Oh, I see the one on the right now. Much lighter bluing. Looks good. Oxpho, huh? I'll have to play with that some. Thanks Brother!

I hope I'm not out of line posting one of my photos of DJ's awesome work here. I need to pick up a Colubris of my own :D

You're all good, bud. I love it when other people post pics of my knives.

:D

That's a fantastic shot of Ryan's knife.

They're actually both the same finish, it's just the lighting in the shot.

Yup, it's really pretty simple to apply, and gives a little extra corrosion resistance too. And when it wears, it's easy for the user to touch it up.

My holy grail of fixed blade knives. Thanks for your work.:lifter

Hey buddy, just a heads up before TS gets his mitts on you, you need to go here and introduce yourself before you do any further posting: http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/...play.php?f=112

Now that that's done, thanks! I'm really glad you think so highly of the knife.

Speaking of the Colubris mid-techs, I'll be bringing the last of those down to FT Bragg with me for the USASOC Sniper Shoot in Dec, so if you're going to be attending please stop by the table to visit me and check out the knives. I am also planning to have a brand new product ready for unveiling at the show - there's never been anything quite like this before, although I've come very close with something else that I already make. Hope they're ready in time!

And now, here are some swords for you guys to enjoy. I've got six more I'm in the process of finishing right now, and then I'll be back to working on normal human sized knives. :cool:

Stay safe!

Wheels up for NC in less than 24. :D Hoping to have Project Mayhem ready for unveiling, and I will, as long as parts arrive this morning and everything fits together the way it should. Fingers crossed. In the mean time, I hope you guys enjoy gazing upon these. They aren't Project Mayhem, but I still think they're pretty cool.

To those of you converging on Ft Bragg, safe travels, and see y'all there!

Can't wait to see you brother!!! It has been toooo long! I'll be the guy making bullet pens!!!:D

molon labe:lifter

Great seeing you, buddy! Give me a call and we can discuss that stuff we talked about further.

This trip was probably the most fun I've ever had exhibiting my work, anywhere, period. It was truly a fantastic time spent with some amazing people. It was a privilege for me to be able to participate and support.

For those that couldn't make it out, I'll be posting up details and pics here in a bit on the new project that I officially released while I was there, so please stay tuned for that.

As promised:

1) Project Mayhem = The Maniaxe. That's the official name. This is just the beginning.

2) The world's first truly modular axe system. There are going to be more head styles and more handle styles. Right now I believe I'm at 12 different heads and four different handles.

3) ANY head will fit on ANY handle. Total interchangeability and mission flexibility. Going camping and want a fat bit and hammer poll? I got you. Deploying and need a faster piece with a spike for breaching, punching holes in things, and possible CQB? I got you. Need a dedicated fighter with the smallest possible form factor that still has enough oomph for breaching? I got you. Just unfasten three bolts, pop the nuts, slide the old head out, and then slide the new head on. You say you broke your handles (not bloody likely), or you want different colored handles? Same deal. Total modularity. Total flexibility. Total customization.

4) Custom stainless steel fasteners heat treated for maximum durability and toughness. Bolts are T30 Torx. Nuts extend all the way through handles and heads, and bolts are solid with no vent. It's like having three solid rods of nearly 1/2" round bar holding the heads on. And that's just the heads. And oh, yeah - if you've got a Strider spanner, it will also work with these fasteners.

5) There is an internal mortise/tenon interface between the heads and the handles for maximum security and stablity.

6) Each of the two handle pieces is machined form a solid block of 1/2" G10. Excellent shock absorption. Electrically non-conductive so if you chop through a hot wire, you don't get blasted out of your boots. And damn near impervious to fluids, solvents, etc, as well as the environmental effects of heat, cold, and humidity. Handles are machined and then blasted, providing the ideal amount of traction for use with gloves or bare handed.

7) Heads are 3/8" thick S7 with a Rockwell hardness of around 56C (+/- 1). For those of you that are not familiar with this steel, it is a shock steel - this is what jackhammer bits are made of.

8) Both heads and fasteners will be blasted and then sent to Ionbond for DLC coating in black or coyote. I didn't have time before the trip to make that happen, but they'll be going out for that in the next week or so.

9) These will all come with a sheath system that provides a lot of flexible carry options. It will be a lot like these, which come with my custom axes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaD1G2eaXXc&feature=plcp


And now, what you guys really want to see, the pics. Steve did a fantastic job capturing these images of our shenanigans. http://www.flickr.com/photos/st33ve0...259151/detail/

And here's a quick video of Matt from Grey Group and Ben Bawidamann from Bawidamann Blades reclaiming a parking space with one of the unsharpened prototypes. Can't wait to see how these perform with an actual cutting edge. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-aNuf7qWbM&feature=plcp

DJ - Love the axe!

Thanks for supporting the sniper comp and great to see you!

Mark

Thanks, buddy! So glad you like 'em.

The pleasure was all mine. Thanks for all of your hard work on the comp, and it was great seeing you and Curtis and meeting the family. Can't wait for next year!

Didn't see any signs, was that you behind Spartan and around the corner from Junior's Bullet Pens? Asian guy in the booth, sharp knives and hawks?

TR

Nope, I was directly across the aisle from the Bawidamanns, who were right next to Mark and Curtis. That's me in the photos in that Flickr album with two of the RMJ crew, who were behind the Bawidamanns, and right next to Kiku (the Asian fellow).

