"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

[meako]

Thanks guys....Ive got an old cricket bat round here somewhere...who knows? They do all sorts of sports in NZ....cricket, rugby, bunjy jumping, rugby, mtb, rugby,fishing, errrmmm rugby, rugby league, rugby union, rugby, soccer, skateboarding, rugby...wheelchair rugby, womens rugby( the most scariest of all rugby)..netball( even scarier)..etc etc...they do it all...apparently they play a bit of rugby too...

 

[Johnnythefox]

Thanks guys....Ive got an old cricket bat round here somewhere...who knows? They do all sorts of sports in NZ....cricket, rugby, bunjy jumping, rugby, mtb, rugby,fishing, errrmmm rugby, rugby league, rugby union, rugby, soccer, skateboarding, rugby...wheelchair rugby, womens rugby( the most scariest of all rugby)..netball( even scarier)..etc etc...they do it all...apparently they play a bit of rugby too...

I don’t like to be to big headed Football,Rugby (the town is near me) and cricket we invented them all.

The Kiwis invented Bungy Jumping but that was just because they where looking for a quicker way to get to the pub.

In England we prefer to Bungy things yo our roof rack or seat of our motorbike

 

[Jolipapa]

I don’t like to be to big headed Football,Rugby (the town is near me) and cricket we invented them all.

The Kiwis invented Bungy Jumping but that was just because they where looking for a quicker way to get to the pub.

In England we prefer to Bungy things yo our roof rack or seat of our motorbike

Rugby rules were invented in England (and the one eyed referees to go with ). Read Soule

 

[dantzk8]

Rugby rules were invented in England (and the one eyed referees to go with ). Read Soule

So true !



Tennis ? "Jeu de paume".
The British ! What don't they believe ?

Dan.

 

[dantzk8]

The Kiwis invented Bungy Jumping...

Wrong. The Vanuatuan invented it.
The British !



Dan.

 

[Jolipapa]

http://barbarianrugbyclub.fr/

 

[knarfeng]

Les Francais vs. Yanks playing a British game? EEEK! I see carnage in the making. Paging Dr. Kissinger.

 

[Jolipapa]

You don't say !

 

[Jack Black]

You don't say ! View attachment 1848306

Fascinating stuff Alain

By coincidence, I passed the place where Rugby League was founded last week

 

[JohnDF]

 

[Johnnythefox]

You don't say ! View attachment 1848306

Have you watched this,its a great film.

 

[Peregrin]

 

[Jolipapa]

Mouth watering...

https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/61859228

 

[afishhunter]

Just poked a hole in belt for a Nite-Ize "S" hook. (used my 852211 Harness Jack's punch, since it are the sharperest of all my punches.)
Hung the Evo Grip 14 on the "S" hook. Ittle work for my other bailed knives, too.

View attachment 1850146

 

[Just Tom.]

Old-school tacti-cool:

 

[screened porch]

Old-school tacti-cool:

Love it. Want one.
Single-chamber revolver?

 

[Just Tom.]

Love it. Want one.
Single-chamber revolver?

I wondered why they called it a revolver. Maybe that was common parlance for any pistol in those days, sort of like “Xerox” is for copy machines. Or maybe nobody proofread the ad…

 

[screened porch]

I wondered why they called it a revolver. Maybe that was common parlance for any pistol in those days, sort of like “Xerox” is for copy machines. Or maybe nobody proofread the ad…

You'd be safe playing Russian roulette with one empty chamber.

 

[afishhunter]

I wondered why they called it a revolver.

Back in the era this was made a lot of revolvers and derringers had drop down/folding triggers, that were folded and couldn't be pulled until the hammer was at full cock. This was obviously striker fired. I wonder how it was cocked to fire.

Considering the size, weight, and grip, I'd guess the recoil and muzzle blast from even a .22 short would not have been pleasant. If it chambered and fired the .22 long rifle ... I'd not want to shoot it without wearing at least a tight fitting leather gardening glove or full finger cycling glove ... and ear plugs ...
Barrel a fraction of an inch longer than the cartridge? I'll guess with the .22 short there were more than a few ungloved hands burned shooting this. Heck, even the then common (now rare) .22CB or BB caps muzzle blast may have caused burns.

 

[5K Qs]

You'd be safe playing Russian roulette with one empty chamber.

As they say in the probability textbooks, the chance of dying is "vanishingly small"!