Second Annual TradGang Knife Swap!! - Emails are all out!!!

[ber643]

Oh, I forgot - The Ola-kniven Blade #56 is 2 1/4" long   :D

[GMASIUK]

Please count me in for one. Thanks

[owlbait]

I'm in for one now that I have one  

[Jeff Fortner]

I'm in for one.

[brettlandon]

Hey Jeff, make one like you just posted.  You best make one LIKE it as wrestling that knife from your wife's hands could be dangerous.      

-Brett

[dave hiltz]

You can count me in for one, This sounds like alot of fun.  It is great to see everyones ideas.

[skullworks]

I'm in! Don't make blades but I can change and do the handle work! This is a great idea.

[Whip]

It really sounds like you don't care how amatuerish an effort might be.  Careful what you wish for, but go ahead and put me in.  :rolleyes:   As long as all it takes is assembling a pre made blade is within the rules  I'll give it a try.

[Ray Hammond]

I'm gonna sneak in a picture of the blade I'm going to use for my knife.

Gonna get some help to finish. Haven't decided whether to make the handle out of cape buffalo horn or desert ironwood.

[Hooked]

wow, can I trade with Ray?

[Carbon Caster]

Originally posted by Hooked:
wow, can I trade with Ray?

NO..........Ray trades with MEEEEE!!!!!

[Ray Hammond]

I know its kinda cheatin' to use a ready made blade but I didnt want someone regretting getting my first knife in this thing.

My mentor is going to show me how to make a blade, but I will use that for my own knife.

I;m going to do some serious file work on the whole top of the blade including the part between the scales, but I havent decided whether to use cape buffalo horn or desert ironwood for the scales.

Hmmmm. now that I think about it, how DO we know who we are trading with? Names in a hat?

[ber643]

I don't think we get to know - until it's too late -   :D  (just kidding, of course, except maybe in the case of my entry   :p  ).

I think Jeremy said something about how he would do it, back at the start of the thread, not positive.

[ber643]

Yep, Ray - he said:

"It's pretty simple. If you want to participate all you need to do is make a knife (or three) by the deadline and Email me your name, address and the number of knives you want to swap. Once I have all the information I'll randomly draw names from a hat and email everyone who to send their knives to."
by Jeremy

[varmint]

Ray,

  My blades are coming from the same place you got yours.I've gotten quite a few from him to make for friends.Always a good product,never had a problem.He also carries some very nice sets of scales.I got a set of Redwood Burl on a little skinner I'll have to post that turned out pretty nice.


 

[Jeremy]

Thanks for bringing that up Bernie!  Last year worked out pretty well, so I figured we'd run it the same way again this year.  It'll be a surprise who you get a knife from, but not a secret after the fact.
Nice looking blades guys!  Is the whole tang damascus or is the damascus welded onto a mild steel tang?  Hard to tell in the pics.

[Ray Hammond]

at first i thought it was welded, but if you look closely the damascus is there, in the back part as well..I just think it looks different because he keeps the tang softer? Varmint will know.

[ber643]

Beautiful blades, for sure.

[Leftieshot]

Varmint and Ray, where are you getting these blades?

[ber643]

I was wondering too - but figgured they probably couldn't say here as we have a number of knife/blade sponsors. (e-mails, PMs, PLEASE?)