Tyrell
fifty
00:02:23
echo_blades
He's like 41. He's five years younger. So he's like, thank you. But, uh, anyways, uh, my brother is probably is my best, this buddy, bestest friend.
00:02:33
echo_blades
I wish that all people could have the special relationship that him and I have, uh, just, just a fucking ball of entertainment and fun and laughs. Um, so he came out and we golfed ah with my son and basically my other little brother, his best friend on Sunday.
00:02:49
echo_blades
And, uh, we had a really good time. I ended a hitting one of the best shots of my life. It was fantastic. That really shitty hole that I was telling you about the 13. don't think you played it, but, uh, and think I, I get it there, but anyways, I, I hit like a 225 yard five wood to within three feet and I ended birdie in it.
Challenges in Knife Selling
00:03:10
echo_blades
So.
00:03:10
Denis Tyrell
nice
00:03:10
echo_blades
I'm like, that's what, that's why you play golf to suck ass and think you're going to do great. Every time you go out there, be devastatingly disappointed. And then you hit one shot and it just brings you back and you want to keep doing it. So, but yeah, that was that.
00:03:26
echo_blades
And then, ah and I'm out here still trying to hustle and sell knives that I haven't made, which is great. So the books are growing and, uh,
00:03:36
Denis Tyrell
I thought you're supposed to narrow down those books and get some off your hands.
00:03:40
echo_blades
Yeah. Well, I can't stop fucking talking. That's the thing. You know, it's just, uh, you know, one of those things that come up and here I go selling my bullshit.
00:03:48
Denis Tyrell
ABC, always always be closing.
00:03:50
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:03:53
Denis Tyrell
That's Jared, always closing on the knife.
00:03:53
echo_blades
But yeah, that's right.
00:03:55
Denis Tyrell
Just closing on the sale.
00:03:56
echo_blades
Almost there. Yeah. Close it in the sale. I don't actually make any money, but I got a lot of potential there, but, uh, yeah. So this weekend, I think I'm, I, the plan is to wrap up three of them.
00:04:09
echo_blades
Um, and I should be able to knock that out. They're all at that, that good, good stage. So, um, and then that's, that's it, man. Work is fucking crazy.
00:04:19
echo_blades
Uh, heading up to Washington again. think, uh, Wednesday morning. So basically tomorrow, um, leave at the butt crack of dawn on Wednesday and then head up back up to Washington for a few days and go run a crack.
00:04:32
echo_blades
So I might go try to hook up with our buddy, Steve Lockwood. If, uh, if we can swing that, um, and then,
00:04:37
Denis Tyrell
Nice.
Knife Commissions and Customer Insights
00:04:40
echo_blades
Apparently it's not going to rain. Oh, I guess it's going to rain like it's supposed to like every day there on Friday, but I'm, I'm only there for half a day. So it's going to be decent while, while I'm there for the Thursday, Wednesday, Thursday. So that's cool.
00:04:57
echo_blades
And then back home and here we are.
00:05:00
Denis Tyrell
Back to work.
00:05:01
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:05:03
Denis Tyrell
You said you've been racking up orders. I actually... yeah I've had a lot of requests in the last week and a half for like commission requests, like unusually.
00:05:12
echo_blades
Like cool stuff or like shit you're not interested in?
00:05:14
Denis Tyrell
ah Well, four, four people interested in Katanas, which, you know, my feeling on those, I told one guy I might do what he was serious.
00:05:20
echo_blades
yeah yeah Yeah.
00:05:26
Denis Tyrell
Like he's like ready to fork over some dollars. I told him maybe I'll do one in the spring, but, uh,
00:05:32
echo_blades
You take deposits.
00:05:34
Denis Tyrell
I have the the way I do it now is um I have a list. if i If I get the notion that I want to do a commission, I'll look at my list.
00:05:48
Denis Tyrell
I will reach out to that person. He may have been on the list for a year or more. i will take the deposit when I start the build only.
00:05:57
echo_blades
So you do take a deposit though.
00:05:57
Denis Tyrell
I don't take the I will take a deposit to start the build.
00:06:00
echo_blades
Do you, are you comfortable with telling, telling me how much you actually ask for 50%? 25.
00:06:05
Denis Tyrell
It's usually, it's 10% or $200, whichever is greater.
00:06:05
echo_blades
Okay. twenty five
00:06:14
Denis Tyrell
um So that's, yeah, it's enough. these And the my commissions are usually for the higher dollar items, so... You know, 10% is a significant amount. It's usually in the, you know, $500 range.
00:06:31
Denis Tyrell
So it's not usually... so All I want is the deposit large enough so the guy's not walking away.
00:06:39
echo_blades
Gotcha.
00:06:39
Denis Tyrell
He's not going to ghost me after the after the thing is started.
00:06:45
echo_blades
Did you get a deposit from that guy that did the the one dude that did completely fake on you?
00:06:48
Denis Tyrell
no that was before i took deposits which is why i take a deposit now that was my lesson learned um so yeah now i take deposits i also take a deposit to get on my class schedule so
00:06:51
echo_blades
That was your lesson? Yeah. Gotcha.
00:07:04
echo_blades
You do take one? Oh, nice.
00:07:08
Denis Tyrell
you will get on the calendar for a class once i get a deposit otherwise you're just somebody in my email or my
00:07:12
echo_blades
Gotcha.
00:07:16
Denis Tyrell
DMs, but it's not real until I get the deposit.
00:07:18
echo_blades
Ooh.
00:07:20
echo_blades
You got to pay to get an MDM. So here boy, this is a fucking high class.
00:07:24
Denis Tyrell
That's right. know No fucking around. Yeah,
00:07:31
echo_blades
Well, nice.
00:07:32
Denis Tyrell
yeah no, I've learned the lesson, but i i don't I don't, I don't know. I guess some guys take a deposit it's just to get on the list, which, uh, Then I feel like I'm owing someone and I haven't started. I don't feel bad if someone sits on the list for a year or more.
00:07:48
echo_blades
yeah
00:07:48
Denis Tyrell
And some some people on the list I'll never get to because i just don't want to do their ah their commission as much as others. So I may never get to them.
00:08:00
Denis Tyrell
But I haven't taken any money from so doesn't matter.
00:08:00
echo_blades
Right.
00:08:05
echo_blades
So how many of you guys take ah deposits and what's your thoughts on that? I'm curious. I don't do that. um I think, I don't know who it was.
00:08:16
echo_blades
somebody explained to me that their experience was that the customer tends to be a little bit more needy.
00:08:28
echo_blades
Um, you know, like I think the way they put it was they've they're put it, they feel like they own you or like, you know what mean?
00:08:34
Denis Tyrell
the Yes, I know what you mean.
00:08:38
echo_blades
Like, yeah, yeah. And I was like,
00:08:40
Denis Tyrell
And that's why I do a pretty low deposit. Like your deposit is just... a security, call it a security, um knowing you're not going to walk away, but it's not enough that, you know, I'm shackled to the, yeah, at least that's the theory.
00:08:48
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:08:56
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah. But I, I did, uh, you know, like I said, historically I, I never have, but I was talking to somebody about, you know, I was explaining, um, uh, cause I'm always recommending like a stainless chef knife the average
Knife Patterns and Techniques
00:09:10
echo_blades
person.
00:09:10
Denis Tyrell
Mm hmm.
00:09:11
echo_blades
Um, I think you, but you're going to be as easier care, that whole thing. You know, the, I don't want to hear the bullshit of, you know, all that rusted or, you know, I didn't do this or that with the high carbon stuff.
00:09:21
Denis Tyrell
100% agree.
