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kronckew said:
ndoghouse, bit small for alabama 7 in. x 3lb oysters

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This reminds me of the giant clams from the South Sea Islands that they used to show in old movies, where a pearl diver would swim down to the ocean floor, get his leg caught in a giant clamshell, and drown. Unless he was the star, in which case he might escape after holding his breath for ten minutes. This one is being studied by a scientist, or possibly a student doing a term paper:

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From National Geographic:

"The giant clam gets only one chance to find a nice home. Once it fastens itself to a spot on a reef, there it sits for the rest of its life.

"These bottom-dwelling behemoths are the largest mollusks on Earth, capable of reaching 4 feet (1.2 meters) in length and weighing more than 500 pounds (227 kg). They live in the warm waters of the South Pacific and Indian Oceans."

If I weighed 500 pounds I would probably stay in one place also.
 
i recall watching a tv show where a diver deliberately put his foot in one of those giants. it indeed closed on his foot, it felt very soft but he couldn't initially pull his foot out, put it relaxed enough after a few seconds that he could slowly pull it out. bit like the texas' red mud we had in baytown.
 
kronckew said:
i recall watching a tv show where a diver deliberately put his foot in one of those giants. it indeed closed on his foot, it felt very soft but he couldn't initially pull his foot out, put it relaxed enough after a few seconds that he could slowly pull it out. bit like the texas' red mud we had in baytown.
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Are those monster oysters comestible?
 
I was on a tour boat going down the Potomac outside of DC, the tour guide said the river used to be filled with oysters the size of dinner plates. From the surface it looked like the river bottom was paved with cobble stones.
 
snowwolf said:
Are those monster oysters comestible?
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not sure never caught one myself. diving underwater, even with bottled air, never appealed to me. we had deckies to do that kind of stuff, including doing things like changing light bulbs at the top of the ship's mast. my job was to keep the water on the outside of the ship and make sure we got from point A to point B losing the bare minimum of deckies in the process. we all were dedicated to never losing any civilians tho, even if it meant losing an engineer.

i have gone clamming in long island sound in my teenage years on a friends boat. weather was so bad we were lucky to get home. i like fried clams. i seem to recall the larger ones were a bit tough.
 
snowwolf said:
Are those monster oysters comestible?
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Giant clam while supposedly tasty in legend does not have anyone who is willing to admit eating them recently as they are an endangered species and so the Evil Pedantic Agency would be at your door as soon as your account of eating one was published to haul you off. There IS a current project (at least I think they are still working on it) to help breed and release the little swimmers that turn into these fine feasts.
 
Shavru said:
Giant clam while supposedly tasty in legend does not have anyone who is willing to admit eating them recently as they are an endangered species and so the Evil Pedantic Agency would be at your door as soon as your account of eating one was published to haul you off. There IS a current project (at least I think they are still working on it) to help breed and release the little swimmers that turn into these fine feasts.
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And since they are bottom feeders, I'd be worry about the amount of toxic contaminants they would accumulate over the years.
 
I never cared much for salt water and I care even less now. Just my luck I'd get et by a giant clam.

Here lies bawanna, kind a tight lipped fella that he was, the clam was even tighter.
 
Bawanna said:
Here lies bawanna, kind a tight lipped fella that he was, the clam was even tighter.
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I figured I must be losing my grasp of the language, so I did a web search on "tight lipped".

Here are some results:

silent closemouthed dumb mum mute quiet reserved restrained reticent secretive taciturn tongue-tied hushed buttoned clammed muted not talkative

And some more:

aloof antisocial brooding clammed up close close-mouthed cold curt distant dour dumb incommunicable incommunicative laconic silent sparing speechless unexpressive unforthcoming withdrawn

Hmm, I don't recognize that person at all. There must be two entirely different Bawannas on this forum. The reason we thought there was only one is that the other one is tight lipped, so we rarely hear from him. :)
 
Wow, I thought the description fit me perfectly (specially the dumb mum mute part) being shy and all, hardly know I'm here most of the time.
 
Very nice! I have a few of them myself. They are supposedly made from rock saw blades. One of mine had the handle missing so I get to put a new one on it:D I got it pretty cheap tho.
 
Here's my first purchase in a long, long time: A Moroccan Sboula. It appears to be made from a cut down old European saber. There's some writing on it but I can't make out what it says. These are just the auction pictures, it won't arrive for a little while.

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nice, looks like a good thick old blade. don't get too aggressive cleaning off the red rust prior to oiling it. looks like the wood bits could also use a drink of appropriate oil, as would the leather if you are not going to replace it. it's amazingly thin stuff. but you know all that already.
 
Thanks. I'm hoping the rust is superficial. I bet somebody cleaned it recently then allowed it to rust. I don't think I'll do any restoring beyond oiling and whatnot.
 
Hmm, that rust has the look of a hint stubbornness, not freshness. I hope I am wrong and you will find it sitting politely on the surface. But if not then converting it to black rust and leaving it, would be best option in that worst case scenario. Sure looks like you are right about the origin of the pointy bits, but the shape of the point is pretty unique. Not really the shape of a typical sabre. I can't wait to hear what you can glean from it once you have it in hand. Perhaps the engraving will lead you to its origins quite easily. But might be a fun research project finding it's story.
 
Ballistol said:
My 25" Aranyik Latin Machete arrived today from Hawai. 3 pics of the 25$ blade. 1 lb 9,3 oz (716 gram)
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Can't go wrong at those prices. I just found the Aranyik web site and ordered a Latin Machete and an Enep blade.
 
Ballistol said:
My 25" Aranyik Latin Machete arrived today from Hawai. 3 pics of the 25$ blade. 1 lb 9,3 oz (716 gram)
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I clicked on your image and it sent me to photo bucket. you've got some crazy cool stuff! is that a 30 inch sirupati on the sword rack, and whats above it? all those other blades are wicked too. where'd you end up finding those? the sword on top of the sword shelf from HI is awesome!, special made?
thanks for sharing. i don't know many other nice blade shops. I got this piece at a barter faire. Hoping to get the Reti, seeing as how the have a similar texture. Been looking for a nice sword, all i have is knives. Legit masks btw

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