Scott Maynard - well said

Scott Maynard SCOTT, met you several years ago and i gave several Randall’s. They are great knives and well balanced for use. Thanks for continuing to put out great products.

@@josephmauro1336 Met him last year when me and the family were in Orlando on vacation. He's a great guy. Placed my order for a Confederate bowie with him . We also met Mike Randall he showed us the museum.

Scott i like this guys knife!!! Plus it didnt take 5 years to finish a knife!!

Hi. I have one Randall knife I bought a year ago. It's a standard model 16 dive knife. I've handled a good amount of knives like Striders, Spydercos, Benchmades etc. but nothing slices as well as this Randall does. I am completely amazed by it's performance! Thank you.

@H8Rade Brewer Clairvoyant and a troll......nice combo.

I'm a beginner in terms of knife making but I'm good at making things regardless of the craft, I'm lucky to be that kind of person and have a lot of fun. I too am looking forward to more advanced projects, thanks for watching.

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Thank you. It was a fun project. I'm working on a new one now that I have posted a few photos of on facebook. It's my on design. I'm going for a tough project that will push my skill level. It will have a horn handle and be engraved........if all goes well. I'm going to start posting videos for that build soon, it will be a series where I post videos as I'm making the knife.

Thanks, it was a fun knife to make.

Yeah, you make improvements your whole life, getting better, wiser, smarter then buy the time you've got all the skills, knowledge and have it all figured out you keel over. Kind of gloomy but just illustrates that you should focus on enjoying yourself.

The Homestead Craftsman True! I have the same thoughts regarding money. I have some debt, but my wife and I are not going to be doubling our jobs or working crazy overtime to get rid of it. Why? Because during the time it would take us to get rid of our debt working like that, we would miss astronomical amounts of time with our four children. We can currently afford to make our payments and have a bit left over and we still have plenty of time with our children. Getting out of debt, or acquiring skills, isn't worth giving up time with family or the enjoyment we get from our work.

The Homestead Craftsman By the way, I always appreciate the time you take to respond to us viewers.

Ian Johnson Indeed, that's why I figured out a way to make money doing something I like....instead of making it doing something I don't give a hoot about. Everyday is like the weekend for me. My wife works so she has a fixed scheduled, but since I'm so flexible with my stuff I'm able to do things when ever she can. I also have worked towards setting up passive income, so even when I'm not working I'm making money....not a lot, but it's constant and adds up. Money is definitely something to not waste your life over, the whole richest man in the graveyard thing......at the same time, life is very uncomfortable when you have money problems. It's a tricky balance. I just try to keep my responsibilities at a minimum, same for spending and keep an eye out for opportunities. Thank you for your follow up message, I try to respond the best I can to comments as people spend a good deal of time watching my videos and I very much appreciate it. Talk to you later.

The Homestead Craftsman I also minimize our expenses, it helps that we aren't into frivolous things, such as iPhones or cable packages. I would like some passive income, it would behoove me to seek out a way to generate some. Thanks for the idea!

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If you do, I'd like to see what you make.

Thank you, glad to have you watching. I've got a big knife project in the works now, very detailed.

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Thank you, feel free to post a photo of one of your knives on my Facebook page, I'd love to see one. I'll be getting a mill in the future, just not feasible yet. I've made two other knives while making this one, simple drop points with flat grinds using "micarta" that I made. They came out pretty clean as well. My goal is to learn a range of techniques and then apply them to my own designs. I'm planning my first one now. I just got a nice Gemsbok horn in the mail today and the rest of the supplies should be here by the end of the week. It's going to be more of a show knife than a user. Thanks for watching.

Well your very welcome and thank you for your reply.

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Thanks, working on another knife now. I've been posting videos if you have not seen them.

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Me too

He is very skilled!

It just depends on what your making, some knives can be made in a day and others take people years. This knife could be made in a few days if you had your own heat treating oven and didn't need to send it off. I just work on them here and there when I can. I've got one coming up that is going to take a while using some really nice materials.

I fully understand what you mean. I hope you have great success with your next one.

