Capbyrd

    I'm glad you brought this up.  I posted a video to instagram about it a while back.  I used the iPhone's slow motion to make this and since it won't upload direct to IG, its a bit grainy but you can definitely get the full view.   http://instagram.com/p/hPgNThQSZj/   The knife on the right is my Laconico Blast flipper.  A non assisted blade.  The knife on the left is a Protech Rockeye Auto.  You can clearly see that they are nearly the same speed.  The biggest difference, is that the auto requires two hands to close.  

Sen. Ketron sounds like the type of person that doesn't understand that criminals don't pay attention to laws.  I suspect that he is a lost cause.  

Senator Finney was the no vote in the Senate Judiciary committee.  Please write him and encourage him to support this bill moving forward.     http://www.capitol.tn.gov/senate/members/s27.html

    I was right the first time.  It will move to the full Criminal Justice Committee in the house.   Senate bill has still not been placed on calendar.  

    Maybe that's the problem... Personally, I don't care for lobbyists.  I have very strong opinions about them.  And I certainly don't feel that lobbyist groups like the NRA represent my interests.       However, in this one instance, I concede that this legislation likely wouldn't exist without KnifeRights involvement.  

      Just got voted on.  Can't hear the vote in the feed they give but it did pass without much issue.  It will now move to full committee (I think).   Senate version hasn't yet been placed on calendar.         *Edit: Ritter said that it will go to House Finance Ways and Means next.  Regardless, still a lot of committees and votes to go! 

    The bill last year was neutered down to just a preemption bill.  So this year, we are trying again.  

Dip would eat aluminum, yes. 

    Probably more lead than powder.  The carbon tends to come off a bit easier and when I scrape this with a knife, it looks just like lead.   Aluminum, which is why I went this way instead of trying the dip.  Its a one piece "monocore."

My can has been dirty for a long time. Been trying to clean it since I bought it but nothing has worked (its a third hand unit). So I decided to try soda blasting. A buddy was kind enough to let me dirty up his driveway and use his compressor and we gave it a go. These are a couple of shots of the can before trying the blaster. That second one is a bad shot but you can see the build up a little bit on that first baffle. I had actually cut a lot of it off with a razor blade before though. This is the first blaster that I tried. And here are a few shots that I took after using it. I found that for one, that small hopper was a nightmare. And two, the blaster was made for larger media which also didn't help any. But I did make some progress. This is a shot of the back of the baffles. The little blaster worked pretty good on them. But I knew I wasn't going to make any real progress that way. So I went bought a better blaster. At least the hopper was larger. And I was hoping the interchangeable nozzles would help but I bought the wrong ones. And after a half hour or so yesterday, this is what I have now. You can see that there is still a bit of buildup in a few baffles but I was having a hard time with those. That might just be too much for soda to get. I might have to try a more aggressive media. Regardless, I'm pretty happy. Here is one more picture. This is the inside of the blast baffle. All that silver that you see was completely black. I actually didn't know it was silver until I started blasting it.

    Correct.   For those wanting to keep up, the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee meets tomorrow at 3 pm.  You can watch at the link below.     http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/videowrapper/default.aspx?CommID=870010

Still just committees and subcommittees for now. I won't be pleasantly surprised until it's signed on the governors desk.

I'm not confident either. I don't trust the TSA. And I don't trust the group from Memphis.

For good reason. They are my favorite auto company.

House version was finally put on calendar.      Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/18/2014

    Saw you (assume it was you) in session yesterday. 

Passed Judiciary committee 6-1-1 and will move to the Calendar committee.  

Passed Judiciary committee 6-1-1 and will move to the Calendar committee.  

Today at 3:30.  You can watch video at the following link.       http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/schedule/default.aspx?type=senate

    Today at 3:30.  You can watch video at the following link.     http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/schedule/default.aspx?type=senate

    Thank you Mac.  That was a great read.  You are much more eloquent than I could hope to be.  I think we may see things similarly.  Thank you for posting.             I have had the pleasure of meeting Mike personally a couple of times.  Mike is a good guy.  He was more than likely just trying to keep me in check.   I apologize to everyone if you thought I was trying to call out the entire membership.  That was not my intention.  But if the shoe fits, then I meant it one hundred percent.  I apologize for coming across harshly.  But I have tried in several threads to spark intelligent intercourse and my posts are overlooked or ignored.  My questions never being answered.  Every time one of these starts up, I become more and more aggravated with that fact.  So when I got to this one I was just a bit overcome.  I may have worded things poorly and thats on me.  

You misunderstand my posts. It wasn't aimed the forum as a whole and I refuse to call anyone out specifically. My mother used to tell me that if it doesn't apply to you, ignore it. Probably would have worked well here. I'm honestly not interested in having the last word. I just wanted my point understood and I believe that my post above is about as good as it's going to get from me. I am no wordsmith.

I used to like it here a lot. I posted a lot and got a lot from this place. Something changed. Not necessarily the board or anyone else. It could have been me. But I realized that there are only a couple of forums with information relevant to my interests anymore and I try to stay in them. Knives for instance. NFA for another. But every once in a while I find myself in general. Where there never fails to be a thread with someone calling all black people criminals. Or perhaps it's about the terrorists in the Middle East. Everyone in that region is a terrorist. No exceptions. Or maybe a thread about all the gays and the "gay agenda." Just constant non stop intolerant threads. And it's not just here. Every gun forum seems to have the same. Do I like it here!? I don't know. I don't dislike it. But I do dislike the level of hate that spews in every thread about anyone that isn't a white 'merican. So the best thing for me is to probably just remember to stay away from everything but the blades tools section and I'll likely get on just fine.

That preconceived notion is based on the posts made by others in threads similar to this. So while I might not know them, I do know they have a habit of posting bigoted comments. So I win again. Had fun playing.

    You are going to have to point it out because I'm not whining.  I'm just telling you all what I think of you.