00:09:22
echo_blades
So, yeah. So I'm always like, no, the, and then there's the price for, for a Damascus or, you know, a pattern welder or something like that, that I'm trying to explain to him Like it, it jumps up a lot. Like you think it's cool, but then I, you know, tell you how much it is. And then you're like, Ooh, you know, so I'm always trying to push the, the, some kind of a stainless and, uh,
00:09:42
echo_blades
But the guy was like, no, no, I'm interested in, you know, this and this. I said, well, then if we go there, I'll, uh, when I start, I'll, I'll, I'll hit you up once, uh, we go and I'll, I'll talk to you I'll get a deposit of some kind.
00:09:53
echo_blades
Cause that's what I was thinking.
00:09:55
Denis Tyrell
yep Yeah.
00:09:56
echo_blades
So.
00:09:58
Denis Tyrell
and And also, I mean, I just do it as a blanket rule now, but there are certain builds that like, honestly, I don't care if I get a deposit because I know it's going to sell anyway.
00:10:13
echo_blades
Right.
00:10:14
Denis Tyrell
But builds like that spear is a very custom, not a lot of people want or in the market for a spear.
00:10:22
echo_blades
Did you ever get that off or you still have it?
00:10:22
Denis Tyrell
So yeah, No, it was sold.
00:10:25
echo_blades
Oh, okay.
00:10:26
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. No, I actually sold it to a guy in France.
00:10:29
Denis Tyrell
um
00:10:29
echo_blades
Oh, that's right.
00:10:29
echo_blades
I remember that.
00:10:30
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:10:31
echo_blades
I remember that.
00:10:31
Denis Tyrell
um But I mean, if it was like a katana or something like that, those seem to be easier to sell. So I wouldn't really care. But I've just for the practicality, I still take a deposit no matter what.
00:10:46
echo_blades
Nice. All right. Well, cool. So you got a bunch of cool stuff or not some cool stuff coming in
00:10:53
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:10:54
echo_blades
Anything crazy?
00:10:54
Denis Tyrell
e um
00:10:58
Denis Tyrell
ah
00:10:58
echo_blades
Any dude trying to take a class with you and have a little Latino voice show up and again?
00:11:01
echo_blades
or Fucking dicks.
00:11:04
Denis Tyrell
ah Jeff, Jeff, let me know if you got any other golden...
00:11:11
echo_blades
I'm sure he does.
00:11:13
Denis Tyrell
uh golden gems we can uh get jared on but um i got a bunch classes coming up but as far as commissions the only ones that really i mean i'd won katana that i don't know why i picked that one he he was very serious that's why i said maybe um but i've had a lot of like yeah yeah yeah he wants copper um
00:11:30
echo_blades
Like another copper katana? Yeah.
00:11:38
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, and i was just I'm just doing a bunch of forging, really to get ready for this week's Triple T on gradients with Marekko. And I had my um my video chat with Marekko this morning, which went really well. We discussed it, and that's that's the talking head that's going to be in the video this week when we talk about gradients.
00:12:02
Denis Tyrell
But yeah, worked on... A really cool um um mosaic that showed, and it'll be a shot of that, and probably forging part of that will be in the video, kind of in the background as we're talking.
00:12:02
echo_blades
Nice.
00:12:20
Denis Tyrell
And it turned out really good. I'm happy with that. That's the one that I was, and Marekka was actually a little um intrigued by the technique I was doing of like spiraling the pattern.
00:12:34
Denis Tyrell
Did we talk about that last week?
00:12:35
echo_blades
Okay. You talked about it.
00:12:37
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Um, but yeah, but spiraling the pattern. And when I explained what I was trying to achieve, he was like, oh, that's really cool. And, and I showed him the, um, the plug welded chef knife that I did last year, the year before, where I actually accidentally managed to spiral that, um, that plug.
00:12:54
echo_blades
Right.
00:13:00
echo_blades
Mm-hmm.
00:13:00
Denis Tyrell
and but that's what i'm trying to do in a future pattern so this was kind of a test ground for that that future pattern that but it also used um gradients so it really shows off um you know using the gradient technology in another like a regular pattern like a like an explosion
00:13:06
echo_blades
Nice.
00:13:22
echo_blades
Just like how much cooler it can be.
00:13:24
Denis Tyrell
how much cooler it can be. Yeah. It just, it goes from, okay, it's an explosion that everybody has seen before to, and this is one thing that I, um, he and I both agree on. Like if you make a pattern that it just has so many techniques in it and you show it to somebody, it's just, it's like information overload.
00:13:45
Denis Tyrell
They don't know what they're looking at. They might say, yeah, that's cool, but they don't like, the they don't know what to look at in the pattern. Like they need something that they can identify with.
00:13:58
echo_blades
Right.
00:13:58
Denis Tyrell
So we were that's where we were talking about, you know, take a pattern that everybody knows and then change a little aspect and use a gradient. So like everyone looks at it and goes, oh yeah, that's that's just an explosion. But then they look at it and they go, oh wow, that part's really cool.
00:14:14
Denis Tyrell
And they'll kind of start to dive into it and it shows like a lot of depth to the pattern and just... it's a little easier for someone to grasp than like just this wild pattern that they look at and like their brain can't process.
00:14:28
echo_blades
Okay.
00:14:30
Denis Tyrell
And then the second pattern I did that I'm really excited about is I did a feather, but the, the veins of the feather are gradients.
00:14:46
echo_blades
okay
00:14:46
Denis Tyrell
So, it like, at arm's length, it looks like a regular feather. But when it's... you And it's really fine right now. But when it's etched and finished, like, the final pattern, there should be so much depth and, like, undulation in the feather. Like, it should look really cool.
00:15:05
echo_blades
Hmm.
00:15:05
Denis Tyrell
um And I did this very center of the feather in black. So, when it was split, the center has, like, a black vein in it. It's really... ah
00:15:18
Denis Tyrell
I don't understand why that's funny. ah Okay, i get it now.
00:15:22
echo_blades
ah
00:15:26
Denis Tyrell
ah You, my friend, have a very reverse mind.
00:15:26
echo_blades
ah ah And along with the other four people listening, they are 9,000% chuckling right along.
00:15:33
Denis Tyrell
ah
00:15:37
echo_blades
Sometimes I get messages. don't get too many, but sometimes they're like, how did you let him off on that? I'm like, guys, man, I can't, I can't do it all the time, but
00:15:48
Denis Tyrell
Okay. All right. You got me on that one.
00:15:50
echo_blades
you're but as red as your shirt right now. That's pretty good. Mr. Black Vein. Insane in the black brain. Insane got black brain.
00:16:02
Denis Tyrell
Oh, man.
00:16:04
echo_blades
All right.
00:16:04
Denis Tyrell
um Anyway, it'll be ah a pretty killer pattern.
00:16:05
echo_blades
Go ahead. Continue.
00:16:07
Denis Tyrell
And it was just a fun discussion with Morocco to hear. how it started, how it came to be, you know where where he thinks it's gonna go. um and and we will actually show the
Learning from Failures
00:16:20
Denis Tyrell
the basics of it as well as what I...
00:16:23
echo_blades
Oh, so you already like recorded what you're going to have on the video.
00:16:26
Denis Tyrell
yeah Yeah, that's what I was doing last week.
00:16:27
echo_blades
I gotcha. Okay.
00:16:29
Denis Tyrell
I was actually making the content for the kind of like, I'll call it the background of the video.
00:16:34
echo_blades
Got it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:16:35
Denis Tyrell
It's going to be us talking about gradients. I'm going to have graphics about, hey, here's here's ah here's the stack for a gradient, and here's where you're going to use it, and here's and some explanations of things.
00:16:46
Denis Tyrell
So I think it'll be a pretty, it'll be a little techie video. This is going to be a triple T, not a build video, but there will be build videos when I eventually turn this feather and this mosaic into a knife.
00:16:59
Denis Tyrell
There'll be a full bit build video.
00:16:59
echo_blades
Gotcha. Gotcha. Cool.
00:17:03
Denis Tyrell
And i have the massive piece of that feather. Like I made a, it's probably like a nine inch buoy out of one third of the feather billet. So I got a whole whole ton of it left.
