I've made the videos private on my vimeo account. They were originally for some friends that wanted to know how I did it.
Thanks for the support of those that know me. Yes, I am a redneck, and I have spent years sawing in the woods in Washington and Oregon.
I'll just say one more thing. The 444SE I put up won first place in the last PNW GTG with my chain. When Overdose can say he has a first place GTG saw, anywhere, let alone the PNW, then he can come up to me and tell me how to file. Until then, he's on ignore, and the others I will just simply not bother responding to.
Putting videos up on the internet is such a ridiculous process nowadays. You have armchair idiots that immediately start tearing it apart, or just plainly make rude comments. I can see how Randy occasionally just fumes and claims he's gonna give it up entirely. I don't blame him. It's not worth the hassle. So, yeah - those vids are on my private vimeo account now.
Here's the last bowie knife I made - it was for my brother. When I moved to Ireland, I retired form knife making:
That thing took nearly two weeks to make. I just don't have that sort of patience any more. And you just do not make much money doing it. But, basically, don't tell this man how to use a file. He's quite good at it.
This man is now semi retired, and works as the Woodsman on the De La Poer Estate in Waterford. This is the image I recently uploaded to my forestry thread. All the forest you see in the background belongs to the estate, and is managed by me. This is Beech, which isn't easy on chains, and the chain was plenty sharp long after I had this tree on the ground.
