custom knife makers are mostly hobbyist and hobbyist that are good enough to have people want to own their products-creations. They are mostly however...

For those in the Cape, go to Milnerton flea market on a Sunday morning. There are two stalls there that usually have most of whatever spanners you wan...

I have confused myself with the figures presented as I used 2 different lots of S365 with a big variation in burning rate. The principles shown howeve...

I know that Opinel is supposed to be good, but life is too short to have a wooden dowel with a blade attached. Might as well just sharpen a saw blade.

How does the GRT caculation agree with your QL results?

br>Some light reading for those so inclined. In there it explains why certain steels sharpen easier. Also, through empirical testing proves that hardn...

Problem with the easy-to-sharpen steels is that they become blunt easily as well According to the experts at least. Not a problem in a well run kitche...

D2 seems to be the best of the bottom end steels for knife blades. While it doesn't have the rust resistance of the more common stainless steels ...

What a rabbit hole!Been doing some light reading with regards to the different types of steel and alloying elements, different opening and locking arr...

I see that you did a neck shot on one impala.How far did it get compared to the normal heart-lung shot?Did you lose a lot of meat?Did you hit the spin...

Light rust shouldn't make much difference and the pistol should still be safe to fire. Heavy rust that reduces bore diameter is dangerous; this i...

'Easy fix' and 'no beer of any kind'. I'm trying to process that and filling miserably.I'd rather do medication and lipo...

And are the lugs in good shape?