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At 1:23 on February 12, 2011, In MemoriamD ale said…: Hey Chris .. I've a question .. when you use the phrase "cold forging" .. does an analogy exist in "work hardening" ??? Dale

At 17:23 on February 7, 2011, Bill Harvey said…: (Got my email back as undeliverable. Repeats here.)

Hi Chris,
Cool on the PM thing. I think I have used up all the brain cells available for things computerish.
As to exporting Riker mounts, I have to chat with them in the next day or so, so I'll see just how big a pain in the tuchas it might be for them to do it directly. (Nice people, but ding-a-lings.) As to my shipping them to you, here is what I propose. I'll order them, box them, and let you "import" them to your end. (BTW -where is your end?) Then I'll wait for the shipping label to arrive. I've done this with UPS successfully, and you are right about the bother of paperwork. There are questions UPS's web application asks that apply more to your, (the destination's), laws / procedures than I understand.
And thanks for the kind words re. my craftsmanship.
Bill

At 9:00 on February 6, 2011, Bill Harvey said…: Hi Christopher,

Think I owed you a response before now. (Still a might confused about this whole social networking thing.) Glad the Rikers are of interest. Your message suggested we take this to the PM -prime minister? post meridian? parental medeling?

Bill

At 17:30 on January 21, 2011, Carl Newton said…: Halicon, after all it was trespassing, and it scared me, what was I to do?

At 4:00 on January 17, 2011, Jakub Capek said…: The Charney stone seems like an absolute must in the knife sharpening world!

I do not have one.Where can I get one?? All my stones are from Europe, one from Belgium, one from Slovakia, others from italy and the Czech Republic. They all work fantastically.

At 17:37 on January 14, 2011, In MemoriamD ale said…: Chris .. thanks for joining our "Knife Repair, Modification, Restoration & Improvement" grp .. we've had a bit of fun there !!

I had a nice run there with my MODIFICATIONS .. personalizing our knives !!!! forum .. and hope to start a discussion centered around the construction of that kit Santa left me .. time permitting .. will see you there !!!!

At 9:17 on January 14, 2011, James "Clifford" Townsend said…: Yes most of my knives sit in a display case given to me by the guys I buy my knives from. I used to help them out at shows and their store back when I started out. But yes I do need to spend more time buffing them they deserve it. And yes it is a genuine Hibben not by hand of course but put out by United Cutlery. I want one of his by hand badly but oh well...dreams...

At 19:57 on January 13, 2011, James "Clifford" Townsend said…: RE: Double Shadow. Hey there. I have some fuctional knives and they get used almost sadly and I have many that aren't. It's not overly valuable but costly enough and at the time probably the most I ever spent on a knife. And no you dont have to shut your big yap nothing wrong with stating your opnion and being curious yes it really is each to their own...and thanks for the buffing recommendation.

At 13:14 on January 13, 2011, KnifeMakerWaqas Yousaf Farooq said…: What is this? I really did not understand.

At 22:35 on January 12, 2011, In MemoriamD ale said…: I was kidding Dude .. we both know .. no such animal exists !!!

At 22:05 on January 12, 2011, In MemoriamD ale said…: Halicon .. save some time buddy .. get an 8" (rough) grinding stone spinning @ about 4000 RPM's ...... OK .. you'll burn a Tip or two .. but, it's faster ...

!!! .. JUST KIDDING .. !!!

At 10:58 on January 4, 2011, In MemoriamD ale said…: Was just taking another look @ your pics .. some nice rocks there Dude !!!

At 0:26 on January 4, 2011, Terry Waldele said…: Hi Hal,

Thanks so much for all the great advice and information. Your last comments about the Belgian Coticule stone was way over my head. Where do you get a full sized Coticule stone and some Coticule finger stones? Thanks again for your help.

Terry

At 20:32 on January 2, 2011, Terry Waldele said…: Hey Halicon,

Thanks for responding to my comment about maintaining a constant angle when sharpening my handmade knives. My problem relates primarily to the curved portion of the blade. I made a homemade blade grinder using a plan provided by anonther iKC member who used an angle grinder on a pivot arm to grind hollow ground blades, but have had difficulty with grinding the curve and point of the blade, especially on recurve blades. Any advice you can give me will be greatly appreciated. Also, yes, I've tried my hand at restoring pocket knives and military blades, but finding one to restore that's priced right is a real challenge.

At 9:26 on December 26, 2010, In MemoriamD ale said…: Hey dude .. hope your holidays were filled w/ good friends good food good times !!!

At 13:13 on July 5, 2010, In MemoriamD ale said…: In all fairness .. have to admit ignorance to JTOOL .. came across it while searching for KIYA info .. looked informative .. read it & saved the link for later reference ..

KIYA's hm site .. yeah I know .. can't find an English version ?!?!

.. I've never used the knife .. kind of a sentimental thing ..

At 12:32 on July 5, 2010, In MemoriamD ale said…: .. that's a KIYA below .. can't find a state-side source .. any source for that matter .. apparently, KIYA doesn't have shipping services outside Japan .. go figure .. only web site I can find is their home site .. http://www.kiya-hamono.co.jp/

Their site has some different & much more detailed info (grinds, steels, etc) than most US manuf are willing to provide .. possibly a reflection of their (US Manuf) pride in their product or perhaps a display of their comprehensove knowledge base ..

I trust you recognize sarcasm .....

Here's a link you may .. or may not .. appreciate .. http://www.japan-tool.com/hamono/Knife_Polishing/Knife_Polishing.html .. what do ya think ????