Dave (aka TallNHairyDave, aka Yeti):
Three completed commissions for tritium lanterns. Left to right are blue, orange and purple. All tritiums are 22mm x 3mm vials, and each lantern has a different pattern of slots and holes to each other. Blue and orange are off to their new homes tomorrow
Dave (aka TallNHairyDave, aka Yeti):
And here's the lantern for @barrykll finally fully assembled now that the tritium vial for it arrived this morning. #finished #commission #tritium #tritiumlantern #glowinthedark #gitd #keychain #brass #mirrorpolish #milling #lathe #instamachinist #handmad
Dave (aka TallNHairyDave, aka Yeti):
And here's my brass tritium lantern on the keyring after filling the hole with Norland 61 adhesive and UV curing it. I then re-sanded the flats back all the way to 1500 grit and then mirror polished it with autoglym metal polish and a felt wheel on the D
Dave (aka TallNHairyDave, aka Yeti):
Brushed brass body on a titanium stem with a Ruby bearing (now sold)
Dave (aka TallNHairyDave, aka Yeti):
Decided to use something a bit more colourful to reflect the edge this time.... Scary scary sharp 17 dps convex edge on a pimped Enzo PK70; done to 0.1micron (160,000 grit) finish by hand by me using the @kmesharpeners system. Packing this and the Boker
Dave (aka TallNHairyDave, aka Yeti):
Awesome pic of one of my Ti Bodkins from a very happy customer, Mr @j.gardner__ I can't repost his post because his IG account is set Private but he was nice enough to send me his photo to share here! 👍🙏🍻 #spike #gearporn #grade5titan
Dave (aka TallNHairyDave, aka Yeti):
This is a custom, hand made bodkin / fid ideal for paracord knotwork or for poking holes in softer materials such as leather or cloth. Just finished today! It was turned by hand from a 12.5mm thick rod of grade 5 titanium (Ti6Al4v) and features a 7cm lon
Dave (aka TallNHairyDave, aka Yeti):
Image 3 of 3 of the hand turned custom bodkin / fid showing the entire item. #ti6al4v #yetislittleworkshop #madeintheuk #handmade #bodkin #fid #titaniumbodkin #titaniumfid #titaniumspike #everydaycarry #knifestagram #edccommunity #forsale #custom #madeby
Dave (aka TallNHairyDave, aka Yeti):
Image 2 of 3 of the hand turned custom bodkin / fid showing a bit of the handle texture and the rings for grip and decorative transition between handle and spike. #ti6al4v #yetislittleworkshop #madeintheuk #handmade #bodkin #fid #titaniumbodkin #titanium
Dave (aka TallNHairyDave, aka Yeti):
Hand turned from 12.5mm diameter Ti6Al4V titanium rod, this custom bodkin / fid has been hand finished with a smooth sculpted pattern on the handle and then heat coloured. It is a one off custom piece and will be up for sale on my store shortly. More pi
Dave (aka TallNHairyDave, aka Yeti):
And we're done. The @kmesharpeners system has performed perfectly and I've restored a poor unhappy @spyderco_inc Paramilitary 2 into a lean mean scary sharp slicing machine. No prizes for guessing which Studio Ghibli anime DVD box the knife was resting