00:17:16
Denis Tyrell
um
00:17:17
Denis Tyrell
So I'm happy about that.
00:17:17
echo_blades
Nice.
00:17:20
Denis Tyrell
So yeah, anyway, watch the the Thursday video this week with Mareko Mamasi. We're going to talk about gradients and should be a cool and
00:17:31
echo_blades
Very cool. Very exciting.
00:17:33
Denis Tyrell
Yes.
00:17:35
echo_blades
I am very excited.
00:17:35
Denis Tyrell
But, and I don't think we, did we talk about, yeah, we didn't talk about last week's um failure video. Did you get a chance? Did you check that one out?
00:17:46
echo_blades
I actually did.
00:17:48
Denis Tyrell
Wow. I'm surprised.
00:17:49
echo_blades
Yeah, no, I support you, dude. 1000%. That's what we do in this community. We support each other. We encourage each other. We don't talk about the negative stuff. We just support, you know, what can you do better in a very kind way?
00:18:04
echo_blades
But I do agree. I thought it was, I thought it was incredible. That, you know, the humility that you displayed at the end, you know, just talking about, you know, it's not really a loss. It's just a, you know, you didn't, that didn't, that wasn't a success.
00:18:17
echo_blades
So we get to try again or figure out that didn't work and that's not worth chasing. And then we're on to the next one. So you, my friend, continue to inspire and, you know, push the envelope. And I do appreciate that.
00:18:30
Denis Tyrell
I did have one viewer
00:18:32
echo_blades
Let's re-say thank you, Jared.
00:18:34
Denis Tyrell
thank you chair
00:18:34
echo_blades
I know it's uncomfortable, but I just complimented you.
00:18:38
Denis Tyrell
i did have one viewer reach out and say, yeah, like you probably melted the titanium. And then I fired back, well, titanium's got a melting point of like 2,700 degrees. i don't know how it would have melted it.
00:18:50
Denis Tyrell
But then he said, yeah, but when the two combine, as in even when...
00:18:56
echo_blades
it shavings, right? it wasn't like a yeah.
00:18:57
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, but but he said even in plates, when the titanium contacts steel, I guess the, I don't know what the metallurgical process is, but even them like contacting each other, it actually lowers the to to titanium melting point dramatically.
00:19:18
echo_blades
Hmm.
00:19:18
Denis Tyrell
So the reason that it was kind of like I just got like a foggy, kind of area like I was expecting bright chips I thought the titanium would remain bright chips but I think what actually happened is that the titanium is actually the chips melted and kind of got absorbed into the steel and that's why I didn't see any real bright areas yeah
00:19:42
echo_blades
any pattern or like, yeah, like there was, it was, i'm I'm not trying to be a dick, but it was like, I was hoping to see, even if it didn't like stick, I was hoping to see some cool activity.
00:19:54
Denis Tyrell
Right.
00:19:55
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I was expecting to see like little, you know, stars in the sky kind of thing.
00:19:55
echo_blades
Yeah.
Material Experiments and Surprises
00:20:00
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:20:00
Denis Tyrell
But and so yes, yeah
00:20:01
echo_blades
Little black veins.
00:20:05
Denis Tyrell
li so little white, little white spots.
00:20:06
echo_blades
Doesn't exist. Yeah.
00:20:08
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, yeah I did not see that, which was a bummer. um So, yeah. So on to the next one.
00:20:19
Denis Tyrell
We're going to try Cobalt, which is going to be an interesting one.
00:20:22
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:20:25
echo_blades
Yeah. I thought you just had some like weld, weld tags or something. And I, you, the, the, the little pieces you were shown, it looked like they bunch of welds on them. I was like, what did just like cut the end off of some failed welds or something?
00:20:36
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, no, that's how we purchased them. I guess they're like little smashed, like, I don't know, they heat them up and squish them.
00:20:38
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:20:43
Denis Tyrell
It looks like they're just, they're pressed. I don't know.
00:20:46
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:20:46
Denis Tyrell
I don't know why. They must be a byproduct of something. um But it's 99.9% pure cobalt.
00:20:54
echo_blades
Nice.
00:20:54
Denis Tyrell
So we're going to try that. item I'm going to have to put it into chips again and give it a shot.
00:21:00
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:21:02
Denis Tyrell
So, yeah.
00:21:02
echo_blades
Yeah, for sure. Yeah, and I saw you gave him a gave the billet a whack.
00:21:05
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:21:08
echo_blades
What did you use for that?
00:21:10
Denis Tyrell
I used, i I beat it with my peen. That's what I did.
00:21:17
Denis Tyrell
i put it on the anvil and gave it a few whacks with the fat peen just to see if it would compress. And it did. But if you guys need a hammer, you got to go check out...
00:21:31
Denis Tyrell
Two Bastards Texas Smithian Supplies. ah Get yourself a wide variety of hammers that they offer from straight peens, cross peens, diagonal peens, all the peens.
00:21:42
Denis Tyrell
Go get them at Fat Bastards.
00:21:43
echo_blades
All the peens.
00:21:46
echo_blades
ah Yes!
00:21:47
Denis Tyrell
Wrong one. to Man, I'm all over the map today. At Two Bastards.
00:21:51
echo_blades
I beat because I'm unhappy. i'm unhappy because I beat.
00:21:57
Denis Tyrell
I see a trend of this episode. Go check out two bastards, not just one, but two.
00:22:01
echo_blades
This is good, bro.
00:22:06
echo_blades
That's right. Fat bastard.
00:22:08
Denis Tyrell
you
00:22:09
echo_blades
That's great. The titanium smashing fat bastards to bastard peen crusher. and That's right, man.
00:22:17
Denis Tyrell
oh man.
00:22:18
echo_blades
Cause ain't it grand to have a fat peen in one's hand.
00:22:23
Denis Tyrell
That's right.
00:22:23
echo_blades
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00:22:24
Denis Tyrell
ah
00:22:38
echo_blades
all of the awesome pattern welding, pattern welding, welded steel. ah This week, last week's drop was ah hypnotic go my in a ladder Chevron with a mesmerizing mosaic cladding and a copper shin and options for a 10 84.
00:22:58
echo_blades
or a high-end Hitachi blue core. This, uh, debut layout captivates. So if, uh, you didn't get a chance to do that, go check out and see if there's anything left, uh, while you're at it.
00:23:11
echo_blades
Um, next week you can use the, uh, the app, the Baker fortune tool app to get, early one day, access to the
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00:23:20
echo_blades
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00:23:25
echo_blades
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00:23:50
echo_blades
And when you're all done with that, you can load that card up and use the discount code triple T 10 for 10% off.
00:23:56
Denis Tyrell
You know, I was pushing our sponsors this weekend. I had a class. um So not only were they using the Two Bastards hammers for the class, they were using the Ameribraid Fastback 2x72 grinder to grind those bevels into their knives.
00:24:15
echo_blades
Nice.
00:24:17
Denis Tyrell
I had two students for a two-day course this weekend.
00:24:17
echo_blades
Very good.
00:24:20
Denis Tyrell
So they were jumping on the Ameribraid and loving that thing. doing handles and all kinds of fun stuff on the Ameribraid. So if you need a grinder, you got to go check out Ameribraid. Best grinders on the market.
00:24:35
Denis Tyrell
Also, you can take a look at the Hyperdisk, the rotary tool extraordinaire. it's a It's a disc grinder. it's ah It's a multi-tool. You name it, it does it. Replaceable arbor to put all kinds of cool tools on it.
00:24:51
echo_blades
Easy, quick, and fast.
00:24:54
Denis Tyrell
That's right. So Maritime, also, we of course, we were using steel for Maritime. So go check out Maritime Knife Supply for all of your needs for knife making, whether it's steel, abrasives, tooling, epoxy. He's got everything, everything on Maritime Knife Supply. So go check him out and tell him the boys at Triple T sent you.
