First ever HHH Knives mini hammer in/get together!!

[HHH Knives]

Hey guys, I was contacted by Mike Davis and after a few phone calls and emails. We hammered out a date for the first ever HHH Knives, get together/mini hammer in!

Im not sure exactly who will be here yet, but Im sure were gona have a good time.. and smash some steel and throw some sparks! :happy1:

Kitchen Knife forum member's that live in Michigan (Del, Kevin, Lefty, etc..etc..) close enough to make the trip that want to join us are welcome!!

It will be the Second Sunday in October in Marlette MI.
Please post on here and PM me for details and directions.

 

[Lefty]

If I could, I'd be there, but we're doing training straight through until December with the FD. If I'm free on the next one, I'm in!
Just remember guys, pneumatic hammers and beer (especially our good ol' Canadian stuff) don't mix! Cut, grind, hammer, fire, grind, THEN drink!

 

[HHH Knives]

Well, Im glad to hear your about your training. And getting back to work doing such a great thing! Contact me when your free and maybe we can set something up.

Good sound advice, Beer and 2300* steel dont mix!! At least in my shop!!

There will be Good food, Nothing to fancy.. Were working out the menu right now.. My Moms offered to help out by cooking and prepping the grub for us! God Bless her!

 

[Mike Davis]

Looking forward to it! Hopefully Delbert can come down also.

 

[HHH Knives]

I talked to Delbert and he said he was going to try and make it! Were gona have a good time 4sure!

 

[EdipisReks]

while i badly want to go on a vacation next month, something tells me that the fiancé isn't going to agree to a knife vacation. :-/ which sucks, because otherwise i could maybe have made it.

 

[WildBoar]

Dibs on the collaborative knife/ knives! :bliss:

 

[HHH Knives]

while i badly want to go on a vacation next month, something tells me that the fiancé isn't going to agree to a knife vacation. :-/ which sucks, because otherwise i could maybe have made it.

If you can get permission, we would love to have ya drop by! I totally understand trying to keep peace and happiness with the fiance.. Heres a thought, You could bring her along.. Tell her your taking her to see the beautiful country in the thumb of Michigan.. and then just "happen" to drop by for few hours!!!

 

[HHH Knives]

Dibs on the collaborative knife/ knives! :bliss:

Dave, you got it brother! Any special requests? Or are ya just gona take what we hammer out? lol

 

[HHH Knives]

Mike, Glad to hear your going to be able to make it! Still no confirmation from Delbert. have you talked to him lately?

 

[EdipisReks]

If you can get permission, we would love to have ya drop by! I totally understand trying to keep peace and happiness with the fiance.. Heres a thought, You could bring her along.. Tell her your taking her to see the beautiful country in the thumb of Michigan.. and then just "happen" to drop by for few hours!!!

i will honestly give it some thought. however, with how little vacation time we have together (i have nearly three months accrued, but can rarely take time off because i'm the only person who can keep all the scientific instrumentation working, and she has very little paid vacation where she works, so it's tough), it really needs to be spent together.

 

[HHH Knives]

I hope to be having another some time after the new year. Maybe you can get over for that one.. Ill take lots of pics.. and post em here.

I hope you get the chance to spend some quality time with the Mrs. Its hard sometimes to get everything timed right. But not impossible.. God Bless YA!
Randy

 

[HHH Knives]

Were all geared up and ready to rock this weekend! Have been working all this week and half of last to get set up for this event.. Now its time to rest.. But not for long!

Sry you guys cant make it this time. I hope to have another get together some time next year and was thinking of making it a weekend thing. Bring you tents and supply's, etc..etc. That might make it easier for some of you guys to make the trip.

Anyways. Ill try and get lots of pics to post on the net and Im sure were gona have a blast!

 

[Salty dog]

What's your guess on attendance?

 

[HHH Knives]

Salty, Im still waiting a a number from Mike.. But right now I think were at 6 not counting Jr. and I

Its a open invite and I have talked to a few others that were not 100% but said they were gona try and make it.. So its probably gona be more..

 

[HHH Knives]

Well guys, Its almost time!!
I gota tell ya, Im sorta nerves and excited all at the same time. Salty and RRlover should be just about here!

 

[HHH Knives]

What a great time we had this weekend! I want to say thanks to everyone who came by. It was a honor and a pleasure to meet you all!

Here are a few pics of the festivity's.

Michigan Maple in the morning light!!

The SWAG!

Hammer time!!

Gota get em sharp! learning a little about sharpening.

Forging some damascus!

What a great day. I sure hope everyone enjoyed the day as much as we did.

God Bless
Randy

 

[Mingooch]

while i badly want to go on a vacation next month, something tells me that the fiancé isn't going to agree to a knife vacation. :-/ which sucks, because otherwise i could maybe have made it.

A friend of mine can top that, his honeymoon was to a gang training. Romantic right ??? LOL

 

[Mike Davis]

Man...i need to fix my posture...makes me look 50 lbs heavier lmao!

[video=youtube;RHZ3j0251B0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHZ3j0251B0[/video]

 

[HHH Knives]

Mike, Thats a great video. I really hope you got more of the cutting and forging and stuff!

Thanks guys for coming by.. It was a totally cool day. we threw sparks and hammered steel and made damascus.. We ate and enjoyed some good food.

But it was really much much more then all of that! There were friendships forged the time spent learning and sharing were much greater then the rest.. It was VERY and I mean VERY cool to have other like minded (crazy knife nuts) here!

 

[HHH Knives]

[video=youtube;zqb7QQO7aeM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zqb7QQO7aeM[/video]

AWESOME! :bliss:

 

[Mike Davis]

I whole heartedly agree. There is always a sense of brother hood after a get together like this. It was an amazing time and a great learning experience.

 

[Mike Davis]

I will also do this as a wip but here is a suji made from the damascus forged at Randy's!

 

[Eamon Burke]

I like the end of that vid of Salty hacking up an onion...
...and then remembering it was supposed to be sliced! :slaphead:


That happens to me at LEAST once a week. Thankfully I'm the only prep guy so I just divert resources.



That looks like a blast! Seriously!

 

[kalaeb]

I don't know why I am thinking about this, but as I watch the video a question that comes to my mind is there a difference between a quick strike hammer blow like we often see with the Doi and Kramer videos vs. what seems to be a slower pressing action in the video above?

 

[RRLOVER]

I whole heartedly agree. There is always a sense of brother hood after a get together like this. It was an amazing time and a great learning experience.

lus1: Brother

 

[HHH Knives]

I don't know why I am thinking about this, but as I watch the video a question that comes to my mind is there a difference between a quick strike hammer blow like we often see with the Doi and Kramer videos vs. what seems to be a slower pressing action in the video above?

They both essentially do the same thing. Just in a different way. I dont have a power hammer and have not used one.. So I really cant say what one is better suited for one task or another.. Maybe someone who has more knowledge can help explain the differences.

 

[HHH Knives]

Mike, Thats a Sweet looking profile! I cant wait to see it etched..

 

[HHH Knives]

I like the end of that vid of Salty hacking up an onion...
...and then remembering it was supposed to be sliced! :slaphead:
That happens to me at LEAST once a week. Thankfully I'm the only prep guy so I just divert resources.
That looks like a blast! Seriously!

To funny.. But honestly. Im glad he diced it.. makes for a way better video for sure!! And we ate em! Not sure if there was any video of the tomato slicing. That was also cool!

 

[SpikeC]

I can't speak to the effect of different impact protocols on steel, but on non-ferrous metals they respond very differently when struck hard or soft. With softer impacts the metal can be moved farther with less stress fracturing.