Ok guys, new update, although small and uninspiring. I finally got into the shop today. Heather has not been doing well at all and honestly my life has been pure hell since the last update. I can't even begin to describe it, bit I don't think it's going to get much better anytime soon. Our marriage is still very rocky and unstable and her medical stuff has completely stalled out as the doctors can't seem to agree on the color of the sky let alone her diagnosis. I'm not in a good place with all this.
I have 15 more knives to grind before I send them in to heat treat. If stuff will stop going wrong I can get them done in one good day of grinding.
Today, I ground five knives. The first four have to be redone from the beginning, for various reasons, but mostly because I just had an horribly off day. I have six knives now out of the 15 left to do that have to be completely redone because of screw ups on my part. Out of spec handles, too thin primary grinds, grinds that broke the spine, and in one case today, a 3/8" chunk of the blade got ripped out when a belt broke in my face. That kinda sucked.
Anyway, I'm wrestling with a lot of personal stuff right now. I do know I will have to think long and hard about taking orders from here on out, and I will never, ever take money ahead of time again. I hate not being able to give you guys a quality product in a timely manner. The reasons are starting to sound like excuses and I hate it. I don't know exactly what to do except keep plugging away.