Thank you, I was happy with the way it turned out, looking forward to the next one.

Thank you, it was a fun project......I'm gearing up for another knife already which will be my own design using some exotic materials, more of a show piece.

Stavros Gakos I agree. He needs to market them things

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Ha, well I guess I do to since I made it but the original aint bad......just needs to be cleaned up a little. Thanks for watching.

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Thank you, I had the luxury of taking as much time as I wanted, Randall has to make thousands a year. They are also simply not super refined knives and don't claim to be. I took mine up through grits of paper carefully to remove all scratches stopping at a satin on the blade and handle, the stainless guard is nice as well for a knife like this as it matches nicely and won't tarnish like brass. Thanks for watching.

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I had no idea I had turned into a fashion icon..... p.s. They are fake Crocs.

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Thanks, I've got some really cool design ideas I'm working on now for future knives. Getting in some of the materials this week.

The Homestead Craftsman anyway I could buy one from you

One of my goals is to sell knives in the future, I'm specifically interested in making show pieces for the most part. So whether or not someone buys them I will price them pretty high, several thousand minimum. I would like them to be made of exotic materials and highly crafted with inlays and engraving.......making them will cost a bit and there will be a lot of time involved. So short answer is, sure I'd sell one but they will be very limited availability, a long wait and fairly expensive.

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Thank you, I work half days all the time, sometimes I go 3/4.......sounds lazy when you phrase it that way!

70 yr old man told me that one day years ago. I must have know a lil' something about it cuz, I learned, early, that my brother, trying to invent something and get rich quick, always found that it had been thought of before and nothing he thought of was new. I figured we all stand on the shoulders of men (giants) before us. I had heard the saying when learning about Galileo, who stood on Copernicus shoulders from a hundred yrs earlier, who had stood on the shoulders of Ptolemy 1000 yrs earlier and so on .......... I knew my brother or I wasn't gonna get rich quick. I figured I may not be as good looking as others, smart as others or talented as others, so, ....... I'd just work harder and longer than others. I was gonna be early to work and the last one to leave. Reliability would be my success. I didn't need intelligence, strength, good looks, or talent. I'd just trudge along slow, steady and persistent !!! :) lol Let me tell you ........ overtime in high end commercial millworks installation accumulates !!! It worked. And when I heard the old man say, 1/2 a day is all I needed, I didn't think (that sounds lazy) but, thought, (that's how I manipulate my mind and heart into thinking, 'it's easy, it's bearable, I'm lucky) and I never felt sorry for myself again or wished for something else. It was only 1/2 a day after all and I could deal w/ that !!! lol :) :) :)

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Thanks, it was a fun project.

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This is a very utilitarian design, a combat knife so the finger grooves are simply function based. In randalls case, they offer different style handles.

Thanks, It was one of my more fun recent projects. Glad you enjoyed it.

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Yeah, it's not too shabby for the price.

It's very common for use as epoxy for gluing. Furniture makers use it for certain things and it's used for knife making as well and a million other things. Thanks for watching.

Shane K - epoxy is used basically every time when you want to attach metal to wood, plastic or something similar. It's especially good at attaching handles to tools. You should really watch Peter Brown‘s Shoptime for all things epoxy. 😀

I think the reason someone may be surprised about west 105 being used is it is much thinner than the stuff in tubes. It is specifically designed for use in marine applications, using fiberglass for example where you are spreading it thin. There are even thinner, more water like epoxies as well. With this epoxy, and others there are thickeners to make it run less.

The Homestead Craftsman OK. Thanks for explanation!

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The ones for gluing where an after thought, the one for the tang I didn't mind as it's just annealing the corner of the tang, annealing it took just a second. On the other knives I made I did all the holes, but I knew where they were going........but solid advice none the less!

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I'm going to engrave that onto the tang of the knife. I annealed it before putting the handle on.

I heated the tang only with a torch where I wanted to drill the holes. This annealed the metal so that I could drill.

Ahaa, I'll remember that.

Thank you.

I suppose a man can make anything he wants.