Weather window on Sunday evening meant it was time for another father/son fishing trip. Two hours to catch a legal snapper before bedtime, no pressure! ...
Liked On: 08-12-2020, 10:05 PM
So out with stingray this morning nice and early to get the last of the tide running out with the change of light. Joe was fizzing to get into them....so much so he couldn't wait for the burly to...
Liked On: 06-12-2020, 05:44 PM
That not the BoP :P
Liked On: 01-12-2020, 10:28 AM
Sorry i didn't mean to sound ungrateful [emoji14] Its actually heaps of fun [emoji106] One thing that we do that works really well is have a rod on standby all rigged up with a jig (right up...
Liked On: 30-11-2020, 09:40 PM
They just know quality when they see it, and know the Capitalists will sell it to them, even if it has to go through an intermediary, to cleanse it so to speak. Many years ago was helping pull...
Liked On: 30-11-2020, 09:37 PM
Yip, Bay of Plenty :P
Liked On: 30-11-2020, 09:18 AM
Patience is a virtue so they say and I have certainly been virtuous :D Defiance deviant ultralight fully nitrided with blind bolt release pin in "XM" lenght. Defiance alloy bottom metal and...
Liked On: 29-11-2020, 08:38 PM
Forgot to add build and load development by Terminator products.
Liked On: 29-11-2020, 08:38 PM
Fallow shoulder cooked on the weber... https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201129/570b54fa1fbd6cb111ffd2d4e35079a7.jpg Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Liked On: 29-11-2020, 08:27 PM
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Liked On: 29-11-2020, 08:22 PM
Thanks for a great morning out and many thanks to your lovely wife for lunch Pete. Was good to get a look threw the various scopes and binos side by side. I particularly liked the 1.5-9 power...
Liked On: 29-11-2020, 08:21 PM
Heres the part I was really looking forward to.. the acid etch. I was uneasy about using hot vinegar for the etch acid as its not very strong so would need to be left in over night. I didnt want...
Liked On: 29-11-2020, 01:03 PM
Next was the final grind and polish process which I didnt seem to take any pics of? :( https://i.ibb.co/yyyt9Rr/20201109-145242.jpg (https://ibb.co/vPPpFBS) Onto the scales, I went with the...
Liked On: 29-11-2020, 01:03 PM
Happy with the first grind, its on to the heat treat and temper. Mikey-p warned me that the heat treat on this type of forged steel can be very risky, the different metals heat and cool at different...
Liked On: 29-11-2020, 01:02 PM
For the scales I had some nice heart Walnut and a piece of Wenge wood to choose from that was left over from some pistol grips I made years ago. I am leaning toward the darker Wenge wood as it will...
Liked On: 29-11-2020, 10:06 AM