you know your hardcore when cont..

[Ethan B. A. Jackson]

you know your hardcore when...

 

 

.... when you grind 3 knucles off and dont notice until your dad points out the fact that the water your dipping your work in has turned a light shade of red and so has the grinder.

 

 

 

.....while forging you cut yourself deep and first thing that comes into you head is "good thing this piece of steel is really hot"

[Matthew McKenzie]

When duct tape and shop cloths see more use as band-aids than as duct tape and shop cloths.

[Guest Kyle Hershey]

You don't need stitches because you have plenty of superglue...

[Bob Ouellette]

You get more of a sunburn from welding than from the sun.

[Alan Longmire]

So, was there something wrong with the existing thread? Or are you not hardcore enough to add to something else?

[Bob Ouellette]

I don't know, but I thought I'd add something over here too... I'm too hardcore to be contained by one thread, Alan

 

 

Edit: This is Post 1999 for me.

Edited June 17, 2008 by Bob Ouellette

[Mire Blades & Tools]

when your hobby as a knifemaker gets you a day job as a production sword maker

 

 

i don't need no stinkin resume.... but check these knives out......

[Guest Kyle Hershey]

So, was there something wrong with the existing thread? Or are you not hardcore enough to add to something else?

 

This is for the hardcore greenhorns!!!

 

When you burn yourself, and the smell makes you hungry!

Edited June 17, 2008 by Kyle Hershey

[cwilliams]

Kyle I laughed till I cried on that last one.

 

Know your hardcore when you cut yourself and you wont go to the hospital because thats time away

from the shop and hell I have dental floss and a needle (Dont ask, infection ensued and my doc was pissed).

PS He gave me a suture kit for next time, Gotta love army docs.

 

Chris

[Ethan B. A. Jackson]

the existing thread was 4 pages long so i just started a new one. i didnt mean to dis anyone.

 

 

......when your nehbors no longer complain about the smell/sout/loud noises/grinding and have resorted to throwing eggs at you when you cruis by on your skatboard

 

 

(ps he stoped after i took a piss in his water tank )

Edited June 21, 2008 by Ethan B. A. Jackson

[Christoph Alpermann]

...when you look at all the bleeding grinding marks on your hands and think "cool, those new 80grit ceramic belts sure take off a lot of meat real fast"

 

 

@ kyle: Good one, have you watched the new rendition of the "Treasure Island" lately?

[Guest Kyle Hershey]

...when you look at all the bleeding grinding marks on your hands and think "cool, those new 80grit ceramic belts sure take off a lot of meat real fast"

 

 

@ kyle: Good one, have you watched the new rendition of the "Treasure Island" lately?

 

I know what you mean about the ceramic oxide belts!! All my fingers have new skin on them now!! I shall have to watch the new Treasure Island...

[Barrett X. Houston]

You've forged in nothing but sandals and boxers because getting dressed would "cut into your forge time."

 

When you're forging, you use some charcoal ash as war paint . (I know I'm not the only one who's done that)

Edited July 1, 2008 by Barrett X. Houston

[Guest Kyle Hershey]

This kind-of goes along with the shorts, and sandals:

 

When you have flux burns on your "beans and frank" . Muahahaha!! Explain that to your girlfriend!!

[Ethan B. A. Jackson]

i know what you mean. i drive my dad crazy, bear feet, bear back, only shorts.

 

but its funny the only time i get burnt is when he wont stop bugging me about "protective clothing"

 

and i get distracted and end up geting third degree burns(from the hot steel landing prefectly on top of my foot).

 

 

 

 

ps. ash is good for the skin and scaring little kids

Edited July 2, 2008 by Ethan B. A. Jackson

[Willie]

When you and your wife are driving and you see some "goodies good for forging" on the side of the road and your wife says, "Don't even think about it."

[A.Young]

When you are the only person you know that knows what molten borax tastes like.Or the only one that has burnt they're tongue while forging.

[MJDForge]

Not realy related to forging, but when youre chopping limbs off bamboo and you nearly cut your finger off and say "Well, my knifes sharp."

 

Matthew

[Jziegenbein]

you grind off half your fingernail on a finishing belt and only notice when your finger starts getting hot...

 

you can tell different types of steel by their taste...

 

you inlay one of your wisdom teeth into a handle....

[son_of_bluegrass]

you inlay one of your wisdom teeth into a handle....

 

Got a photo?

 

ron

[Jziegenbein]

Got a photo?

 

ron

yeah, but not a good one.

 

[deker]

...when you need to fab up a bracket for the tractor and you use 1070 since you can't find any mild....

 

-d

[Doug Lester]

...when you see a lawn mower blade at the side of the road when you're waiting for the backup to move onto the exit ramp and you check the trafic flow to see if you have time enough to jump out and grab it.

 

Doug Lester

[Matthew McKenzie]

...when you see a lawn mower blade at the side of the road when you're waiting for the backup to move onto the exit ramp and you check the trafic flow to see if you have time enough to jump out and grab it.

 

Guilty. But in my defense, it was a giant bush hog blade that's eventually going to make lots of pretty knives when I get around to buying or building a hydraulic press or power hammer.

[Forrest]

....when you hear on the news about the huge bushfire down the road, throw all the buckets you can find into the back of your car and go charcoal hunting.