Seven blems and bargain for 9/4

I am sorry to hear of your loss so recently....it DOES put things in proper perspective.....as does age.....i think my list of departed souls of friends and family i pray for several times a day is now longer than the list of the living i pray for at the same time.......and it is just going to get worse....before it gets better....never forget the last part....this is just school....if you need to talk or email or call or whatever, send me a side note and we'll get together somehow....

Meanwhile, enjoy the knife.....the full length reduced tang knives from THIS company are incredibly strong, far stronger than you might normally think... when perhaps shopping something a bit lighter.....keep in mind the blade tapers from circa 3/8ths" spine thickness to circa 3/16ths"-1/4" thick at ricasso bottom, then picture in mind how thick the tang is in the area it extends from, and note radii at tang shoulder.....and left half-hard of leaf spring steel....how are you going to break it aside from crowbar to side?...even then, more like tweak it....





Of course, as with any using forged knife, or ANY knife for that matter, test/try it for hidden flaw or problem with heat treat prior to depending on it in dire circumstances...
 
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EMS for Gopte and Hasiya, even though the Tin Chirra is at the top of my list. I'll save that for another day I suppose!

Edit: Got the DD for both!
 
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Thanks for the tutelage mtngunr, with the visual aid and explanation I see your point clearly. It shall not henceforth be a deterent in regards to HI production. Also, I appreciate your offer, I have good days, bad days and awful days. It never hurts to have another in your arsenal to lean on.
 
Bigbore, please don't hold back on the stupid questions, especially the really stupid ones. Those are the ones I just might know the answer too if they are pretty easy.

I like to feel like I got a purpose ya know and if it's the answerer of stupid questions, well that's something right?

Oh and your handle is sweet, always wanted a 577 Nitro Express. Sadly none made for the folks on my side of the tracks.
 
Welcome to the HI and blade forum, Bigbore577
 
Bawanna said:
Bigbore, please don't hold back on the stupid questions, especially the really stupid ones. Those are the ones I just might know the answer too if they are pretty easy.

I like to feel like I got a purpose ya know and if it's the answerer of stupid questions, well that's something right?

Oh and your handle is sweet, always wanted a 577 Nitro Express. Sadly none made for the folks on my side of the tracks.
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Amen, ditto, and etc.....

After shooting some modern heavy loads in .45-70 in those light suckers, i found my two .375 H&H guns quite fine, thank you, and although a dandy deer and hog and most anything else gun for the contiguous states, never truly used either enough to keep even one....heck, a .45 Colt lever action with various handloads all i really never needed...

Bigbore, the offer is sincere....avail yourself at any time...
 
Bawanna, be careful what you wish for, I may overwhelm you. The .577 is a rimeless version adapted to a custom bolt action built by Frank Wells of Tucson Arizona. Back in 92 someone ran a stop sign, t-boned me and busted me up fairly well. I was off work six months mostly on my back, several surgeries, pain killers and reading gun mags and this is what I dreamed up. Part of the settlement paid for it. It's a real ball buster capable of launching 750 grain pills at 2550fps. Needless to say they are no fun at all, I keep them down to 2200fps with 150 grains of IMR4350. They're tolerable but, still pretty brutal as the rifle is barely twelve pounds.
I also think the .375 H&H is the cats pajamas although I only used it once on a bear. The 45-70 is another story, I've used it on the most animals, mostly black bears and moose. My go to is a WWG Co-Pilot take down 16-1/4" barrel and wood re-worked by Frank Wells also. I can easily run 405's well over 1700fps. Needless to say, it's brutal as well at about six pounds. It's like Thor's hammer on both ends. My two other heavily used rifles that I find uber effective for their intended purpose are the .378WBY and the 25-06 Rem. Perhaps it sounds like a lot but that's spread over a life of experience in an era when it was easily done at a fraction of the cost it would today. In all reality I've had more pleasure shooting the .22LR over my life time than all else combined.
 
We are in Aunties showroom, this should be over in the cantina, but at the risk of a head slap by Karda we've led similar life paths.
My 375 H&H was quite pleasant, wish I still had it. Biggest I had.
I too spend most of my with 22 LR these days. Lots of fun.
 
Not knowing better, I went on too long I'm sure. It dawned on me and I should have gone wit instinct. I'm out, if anything, I'll see you at the Cantina. My apologies to whom ever for any infractions. Ciao.
 
I have no credit in education except in copying and pasting photos another poster here put out....i love the photos of the tang.....it opened my eyes, as well, as to why the knives have held up through the ages, WHEN made properly...the full width tangs have their combat uses (which i believe is the origin of them) both as for ease of construction in a factory, and as for combat field use in very common knife destroying crowbar uses....and in changing balance and adding heft for those who desire such.....

As for getting off topic, if it were distracting sales offers, it could be a problem but this posting of Dear Yangdu was a sell-out.....and hurrah for her and thanks to those who made it so....i only wish i were one of the wealthier folk who only post and frequently post "ems", and official Grand Patron Of The Nepali Arts....
 
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