[Knife sharpening recommendation]

Wanted to provide an update:

Decided to let Willis68 work his magic and man, did he do a great job! I’ve never had an edge this sharp!
He also recommended a strop to maintain the edge, which is currently on order. 
 

So happy with the work done and his efforts to get it back to me so quickly! 

Very much appreciated!!!!!

[Knife sharpening recommendation]

3 minutes ago, Smith said:

Send it to Willis68 at Bad Ass Blades. I bought several different sharpening systems and got decent results, but my money would have been better spent sending it to Willis instead. Plus he's local. 

What’s the average cost of having it done by a “pro”?

[Knife sharpening recommendation]

Thanks, but I like to keep it sharp all the time. 
Would prefer to do it myself. Just not sure which sharpener would be worth the “investment”.

 

[Knife sharpening recommendation]

Hey guys,

Looking into purchasing a good sharpener for my Benchmade S30V folding knife. 

Thoughts?  
 

[Enhanced G26 Gen3]

On 2/16/2020 at 10:20 AM, forty5cal1911 said:

Kudos to you brother! I've seen some folks on forums absolutely butcher their firearms trying to do a stippling job. A+ work

What range do you typically go to?

Thanks. 
I’m very fortunate to have a good friend with some property that I can run drills and such. 
Other than that it’s Owl Hollow and/or Franklin Range. 

[Enhanced G26 Gen3]

9 hours ago, hipower said:

Thanks. That would be nice.

Didn't notice where you were from. Maybe jhc77, you, and I could get together sometime.

Sure. 
I’m in Spring Hill. 

[Enhanced G26 Gen3]

46 minutes ago, hipower said:

To be honest, I'm not a fan of stippling. I know it has a function, and agree that it serves that purpose well. I just haven't warmed up to a pistol with that done on it.

That being said, this is one of the nicest stippling jobs I've seen. It has a uniformity to it that really is spectacular. It doesn't look like a quickie job on the kitchen table while having an adult beverage or three.

It's quite well done as far as I'm concerned. Like the looks of your undercuts on the frame too. would love to see how it feels. 

Thanks brother! 
I really appreciate your comments! 
Be happy to let you run a few through it sometime! 

[Enhanced G26 Gen3]

5 hours ago, forty5cal1911 said:

Looks good. Did you use a soldering iron or air hammer to do the stippling?

How's the "grippiness" on it? Like that undercut too.

Thanks!

Grip/control is excellent!
I used a dremel to cut the borders and shape the trigger guard. I also did the “glove” cut. (Ramp entering the trigger.) 
Then, LOTS of sanding  and polishing.
After that I used a wood burner for the pattern.

[Enhanced G26 Gen3]

On 2/5/2020 at 2:04 PM, MPGlock said:

Looks good! Not a big fan of the over the top "gucci" glocks, but that looks very clean

Thank you sir.
I appreciate you taking the time to comment.

[Enhanced G26 Gen3]

Hey guys,

Don't really post much on here but do visit just about every day.

Wanted to share some of the work I've done to a Gen3 26.
Not sure how everyone feels about the stippling but I'm real happy with it.
Pretty new to this polymer "enhancement" stuff so feedback is welcome. (only my 3rd attempt)

Planning to add some durakote "dark bronze" here pretty soon but here are a few pics in the meantime.

 

 

 

 

[Practice targets ideas]

Hippies.

 

[Practice targets ideas]

We'll do pretty much anything but glass.
Cleaning up is just part of the exercise.

And I didn't mention that we mostly practice pistol.

[Practice targets ideas]

Not sure if this is the right place to put this thread but was just curious what everybody uses for targets.
Whenever I shoot I'm with at least one of my kids and I try and make it interesting and challenging.
Our latest idea involves soda cans.
We tie some string between to tree limbs and then use the tabs on the cans to hold them in place.
Like so.....




We'll also do some excercises where we'll call out a brand to hit and the shooter has to identify the right can and aim quickly.
With teenagers in the house, soda cans are plentiful and the hits are easily seen.
Although it's difficult to adjust your aim since misses aren't visible.

Anyway, we enjoy it and I was wondering if anyone else had creative target ideas as well.

Steve

[Ever seen a 7-shot Flintlock?]

My son showed this to me last night.

Don't think I'd want to shoot it.

Especially with all that powder in the handle!

It's a Lorenzoni 7-shot Flintlock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_hnC6x036Q

[Win This Pistol! Sig Sauer 1911 Nickel Compact (May 2014)]

In, like Errol Flynn!  :pleased:

[Who here on TGO also owns a Jeep?]

I think thats a great looking old Jeep...................... :up: :up: :up:

 

Thanks man. 

That pic is about 3 yrs old. 

She's got about 195k miles on her now.

But I'm still enjoying it!!

[Who here on TGO also owns a Jeep?]

I've got an old tired '95 XJ.

 

 

 

Love it! But it's pretty worn out.

I hope to have enough coin to pick up a '99/2k soon.

(one that's actually worth washing!)

 

 

I'll check out the new site!

[Other hobby]

Ok, I'll jump in here with one of my (hobby) or passion...

 

Building scale models.

I look at them as 3d paintings and a way to "engineer" interesting displays as well as pay tribute to the veterans that have gone before.

 

P51D of the 55th FG

 

A4C Skyhawk

 

M4 Sherman

 

The tank was featured in a Scale Modeling magazine several years ago.

I'll compete in some local competitions every now and I have a couple displayed in various museums... 

But mostly, I just have a mini-museum at the house!

 

Steve

[Ready for the verdict:]

Unfortunately, the next victim of this will be the person that finds themselves being assaulted by a different young, angry, 
black racist and they hesitate because of the hell they saw Zimmerman go through.

[Why do some hate reloads?]

Thanks for all the info guys!

I now have a much better understanding of the issue.

Much appreciated.

 

I can see myself at some point doing my own reloads.

 

Thanks for everyone's thoughts on the topic!  

[Why do some hate reloads?]

I did a quick search but didn't see anything that answered directly.

 

I keep hearing different people tell me that they would NEVER run reloads through their gun.

But, none of them have ever told me what was so 'bad' about it.

 

I noticed a lot of you on this site seem to make your own reloads so thought maybe you could shed some light on the pros/cons.

 

 

 

Would like to hear everyone's opinion.

 

Steve

 

[New to the site.]

Signed up a couple of days ago but haven't been able to introduce myself til now.

 

I probably know some of you already from the TNspeed site awhile back.

 

Not really comfortable listing what I have on the internet but look forward to participating in this group.

 

 

Steve