00:25:19
echo_blades
Yeah, I got a cool story.
00:25:20
Denis Tyrell
So, oh,
00:25:21
echo_blades
I got a cool story before you pop into the next thing. I'm sitting and having a meeting at work today, and my boss looks at me, and I'm wearing my the yeah the newer black maritime hoodie that just has you know the anvil on.
00:25:34
Denis Tyrell
Mm-hmm.
00:25:36
echo_blades
And he looks at me, stops, and we're we're talking business and you know back and forth. And he looks at me he goes, you know what? I fucking hate that I know what that sweater is. And then he goes, know, you listen to a couple shows and then he starts naming off and doing the ad reads. and I was dying. I said, I'll see.
00:25:57
echo_blades
You guys want to know? I mean, that's one day maybe a potential buyer. But, you know, what we do here kind of sticks with people every now and again.
00:26:04
Denis Tyrell
Oh, that's good.
00:26:04
echo_blades
It was good.
00:26:05
Denis Tyrell
That's good.
00:26:07
echo_blades
and You know his name? is Lawrence Lake. I said, you're the man. There you go.
00:26:12
Denis Tyrell
He's famous.
00:26:13
echo_blades
He is. he's the mayor.
00:26:16
Denis Tyrell
ah I'm going to go through the last the last sponsor that I was pushing this weekend is Pelican Paste because the guys were putting um Pelican Paste on their handles after they were done.
00:26:22
echo_blades
Attaboy. Yep.
00:26:27
Denis Tyrell
So if you need some super duper wax, hard wax, soft wax, Pelican Oil, hand salve, soap, go check out Pelican Paste at pelicanpaste.com.
00:26:37
Denis Tyrell
And if you have a cast iron pan, you can season that with some butternut. and use the discount code TTT10, get yourself some orangey smelling Pelican paste.
00:26:49
echo_blades
yeah
00:26:51
Denis Tyrell
um Oh, we were also also coated knives with gator skin at the end of the class.
00:26:56
echo_blades
Nice.
00:26:57
Denis Tyrell
So yeah, it was a it was a sponsor extra extraordinary extravaganza.
00:26:59
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:27:01
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah. And let's not forget that if you, before you're going to etch and do all that stuff ah for that steel, you might as well use the, the all new product from Baker forging tool, the grime reaper.
00:27:17
echo_blades
That's a cleaning agent. We'll get you prepped up and ready to go for etching.
00:27:26
Denis Tyrell
So i I pulled the the Grime Reaper out the other day and I used it for the first time. And it works great. it love Love the way it works. But my entire shop smelled like oranges for like the next two hours.
00:27:42
Denis Tyrell
And I only sprayed it in like the back corner by the sink.
00:27:43
echo_blades
Nice.
00:27:45
Denis Tyrell
And I'm walking around and I'm like, man, I can still smell that stuff for like two hours. It was awesome.
00:27:51
echo_blades
Yes. It's that stupid brake clean.
00:27:53
Denis Tyrell
It's a... yeah i'm gonna keep it around i just give a little squirt every once in a while especially when jerry's around farting up the shop yeah he's nodding oh
00:28:03
echo_blades
You don't squirt when you don't squirt when I'm around, buddy. You just fucking keep that. Keep that shit in your bottle. All right.
00:28:14
Denis Tyrell
oh
00:28:15
echo_blades
Goodness gracious. right. So you had a, you, I I'm taking it. You're out pushing all these, our wonderful sponsors products out to, uh, to your students. And, uh, what, what classes did you do?
00:28:28
Denis Tyrell
ah This was the two-day intro bladesmithing course.
00:28:33
Denis Tyrell
So got they got through... Actually, Miguel and Jonathan did awesome. And it was good to see Jonathan is aspiring knife maker he hasn't made you know i don't think he's got much tooling at home yet but he's definitely getting into it he brought his own segmented scales that he wanted to use and brought a really cool um ah design idea that uh we fully you know he cut it out slapped it on the steel um you know after he forged it basically to shape and it was really cool um and i
00:28:33
echo_blades
Oh, that's right.
00:28:55
echo_blades
Nice.
00:29:11
Denis Tyrell
I looked at and I had my doubts, but at the end it was, it was a super comfortable design. So he did a good job.
00:29:18
echo_blades
Oh, that's cool.
00:29:18
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. We even had time to do Kydex sheaths at the end of the course. So yeah, yeah, it was good.
00:29:22
echo_blades
Oh, very cool.
00:29:26
Denis Tyrell
And I have another class this this Thursday, a one-day class for my old colleague Mike, who is coming. He'll be picking up his knife, but he'll also be doing the one-day class on Thursday, so that'll be fun.
00:29:43
echo_blades
That's right. He did. yeah was part of this class too, right?
00:29:46
Denis Tyrell
No, no, no.
00:29:48
echo_blades
Oh, he already did one.
00:29:48
Denis Tyrell
I'm just doing a special one with him. Like it's, you know, hanging out with the buddy kind of day and it'll be a little more relaxing than having another student there.
00:29:51
echo_blades
Gotcha.
00:29:54
echo_blades
Cool.
00:29:58
echo_blades
Cool.
00:29:59
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, I'm finishing up his
Upcoming Projects and Community Engagement
00:30:00
Denis Tyrell
chef knife now. The one that's, um yeah, the ABL one. He's already got one of mine.
00:30:05
echo_blades
I gotcha. I gotcha. That's right. Okay. I remember. ah remember.
00:30:10
Denis Tyrell
Yes. So many things that on the go. I started the the Chef Tweezer project today.
00:30:17
echo_blades
Very cool.
00:30:18
Denis Tyrell
um Figured out what I was going to do for that. And I finally ended up reusing the offcuts from the USMC sword, the US Marine officer sword.
00:30:31
echo_blades
okay
00:30:31
Denis Tyrell
Used some offcuts from that, combined it with some nickel and some... 1084 bar stock and then twisted it so a while Probably take a look at that what that looks like tomorrow Cut it up and then figure out that I just haven't figured out how I'm going to Combine the tines of the tweezer yet am I going to my
00:30:44
echo_blades
yeah
00:31:00
Denis Tyrell
you um why is
00:31:05
echo_blades
You get mechanical connection or?
00:31:07
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, yeah. Like, um and well am I going to rivet them together? Am I going to forge weld them? I can't forge weld them. I just think these things are going to be so thin that when I heat treat them, because they need to be springy, they have to be heat treated, I'm just expecting they're going to warp like crazy. So if they're already together, I think I'm screwed. So that's why I want to have them separate and...
00:31:34
Denis Tyrell
um ah Rivet them together after I just don't know what gonna rivet them with so I Thinking about that construction is like melting my brain so Yeah
00:31:38
echo_blades
Gotcha.
00:31:41
echo_blades
It's got to be classy.
00:31:47
echo_blades
Yeah. I still want to do that thing we were talking about. I'm excited about that. I thought about it all weekend.
00:31:56
Denis Tyrell
How um How long is that thing you want to do like inch and a half two inches
00:31:56
echo_blades
I like, oh.
00:32:02
echo_blades
No. Probably like to two and three quarters probably. Somewhere around there maybe.
00:32:07
Denis Tyrell
I don't know if I have a piece that big.
00:32:10
echo_blades
Well, then it is what it is, right? I mean, we'll
00:32:13
Denis Tyrell
ah well We'll have figure it out.
00:32:16
echo_blades
have to figure one out.
00:32:17
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:32:17
echo_blades
Yeah. But yeah.
00:32:18
Denis Tyrell
yeah I was just hoping to use that piece that we had looked at, but
00:32:23
echo_blades
Two inches is it's fine.
00:32:26
Denis Tyrell
that's what she said.
