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crimsonfalcon07 said:
Yeowch. Just spent the last several hours grinding on a 36" OAL piece of CPM 3V. Making a sword, with a 28" blade, and grinding a blade that long freehand is HARD, especially considering how tough 3V is to grind on (with an old belt). My back hurts now; I need to find a way to grind long blades that doesn't end up messing up my back...
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It just so happens that I have a DIY sword-grinding machine that's not being used.
it needs some cleanup and a new 1/4HP motor to drive the reciprocating gear so you can set it up, turn it on, and walk away for an hour or so while it profiles a bevel.
 
I think he bought an adapter kit - or made one.
it looked like some tubing and a couple of shark-bite type fittings.
 
This guys using an in line Sawyer with a Platy. The one I bought is a squeeze filter.

[video=youtube;6K_wPw09TwE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K_wPw09TwE[/video]
 
Yeah I sold that Ruger Blackhawk to buy it. Kind of scary to have a pocket knife that costs that much
 
apparently there's a huge market for you guys holding BK10 LEs, and you know, should sell them before the BK10 KaBar edition come out.

a little bird told ;)

you flippers you.

also, less posts.
 
psyop what maker...??

ETA: to follow the less post rule, I'll add... I knew I should have bought more then one LE 10.... :D money is worthless sitting in the bank, worthless I tell ya...
 
This is the one I ordered:

[video=youtube;lKWQjlq-uYA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKWQjlq-uYA[/video]
 
Battle Creek Knives said:
psyop what maker...??

ETA: to follow the less post rule, I'll add... I knew I should have bought more then one LE 10.... :D money is worthless sitting in the bank, worthless I tell ya...
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not a rule, an observation that we're approaching 999, less posts. and less. and less.
 
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