I have read your posts before on the forums and they are always the same. You jump in with a smart-ass comment or two and then you leave
(.i,m sorry if i come off as a smart ass in most of my post i don,t mean it that way.i use the forums as a way to relax after a hard day of makeing knives.i try to point out the obvious and most of the time thats something that strikes me as funny or comical. By the time i set down here i,ve worked out twice and used a 10 lb hammer for the 8 hrs betweeni,m looking for a knife fix and a entertainment.)
Out of the 75 posts I have made, how many of them were smart-ass comments that contributed nothing to the topic? Zero.
(boy when i grow up i want to be as perfect as u r mike)
Defensive? Hell yeah. Quick trigger? I am your man Larry.
(be careful when u r too defensive it represents a deep rooted psychological problem, and
if your too quick on the trigger u can either miss or shoot something that don,t need shot)
I did not start this Larry, you did.
(oh yes u did)
I did not call you anything Larry, read my post again.
I stated that your post was ignorant. I stand by that.
I stated that I am familiar with your mentality. I am.
I have 75 welders on my jobsite that answer to me.
(i could tell from the tone and childesh defensive way of your post that your not really used to being challenged u simple fire any challenge that comes your way)
They can weld a broken heart, crack of dawn and just about anything else too.
They also believe that my credentials are silly.
(i don,t believe yoiur credentials r sill only the way u were pandering to the crowd)
20 years ago I was one of them, working offshore on a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico as a welder.
20 years ago I also thought credentials were silly.
That is the mentality I am referring to Larry.
I have been a knifemaker for two years. This information is on my website. Does that threaten you in some way?
(yea right. i havent slept well for the past 24 mos.LOL)
My backlog is currently well over a year. I am not taking orders for SharpFizzle knives or anything else.
The forums have been good to me Larry.
(thats because u have no compunction about unabashed pandering here. thats what your initial post was really about, a thinely vailed attempt at pandering to the folks here on forums. unfortuniatley
u come off as an EXPERT and theres poor soules gulliable enough to believe that u r)
I have made many good friends. I felt like telling them about SharpFizzle before they read about it in the magazines.
I have paid my dues
( u have paid NO dues in this business. here dues r never stoped being paid.
only the price and mode of payment changes)
Larry as a hand on drilling rigs in South Texas and a rig welder on cross country pipelines in Southern California and 20 other states. It was only after years of going to night school and tens of thousands of dollars in certifications that I was able to get where I am today.
(where did u get the degree from?? is it a b.s. or m.s.)
You may have the wrong man here Larry.
In my world I am challenged on a daily basis. I respond to the challenges without hesitation, which is the way it has to be.
You challenged me Larry and I responded.
(i never challenged u in any way big boy!!!!
but heres one for u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! u can either stay on the porch and shut up or run w the big dogs
bring one of your SHARPFIZZLE blades to the fall hammerin in ark and u can enter the cutting competion
oct 27.. 28
there u will have the oppertunity to show up all us ol dumb, thinkn inside the box , knifemakers ;that have done nothing but make knives for the past 20 yrs what a waste of time it was
we should have all been some where else and
to quote brad " A person from outside of the buisness that has not done it a couple of decades and can have a vast amount of experience that you probley will never see.This means being very experienced in ALL aspects of Manufacturing ")
If you were on my project you would be a G.A. (gone ass)
But it is not that simple here on the forums.
( thats right u cant fire everyone and i can tell that rankles u
u r not the boss of the world. lol)
I had a welder on my job a while back that thought my credentials were silly. He also thought our safety rules were silly. He tried to cut a hole in his hard hat with a large pocketknife while it was on his head. He wanted to install headphones and listen to music. He ended up in the hospital with a cut head and missing finger. He had to put his hand under his hard hat to keep it on his head while cutting. When the knife went through it cut off his finger. He is now a G. A.
Another one somehow got his nut sack on the muffler of a large concrete saw. He passed out from the pain and stayed there until workers removed him. He sustained third degree burns and had to wear a diaper for three weeks. He is now a G.A. Another one decided to climb a 50 tank to take a leak.
He did not know that the Osha inspector was on site. The Osha inspector walked by the tank and literally got pissed on. The guy was standing on the edge with no harness. You guessed it. G.A.
This really has nothing to do with our little talk but since we are getting to know each other I just felt compelled to share it with you. I will try to get back on topic now.
(it has a tremendous amount to do w "our little talk" it reflects your attitude and your feeling of superority over those that work for u and anyone else that don,t" think out side the box" w u
i feel sorry for them . all i got to do is not turn on the computer they on the other hand cant get away.i can tell youd love to fire me fortunately i,m not at the mercey of a pompus bombastic egomaniac.)
If someone slaps you in the face Larry what do you do?
Do you slap them back or do you double up that big ass fist of yours and knock their head off?
(when u look like me and this big , only the very drunk and mentally challenged try anything most try to kick me in the nuts so ive learned to cheat first and often and hard)
Now we can go back to talking about knives or we can go wherever you want to take this.