00:32:30
echo_blades
I'll just say it's six inches. You know, there it goes.
00:32:33
Denis Tyrell
oh
00:32:36
Denis Tyrell
boom but...
00:32:36
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:32:36
echo_blades
All weekend I was like, oh man, I've got to do that. So,
00:32:41
Denis Tyrell
Is it a super secret? Is that why we're not allowed to say?
00:32:44
echo_blades
Yeah, I don't know. There's a bunch of fucking thieves out there. yeah
00:32:50
echo_blades
You'll find out when you see it. may never happen.
00:32:53
Denis Tyrell
Okay. Um,
00:32:55
echo_blades
I'm kidding about thieving thing. I want do it before talk about it. for
00:33:01
Denis Tyrell
Okay. Yeah.
00:33:02
echo_blades
yeah
00:33:02
Denis Tyrell
Let me know. um What else? Yeah. And I have a Damascus class in a couple of weeks, which should be fun, which is why I wanted to finally, when I was doing the, I actually had fired up the forge and then I looked at the press and I'm like, man, I, cause I had bought that diamond plate and I'm like, I really should put the new foot pedal on it.
00:33:19
echo_blades
oh
00:33:23
Denis Tyrell
So then I shut the forge off and I spent, like 40 minutes putting the new foot pedal on it which works awesome and i'm like why did i do this years ago
00:33:30
echo_blades
I can't. ah Yeah. and I was. Yeah. I was fucking busy today, but I was, I, if I had the time, i was going to go in on you with like, like what in the fuck were we messing around with this pedal for all these fucking in years?
00:33:48
Denis Tyrell
It was fine when it was just me, right? Like when when I built the the press for me and I'm right-handed and I use my right foot and that was fine.
00:33:59
Denis Tyrell
But then when I started having you and other people in the shop that, you know, it it just didn't, you know, you I should have made the press more universal and not just for me.
00:34:03
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:34:10
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:34:11
Denis Tyrell
So now,
00:34:11
echo_blades
I mean, it never, it never didn't work or anything. It's just like, that's just, I can just see it's like so much.
00:34:14
Denis Tyrell
but but you had to look down and put your foot on it, right
00:34:17
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah.
00:34:19
Denis Tyrell
Now you don't.
00:34:19
echo_blades
What?
00:34:19
Denis Tyrell
and And actually, it's a lot more convenient, um I found out, because now I can put the camera anywhere, because I'm not going to hit it with the foot pedal. Like, it's actually a lot easier, because I can move my foot now where before I couldn't.
00:34:32
echo_blades
Oh yeah. yeah
00:34:33
Denis Tyrell
So, yeah, it's it's pretty cool, and I wish I would have done it. And I definitely wanted to do it before the Damascus class, so because we'll be, of course, using the hell out of it then,
00:34:39
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:34:43
echo_blades
Gotcha.
00:34:46
echo_blades
Yeah. So, I mean, that that's funny. Cause yeah, I wanted to bust your balls more than, than I did, but yeah, it's cool. And I'm glad you did it. can't wait to, to get after it and not have to,
00:34:59
echo_blades
look down and watch the heat go out of my billet for 14 fucking minutes. I'm bad enough anyways on my own without it.
00:35:06
Denis Tyrell
It's still going to do that. It'll be 13 minutes now.
00:35:07
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah, exactly. See, that's precious time. But yeah I was ah funny story. I'm,
00:35:16
echo_blades
i'm I'm spending a little more time than normal on the Facebook marketplace. And, you know, because just always on the on the hunt for a deal. And um but it it does have, you know, like some algorithm of your search history and things that it thinks that you're into.
00:35:36
echo_blades
And I'm cruising through it. All of a sudden, I'm, you know, just going by. And then all a sudden i see this fucking bandsaw. And I, and I look at it I'm like, I guess I was looking for a bandsaw at one time. And, um, and then I see the, the, this little plate on him. Like, Oh, look at this fuckers got like you know, he turned a bandsaw into a vertical bandsaw.
00:35:57
echo_blades
And I'm like, wait a minute. Like, I feel like I know this bandsaw. Like, I feel like I've used this. And I'm like, is that a win? Oh, yeah, that's a win. I'm like, bro. And I'm like, what kind of other dumbass would have to like make instead of getting a swag table or something like that would you'd have to like put this thing inside of a post vice or something?
00:36:17
echo_blades
I'm like, let me check this shit out. And I i click on it. And sure as shit, Mr. Terrell's trying to off the old bands. I laughed pretty good, man. was like, look at this guy.
00:36:27
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, you texted me.
00:36:27
echo_blades
So I sent it to Dennis. and then he And I'm like, hey, look what I saw on there. And he goes, oh, yeah, you want to buy it? I'm like, fuck you.
00:36:37
Denis Tyrell
i'm I'm actually, this is the first time I put something up on Marketplace. I didn't think I overpriced it, but maybe I did. i don't know. I just, I asked for a hundred bucks with the table, which I didn't think was crazy.
00:36:51
Denis Tyrell
um And I haven't even got one bite on it yet. A lot of looks, but no one, no bites on it yet, which is weird. Usually it's like people are banging down my door that day to pick it up.
00:37:04
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:37:04
Denis Tyrell
so obviously it's probably a little overpriced crazy but no no no one even asked a question no messages nothing usually there's like the guy hey will you take 20 bucks for it or some idiot
00:37:08
echo_blades
Yeah. Nobody's even making an offer.
00:37:19
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's funny.
00:37:22
Denis Tyrell
um but yeah not nothing yet i should re-look at the post maybe i screwed something up on the posting about
00:37:30
echo_blades
I don't know. didn't read any of it. I just, uh, like It was weird because I was like, i fucking know that thing. And and sure as shit, it was it was you. All right.
00:37:39
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, i was just I was tired of having it under that table. And I actually pulled it out and I put it on the rack above the
00:37:49
Denis Tyrell
the surface grinder. So at least it's out of my way now. Yeah.
00:37:55
echo_blades
Cool.
00:37:56
Denis Tyrell
But you know what's never in my way? an even heat kiln, even heat kiln, never in my way, always exactly where I want it.
00:38:01
echo_blades
What? Yeah.
00:38:08
Denis Tyrell
um I was explaining to the students the, uh, you know, cause of course we heat treated in the forge and, uh, I was explaining like, Oh, and they're like, well, why do you use the, uh, why not just use the forge? And I was explaining how good the even heat is.
00:38:08
echo_blades
Mm-hmm.
00:38:23
Denis Tyrell
And, how that it's accurate to five degrees and all the stuff. And then I was telling them about the temper and like, I could just set this thing to, to do the temper and it'll do two cycles. I don't have to take it out or I'm just going to let it go overnight and all that fun stuff.
00:38:37
Denis Tyrell
So if you're looking for a kiln, ah go check out even heat that make the best kilns around family owned and operated since 1948. That's like right after world war two.
00:38:48
echo_blades
nothing
00:38:50
Denis Tyrell
um Building the highest quality knife heat treat ovens available. So go check them out. Find a distributor. If you're in Canada, you can buy them off of a Maritime Knife Supply.
00:39:07
Denis Tyrell
That's right. You know and else I just bought on Maritime? Since we're on... I just went and bought some Grip Axe.
00:39:15
echo_blades
Ooh.
00:39:16
Denis Tyrell
yeah uh i'm he didn't have many choices um but i did get myself some grip x some uh some gray and some blue so i'm gonna be making some uh composite scales uh composite sorry composite
00:39:26
echo_blades
Nice.
00:39:35
echo_blades
Very nicely done. You American. You.
00:39:37
Denis Tyrell
but some composite ho ho but
00:39:43
echo_blades
It's composites.
00:39:46
echo_blades
Hey,
00:39:47
Denis Tyrell
Um, some composite scales, uh, for some, uh,
00:39:52
echo_blades
were those Canadian gooses on the golf course or just regular geeses? Yes.
