Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
Hello friends,
I got this idea looking at Jeffinn's knife pictures. So thanks for the idea Jeff!
Starting in May, I will be taking over my first ever office job / desk job at work so I figured I would need some kind of knife display for my desk. Here I will have a "Knife of the month".
VERY IMPORTANT!!! Keeping my eyes on the prize!
Not having a ton of money and looking for something I can change around in a matter of seconds to accomodate varying size and or number of knives, I decided to try my luck with some magnets. These come in a very large variety of shapes and sizes so you can even vary the magnet forms and or your display base object from time to time to keep things interesting and eye catching to yourself & others.
I will point out one possible small draw back. These little magnets are pretty dang strong!
Meaning they are a bit hard to get back off of your knife & may cause scratches on the back springs so handle with caution. But..., I found an easy way to go around this problem by weakening the strength of the magnets. To do so you need some plastic, super glue & a hole puncher. Pictures tell the rest of that topic.
I took a lot of pictures just to give you guys some ideas. It will take me a few min. to get them all posted.
Here are the first pictures of my magnet MOD.
I got this idea looking at Jeffinn's knife pictures. So thanks for the idea Jeff!
Starting in May, I will be taking over my first ever office job / desk job at work so I figured I would need some kind of knife display for my desk. Here I will have a "Knife of the month".
VERY IMPORTANT!!! Keeping my eyes on the prize!
Not having a ton of money and looking for something I can change around in a matter of seconds to accomodate varying size and or number of knives, I decided to try my luck with some magnets. These come in a very large variety of shapes and sizes so you can even vary the magnet forms and or your display base object from time to time to keep things interesting and eye catching to yourself & others.
I will point out one possible small draw back. These little magnets are pretty dang strong!
Meaning they are a bit hard to get back off of your knife & may cause scratches on the back springs so handle with caution. But..., I found an easy way to go around this problem by weakening the strength of the magnets. To do so you need some plastic, super glue & a hole puncher. Pictures tell the rest of that topic.
I took a lot of pictures just to give you guys some ideas. It will take me a few min. to get them all posted.
Here are the first pictures of my magnet MOD.
TOM - KGFG - (Knife-Guy-From-Germany)
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
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I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
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Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
A few pictures.
This first knife here is a "JEFFINN-72".
This first knife here is a "JEFFINN-72".
TOM - KGFG - (Knife-Guy-From-Germany)
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
A few pictures.
TOM - KGFG - (Knife-Guy-From-Germany)
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
A few pictures.
TOM - KGFG - (Knife-Guy-From-Germany)
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
OK folks, I guess that's enough pictures for today. Have a couple more ideas with other base objects. Maybe I'll add a few more pictures tomarrow.
If nothing else, I hope you enjoyed the pictures! Thanks for looking!
If nothing else, I hope you enjoyed the pictures! Thanks for looking!
TOM - KGFG - (Knife-Guy-From-Germany)
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
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Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
Excellent idea, Tom!
BTW, I use the same lighter fluid.
BTW, I use the same lighter fluid.
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
Tom, that’s a pretty good idea, and your fix so as not to scratch anything is simple enough . When I read your first post got thinking, maybe some thin felt instead of paper to mellow out the magnetic pull .
Good luck with your new position ,hope the desk job is a promotion!
Take care over there my friend
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Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
Good lking displays, Tom!
A GREAT way to reuse tins, G@@D idea!
Kid: "Wish we had time to bury them fellas."
Josey Wales: "To hell with them fellas. Buzzards got to eat, same as worms."
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Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
I had a similar idea: affixing magnets to pieces of wood. Now I'm going to see what sort of ferrous scrap I have laying around, and find a source for some magnets. Thanks for sharing the pictures and giving me some inspiration!
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Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
Great ideas. Thanks; I might try that. I put a thin sheet of steel from Home Depot behind this Schrade Walden countertop store display unit and used those little strong rare earth magnets under each knife blade. If the frame of the knife is too thick I have to use a double thickness of little magnets to raise the frame off the steel backing. Works OK. A little selection of pre-war stockman and cattle knives in celluloid.
Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
Oh Heck Yeah!!! That's a great idea! Thanks for sharing!tongueriver wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:41 am Great ideas. Thanks; I might try that. I put a thin sheet of steel from Home Depot behind this Schrade Walden countertop store display unit and used those little strong rare earth magnets under each knife blade. If the frame of the knife is too thick I have to use a double thickness of little magnets to raise the frame off the steel backing. Works OK. A little selection of pre-war stockman and cattle knives in celluloid.
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Beautiful knives also!
TOM - KGFG - (Knife-Guy-From-Germany)
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
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Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
I have a bunch of those little magnets "hanging around" so I super-glued one into my little antler stand for pictures. That antler was/is so slick where I cut it that there were times when I struggled to get the knife in the proper position. Not anymore. Works like a champ. Thanks for the idea.
