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mornin gents, happy friday to all.

Swinging by the hardware store today for some supplies; the izula is undergoin some surgery this weekend :cool:
 
Galeocerdoshark said:
Otodus auriculatus from the eocene. Next in the evolutionary family tree would be Otodus angustidens. The line ends in the late miocene with Otodus megalodon, which most of you will know from television or the like. That evolutionary line became extinct with megalodon.
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Does that mean shark?
 
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Thats funny my 3 yo runs around saying NO NO NO not today, Not in my house.
 
bsmith_shoot said:
Does that mean shark?
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Doc_Savage said:
big freakin' shark

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Doc said it right! The Great White has nothing on this guy.

Very basic, and somewhat wrongfull oversight on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcharocles_auriculatus
The 'biggest' authors are pretty much in agreement on Otodus as the only valid name for the genus, and practically of the whole lineage starting from Otodus obliquus.
The wikipedia page fails to suggest Belgium, Germany and Kazachstan as large 'producers' of O. auriculatus teeth.
Furthermore, the author doesn't seem to know where to position himself in some discussions. When describing species, you've got "splitters" and "keepers". The splitters take every smallest difference as a sign of a different species, whereas the "keepers" think that's rubbish.
Take for example serrations: is the presence of serrations on teeth enough to speak of a different species, without any knowledge of other characteristics because you lack fossil skulls or bones? Some say yes, others say no. Same thing for "side cusps" next to the main cusp. Some say that the mere presence of sidecusps are significant to talk of different species, but what with in species variability? You've got species with one or two pairs of sidecusps, yet no difference in DNA. You've got juvenile teeth of some species WITH sidecusps, whereas teeth of adult specimens don't have sidecusps. It makes the discussion rather difficult. What I wanted to say was that the author included some species such as O. chubutensis, that are described by "splitters". "Keepers" would disagree with the presence of that species in the list. Furthermore, another 'species' namely O. mugodzharicus is not included in the list. Oh well :-). Just ranting, it's snark here anywayz.

Inb4 cool story bro:D
 
One of the nice thing about making sheaths is when I can trade for cool knives :D here are a couple that have been rehomed from Beckerheads. Thanks guys!

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Of course my wife seems to think I have enough knives, but what does she know ;)
 
Happy Friday, embrace your inner mall ninja and your need more moar rails:

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Mikhail is not happy with how I Westernized his design for his comrades.

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Where's that Bladite guy and his outdated list? Haven't seen a chrome divtul before. Maybe one heck of a polish job but I don't think so.

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Looks like a polish job to me. Good one though.
 
Qeth said:
Happy Friday, embrace your inner mall ninja and your need more moar rails:

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Mikhail is not happy with how I Westernized his design for his comrades.

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Is that the Vortex Spark? If so, how does it compare to the Aimpoint Micro's?
 
Qeth said:
Happy Friday, embrace your inner mall ninja and your need more moar rails:

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Halfway done!

Mikhail is not happy with how I Westernized his design for his comrades.

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Meh you got nothing on this guy.

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I was LMAO when I saw him. The laser is held on to the muzzle with a rubber band. And Im pretty sure its an AKM with the stock removed lol
 
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