00:39:56
Denis Tyrell
those are Canadian geese.
00:39:58
echo_blades
those That's what those are?
00:39:59
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:39:59
echo_blades
and
00:39:59
Denis Tyrell
The big
Showcasing Emerging Talent
00:40:00
Denis Tyrell
fuckers with the black heads and the white stripe.
00:40:02
echo_blades
Yeah. Okay.
00:40:03
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:40:04
echo_blades
Might be the first time I ever saw them.
00:40:06
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Get out of here.
00:40:08
echo_blades
First time I ever looked at one and said, hey, that's a cobra chicken.
00:40:14
echo_blades
I don't know. it But that's what those are.
00:40:15
Denis Tyrell
You've certainly seen them before. Yes, that's what those are.
00:40:17
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:40:18
Denis Tyrell
go Go up and that's what I warned you. like When we went golfing, you hit a ball that was like, I think it was like two feet from one of them. I'm like, you better watch it. You're going to get your ass bit if you go up there.
00:40:32
echo_blades
Yeah, no, they're pretty.
00:40:33
Denis Tyrell
Probably sitting on it.
00:40:35
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:40:38
Denis Tyrell
ah Yeah, so I did get some Grip X. I'll be making some some composite scales. But if you want to get yours, ah go to Grip Tech Composites.
00:40:51
Denis Tyrell
The... I'm going to screw this up for sure. Grip, Grip X is the product. There's Grip X, Grip X 3D and the limitless color ah rubber for higher finishes.
00:41:03
Denis Tyrell
You can use the discount code triple T 10 and they are grip tech official on Instagram. I happened to pick mine up at maritime knife sp supply since I was there buying other things.
00:41:14
Denis Tyrell
So I love it when our spell, our sponsors get together and sing Kumbaya and share.
00:41:15
echo_blades
There you go
00:41:22
echo_blades
That's right. But if you don't go, you could use the discount code triple T 10 for 10% off at grip tech composites.
00:41:30
Denis Tyrell
That's right. Composites.
00:41:38
echo_blades
Oh, Matt's going to be so happy.
00:41:38
Denis Tyrell
oh
00:41:40
echo_blades
You read the read.
00:41:40
Denis Tyrell
I know. Yes.
00:41:43
echo_blades
He loves you.
00:41:43
Denis Tyrell
But, yeah. It was um the Jonathan. The scales that Jonathan brought were awesome. He got some. I didn't even know the company got them from, but they were some cool ones.
00:41:54
echo_blades
Nice.
00:41:55
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:41:55
echo_blades
I've never, I've never done, I've never worked with them. I've never done them. I've never made them. I gotta, gotta try them. There's some classy, it's an easy way to class some stuff up for sure.
00:42:05
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. And I think having like, you know, sometimes you have a set of scales and you're like, meh, they're kind of boring.
00:42:16
Denis Tyrell
But then you could slice those up and put them with other things or use them as a really thin strip. ah He had one like on its own. He had one that was resin with gold flake in it.
00:42:28
Denis Tyrell
And like, it but it was a thin strip, but a whole thing. like a whole scale that was like resin with gold flake would look, ah I think maybe a little over the top, a little cheesy, but as a strip between, it was awesome.
00:42:42
echo_blades
Little gaudy. Nice.
00:42:46
Denis Tyrell
It looked really cool.
00:42:46
echo_blades
Cool.
00:42:47
Denis Tyrell
Not overdone, but yeah, it makes me want to do some more on segmented scales.
00:42:56
Denis Tyrell
I will tell you though, the number one issue with the segmented scales, if you're going to do the but scales on an angle, which most people do, you really got to be careful when you drill the hole and you place those.
00:42:56
echo_blades
Cool.
00:43:10
Denis Tyrell
Because if you get them off, youll it's easy to get the scales. the top like they know Those lines don't meet.
00:43:19
echo_blades
Right.
00:43:20
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. So they're a little trickier that way.
00:43:23
echo_blades
Hmm.
00:43:24
Denis Tyrell
So, yeah, be careful when you do it.
00:43:27
echo_blades
There you go.
00:43:28
Denis Tyrell
the one The one chef knife in my kitchen, the stainless chef knife, I kept because I fucked up the scales.
00:43:36
echo_blades
Yeah. I was telling somebody that the some guy, uh, the guy that's, I'm probably going to sell that. Um,
00:43:45
echo_blades
the forged one that I did the, uh, the hidden, the hidden tang. Um, I really like going back and forth on, um
00:43:55
echo_blades
cause I, I want to keep it cause it's like super special and in so many ways, but, uh, I was, as I was, I had it, uh, and I was showing and they're like, Oh no, I, I'm interested in that.
00:44:06
echo_blades
I'm like, I'm probably going to sell it though. Cause I'm trying to really work on that, you know, not getting, attached to the things that we make. And he's like, Oh, I'm you' pretty sure you got a bunch in there. And go, no, I said, I really don't.
00:44:16
echo_blades
I mean, I'm like one of the first couple I made my wife and, um, but I'm like, ah chances are my kitchen will be full of them. Cause you know, the ones I fuck up are probably going end up being, they're going to stay here.
00:44:30
echo_blades
So I'll have plenty of opportunity to, to, to build our own personal collection up here too.
00:44:33
Denis Tyrell
ah Yeah.
00:44:36
echo_blades
So I think that's,
00:44:36
Denis Tyrell
yeah Yeah. The only reason I don't have more in my kitchen is I just don't make that many chef knives. if
00:44:41
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:44:42
Denis Tyrell
If I did, I'm sure I would have more oops collections in the kitchen.
00:44:47
echo_blades
Yeah. And like, and I want to do what, uh, what Noah did and make a fucking badass, you know, Salem shrob inspired knife where he just went like tat too thin on that, that S grind and put like a little pinhole in it. Did you see that?
00:45:03
Denis Tyrell
Oh, no, I didn't see that.
00:45:05
echo_blades
Oh, yeah. He was like, yeah he he posted the knife. Beautiful knife, man. Just like, guy, no, you do amazing work, dude. I was really, took me a minute to And when I went back and I read the post and kind of saw just like the tiniest fucking pinhole in it, and he's destroyed about it.
00:45:23
echo_blades
And I understand completely, but so he's like, yeah, I'm going to keep this. And that's kind of was the topper for me to, to, to, to sell this one. Cause I'm like, you know, chances are my, my first S-crack is probably gonna go a little too.
00:45:34
Denis Tyrell
So he he went through on the S-ride?
00:45:37
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:45:38
Denis Tyrell
I'm surprised he didn't he didn't see, like, Like...
00:45:38
echo_blades
Like ever, ever so slightly, like ever so slightly, dude.
00:45:40
Denis Tyrell
Wow. like
00:45:43
echo_blades
Like it was, yeah. Yeah. Probably could have did it and nobody would have known, but no, I'm kidding. But ah yeah, it's just such a, such a gorgeous knife though, man. And a bummer to have to you know, to I don't know, man.
00:45:57
echo_blades
Is it a bummer or is it not? But I'm i'm sure it was something he wanted to.
00:46:00
Denis Tyrell
Oh, of course it's a bummer. It's a knife he he planned on selling and now he can't.
00:46:03
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:46:03
Denis Tyrell
So of course it's a bummer.
00:46:04
echo_blades
Yeah. I'm, I'm, yeah, I'm trying to play it down. Dennis, Jesus, it was meant for him. Yeah.
00:46:11
Denis Tyrell
It's a learning. it's It's one of those learning tools.
00:46:13
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:46:16
Denis Tyrell
ah he like He'll know not to do that again.
00:46:16
echo_blades
There you go. but Literally.
00:46:23
Denis Tyrell
Oh speaking of mr. Entiat river Forge um he launched his YouTube channel, so Yeah, sorry, no, I still haven't watched your video, but I will Yeah Was that today is he yesterday?
