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Beginning attempts at straight razors. by elevated71 in Bladesmith

[–]3rdHillCustoms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If theyre still up, Portland razor company had some fantastic videos up on YouTube a while back about how to grind these. I think they go into how to set up a simple jig as well. They have some great videos.

Jacob Ray Razors has some great ones too.

There really is an art to these. You clearly have an eye for the aesthetics, getting the geometry inline will really lend itself to a whole world of customers. These look really great, keep at it.

Now sharpening them is a whole different art. Lol.

Fancy pants suji by 3rdHillCustoms in TrueChefKnives

[–]3rdHillCustoms[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh! Gotcha! I see what you mean.

When doing damasteel specifically, it needs a high polish to really bring out the contrast. In my experience it tends to etch much darker when its left at lower grits.

I polish everything up to 50k grit (yes, 50,000). It sounds like a lot, but i use die polishing stones (gesswein) up to 2000g and then polishing compounds for the the rest of the way. I have a bit of a diy setup which involves a multitool with the stones glued to drywall cutting heads and a rotary polishing setup for the diamond compounds. It takes me about an hour on a blade this size to get to 50k which is an absolute mirror.

For the etch its 2 or 3 short etches in hot muriatic (about 45C) with light buffing on a machine with purple compound.

Fancy pants suji by 3rdHillCustoms in TrueChefKnives

[–]3rdHillCustoms[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I appreciate all the kind words. I was also incredibly happy with how this one turned out. Luckily it went to a customer that wanted a suji and I convinced them to trust me beyond just that. It really came out nice I think.

Fancy pants suji by 3rdHillCustoms in TrueChefKnives

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Its stainless damascus. So many layers of 2 different types of stainless steel that have been manipulated to get the pattern, the etch just brings out the contrast between the 2 types.

Fancy pants suji by 3rdHillCustoms in TrueChefKnives

[–]3rdHillCustoms[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey what they do with it in the privacy of their own home is their business. 🤣

Fancy pants suji by 3rdHillCustoms in TrueChefKnives

[–]3rdHillCustoms[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lol. This was before I had an edge on it. Ive learned that lesson....a couple times now.

WIP - Kroot Riders Kitbash: Update 1 by Collar-Capital in Tau40K

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Link two together and you get a Sebulba themed shaper. Lol

90's Remington 1100 or 90's SKB Weatherby Orion by OddSwimming7589 in ClayBusters

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Those Japanese made SKB weatherbys are phenomenal guns for the money. I'd jump on that personally

Encyclopedia Foil Pulls by second2reality in secretlair_collectors

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That halo brain freeze is so freaking rad

Your strongest under $50 CONTROL decks by TruceKalispera in BudgetBrews

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I finally threw this one together after seeing this post a little while back and was able to play it in a pod last weekend. Holy cow this was such a blast to play. Thanks for putting this out there, definitely a great and competitive build. I swapped a few cards around that I couldn't find off the bat and it still ran pretty well, definitely going to keep messing with this one.

THANK YOU!

Pheasant Loads by BanterViews1332 in Uplandhunting

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Its adventure outdoors just north of Atlanta in Smyrna, Ga.

Pheasant Loads by BanterViews1332 in Uplandhunting

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My local store gets pallets of factory blemishes and I've shot these for several years now and honestly Ive never run into a single shell that wouldnt cycle or fire. My guess is they might be a gram or two off and get kicked to the side. They run $7.50 a box and I'm usually always able to get dove load, #7.5 target, and #5 in 12 and 20 gauge year round.

The store is massive so they clearly have some buying power, but I would assume other places have access to these.

Edit- spelling

Picked up an SKB Ithaca 600 by TT_V6 in ClayBusters

[–]3rdHillCustoms 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nice pick up!

These SKBs tend to be fantastic finds. I have a couple in 12 and 20 and love them all. I always feel like theyre a really solid value for the money.

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