CaptainBeaky
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Old fashioned Damascus is the exact opposite of corrosion resistant! Unless you get a decent patina to form, it will rust before your very eyes.
Damasteel, on the other hand, is stainless once heat-treated.
Like this:
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I quite agree,We do not require or need any War weapons..
They were designed for mass killing,as Paris has proved..
They have no reason to own such weapons,Ban them is ok in my book..
Neimoller
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A lot of schools around here have a one and a half-form entry - i.e. 45 or thereabouts, so every other class is split between 2 year groups. The split classes will usually have the older ones from the younger year group, and the younger ones from the older year group, so the age spread is no greater than in a single year group class, and usually less, so better for the kids.
It certainly isn't a problem.
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Lee Enfields were designed for military use: ban them!
Martini-Henry's were designed for military use: ban them!
Muskets were designed for military use: ban them!
Matchlocks were designed for military use: ban them!
They are *still* conflating civilian ownership with terrorist use - which tells you a lot about the agenda behind the ban.
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Wow!
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Knife porn.
Yup
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Sorry to say:
Both are uglier than my MP153, even with it's shell catcher mounted...
However...
Do they work? Form follows function!
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Try Heinnie Haynes
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Contact Wabbitbosher! He has one or two in at the moment (or did a couple of weeks ago)
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Probably the FWB Sport.
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Nope - you're thinking of the Original 66 and 75 (break-barrel and side-lever respectively).
The Feinwerkbau system is entirely different: the whole barrel and action assembly slides on rails, and moves back about 3/8" when you shoot - looks weird, but not really noticeable from the shooter's point of view. Much more complex than the opposing piston system of the Original, but all the top shots seemed to use them when I was competing (late 70s/early 80s). I used a 66 and loved it - when you pulled the trigger, you could hear the mechanism working, but you couldn't feel a thing. Absolutely recoil/jump free.
They all had just enough power to give a reasonably flat trajectory at 10m, and that was it - any more would be unnecessary.
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I have a feeling it was Airgun World - it's the sort of stupid thing they used to come up with...That would tie up with my recolection of about 1980 ish. Dont know about the power levels but like I said they were advertising them as being a killer due to the accuracy of the rifle. I think that the advert was in airgun world or something and maybe the shooting times.
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They are about 6 or 7ft.lb - designed to put holes in paper at 10m, not imo suitable for live targets.
I remember seeing one set up for running boar targets, with a scope, must be 35 years ago now!
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Ooooo..... Pretty!
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Mum was middle school, teaching maths. Management teaches primary.
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Ok, reading that back, I might be a little bitter. Seeing your loved one on the verge of a breakdown through trying to do the job with no resources, will do that to you. I know none of you were trolling about teachers, I just thought I'd get that off my chest. Have a superb day, all.
I thought you were remarkably restrained, actually...
I come from a family of teachers - I'm the only one who doesn't do it for a living - so I see it from the inside.
The Management spent 5 years working a 75+ hour week - I was effectively a single parent family. She has now gone back to teaching after a 4 year break, part-time only, and it still works out at 35 hours a week she works at it.
My mum had to retire on medical grounds at 52, because the stress was killing her.
An easy profession?
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Excellent! Thanks
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... but on this occasion they had a good idea.
Nope, they didn't.
A bad solution to a real problem is still a bad idea. A good solution would not cause more problems than it solves.
Unfortunately, the Krankies' approach appears to be, "When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail".
Don't like the fact that some people own large areas of land? Let the state take control of it.
Kids getting abused? Let the state take over control of children's upbringing.
A drug-addled Ned shoots a child with an airgun? Let the state take control by licensing those comply with the law anyway.
Bit of a pattern here - the postscript to all three is, "How well will that work, and how much is it going to cost? We don't know."
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Thanks for the kind comments, peeps.
Ukp - sounds great: which settlement did you visit?
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"Pressed from good sheet metal"
For someone trying to promote his product, he doesn't manage to load that fast...
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Roll it.
And mind your fingers.
Don't ask me how I know...
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Not too bad to cut using the very thin (1mm) disks - they cut really fast without removing too much metal, so don't heat up the surrounding metal.
This was a bit of quick and dirty tool-making, so I wasn't too concerned with a pretty finish, hence the non-polished blade and somewhat rough scales.
Even a cheap belt sander is a great improvement over filing by hand - you can make bigger mistakes much faster!
A proper belt grinder is something else again - I've used one once, and one day I will own one
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Contact Wabbitbosher!
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Needing a new wallet, I decided to make one, at which point I realised that a round knife would be a far better tool for cutting very thin leather than a craft knife. Looking around the web then revealed eye-watering prices for anything half-decent, so I made one instead...
Made from an old circular saw blade, cut with a fine cutting disk to avoid losing the temper, then ground on the belt grinder. Scales are some oak burl that has been sitting in the garage for the last 10 years or so, and the mosaic pins were a leftover from a batch I made about the time I cut the oak, and used for this one just because.
I've just been cutting some 3.5mm bridle leather, and it works just fine
First wallet
in Craft and DIY Section
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As per request from Guttersnipe on the Half Moon knife thread:
A simple bifold, made with 1.2 mm goatskin. Pattern was a free one if the web, adapted to give extra card slots. Dyed with Feibings oil dye, finished with carnuaba wax.
A little rough in places - first time using a pricking iron, plus first time working with leather this thin.
I also have a trifold cut out and dyed, ready to assemble, so that will appear here when it's finished.