00:46:31
echo_blades
Oh, that's right.
00:46:36
echo_blades
I didn't get to it either, that was just today. So and I don't feel horribly bad. It was like yesterday, but I saw it today and I haven't got to it yet, but no, that's exciting stuff, man.
00:46:42
Denis Tyrell
Okay, okay
00:46:47
Denis Tyrell
yeah Yeah, he did one, what was it, doing a stake flipper.
00:46:54
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:46:55
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, forging out a stake flipper, which I've actually never done, so I'm kind of interested to see it.
00:47:01
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:47:01
Denis Tyrell
I have a couple of those Atlas Knife and Tool Railroad spikes, so I might actually turn one of those into a stake flipper.
00:47:09
echo_blades
Yeah. That's pretty cool.
00:47:11
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. i have a
00:47:12
echo_blades
Yeah, I'm excited to check it out.
00:47:14
Denis Tyrell
I have a class next month. With, um so I had a guy reach out to me and he he said his son loves Forged in Fire and would love to come and take the one day knife making course.
00:47:29
Denis Tyrell
But his son is eight years old. So I'm like, man, what I going to do? Eight years old. Like there's no way we're going to take him through like the full, like I just think I'll lose.
00:47:43
Denis Tyrell
i think of my son and it would like, has the attention span of a gnat. So I think most eight-year-olds do. So I think we're going to like start like forging a leaf. That'll get him into it. And then we'll probably do a spike knife.
00:47:59
Denis Tyrell
Something he doesn't have to put a handle on it, because I think a handle is going to get a little monotonous.
00:48:02
echo_blades
Nice.
00:48:04
Denis Tyrell
So that'll be interesting. and it'll be i think it'd be I'm going to try to make it fun and lighthearted and do a bunch of little forging things. So hopefully that'll that'll keep his interest.
00:48:16
echo_blades
nice I just got a text message right now from Grace from Amazon Recruiting. They came across my profile.
00:48:21
Denis Tyrell
Okay.
00:48:22
echo_blades
They think I would be a great fit for a part-time remote role.
00:48:27
Denis Tyrell
Really at Amazon.
00:48:28
echo_blades
Yeah, they have they have flexible hours, 60 to 90 minutes, four days a week. The pay is incredible from $250 to $500 per day. Base is $1,000 per four working days.
00:48:40
echo_blades
Benefits, free training, 15 to 20 days paid annual vacation.
00:48:48
echo_blades
They currently have 20 openings.
00:48:50
Denis Tyrell
Wow.
00:48:51
echo_blades
just Just text them back.
00:48:54
Denis Tyrell
What are we fucking, is indeed a new sponsor or something?
00:48:59
echo_blades
totally true a part-time remote role with 15 to 20 days vacation.
00:49:02
Denis Tyrell
ah
00:49:08
echo_blades
I think that's like every week is a vacation.
00:49:11
Denis Tyrell
Well, you're part time anyway. Like, are they are they including that?
00:49:13
echo_blades
That's what i'm saying. That's what it said. It paid 15 to 20 days paid, hey vacation for my part-time remote role.
00:49:18
Denis Tyrell
Oh, pay.
00:49:23
Denis Tyrell
Huh.
00:49:23
echo_blades
I don't know, ma'am I'm quitting.
00:49:25
Denis Tyrell
I was just going say, doesn't your boss listen to this once in a while?
00:49:26
echo_blades
ah Yeah. Sorry, fucker. I'm out.
00:49:33
Denis Tyrell
You're going to be a big wing at Amazon working part-time remote.
00:49:36
echo_blades
That's right. That's right. Yeah.
00:49:40
Denis Tyrell
Hey, I'm retired.
00:49:40
echo_blades
yeah I don't know.
00:49:40
Denis Tyrell
maybe Maybe I'll consider it.
00:49:40
echo_blades
I just, I can't believe him.
00:49:42
Denis Tyrell
Send me the link.
00:49:43
echo_blades
Yeah. You should. How would you pass it up?
00:49:47
Denis Tyrell
Knife making gets slow. Then, yeah, they can pay me an Amazon gift card.
00:49:49
echo_blades
Oh, man.
00:49:52
echo_blades
There you go. I can't believe that just happened. All right.
00:49:57
Denis Tyrell
of
00:49:58
echo_blades
Who do you got for maker spotlight?
00:50:00
Denis Tyrell
um This week, so part of the origination of the gradient pattern, Marekka was working with Peter Schwarzberg, um and they actually kind of co-edited originated it, the the concepts of gradients.
00:50:16
echo_blades
Mm hmm.
00:50:18
Denis Tyrell
So I thought I should take a look at Peter's profile and realize i wasn't even following him.
00:50:24
Denis Tyrell
And he he does some amazing work. um And I actually reached out to him and asked if I could, you know, maybe he has some images of some earlier early gradients um that we can use in the video. Haven't heard back from him, but I just sent it couple hours ago, earlier today.
00:50:24
echo_blades
I'm not either.
00:50:43
Denis Tyrell
um But he does a lot on woots. I can see Spencer's comments in a lot of his posts, which was funny. um But does a lot about woots.
00:50:55
Denis Tyrell
And um one technique that actually I was talking to Spencer about that really intrigued me. And I'm not going to tell you guys what it is. I've reached out to Peter because I told him, hey, I want to pick your brain on this technique because I think it's just...
00:51:13
Denis Tyrell
really cool um so i'm gonna give that a try in a future triple t video so uh stay tuned uh but yeah i just um does some really amazing work i would love that if you scroll uh all the way down in his uh profile bio the uh it's on the left on on his grid that one is just amazing um
00:51:19
echo_blades
Nice.
00:51:41
Denis Tyrell
it's It looks like a gradient. I don't think it is. but um You know, he said pattern-welded steel. but it just It's a random pattern, but looks really, really cool.
00:51:53
Denis Tyrell
Maybe that is a gradient. I don't know. I'd have to like dissect it. It's an integral chef knife. It looks amazing.
00:52:02
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:52:02
Denis Tyrell
so
00:52:04
echo_blades
Does not look very random.
00:52:06
Denis Tyrell
Yes. Some really cool stuff. Lots of... like
00:52:09
echo_blades
Topographical type thing. Yeah. It's.
00:52:11
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, you can tell that's his his wheelhouse because with the woots that he's doing, everything is very topo-centric kind of thing.
00:52:20
echo_blades
Yeah. Yeah. That's really cool.
00:52:21
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, yeah.
00:52:24
echo_blades
And what's his, uh, IG handle.
00:52:26
Denis Tyrell
His IG handle is PeterBurtForge with no underscores or any bullshit. PeterBurtForge.
00:52:33
echo_blades
Nice.
00:52:35
Denis Tyrell
So, well yeah, go give him a follow and check out what he does.
00:52:41
echo_blades
Very cool.
00:52:42
Denis Tyrell
Who do you have this week?
00:52:44
echo_blades
So I have EJ underscore work. ah Kid's name is Emmett. He has 650 followers out of Minnesota. mean, I dig that.
00:52:57
echo_blades
and he's fifteen years old and i mean i dig that Right off the bat, any younger guy that's a out there getting it. But um I was just strolling through my feed the other day since I have widened my view from six people.
00:53:18
echo_blades
um And one of his builds popped up and I was looking at it and I was like, God damn, that's clean. And um so I started to just cruising through his, his profile here.
00:53:35
echo_blades
And i was really impressed with the, the, EDC stuff that he was doing a lot of batch work. um I want to say that's like Cerakote finishes and, um but really cool stuff.
00:53:47
Denis Tyrell
Really, really impressive stuff.
00:53:49
echo_blades
Dude, like top, like super fucking clean.
