The OKK’s came back from heat treatment and temper. They are at a nice 60 Rockwell C Hardness. Next up: Handle manufacture, final polish, laser marking serial numbers and the names of the Kampin’ Elders, passivation of the blade (rust proofing), and then final sharpening…….
The Dilemma is how much to purchase. With costs now approaching $3 a bottle you do not want to blow the budget but you certainly do not want to run out! This year the dilemma is worse because of how far north we are going.
Up at Voyageurs National park the sun will rise between 5 and 5:30 am and set between 9:30 and 10pm leaving a short 7 hours for the Train to officially run. And lets be honest as we all get old 10pm is pushing our bed time. During fall kampin’ the train can make an appearance as early as 7pm. We may have to start allowing the train to run during day time hours…
After careful study I have figured out an equation on how much train to get.
(# of night time hours * (# of Kampers * Puss Out Ratio)) /# times Homey takes a fake chug
Then divide that by
(Pi * # days before Kampin’ that Brent tell us he is not going) – the $ size of Bo Derek’s next deal at work that he will use as an excuse not to go
Finally take that result and subtract it from Linda Carters bra size or the size of her last IBS dump (which ever is bigger).
This year the answer came to, exactly, a mother fuckin’ lot…
Folks we are at 98 days and counting until Kampin 2010. The deposit status has not changed but Jimbo did give me a ‘I might be able to make it’ and Lance is thinking about first shift so he can get his OKK early.
Spoke with Homey Doll and he is also ready. He said he is happy because we will be close to water in case he catches fire again. He however did not like seeing the OKK as he is worried that his stomach will get to check out the end of the blade.
This morning, as OKK #3 was completing its machining, we passed a great moment in Kampin’ history. We are one step closer to completion of the greatest Kampin’ Knife ever. The name of the knife will be called the Aculeus-STM: It is a 7" spear point blade with full tang and polycarbonate handles. Blade and tang are one-piece construction from 440C Stainless Steel.
OKK #1 (Lance)
OKK #2 (Matt)
OKK #3 machining (Mike)
The knives will head out for heat treatment and temper. They will be heat treated to 60Hrc (Rockwell C Scale), at 1040°C then oil quenched and tempered at 300°C.
Handles and sharpening will come next…….
Rumor has it, there may be an OKK#4……
So even though most of the Kampers have shitty free phones I have started Kampin Mobile. You can access it with this link on your smart phone browser: http://kampinmobile.gifts4matt.com.
Should work on the iPhone, Pre, Android among others. I know it is a mess on the Blackberry so too bad Bo Derek…
Let’s call it beta for now. Here is a look at some of the features:
This might bee a good addition to the Kampin’ Breakfast Sandwich….
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