What's happening in the David Mary Custom shop?

[David Mary]

Start the week

 

[David Mary]

Tapered tang wharncliffe has also been started.

 

[David Mary]

And the last of the .06” 15N20 EDChef XLs with the OG handle to blade angle.

 

[David Mary]

I know I’m going to want to keep this one.

 

[David Mary]

 

[David Mary]

Truckin. Which means progressing. There’s no truck. I didn’t make up the saying.

 

[Wild Willie]

The handle on that SSJ is rather lovely.

 

[David Mary]

Thank you! The right materials can do wonders. I have made significantly more progress, but took a break as I have a cord of wood being off loaded at the house now. I will get back to it in a bit with more pics.

 

[David Mary]

Til tomorrow

 

[Hurrul]

Looks like a tapered tang, yes?

 

[David Mary]

Yes it is. Relatively new feature for me.

 

[Hurrul]

Yes it is. Relatively new feature for me.

I have some small and medium sized fixed blades with tapered tangs - typically, this feature makes these sizes of knife have a noticeably more ...nimble, lighter, and faster balance in hand.

Nice work and nice practice. Things look oriented - tang and scales - from here.

 

[David Mary]

Thank you very kindly Hurrul ! Yes, it made a very noticeable difference on the handful of knives I have done it on so far. Been practicing with the intent of doing it confidently on my up coming CPM-3V Prevex model.

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads...ught-see-post-22.1958381/page-2#post-22324103

That's gonna be an awful lot of tough knife in a super light package.

 

[David Mary]

No shop time today. Extra run into town though, and some administrative work on a new run for a startup brand I’m going to be the initial OEM for. Small Traditional oriented fixed blades in CPM 3V with micarta handles and a raptor skin holstex sheath. That’s all I’m going to say for now, as these are still a way off. Goal is to have them ready for the client by November.

 

[cbach8tw]

No shop time today. Extra run into town though, and some administrative work on a new run for a startup brand I’m going to be the initial OEM for. Small Traditional oriented fixed blades in CPM 3V with micarta handles and a raptor skin holstex sheath. That’s all I’m going to say for now, as these are still a way off. Goal is to have them ready for the client by November.

Sounds exciting, keep them simple with good lines and I think the fixie line will do well for basic blades. Fancy is nice, but I like the plain Janes that get the job done. My 2 cents only.

 

[David Mary]

PM2, meet the better you.

 

[James Mayo]

PM2, meet the better you.

Excellence.

 

[David Mary]

One of those days

 

[David Mary]

One of ‘em so far, but five are at this stage

 

[David Mary]

Not so many of these out yet. But here is one I grabbed after it tried to do a flyby. This is how it looked when I opened my hand. Yes, somehow I actually decapitated the little monster when I snatched it from the air.