G5 Prybabies with Stamps

Hi Folks,

OK, so today I have G5 Prybabies with antique diemaker stamps available. I don't have a lot of them so I'll make it a one per customer sale. These run $65 plus shipping.

Stamped ones are sold out, thank you!

G5 Prybabies

Hi Folks,

Hope everyone is having a great week and getting some nice weather! It's gorgeous here and almost too nice to work...

Today I have some G5 Prybabies done. These are the regular 5/32 thickness S35vn steel and they have a nice subdued stonewashed finish on them which will wear very nicely on your keys. They run $60 each plus shipping. As always, thank you so much for dropping in, I really appreciate it.

Sold out, thank you very much! More in a day or so.

G5 Prybabies: Roid Rench Edition

Q: What do elite sports stars in baseball, football, bicycling and the new G5 Prybaby all have in common?
A: They've all been Juicin'!

I wasn't expecting these back from heat treat this week since I sent in the regular thickness G5s first. But back they are...this special edition of the G5 Prybaby is made of super thick and tough CPM 3V tool steel hardened to 57-59 Rockwell and cryogenically treated. They retain some of the high temperature heat treat colors in the inside corners and surfaces so if you see a reddish tinge it is not rust. Unlike regular cutlery steels CPM 3v requires a very high tempering temperature to bring out it's incredible toughness, hence the color.

Anyway, at nearly 1/4" thick these are the most robust Prybabies I've ever made. They are monsters. I made sure they had an extra long tumbling too so the corners and edges are nicely softened for a comfortable grip.

The G5 Roid Renches will run $70 each plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks so much for your patience during the past few weeks while I got all these batches ground, milled and processed!

Sold Out for now! Thank you!

Good Riddance Sale

Hey Everyone,

I think you know what I mean today...here's to better days ahead for the whole world.

I'm working on some large batches of G5 Prybabies and so will be doing grinding and prepping them for heat treat for a few days this week.

Anyway, today I have the rest of the S35vn E115 tools done. These have been stonewashed, actually they have my very similar but slightly matte antique satin finish on them. There's only a couple dozen so it's a one per customer sale...they are $60 plus shipping. Thanks very much!

Sold out!

Element 115

Howdy Folks,

Tonight I have the first wave of E115 tools done. These are made of S35vn steel and this bunch has the raw bar finish. OAL is 3 1/4" and they feature a wrench set ranging from 1/4" to 1/2" plus a 1/4 hex opening and pry tip. These will run $65 plus shipping and the link is below. As always, thank you!

Sold out, thank you!

Poltergeists with Stamps

Happy Easter Weekend Everyone! It would be happier here except we just got a dusting of disgusting snow on the ground. I thought this was supposed to be Spring! :(

I've been doing some grinding the past two days, getting stuff into the pipeline so I can keep things going...the pace often seems glacial but progress is inevitable.

Anyway, today I have some stamped Poltergeists. This is pretty close to the end of the Poltergeists for now. They are $55 plus shipping and once again, it will be one per customer, mostly different stamps so I'll send what I send. Thanks for stopping in and I hope everybody has a safe and fun weekend.

Sold Out, thank you folks!

Raw Bar Poltergeists

Howdy Folks,

Today I have the last few S35VN steel Raw Bar Poltergeists done. These are $55 plus shipping and it's a one per customer sale on account of the small quantity. As always, thanks for stopping by!

Sold Out, thank you!

Mini Poltergeists with Stamps

Hey Everyone,

Tonight I have some Mini Poltergeists done. These S35VN steel tools are the same size and profile as the Ghosts (2.5" OAL) from last year but they have a single 1/2" hex opening. Originally I was going to call these the Cyclops but they look more like a Mini Poltergeist to me now. :)

This small batch has my antique stamps on them and are $55 each plus shipping, link is below. The batch is small so one per customer please and since most of the stamps are different I'll send you what I send you, they're all very cool. Thank you!

First Wave is Sold Out, thank you!

Raw Bar Poltergeists

Hi Folks,

OK, this morning I have some full sized 3 inch S35VN steel Poltergeists but this time with Raw Bar finish. These are $55 plus shipping. It's a small batch again so these will be one per customer please, thank you!

Raw Bar Poltergeists are Sold Out, thank you!

Poltergeists with Stamps

Howdy Folks,

Today I have a small batch of Poltergeists with stamps. These are mostly different and since there's only a couple dozen it will be a one per customer sale. They run $55 plus shipping. Thanks for stopping in and I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Sold out, thank you!

How About Some Action?

Howdy Folks! I'm back. Feeling great, full of energy and the surgeon just gave me the go ahead to get back to my mostly normal life again. I explained to her that my life is far from normal... :D

Anyway, today I have some plain stonewashed Poltergeists done. I'll have a series of small batches of tools over the next few days but we'll start out with these first. They are $50 plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks for bearing with me and for your patience!

Plain ones are gone but I have more tools on the way. Thanks!

Feeling Great

Yeah, so it's just amazing what one week or lazing about recovering from surgery will do for you. I'm feeling almost back to normal. I have a followup visit to the doc in a couple of days, but I think I'm ready for some light work this week.

The first batch of tools came back from heat treat a few days ago but they are going back for another round of tumbling. These guys had some shakeups over the winter and a bunch of older workers left. The new guys are just not paying enough attention yet and so they let stuff out the door before it's ready. Not enough cycle time on the tumblers so back they go and I gave them a good chewing out. The second batch was due to ship to me on Friday but after our discussion they agreed to just go ahead and retumble those as well as a preemptive step. I should be getting that second batch by mid week and so end of this week I think the sales will finally be starting back up.