Bill told me you were going to be there Thursday, and I said "Awesome! I get to meet T!" And then no T? :(

Looks like a home run, DJ.

I was there Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, walked every aisle multiple times.

Sorry I missed you.

TR

Sorry I missed you too, buddy. Next year!

I spent a cumulative chunk of time away from the table talking with people. I'd go to get some coffee, and I'd bump into someone who wanted to talk to me, or who I wanted to talk to. It was a fantastic time with a super group of people.

Merry Christmas, y'all!

Thanks for all of your support in the past year(s), and here's to a stellar and prosperous 2013 for one and all.

Stay safe, and be good to one another.

Peace, love, and respect.

Here are some more pics for you guys to enjoy. Just finished this stuff up in the last couple of weeks.

1) New 3LO bush sword prototypes.

2) New Maniaxe. Worlds first totally modular axe system. Black and FDE DLC coated. These are the ones I had with me at Range 37, finally all finished up.

3) Latest Gen 7 Ti sporks, now with the logo laser etched.

Looks really nice. You should send me a miniaxe and two sporks for testing this summer. :D

;)

More sharing and caring.

Stay tuned for the destruction videos. In the meantime, check these out.

Intro, details, tech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBRr5D4Sk7w

Deployment, sheathing, carriage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgJVg0x_Qbo

DIY sheath setup for MALICE-clips/MOLLE-loks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxtnGKk-n4U

Hope you guys enjoy.

Next batch with all new head and handle patterns is in the works now. Should be ready for release here in the next 30 days.

Just got these back from heat treat. Better get to work on them. Bladeshow is just around the corner.

It's that time of year again. Bladeshow! If you're going, stop by table 18E and say hello.

I'll be bringing some of these with me. Among other things.

Here's stuff for table, all finished up.

I think I saw some of those blades in the movie the Hobbit....:D What are the first ones with the holes in the blade for???

Those first two look like blades for skinning large animals to me...

I've sen a similar design where those holes allow for fingers to be inserted to have a grip closer to the blade for skinning and other purposes.

I'd love to hear DJ's philoshophy about the design.

You paid to watch the Hobbit? :p

When you order from DJ consider adding a spork, or in my case a spoon and a fork. You can eat with them, lift pot lids, open bottles and more. They do not rust or conduct heat. They are light enough to bring two.

Concur, review forthcoming as soon as I can get out there.

TS: You know I like to get crazy with some of my builds. :D

Those two blades with the holes owe their genesis to two primary sources:

1) They are my take on the Ulu - a traditional knife used by the Eskimo, that goes back around 2500 years at least. Of course, I could not leave well enough alone... There's some neat info on the Ulu on Wiki.

2) When I was a kid, there was this store in the mall here called Remington's. I believe they've long since gone the way of the dodo, but back then, it was nerdy little knife dork's dream. This must have been clear back in the late 70's and early 80's. They had a big fat skinning knife in there with a hole in the blade - it was priced far out of my reach, but man, that was the coolest looking knife EVER. So I accessed my memory banks and built these two. There is a third variation of these on the bench that is single hole with a bigger, fatter blade, but I didn't have time to get that one finished for the show.

PedOncoDoc: Ok, so we've got our Ulu angle. Utility, skinning, etc. But then you've also got your combative applications - it is a fistfull of steel, after all. We've got a more acute point for punching holes in things. We've got stuff on there for opponent control. We've got two styles - the smaller Ulu, and then the larger Ulax. And a wide array of hand positioning options on the grip, depending on your task and how much leverage you want.

I'll get pics of them in hand posted up here shortly.

Oldrotorhead and MR2: Thanks for the endorsements, guys! They also make a handy cigar rest. :cool:

Cigar rest and Ulu in hand pics.

I'm working on an actual collapsible pipe/cigar rest out of Ti now, as well as Ti pipe tool... We'll see how long that takes me...

:rolleyes:

And here's the Ulax.

Thanks for the info - great pics of some fine work there!

DJ, the Ulu was what came to mind when seeing the blades with the holes in them. I can see that they can have multiple uses, especially the larger one. Great looking and functional...two of my considerations for any edged weapon/tool.

Thanks guys.

I'm working on a v-ground mid-tech version of the ulu in the next batch. ;)

Just finished these up. Working on sheaths now. Hope you guys like 'em. FYCs, FYC XLs, and harpoon recurves.

Decided I didn't like the flow at the heel/guard after sharpening on the first bunch of FYCs from batch #2. In order to sweep it so it doesn't look sloppy, there ends up being something like a half inch of unsharpened blade in the plunge area. That wasted real estate really bothered me, so I decided to try sweeping the cutting edge all the way up into the guard itself on these. I am really pleased with the result - a big, scary tooth right at that heel. Looks cool, is really beefy, and ends up netting that extra cutting edge. And it's great for heavy duty kitchen stuff that could damage the fine edge on a standard chef's knife.

Got a bunch of new stuff to share with you guys later this week, but in the meantime, here's a quick comparison pic between my Colubris and the Boker Plus version that just hit the streets this week in the USA. I think they did a fantastic job pulling off the design, and they've been really great to work with.

Good luck with this collaboration as it should result in your great designs being available at a lower price point.

If the quality is there - presumably - everyone wins.

Best of luck.