My spot for the day. Decided I deserve some comfort when I'm hunting. This spot gives me 360deg line of sight. Heard a shot from Mooseman in the distance but no luck from either of us tonight. Just...
Liked On: 12-09-2021, 09:01 AM
Welcome to this rag tag bunch of good buggers Phil. Be warned that some are a bit rambunctious, some will take the piss and some will take an opposing view out of sheer argumentative bloody...
Liked On: 08-09-2021, 09:05 PM
40mm to solve your issue with the Opinel being difficult to open, remove the blade from the handle, and using some sand paper or a fine tooth hand saw, relieve (open up) the cut in the handle where...
Liked On: 07-09-2021, 08:56 PM
the top of mine is a 2" slab of wattle.......works great for bolting press to.....made matching reloading blocks in each calibre....and screwed one block the .270 sized case one to bench in right...
Liked On: 07-09-2021, 06:44 PM
Youve never been to good garage fire that had loads of ammo in it then.... If your reloading room does have a shit ton of powder or loaded rounds in it boys and your house is getting a good bbq...
Liked On: 07-09-2021, 06:28 PM
I got wise in the end, but I must have lost a few mercators, they will be sitting next to a pile of rabbit guts. Flicked into the ground prior to squeezing the guts out and stowing on the...
Liked On: 07-09-2021, 06:12 PM
I was curious as to how well the stainless Bunnings "Mercators" i.e. the Sheffield clones hold up. The manufactured edge was awful, so I followed the Kyle Noseworthys YouTube video below to create a...
Liked On: 07-09-2021, 06:11 PM
you will still get ok edge on the stainless one...just have a go on your stone....as long as you keep consistant angle you cant go far wrong.
Liked On: 07-09-2021, 05:25 PM
So I've now got my hands on legit Mercator carbon steel blade but she's all rusted up. Should be able to tidy it up and get a good edge on that using a few of the tips given above.
Liked On: 07-09-2021, 05:22 PM
Opinel carbon steel is awesome in terms of being easy to sharpen and edge retention, but it'll rust before your eyes if you get it wet. Agree about stainless blades. I've found them hard to sharpen. ...
Liked On: 07-09-2021, 02:39 PM
Didn't think they made a stainless, never asked and if you don't loose them they last quite a long time. Those opinel carbon steel blades take an edge like a razor
Liked On: 07-09-2021, 01:58 PM
The painful thing about all of it is that it wasn't even the knife in question. He did the deed with an off the shelf crappy kitchen knife. What the fuck relevance does him owning a hunting knife...
Liked On: 06-09-2021, 07:54 PM
Opinel number 8.
Liked On: 06-09-2021, 07:53 PM
Mine are all around 10cm blade length. This is my nicest (and most $) one. From Romania. 177788
Liked On: 06-09-2021, 07:52 PM
Bit of length for doing the arse end is handy.
Liked On: 06-09-2021, 07:51 PM