Rules of Knifemaking (Just for fun!)

AkWildman said:
Keep your hands in your pockets and avert your eyes don't even chance a look at the scrap bins contents and run away grasshopper run away as fast as you can.
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LOL. put a 25lb box of stuff that should have gone in a scrap bin in the van this morning. you never know when you are going to need the stuff, but it should be in my shop instead the recycle bin.

Rule 789: The kitchen is the best place for heat treat as you have a stove for warming quench oil, a convection oven for tempering, a sink for cleaning blades, plenty of gloves, pot holders and tongs for handling hot metal, outlets for kilns, and accurate thermometers for checking quench oil and tempering oven temperatures.
 
To ***properly*** etch hamons and damascus, a visitor to your work area may assume you're cooking meth.

Same goes for the checkout clerk when you buy all the supplies/chemicals for etching and polishing at the store.
 
To properly assemble a full tang knife there must be atleast one shop gnome present to examine and steal parts to said knife as your mixing the epoxy.
 
scott.livesey said:
LOL. put a 25lb box of stuff that should have gone in a scrap bin in the van this morning. you never know when you are going to need the stuff, but it should be in my shop instead the recycle bin.

Rule 789: The kitchen is the best place for heat treat as you have a stove for warming quench oil, a convection oven for tempering, a sink for cleaning blades, plenty of gloves, pot holders and tongs for handling hot metal, outlets for kilns, and accurate thermometers for checking quench oil and tempering oven temperatures.
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Scott,

For most of us, if that are married, that want to stay married to the same gal. the kitchen is the absolute worse place you can do any knife making work. :3:
 
1. Pick your nose prior to working with super glue.

2. Don't waste time marking what kind of tool steel that piece is - you'll still remember next year.

3. Never squat with your spurs on.
 
Keep a bottle of superglue near the grinder, or whil sharpening, to close up any leaks you may spring. This will also prevent lost time in ER's waiting to get sewn up!

This one is from my father. NEVER put your finger any place you wouldn't put your penis!
 
Calvin Robinson said:
Lawrence, please! I'm trying to eat supper here.
It's a good thing this thread is just for fun or you would have to face a firing squad for violating these two rules at once.:biggrin:
And yes,I'm THAT old!:biggrin:
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You mean there is now a law against Kirinite here?
 
When I am really done with a belt I tie it into a knot and throw it by the door so that I throw it out when I leave my shop and don't put it back into the maybe for some thing pile.

No joke here. Just how I keep the pile of used belts manageable.
 
Rule # 998

Just when you think you seen it all, someone will show up with something new.

Rule # 999

When you know it all, it's time to give up.
 
1. Shop tool policy- each tool is placed in a precise and incredibly balanced matrix of measured assessibility and simultaneous storage and if you can't deal with that then just leave.
2. Each knife that leaves the shop undergoes a rigorous testing including high speed cement projectile and random thumb stoke- blood letting to verify top quality.
3. All design modifications must first be discussed in a meeting with the operator (me) and floor supervisor (me) and business manager (me) while drinking coffee that could be used in a pinch as an etchant.
 
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Ausbrooks said:
1. Shop tool policy- each tool is placed in a precise and incredibly balanced matrix of measured assessibility and simultaneous storage and if you can't deal with that then just leave.
2. Each knife that leaves the shop undergoes a rigorous testing including high speed cement projectile and random thumb stoke- blood letting to verify top quality.
3. All design modifications must first be discussed in a meeting with the operator (me) and floor supervisor (me) and business manager (me) while drinking coffee that could be used in a pinch as an etchant.
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Design Modifications are on going! I had this vision for a kick butt 9" Bowie Knife and was "Inspired" To DM it into a 4" Paring knife after a few sudden discussions with the concrete floor and a couple of visits from the,

Oh &^%$#!:12: Gnomes. Knife making can be so much fun!
 
For new knifemakers such as myself...

Don't overthink. Sometimes I find myself focusing too much on whether i'm doing a task "right" or the way it's supposed to be done, instead of just doing and knowing that I will probably screw up many times before I find my way of doing it right. End results speak for themselves. Tried and trued methods are a great place to start, but eventually I think each maker finds his/her way of doing just about everything. (at least from my limited experience that is).
 
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