A deal with LT....

[El Lobo]

Just got a VERY NICE bone stockman from LT.....man, does he have some nice Schrade knives! It really shows what Schrade was still capable of doing. Making a topnotch slipjoint.

And, in true forum spirit, LT wrapped it in what appears to be a section of his old longjohns! Just kidding, of course.....I think.

Thanks, LT. It was a pleasure.

Bill

 

[lt632ret]

Thankyou I am glad it was OK the cloth sheath is made from Sackup treated remnants ( great stuff for a sheath to store in ) that I used to buy. When those are gone I will not be using them ( my wife used to make them.) Then you will get my old underware. LT

 

[lrv]

He's saving those old socks of his for the fixed blades and ping pongs.
Bigfoot shops at the same store.

TTYL
Larry

 

[JesseIrene]

Yeah I also recently got a great deal with Lt on a schrade 165. Beautiful knife shined up real pretty. Kudos lt and will sending in another order soon for something I think.

 

[Don Luis]

Good to hear that, Thanks LT for your help in making us happy with those nice Schrades, I´m so glad to have my Stag Stockman.

You guys are lucky to have and be able trade knives (well except for the good old Schrade automatics), just the other day I was talking to the lady at a small local fishing shop where I sometimes find knives (a nice old couple owns and works the place), she told me they are waiting for some of NAFTA to come to effect to get some knives, maybe I will then be able to get them in Mexico at less than two or three times what they are in the U.S., we already get cheap Chinese stuff (and send cheap stuff to the U.S.), we should also get good stuff form USA, it´s not free trade unless we can also import form north of the border too, right?.

By the way, I commented about the closing of Schrade and the lady mentioned that she has an old but good wire jack boy scout mess kit (from the Boker times I think). I offered to buy it but she said she is saving it for one of her boy scout grandsons who is just not yet old enough, I wonder if I should wait for the kid to get it, then buy it from him.

Anyway, enjoy them Schrades and if you buy Chinese stuff, make it ping-pong balls.

 

[El Lobo]

Luis, you probably knew this, but it was news to me that many ping pong balls are made from cellulose nitrate, not unlike some celluloid knife scales. I guess you can even make a smoke bomb out of aluminum foil and some ping pong balls.

Wow LT, imagine what that show would have been like with that woman you once saw.

Anyway, all this talk about ping pong made me do some research on celluloid and some other things, like Bigfoot and his socks.

Gotta go,

TTYL (just for you , Larry)

Bill

 

[lt632ret]

Celluloid is a study unto itself. made from nitrates and camphor and quite similiar to gunpowder in composition. Not surprisingly highly flammable even to heat from friction. It naturally gives off a corrosive gas which if left in a closed area will often rust an exposed metal ( remember that the next time you see a knife with the top half of the knife rusted.) You will know who that knife has been sleeping with. Often celluloid will inexplicly start to deteriorate ( kinda like Dorian Gray when he looked at his picture.) This can be due to a multitude of reasons temp, light, not being washed correctly when manufactured, ect. Celluloid was originally used before plastic, then with plastic was phased out. So with all the things against it was there anything good? Just one, it was and is so doggone pretty. I think celluloid is of a femine gendre it has the same traits. LT

 

[Don Luis]

The rules specify that the ball has to be made of celluloid or other plastic material, but all approved balls are celluloid. For years the International Table Tennis Federation has encouraged makers to find a better material, but none has been found.

I´ve seen people burn ping-pong balls, it´s a dangerous thing, even burning only one is impressive, it takes a spyderweb appearence and goes out in smoke.

Balls for international play must be from a list of approved manufacturers and models maintained by the ITTF (www.ittf.com/mat/ball.html).

Color: white or orange, with a matte finish.
Mass: 2.7 grams ideally, but 2.67 to 2.77 grams is acceptable. In qualifying manufacturers, the ITTF tests a set of 24 balls, and no more than one can be outside this range.
Diameter: Since October 2000, 40 millimeters, with a minimum diameter of 39.5 mm and a maximum of 40.50 mm. See below.
The ITTF has an interesting way of testing for a property they call "veer," which reflects both the ball's sphericity and the distribution of mass, which might be nonuniform due to variations in the thickness of the wall or in the density of the material. A ball is rolled 100 millimeters down a plane inclined 14° to the horizontal, onto a level surface. The ball is expected to continue to travel along a straight line perpendicular to the line where the planes join. If within 100 centimeters the ball rolls more than 175 mm away from the line, it fails. Each ball is tested twice, once rolling on the seam, and two times in any other position. If more than 1 out of 24 balls fails this test, the brand is not approved.
Bounce: when dropped from a height of 305 mm onto a steel block, must bounce at least 230 mm but not more than 250 mm.
Stamp: no larger than 280 square millimeters, in one or two colors. It must include:
a trademark or brand name
the ITTF approval, which may be simply "ITTF"
"40" or "40mm"
the name of the country where the manufacturer is headquartered.
Seam: only one is allowed, and that as inconspicuous as possible.
Packaging: must include a date or datecode.
The ball has always been made of celluloid, but this is not a requirement. In fact, the ITTF is encouraging manufacturers to find a better material.

On 1 October 2000, the diameter of the ball was increased to 40 mm from 38 mm. The ITTF estimated that the increase would decrease the speed of the ball by 4 to 8%, and the spin by 10 to 13%. The purpose of the change was to produce longer rallies and to make the ball more visible on television, in the belief that this would make the game more interesting to spectators.

International Table Tennis Federation.
The Ball.
ITTF Technical Leaflet T3.
April 2000, updated July 2000.