Recent content by C_Claycomb

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    What I did NOT buy today!

    Realtree baby clothes.
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    What I did NOT buy today!

    Tactical bbq apron, what every well dressed mall ninja needs for the weekend.
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    What I did NOT buy today!

    much as I used to like Realtree for hunting camo, today I did NOT buy a matching Realtree bedding and curtain set.
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    Snow storm of seed fluff!

    Ferro rod…WOOOMPH!!
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    Searching for lightweight cooking surface for Brandi Grill.

    I wondered about that, but you can hardly fry on silicone. It looks very flat, and two rolled edges. I was wondering if it was a simple cut down baking tray. The lightest solution would be a cut section of foil turkey baking tray. Next up would be thin aluminium sheet. Thin titanium shim stock?
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    Best option for a slicey, 3-4” full tang stainless blade with a flat grind?

    I saw the first post and immediately thought of something by Manly....then saw Gra_Farmer had beat me to it!
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    Vacuum cleaner recommendation?

    Dyson DC01: About 16 years ago my neighbour gave me a Dyson DC01 because the wand hose had detached and a wheel was wobbling. Still using it. I reckon it needs a new brush bar. Repaired the wheel about five years ago. Numatic Henry: For wand, detail work and hard floors, I bought a Numatic...
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    Met office "faking" climate data

    One swallow does not make a summer. I wonder if the issue is that warmer average temperatures put more moisture in the atmosphere, which in turn is able to dump more snow in Antarctica and that we just turned a point where the increase in snow offset the melting. Folk on both sides of the...
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    Torturing sticks again.

    Very nice looking design. Bet it is pretty fast for its weight. Nice light tips...modernised Holmegaard
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    Adjustable ridgeline.

    https://www.hengehammocks.com/product-page/2-2mm-zing-it-lash-it-5m
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    Custom knife handle commission

    As someone who got into knife making in my early 20s, because I had acquired some fancy looking wood and wanted to have a fancy knife, I can only agree with everyone else, the handle is the easier part, and much more fun than making the blade. Wood can be found in all sorts of places, places...
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    Recommend me a Butchery / skinning knife...?

    I think you could tweak the thread title. Butchery knives are not quite the same as hunting or skinning knives. For a butchery knife how about FALLKNIVEN F2Z, F3Z, F4Z https://heinnie.com/fallkniven-f4z Or https://heinnie.com/benchmade-15500-04-meatcrafter-od-santoprene-fixed-blade/
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    Film recommendation

    The Departed is a poor copy of a much better film. Infernal Affairs Open Range. Western, Robert Duval, Kevin Costner. Other westerns worth a watch, Hidalgo, Wyatt Earp, Appaloosa. Liked Tombstone, Silverado, the Dollars duo and TGTB&TU. If you appreciate good tactics and fire arm handling in...
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    Easter bass

    I can no longer eat chocolate, so when visiting family for Easter I was given a marzipan bass! :lmao:
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    Field solution to snapped knife?

    Propper mechanical sympathy goes a very long way to not needing a full tang. If you are heavy handed enough you can break full tangs too. If you are just out for a jolly, I would be very reluctant to do a field fix. But, the ones described would be how I would do it. Blunt on a stone...