What Do You Guys Do When Not Detecting?

[davsgold]

We spend a reasonable amount of time each year detecting, but when that is over what do we do.

I spent a bit of time in Kalgoorlie Western Australia this year learning how to make Chefs Knives, it was a paid course and well worth it.

The Chefs Knife I made in the course, and three other guys also learning we all made the same knife and they all turned out awesome.

This is the Chefs Knife I made in the course, it's a Go Mai construction Gyuto style, the center core is 1084 high carbon steel then a thin Nickel sheet each side then clad with wrought Iron, the blade is sanded to 600 grit finish, and the handle is Octagon shape Red Morell Burl with a brass spacer and black G10

I have since made quite a few more some the same Go Mai type and then I tried a Copper layer instead of the Nickel, it is called Cu Mai when the Copper is used

Anyhow this it the Cu Mai construction Gyuto style Chefs Knife

 

and then I tried a Damascus construction Gyuto style Chefs knife which looks nice

then a collection of various Chef knives I have been making

 

cheers dave

[Hunterjunk]

Works of art Dave . They look time consuming though , might eat into your detecting time !

[Fredneck]

Think about detecting  😑

[Johnnysalami1957]

Dave. They are fantastic looking! You did a great job and have a good pair of hands. Are you going to use them now? Lol! I know If I tried to make those, I'd shoot my eye out. Enjoy your new hobby!

[davsgold]

11 hours ago, Johnnysalami1957 said:

Dave. They are fantastic looking! You did a great job and have a good pair of hands. Are you going to use them now? Lol! I know If I tried to make those, I'd shoot my eye out. Enjoy your new hobby!

Yes some get used a lot some others on occasions, 

The one on the left in this picture gets the most use, 1084 high carbon core and Nickel sheet and then Wrought Iron cladding on the outside,

Bevels ground back to revel the white Nickel line and then leaving some of the hammered forged Wrought Iron up along the top part of the blade, and the blades are finished with a Bees Wax mix Oil paste to keep them in good condition

 

cheers dave

[kac]

How many layers in that Damascus? Amazing work.

When not dirt fishing I'm regular fishing.

[TTT2866]

Great looking knives! I'm a sucker for a nice kitchen knife 😍 

 

Outside of detecting I'm either working or running a couple of side businesses. Besides that, I enjoy gaming. Stickfight, Beamng, Gmod and RDR2. 

 

I've started to also dip in to watch repairs/mods which is great fun.

I'm a simple man

[davsgold]

47 minutes ago, kac said:

How many layers in that Damascus? Amazing work.

When not dirt fishing I'm regular fishing.

the ones it that photo are 5 layers Go Mai its 1084 core then a layer each side of that is thin 0.1mm Nickel sheet and then Wrought Iron cladding in the outside.

its a bit different to "Damascus" which in the other pictures is 1095 and 15n20 steels forge welded and twisted pattern in 352 layers

cheers dave

[mn90403]

I go fishing because it is only a few blocks away from where I live.  Here are the two catches of the day!

One is a yellowfin croker and the other is a perch which weighs about a pound and they taste very good.