The choice is yours Larry.
(i like it here)
If you meant nothing by your initial post then I meant nothing by my response.
( i ment nothing by my initial post, only interjecting a little humer, but i take great offense at your response)
I enjoyed reading the article Bud Lang wrote about you Larry.
Shame we had to meet this way.
As Brad pointed out Knifemaking is changing very rapidly.
Makers of the Twenty First Century have two choices, they can think outside of the box and push themselves to the limit or they will end up being a G.A.
Scratching their unemployed ass with the guy who burned his nut sack
(i put stellite on 316 15 yrs ago.i was out side the box long before u ever thought about makeing knives.
it acted like stellit. hold a bad edge for a long time .kinda like D2 on steroids. but had none of the other desirable qualities one wants in a knife sure u can tie it in a knot but who wants a bent knife.
good knives have a spring back and a hard edge)
.
Those are the lessons for the day.
1. Dont burn your nut sack on a muffler.
2. Dont get complacent in your knifemaking.
(like i need lessons from u
)
There are a bunch of new makers out there that are HMT (hungry, mean and tired)
(i,m neither hungry nor tired)
I am one of them!
(yep your one alright)
The lovely parallel between the conventional temper line and "alloy band" at the cutting edge. To my way of thinking, this is a technology that both compliments and acknowledges the time-tested, differential heat treating technology. Both technologies seem to share the purpose of a harder, more durable cutting edge, without sacrificing different desirable qualities in the blade body.
budrichard
(this in no way is a temperlin and don,t tell these people that. a temperline takes skill to produce and knowledge to bring it out.
it neither compliments nor acknowledges any thing but wielding, and it scraificeses all the desirable qualities of the knife body if it don,t return to straight when flexed)
I think the SharpFusion techknowledgy is very interesting. By way of credentials I am trained as a Nuclear Engineer by degrees with graduate work and study in metalurgy. Generally my experience with Stellite is that because of its wear resistance, Stellite is used as a facing material on steel alloys which have much better resistance to stress. As I previously stated turbine blades have stellite facings to reduce wear but the blade must be an alloy for stress resistance. If a blade's primary use is for cutting than I don't know if the process makes any difference i.e just a Stellite blade, but if you are going to pry or bend the blade than SharpFusion could offer an excellent blade. I have read all the posts but don't believe that I have learned what application problem the process is designed to solve. I would like to know what the intent of the SharpFusion process is for a knife blade rather than the details of the process.- Dick
dick the intent of sharp fizzle is to make mike more money
the whole post was his attempt at pandering to the forums and sucking people into believeing that its a whoth while process
steve
make any changes u fell necessary before i send this to mike snotty
Just my openion that means nothing to any one but me. After reading your
email here is my responce to the tit and tat.
He has one little shot. Kind of reminds me of the Knife maker with great
secrets. The little bit of knowledge is so precious to them they want to
keep to them selves. Most people on the cutting edge of technology are very
centered and free with knowledge. From what I can tell from your email
this is nothing more than a well worked parlor trick. Stellite makes a fair
blade but it is hard to sharpen in the field and it will roll up like a old
cat wanting his belly rubbed when exposed to a hard surface in thin
sections. It excels as a wear surface and has good corrosion resistance. I
guess that is why it is so popular in industry but those qualities Dont
always make a good cutting edge. The proof is in public testing. If this
intellectual giant wants to prove his process let him show up at Arkansas
and prove its ability as a knife. The cutting contests are the proof. Other
wise it is just another sharp object that looks like a knife. These welded
edges have been on my lawn mower blades for years . Ed Shemp and the Montana
gang use this technology to improve the life of harvesting cutters i.e..
movers and reapers. Time is money they Don't want to resharpen the tools so
often. This concept would lead you to believe that it would help a knife.
Well it aint so. Yes stellite will cut.Remember the blade I forged from it.
But it is a real bitch to sharpen in the field. Question when was the last
time you tied your knife in a knot while skinning a hog? Stellite as a knife
is fine for a dish washer or an oil platform where rust will kill any thing
ferrous with out constant maintenance. If you want a knife that cuts
marginally well and doesn't rust and you have a handy belt grinder to
resharpen it and you want to tie it in a knot when it quits cutting these
bimetal blades are just the trick. A solid Stellite or Tallonite blade will
do the same thing just keep a diamond sharpening stone in your pocket. This
is a very viable way to make a knife it is just nothing new nor does it
exhibit qualities that would extend the use or workability of a proper
knife.
If some body really wants to know about stellite or tallonite edges have
them check out the guild directory several of the guild Knife makers have
used this material for years. They can give you performance info. But what
do I know .
I only have thirty years in the business and I am still on a learning curve.
Why Don't you just leave this old wore out down hiller alone. He may be in
a ditch welding up a sewer pipe that you are going to need one day. Steve
Schwarzer Master Bladesmith
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snotty
i have grown weary of this it will be my last post all that can happen is it spiral out of controll
see u at the bladesmith school in ark u can show me up then
harley
