The final Snarkdown!

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The Warrior said:
I have a few fire pistons. They're a lot of fun:

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those are beautiful. I'd never heard of them until just now. I'm watching those vids you posted of em.
 
Eero said:
That swamp rat is growing on me WW. The first time I saw it I though it looked ridiclious...
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When i bought it i had no idea it would become my favorite knife, It has a blade just over 7" and i normally prefer a 5" or 9" blade depending on the task. But as soon as it hit my hand i fell in love with that handle. And having a drop point sealed the deal for me. I like how it looks i just didnt think id like it more than everything else i have held.

I got a local buddy who thought it looked silly when i pulled it out my pack, then he held the thing and told me if i ever wanted to sell it he wanted to buy the "ugly" thing as he called it. I laugh at him though because he thinks his SOG folder is one of the top folders period. SO to me his opinion doesnt really matter LMAO He is cool though, our taste in knives are exact opposites and its fun giving each other a hard time with them.

He is going to put his Junglas up against my competition chopper from Dan, he seen the picture and he said his Junglas would out chop it, I told him put his money where his mouth is LMAO

His Junglas has a crazy edge on it, and it did out chop the chopweiler in all honesty but it couldnt baton anywhere near as good as the chopweiler, and just sucked for fine task, in the end of our "test" he wanted to trade the junglas and pay me the difference in cash for the chopweiler, i just smiled, he knew he wasnt getting that knife. He still calls it ugly and I tell him yea but you all but begged for it LOL
 
worldwood said:
He is going to put his Junglas up against my competition chopper from Dan, he seen the picture and he said his Junglas would out chop it, I told him put his money where his mouth is LMAO
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Gonna race him for pink slips? ;)
 
LMAO, If he seen the videos he would change his mind, but i dont want him to change his mind :D

He said he has 20 on his Junglas, ill take that action! But when he sees its a 2 pound knife at .35" thick, im thinking he will chicken out of that bet! And possibly piss on himself just a little LOL
 
GarnetandBlack said:
those are beautiful. I'd never heard of them until just now. I'm watching those vids you posted of em.
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Thanks man. I have one more, my first, but it turned out to be a lemon. The ones with the o-rings are best really. The string gasket is traditional, but they don't work as well as the 0-ring versions. You can find some decent ones for a lot cheaper now, as there's more people making them = more competition. I think $75-80 is the most I paid for one. It's the second from the left. It's made out of buffalo horn.
 
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I go to bed late and last night I heard foot steps, I figure I would shut everything down and head to bed only to find my son in the dark in my room behind one of the double doors just standing there, I asked him what he was doing and he simply just ran back into his room in a reverse motion, like rewinding a movie while its playing... I dunno what's going on but that was the wierdest thing I have ever seen... Yesterday morning he woke up with scratch marks on his face... Not sure what to think of all this...
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that would freak me out.. My wife used to sleepwalk a lot when we first got together. One night when we were living with another girl she got up in the middle of the night and did a couple loads of laundry and cleaned our room mates bathroom... she had no recollection of it in the morning and denied it at first. Crazy what people will do while sleeping. I woke up once with a cut on my arm and my case knife in my hand.. scared the crap out of me at the time.
 
The Warrior said:
Thanks man. I have one more, my first, but it turned out to be a lemon. The ones with the o-rings are best really. The string gasket is traditional, but they don't work as well as the 0-ring versions. You can find some decent ones for a lot cheaper now, as there's more people making them = more competition. I think $75-80 is the most I paid for one. It's the second from the left. It's made out of buffalo horn.
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Good info, thanks. Have you ever tried to make one yourself? I've seen some of your handywork around here, I'm sure you could.
 
GarnetandBlack said:
Good info, thanks. Have you ever tried to make one yourself? I've seen some of your handywork around here, I'm sure you could.
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I'm sure I could but have never tried. I'm sure there's tutorials on youTube.

BTW, steer clear of the ones that have a rubber gasket on the end, held by a Philips head screw. They suck.
 
It's a neat application of phyics. I'm sure these fire pistons aren't new, I can't believe I haven't seen them sooner, though.
 
GarnetandBlack said:
It's a neat application of phyics. I'm sure these fire pistons aren't new, I can't believe I haven't seen them sooner, though.
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Been around for a very long time. It is said that Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the diesel engine, got the idea from a fire piston.
 
GarnetandBlack said:
It's a neat application of phyics. I'm sure these fire pistons aren't new, I can't believe I haven't seen them sooner, though.
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Apparently they've been around a very long time, and were possibly the original inspiration for the Diesel engine.


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Fire pistons have been used in South East Asia and the Pacific Islands as a means of kindling fire for years. They are found in cultures where the blow pipe is used as a weapon and this suggests they may have developed out of blow pipe construction. Their use has been reported from Burma, the Malay Peninsula, Indo-China, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, the Philippines, Madagascar [2] and South India.[3]

An 1876 New York Times article[4] reported the discovery of the earliest date of its use in the west. It reports an address by a Professor Govi that claimed a book written by Father Boscovich, of Rome in 1755, De Litteraria Expeditione per Pontifican Ditionem, (The Clever Mechanism) makes the claim that the fire piston was invented in 1745 by Abbe Augustin Ruffo. This report also claims that the modern fire piston was reinvented independently in the west through experiments with the air gun and not modeled after Asian designs.

It is recorded that the first fire piston made its wider debut in front of scientists in 1802 and was patented in 1807 simultaneously in both England and France. Fire pistons, or fire syringes as they were called then, were popular household tools throughout Europe during the early nineteenth century until the safety match was invented in 1844.

The fire piston may have inspired Rudolf Diesel in his creation of the diesel engine around 1892.
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There's all manner of interesting - if sometimes conflicting - info on them on the web.
 
Very, very cool. I can never answer the question "what do you want for christmas?" when family asks, i think i just found my answer :thumbup:

thx to both of yas
 
GarnetandBlack said:
Very, very cool. I can never answer the question "what do you want for christmas?" when family asks, i think i just found my answer :thumbup:

thx to both of yas
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You'll enjoy it. They're a blast to use. Get a cedar bark bundle, and place the ember in it. It lights in an instant when you blow on it.
 
Sounds great. I've been doing a lot more woods walking and small game hunting recently. Especially dressing and cooking lunch out in the field; this would be great to have around, seems pretty weather-resistant to boot.
 
GarnetandBlack said:
Sounds great. I've been doing a lot more woods walking and small game hunting recently. Especially dressing and cooking lunch out in the field; this would be great to have around, seems pretty weather-resistant to boot.
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They are. I've seen one maker freeze one in a block of ice, break it out, and use it instantly.
 
that's something! Especially when it's cold (not that it gets cold in SC) I like that you don't need to have the same tactile dexterity as you would other means of lighting. I mean, heck, just stuff it, plunge it and transport ember to a bundle.
 
Fire pistons are cool, i only used 1 once, and it belonged to a kid at a survival training event but it was really neat to play with, It took me a couple tries to get a fire going with it but its an awesome fire starter. Id still keep my ferro rod on me though.

Check these tactical stockings out :D I wonder if they are set up for tek lok :D

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I'll let you know in a couple of days! I ordered one for my brother-in-law.
 
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