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New knives on the new website!

Second thought.. I really feel like working on this evening... Another reason why

Anyone see this in the sky last night? ? ? ? No.... It's just Elon Musk lining up his 420.... Yes #420 satellites in outer space in order to create a global internet network accessable from anywhere on Earth.

Aaron Torian
Never above you
Never below you
Always beside you
Born in Paducah, KY, a graduate of Thomas Stone High School in 1995, and recipient of a Master’s Degree in Instructional Leadership from Tennessee Tech University in December 2002, Master Sergeant Aaron Torian enlisted in the Marine Corps as an infantryman in March 2003. He completed reconnaissance screening, was assigned to 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion and joined MARSOC in December 2006 as a member of 2nd MSOB. MSgt. Torian deployed in support of both Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. MSgt. Torian was promoted to Gunnery Sergeant (Combat Meritoriously) on December 2, 2009. While assigned as a Team Chief, MSgt. Torian was leading his team during a dismounted patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan when he was killed by an Improvised Explosive Device. MSgt. Torian’s personal awards include Bronze Star with combat V awarded posthumously in June 2014, two Purple Hearts, three Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals with Combat Distinguishing Device, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the Combat Action Ribbon with gold star, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with silver star, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Iraq Campaign and Afghanistan Campaign medal, and three Good Conduct Medals.

These went out to my brother and former team mate Will he has a awesome training program...
Micarta from laser work by

Shipped this one out the other day. Heading downrange to the great sandbox.

These three went to New homes this weekend. Thanks

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Amazing event with great people. All together the event raised north of 70k$ in about three hours. Some of the big items were this set of jerseys worn during the world series, a custom AR with amazing wood stock and hand guards, and a beautiful wrapped Raider paddle.
Happy 244th birthday USMC, and have a great veteran's day weekend!

About 6ish hours left to bid on some awesome stuff that will support some awesome charities this veteran's day weekend.
I want to thank
and for teaching me how to make knives.

Check out the knife I made and donated for a charity auction put on at the Scottsdale Gun Club Nov 8th by
and the there is lots of other great stuff and a few other blades as well. Link below and in bio
l._hansenandsons micarta
emblem inlays

https://e.givesmart.com/events/esH/i/_Auction/8V3f/

https://marineraiderfoundation.org/event/2019-evening-with-marine-raider-foundation-mission2alpha-hosted-by-scottsdale-gun-club/

@ Scottsdale, Arizona

Bone. This knife profile was inspired by the profile of the B1B, typical . When deployed in combat having Bone check in with plenty of and bomb bay gives you the feeling of . or over Hawijah, or a show of force these crews kicked ass.

This one is a birthday gift for an amazing Marine, mentor, friend, and savage fighter... who is a third degree black belt... hence the three red lines on the box and scales.
OAL 8 1/2", blade 4", 1095 parkerized, G10 and micarta scales, laser engraving by
Pine box, primer and painted with , handles. Logo painted using a stencil made with a
Fasteners and kydex from

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Pleased with this one. OAL is 11". Blade is 6 1/4", handle 4 3/4". G10 scales from . Fasteners and kydex from , laser engraving done by .
What do you think? Comments and suggestions are much appreciated.

This one is not very pretty... But a good learning experience. I actually broke a tap in it and found a gunsmith tip on YouTube for getting the broken tap out... freezed the tap with canned air and lightly chipped the broken tap with a punch. It warped during heat treat where the tap broke. Warp came out surprisingly easy. Tested various laser engraving power settings on it at . Frag pin in the sheath isn't needed for retention... being a former FRI master, I've seen a few guys lose their knives going down the rope.

I had this short piece leftover and figured I needed a + BC (box cutter). I also used it to test a few things... etching, park, scales/glue... etc. I found the spalted maple locally and stablized it my self with cactus juice and dye from

I've seen shop cats, shop dogs, and shop ducks... but this is the first toad. Cleaning up the shop and found this guy. He's back in the woods now.

Long post but this might be useful for someone. Parkerizing was kicking my but. I had done it once before in a class I took and had zero issues. It was . When I did it on my own I kept getting these marks that looked like scratches. I talked to tech support, some awesome makers on IG, guys who park bike parts, a couple gunsmiths, and my knife making mentor. Just like life, it comes down to the process of elimination and problem solving. I stuck to the Brownells instructions pretty close, still had bad results. Took a break to reevaluate... While driving down the road it dawned on me the grip on my blast cabinet gloves looked a lot like the marks on the blades. Despite cleaning the blades with acetone post blast, and then boiling pre park, the rubber from the gloves stayed on the blade. Solution= don't touch the blade with cheap blast cabinet gloves and when I need to flip the blade, touch it in an area that will be covered by the scales. Problem solved. Like, follow, share.

Post heat treat. Heat treated under the mentorship of and close supervision of his shop cat.

Initial grinds.

The smell of cut metal, cutting fluid, layout fluid, and WD-40 always brings me back to my early teen years. The father of my good friend and neighbor was a machinist who had several mills and lathes in his home shop. It wasn't until I was much older that I realized how much math, skill, and precision it took to crank out the parts he was making. Happy father's day.

Arts and crafts time with a lock buster round.

Finishing up my first batch of knives and figuring out how to post on social media.
1095
grinder

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Art Wednesday. Familiar scene from memory of the Helmand Valley sunset. Quote from Alexander the Great's tomb. .cfta

Saw this truck on the side of the road. Fighting machines, one fights fire, the other fights war.

And here we go... As the great philosopher Lil'Jon said, "don't talk no sh*t, won't be no sh*t"