00:53:53
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:53:53
echo_blades
I mean, it has couple models, but like I'm just ah over the top impressed with just how how sharp and like well put together. The one that caught my eye is, I don't know, man. It's one, two, three, four down. It's a a segmented or like ah a mechanical bolt on handles.
00:54:17
echo_blades
He was putting it together. Um, and I was just like, God, the segmented scales on it, some goal, soul bolts type thing.
00:54:24
Denis Tyrell
Oh, yeah, ye yeah, I see it
00:54:25
echo_blades
Just in, and I was just watching him put it together. i was like, God, that is a fucking sexy knife. So, um, clicked on the, on the profile. I wasn't following him. So I gave him a follow.
00:54:36
echo_blades
I was like, man, I gotta, I gotta share this with, uh, with everybody. So, um, yeah, 15 year old maker out of Minnesota, uh, EJ underscore work.
00:54:42
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:54:45
echo_blades
Um, yeah, go give him a follow and support and Go check his stuff out.
00:54:51
Denis Tyrell
The one right below that on his grit, where he's holding three knives, the the bevels on, I really dig the bevels on those handles.
00:54:51
echo_blades
Buy a knife.
00:54:55
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:54:58
echo_blades
The handle.
00:55:01
echo_blades
Yeah. It's super clean, dude. Like.
00:55:03
Denis Tyrell
Very clean. And the other one that I really love is above that one, just the shape of that handle. It kind of reminds me a little bit of the handles on Seth's knives, Seth Lopez's knives.
00:55:14
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:55:15
Denis Tyrell
It has like that that drop, but really, really cool.
00:55:15
echo_blades
just really good.
00:55:18
echo_blades
Yeah. So.
00:55:19
Denis Tyrell
like astounding that this is a 15 year old it makes me feel bad actually
00:55:22
echo_blades
Yeah, it does. ah The exact same do And like the latest drive, I was watching one of his is just really good movies.
00:55:35
echo_blades
ah Reels too. Good videography. That's what I was thinking. so anyway I don't know.
00:55:40
Denis Tyrell
mm-hmm
00:55:41
echo_blades
i'm I'm a fan, man. I like what i like what you're doing, Emmett. Keep it up. and yeah That's Emmett underscore work. and i Go tell them boys at Triple T said what's up.
00:55:54
Denis Tyrell
yeah i'm yeah Either I've just seen this before, or he looks a little familiar. He might have been at the um the Midwest Knifemakers Guild hammer-in.
00:56:09
echo_blades
um Yeah, that's where it is, right?
00:56:10
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's in Minnesota.
00:56:11
echo_blades
Up in that area? Yeah. Yeah.
00:56:13
Denis Tyrell
so He looks familiar. he He was either there or because I didn't meet everyone like in person or um or I've just seen his profile before.
00:56:24
Denis Tyrell
But it wouldn't surprise me if he was there at that session.
00:56:24
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:56:27
Denis Tyrell
I just i don't see any pictures or anything.
00:56:29
echo_blades
It's really cool, though.
00:56:30
Denis Tyrell
But cool stuff, impressive. I just gave him a follow and yeah, really, really good. That's a good one.
00:56:38
echo_blades
Yeah, thanks.
00:56:39
Denis Tyrell
Good job.
00:56:40
echo_blades
Not me, that's him.
00:56:41
Denis Tyrell
good to see Good to see you pulling your weight on Maker Spotlights.
00:56:45
echo_blades
why That is a fucking low blow to everyone that I fucking shout out. I will kick him in the in the white vein for you. Peeps, I got your back.
00:56:59
Denis Tyrell
ah
00:57:00
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:57:01
Denis Tyrell
Yeah, that's a good one.
00:57:03
echo_blades
Yeah. So... Yeah, man, but that's that's about it.
00:57:06
Denis Tyrell
Oh...
00:57:08
echo_blades
Unless I'm missing something that we got, I think we should get the hell out of here. I'm
00:57:12
Denis Tyrell
yeah're you're out it You're out of here Wednesday, but you're back before the weekend.
00:57:16
echo_blades
back Friday.
00:57:18
Denis Tyrell
Okay. Do I have anything?
00:57:19
echo_blades
Yeah, it's a quick trip.
00:57:19
Denis Tyrell
pen what is What's today?
00:57:21
echo_blades
It's
00:57:22
Denis Tyrell
What month are we in? Yeah, I got nothing this weekend.
00:57:25
echo_blades
October.
00:57:25
Denis Tyrell
So, yeah, maybe we we do You being laser?
00:57:30
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:57:32
echo_blades
I need to etch. I do need etch, but that's not what I need you for. Laser. Yeah. Some stuff. So maybe Sunday we'll figure it out.
00:57:44
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. Yeah.
00:57:45
Denis Tyrell
Sounds good.
00:57:45
echo_blades
Cool.
00:57:45
echo_blades
All right.
00:57:47
Denis Tyrell
All right, man. It's been, uh, it's been an event.
00:57:50
echo_blades
It's been boring. So sorry. Yeah. It's been super boring. Sorry. Sorry to keep you.
00:57:54
Denis Tyrell
It's been super veiny.
00:57:55
echo_blades
you Sorry. Yeah. ah Sorry to keep you guys. Yeah. So not entertained. We'll try harder next week.
00:58:02
Denis Tyrell
Yeah. We'll try not to disappoint again.
00:58:05
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:58:05
Denis Tyrell
Yeah.
00:58:06
echo_blades
Yeah. My beard's super long, dude. it's I'm getting so many compliments and like like people are like actually commenting on it. I'm starting to feel like...
00:58:12
Denis Tyrell
yeah You gonna start braiding it soon?
00:58:14
echo_blades
but Hopefully, I guess. Yeah.
00:58:16
Denis Tyrell
That's a good look.
00:58:16
echo_blades
um had beard i've had
00:58:17
Denis Tyrell
I want to see that.
00:58:18
echo_blades
I've had fucking beard envy my entire life. And then it's still random. like It was Saturday at the at the at the tournament. Somebody was like, man, that thing's getting...
00:58:31
echo_blades
you know and I'm like, what? What the fuck you talking about? He's like, beard, bro. It's fucking looking good, man. I'm like, yeah, damn right. I'm like, I don't know.
00:58:39
Denis Tyrell
like I can't do it. Even like down here, in this is, you know, it starts to grow and then it just drives me crazy and I can't do it.
00:58:47
echo_blades
Somebody asked me like how long I've been growing i'm like, I think June. i don't know. i fucking I don't know. It was not planned.
00:58:52
Denis Tyrell
It doesn't seem like it's been that long.
00:58:55
Denis Tyrell
Like,
00:58:55
echo_blades
Yeah.
00:58:56
echo_blades
i don't think I think it was June when I i finally just let it go. um but
00:59:01
Denis Tyrell
yeah, because I felt like it'd make it make at um Blade Show, it was kind of normal length. Maybe, yeah, yeah.
00:59:07
echo_blades
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was 100%.
00:59:08
Denis Tyrell
yeah
00:59:09
echo_blades
Yeah, it was nothing out out of the out of control. But yeah, it's a trip.
00:59:13
Denis Tyrell
Does Lynn like it?
00:59:14
echo_blades
I don't know. Yeah, yeah. i Yeah.
00:59:17
Denis Tyrell
but She hasn't You didn't check with the boss first before you grew it?
00:59:21
echo_blades
yeah No, i just fucking was just letting it go. And then, you know, the the barber started like shaping it up. And I was like, all right, well, let's see what we can do here. And.
00:59:33
echo_blades
I was just expecting for it to like, you know, growing all white trashy like it always has. So here we are.
00:59:37
Denis Tyrell
Well, it's white.
00:59:39
echo_blades
Yo, it's white. Yeah. It's a trashy though.
00:59:44
echo_blades
But yeah. All right.
00:59:46
Denis Tyrell
All right. but Bye.
00:59:49
echo_blades
Later.
01:00:05
echo_blades
And that's a wrap.