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The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
Great idea Jerry! I thought of you when I started this thread because I remembered you buying some of these a good while back. I had asked you something about them but don't remember what exactly.jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 1:39 pm I have a bunch of those little magnets "hanging around" so I super-glued one into my little antler stand for pictures. That antler was/is so slick where I cut it that there were times when I struggled to get the knife in the proper position. Not anymore. Works like a champ. Thanks for the idea.
TOM - KGFG - (Knife-Guy-From-Germany)
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
Thanks for all the comments gentlemen! Appreciate it!
Took a few more pictures today. Will post some more pictures later. Gotta go eat & catch a shower now. If your interested, check back later on today.
Took a few more pictures today. Will post some more pictures later. Gotta go eat & catch a shower now. If your interested, check back later on today.
TOM - KGFG - (Knife-Guy-From-Germany)
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
So, I'm back.
Went over in the barn this morning because I wanted to take a few more pictures of knives useing a wrench as a base. Which I did. Unfortunately I don't have any Craftsman wrenches. A Craftsman knife over a Craftsman wrench would look pretty cool IMO.
Anyways, I ran across a Whatchamacallit. So I grabed it just to use for a few more pictures. Turns out this Whatchamacallit is perfect for "Whatchamacallit-Magnet-Knife-Pictures"! I swear!
I'll start off with some normal magnet pictures & then go off the deep end with the "Whatchamacallit-Magnet-Knife-Pictures". Oh, almost forgot to mention, I also took some pictures with my favorit spoon.
Hope you enjoy the pictures & thanks again for looking!
Went over in the barn this morning because I wanted to take a few more pictures of knives useing a wrench as a base. Which I did. Unfortunately I don't have any Craftsman wrenches. A Craftsman knife over a Craftsman wrench would look pretty cool IMO.
Anyways, I ran across a Whatchamacallit. So I grabed it just to use for a few more pictures. Turns out this Whatchamacallit is perfect for "Whatchamacallit-Magnet-Knife-Pictures"! I swear!
I'll start off with some normal magnet pictures & then go off the deep end with the "Whatchamacallit-Magnet-Knife-Pictures". Oh, almost forgot to mention, I also took some pictures with my favorit spoon.
Hope you enjoy the pictures & thanks again for looking!
TOM - KGFG - (Knife-Guy-From-Germany)
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
Few more pictures.
TOM - KGFG - (Knife-Guy-From-Germany)
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
Few more pictures.
TOM - KGFG - (Knife-Guy-From-Germany)
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
Few more pictures. First off is the Whatchamacallit.
TOM - KGFG - (Knife-Guy-From-Germany)
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
These are pictures of my "Case-Family-Collection" that is still incomplete. I still need a Case knife from the year 2001 to represent my son. These 4 knives represent the rest of us.
( 1972, 1975, 2003 & 2007 )
( 1972, 1975, 2003 & 2007 )
TOM - KGFG - (Knife-Guy-From-Germany)
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
Few more pictures.
TOM - KGFG - (Knife-Guy-From-Germany)
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
And..., a few more pictures.
The Blue Mini Trapper was a gift from my wife Silvia & my very first Case knife.
The Blue Mini Trapper was a gift from my wife Silvia & my very first Case knife.
TOM - KGFG - (Knife-Guy-From-Germany)
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
After seeing the pictures, I have two questions. What is the significance of "Uncle Tom" on the spoon? And what is the knife with the Blue Grass Tools logo? (Any knife having anything to do with Bluegrass is of interest to me.)
I like the family collection idea. Great pictures of a great collection, too!
I like the family collection idea. Great pictures of a great collection, too!
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Adaptable and (usually) affable knife enthusiast, unsure of his knife collecting destination but enjoying the journey
Case taste, Rough Ryder budget
Adaptable and (usually) affable knife enthusiast, unsure of his knife collecting destination but enjoying the journey
Case taste, Rough Ryder budget
Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
I'm getting close to the end of my pictures now. What started out as "a few pictures" this morning turned into a 3-hr Photo Shoot. It was a lot of fun for me & the time just flew by. I actually had to force myself to stop taking pictures.
I call these pictures of knife sculptures. My daughter said "That's not art! That's just caos!"
She has so much to learn about beauty!
I call these pictures of knife sculptures. My daughter said "That's not art! That's just caos!"
She has so much to learn about beauty!
TOM - KGFG - (Knife-Guy-From-Germany)
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
And finally, the rest of what I have. Hope you enjoyed the pictures & thanks for looking!
TOM - KGFG - (Knife-Guy-From-Germany)
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
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Re: Working with magnets. Fun, cheap & easy for displays or picture taking!
Ahhhhh.....nothing beats a good Pop-Tarts sugar rush.
Very nice, chaotic, sculptures Tom.
(I had to agree with your daughter, a little)
Kid: "Wish we had time to bury them fellas."
Josey Wales: "To hell with them fellas. Buzzards got to eat, same as worms."
Clint Eastwood-The Outlaw Josey Wales
Skip
Josey Wales: "To hell with them fellas. Buzzards got to eat, same as worms."
Clint Eastwood-The Outlaw Josey Wales
Skip