Does Mr. McDermont, also, create serrated knives?
Darrent, Iāll see him tomorrow at my shop and ask.
I know he has the various diamond round files to sharpen serrated knives (he saw my war abused Benchmade automatic and offered to sharpen it for me). He brought it back better than new. Both the smooth and serrated surfaced were razor sharp, fully cleaned and oiled.
He enjoys teaching those that actually want to learn.
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Tom - is a class for this still in consideration? I had hoped to come out and meet him but was unable.
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im down for a class. either way im trying, buying the steel and everything i need as we speak
Where are you planning to buy your steel?
I found this site which seems to have a good selection. They also do custom heat treating too.
http://www.texasknife.com/vcom/index.php
i checked it out but its down in houston, ive only been looking for few days now, but im gonna try and look for somewhere around dallas just to save on shipping. but i do like the heat treating they offer. hopefully ill order something by the end of the weekend. maybe we can go in on an order together to save on shipping wherever we get it from
Interested here, was thinking of trying to do some cable damascus.
I am still interested as well. Almost any weeknight works well for me.
I submitted a class form for a class, āBasic Knife Makingā, taught by Dave McDearmont. It has not yet appeared on the calendar, but will be Thursday, October 6 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the lecture hall. The class will be a viewing of the video āBasics of Knife Makingā by Dave. It was make in 1987, and Dave is very young!! Dave will be showing the video, and will annotate, expand, and answer questions. We plan to offer a second class about 30 days later based on the 1988 video āAdvanced Knife Makingā, with Dave presenting the material as before. I am converting both videos (actually DVDs made from the original video tape recordings) to MP4 format, and will put them on the jump server.
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Regrettably, I will be in Boston on the 6th. Iām glad to see that a class is scheduled though. Iām hoping to get into a knife making class some time.
Any thoughts or work being done on the belt grinder discussed in the initial presentation?
Alright! Iām looking forward to the class! Thank you for setting it up!
Excellent. Iām looking forward to it.
Iām all for this class. Thanks for making it happen!
FYI - the Knife Making Class is on the calendar now:
https://calendar.dallasmakerspace.org/events/view/798Pl
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Yeah old old thread, I went to look for the videos (on jump server & committee drive) & cant seem to find them.
@dr_cee, I donāt suppose you remember where you put them. Iād like to watch them again.
Tim,
If you donāt find the videos, let me know and Iāll ask Mr McDearmont (the knife maker in those videos) if he will give us another copy. He is a friend of mine.
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