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The 'What have you just bought' Thread
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Unrustle_Thine_Jimmies
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Two pairs of mtp trousers, non pcs
non pcs mtp ubacs
MTP windproof smock
MTP grab bag
2 mk6 ddpm helmet covers
US tri colour camelbak
Ddpm trousers
Ddpm UBACS
Dpm trousers
OD scrim net
-all unused
And organised a deal for another vsr 10 which I'll collect in a month. not bad going
non pcs mtp ubacs
MTP windproof smock
MTP grab bag
2 mk6 ddpm helmet covers
US tri colour camelbak
Ddpm trousers
Ddpm UBACS
Dpm trousers
OD scrim net
-all unused
And organised a deal for another vsr 10 which I'll collect in a month. not bad going
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Silent7Sniper7
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G&G illuminated SUSAT scope - £123
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New O rings for my VSR 10,the ones in already are dried up and fucked beyond saving.
Oh,forgot to add.Negotiated with my friend to buy his broken CYMA CM031,so I can practice tech work.However,He told me that if I ever fix it,i give it back to him.Gave him 50€ for it nawt bad.
Oh,forgot to add.Negotiated with my friend to buy his broken CYMA CM031,so I can practice tech work.However,He told me that if I ever fix it,i give it back to him.Gave him 50€ for it nawt bad.
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Zak Da Mack
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Just got my new G&G. I have a personal hate for clear plastic, but it will have to do. I might make a Flecktarn sleeve for it one day. I ordered the battery for Thursday, hopefully Royal Mail won't cock up this time.
Also thinking about swapping parts out and replace it with loads of Magpul parts.
Just got my new G&G. I have a personal hate for clear plastic, but it will have to do. I might make a Flecktarn sleeve for it one day. I ordered the battery for Thursday, hopefully Royal Mail won't cock up this time.
Also thinking about swapping parts out and replace it with loads of Magpul parts.
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Ian_Gere
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That's so cool. I saw one in a shop in Bristol years ago, but it wasn't flat profiled like yours. The blade had been pattern welded like yours, but around a central rod which was left unhammered. I expect it was a springier temper of steel and the edges were harder to keep an edge. Yours was probably made by a better smith, one who could harden the edges independently after the constituent rods were hammered together.
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Yours sounds like it might have been whats referd to as a "tourists" one, made a lot cheaper. This one is meant to be genuine, whcih sounds about right given the blood stains on it and the god awful smell of dead animal on it 
The guy originally wanted 5000 bob for it!
The guy originally wanted 5000 bob for it!
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You may be right. I didn't own it though, I just saw it in a shop I was thinking of buying a deactivated PPSH 41 from. TBH though, it didn't look like something that was made to be a souvenir: the leather on the grip was thicker than on yours and stained from use.
How much is a shilling worth?
How much is a shilling worth?
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Ian_Gere
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£12 for a hand forged blade is good going I'd say, Nick.
Maybe this one I saw was made by a particular smith or something. You know how yours is made from 4 rods pattern welded together? The middle 2 will have been pre-tempered to give the blade resilience and the outer 2 for hardness. But the heat and slow cooling during the hammering of pattern welding must anneal both types, thus must be accounted for in the pre-temper of the centre rods, because afterwards only either the whole blade or a single edge can be tempered again. A 5th rod in the centre would make it far easier to achieve the same result and also, after grinding, act to make the blade easier to withdraw from a stab wound than a flat blade.
Maybe this one I saw was made by a particular smith or something. You know how yours is made from 4 rods pattern welded together? The middle 2 will have been pre-tempered to give the blade resilience and the outer 2 for hardness. But the heat and slow cooling during the hammering of pattern welding must anneal both types, thus must be accounted for in the pre-temper of the centre rods, because afterwards only either the whole blade or a single edge can be tempered again. A 5th rod in the centre would make it far easier to achieve the same result and also, after grinding, act to make the blade easier to withdraw from a stab wound than a flat blade.
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