Off to do taxes now. :(

Disappointed but Upbeat

Hey, so I was hoping those Poltergeists would be back from heat treat by now but for some reason these guys are dragging their feet. That means they will not be back to me until Monday at the earliest but more likely later on next week.

Now, next week I am taking some days off, probably the whole week in fact. I'm having my gall bladder out. It's an outpatient laproscopic surgery and really shouldn't be too big of a deal but I'll be sore and doped up for a couple of days at least. Maybe by the weekend I'll be back on my feet and moving forward.

The great news is, I have just a ton of stuff going so the middle and latter part of April is going to be crazy crazy busy. Those who have been wanting G5 Prybabies will not be left out because there are three whole batches in the works. Probably will be May on those but they are certainly on the way. Also, Poltergeists and mini Poltergeists in large quantities and the E115 tool. And the titanium Poltergeists and mini Poltergeists have also been started. I'm contemplating some Gasbabies too.

The Dace knives are on hold indefinitely. I had some production difficulties but I'm still hopeful that the batch can be saved. I'm looking at my options and I think there's a way to get them finished to my satisfaction eventually but don't hold your breath on them.

Aged Bronze Lanslides

Happy Sunday Everyone!

Today I have some Bronze Lanslide beads with rifle knurling. I have given these a deep patina followed by an aging and antiquing process. The OD green cord goes very well with them I think and they will look great on a jacket or tool. This is it on the bronze Lanslides, at least for the time being...They are the usual $15 each plus shipping and the link is below, thanks!

Bronze are all gone, thank you! :)

Gear Leashes

Howdy all,

This evening I have a bunch of the black delrin Gear Leashes done. I have plain black cord and I have black reflective cord. I'll send one of those unless I hear in the comments or email that you want a specific color. The black cord is not as thick as the other cords I have and the beads are not quite as snug, just so you know. I also have some of the colored reflective cords left shown a few posts below as well as reflective cord in maroon and OD green. For solid colors I think I have a couple of tan ones left as well as bright yellow, royal blue and hot pink. Link is below, thanks again for stopping in this evening! :)

All gone for tonight, thank you!

Rest of the Croc Wrenches

Hi Folks,

Thanks for bearing with me this past week. I just finished grinding some more Poltergeist tools and E115s. These will go out to heat treat in the morning and will be back in about two weeks. In the meantime, I expect to see the previous batch of Poltergeists and mini Poltergeists to be back from heat treat sometime next week. I've been trying to get a lot of stuff going this past week or so with the idea of preparing for a fairly steady stream of sales throughout April and into May.

Today I have the rest of the Croc Wrenches done. These are the raw bar ones and there's only a handful of them available. So it will be one per customer sale and they are $70 each plus shipping, link is below. Thanks for stopping by!

Sold Out, thank you! :)

Shown next to a G5 Prybaby for size comparison:

Why No Bends?

People keep asking me for XL bends and so I thought I better explain it here rather than keep on telling one person after another what the problem is. In my current designs with thumb scallops and hex cutout shapes it is not possible to do XL bends. Oh, I can do it, it's just that I end up having to fix half of them. The problem comes in anytime you have an edge that is not perfectly straight and one that has not been completely deburred and rounded over. What happens is, you get tiny stress cracks forming inside these edge features. They probably aren't a big deal in normal use and would not break but they look unsightly to anyone who is studying the piece and so they undermine confidence in the integrity of the tool. At least, that's my feeling when I look at them.

So, in order to make XL bends in any of my tools, I would have to go back to the original boring straight shapes which, to be honest, I have made tons of them over the years and I'd like to keep moving on with my current designs. Plus, they require an extensive tumbling BEFORE I make the bends because the sharp edge of a freshly sanded bar of steel is also susceptible to these tiny cracks. You need rounded corners to avoid the problem. My currently production flow does not include a pre tumble and so that would add another step and two weeks more time to get it done.

So that's why I haven't been making anything with XL bends in a while. ;) Who knows though, maybe I will get around to it at some point...I am planning to revisit some older designs this year like I did last year with the mini Prybabies and Perfbabies, just haven't decided which tools yet.

Grinding Grinding Grinding...

Working on Poltergeists and E115 tools this week! :)

Here's a sneak peak at an unfinish raw bar E115 before it goes to heat treat. A neat little tool, it is similar to an Atwrench but more slender and without a bottle opener. I'm still waiting on surface grinding to be finished for the rest of the batch before I send them out but I'm hoping to get these out for heat treat by the weekend.

Short Update

Hi Folks,

Just wanted to let you know that I'm not resting on my laurels. I just got a big batch of Poltergeists and mini Poltergeists ready to send out to heat treat so those will be back in about two weeks. In the meantime I'm also getting a batch of G5 Prybabies ready for milling and will try to get those out to heat treat in a week or two. Once I get some of this sanding and grinding work out of the way I'll return to the Gear Leashes in both Delrin and titanium. Please stay tuned, there's a ton of stuff on the way!

Colored Cord LifeLines

Hi Folks,

First of all, my sympathies for our Japanese friends. Our thoughts and prayers are with you!

Alright, I have some more LifeLine Gear Leashes ready to go. These have the non marring black Delrin keeper and slider beads and feature either blue, red or yellow reflective cord or orange/black camo cord. To keep life simple I'd like to say I'll send you whatever I send you as all the colors are really nice...but if you have strong feelings towards any colors you may indicate them in the comments field during checkout or drop me an email. I'll do my best to hook you up with the color you want but supplies are limited in any of these colors. If it gets too confusing I'll just stop the sale and try to catch up. Anyway, thanks as always for stopping by and hope everyone has a great weekend. :)

Sold out for now, but MANY more on the way over the next days and weeks. Thank you!