Yeah, I'd be great if Tarja re-joined Nightwish. Anette's ok I guess, but I prefer Taja.

Excellent pic, thanks.

...now go for the close up..... :p


You need to realize that if you are too lazy/prima-donna-ish to look up the whole story, you are going to miss things and you're gonna get called on it. We -the regulars- have plenty of pictorial and non-pictorial evidence that big sarge is straight up.

Bring it!

Evidence is not proof. And where is this "evidence?" Show me.

Yes, but how can you be sure that's me?

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You mock me because you know a picture and a few stats can't ultimately prove a person is who he/she says he/she is.

I think we all know there are people on the 'net who aren't truthful about who they are.

Ya know, yer right Zippy, I am stupid...cuz I keep coming back here.

Nope, do your own homework. You don't believe he is who he says he is, that's fine with me, me... carry on on the stoopit train.

As for your pic, you get pissed off when we don't trust you and pissed off when we do (even if we ask for further corroboration). Perhaps you should just piss of all together and we'd all be happy. maybe except Dana whose lame duck/asshole collection apparently needs a little bolstering.

Of course, it's interesting to me that during this entire back and forth, plus all the drauk I've posted in the past, leaving and coming back, and so forth and forsooth, that not once have ya'll realized I've just been messing with ya'. :)

I for one was fooled

I just don't understand why you get so angry.

And sharp things
http://www.agrussell.com/boker-apple...n/p/BOhhhAF11/

I was totally taken in. And now I'm guffawing. What a jolly jape.

OK, I really am done with the fish in a barrel now.

I done a good job, huh? Now, shall we get back on topic?

Here's another fantasy weapon:

I don't get angry. I just type angry.


Nice.

That clears somethings up.

moar:
http://www.icollector.com/The-Book-o...Props_i9220519

1. 9th Century Anglo-Saxon. Bet this was gorgeous when it was made. The swirls on the blade would have made it look all but alive.

2. This decorative pommel is from the Grimston sword.

3. This is what the blades would have looked like when they were first forged: this replica was forged in the same way and using the same materials used by the Anglo-Saxons.

You mean it's a ...











... forgery? :haha:

http://www.rosetown.org.nz/images/BBQ.jpg

I guess technically it's not a weapon, but probably more practical than those over ornamented daggers and swords. Theres a big thing for them here in the US, which I can never fathom.

Big Sarge - Stay safe and bring 'em all home.

Certainly nothing useful. Heck if you plunged it into something your hand would hit the sharp bottom of the decorative bat. Inversely there are sharp edges on the other side. Seems useless to me. If one were to fantasize, it really ought not to be about a sword anyway.

Are you sure that date is right? It looks a lot like damascus steel, but it's too early for that.

The first two pics are from museum sites. The first one is dated to 9th century. The last pic is of a replica, so that's modern :P But it was made using the same technique they'd have used. Probably looks like damascus steel because it was 'pattern welded'.

Anglo-Saxon swords, like Viking swords, used to have very distinctive whorls and swirls down the blade because of the way in which they were forged: they twisted rods of metal around each other then beat them down, reheated them and twisted again, then beat them flat. It would take many metal rods to create the blade.

I think we've covered this. The term "fantasy weapon" should be a clue.

Ok, here's a real one:

Why would one fantasize about a USELESS weapon?

Lots of guys do! ;)

lol - touche'

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Oh, I dunno. Maybe cuz they LOOK COOL.

Oh I see so perception is everything - gotcha.

Owwww! I think I broke something whilst laughing at that joke

*blinks*

The AC-130H is a fantastic weapons platform. What really sucks are the limitations placed on their operations due to the MANPAD threat.

...snicker.. I said "MANPAD"...snicker..

I try to learn something new every day (useful or not). I wiki'd MANPAD. Interesting read. THANK YOU, SGT!

I loves me the Spector. Saved many a day over the years.

When I was on AD we got to tour a few. They really did an awesome job taking a C-130 platform and teching it up.

I have a set of these babies. Still in the box. They look cool even when zip-tied to the cardboard.

sweet.

Heheh, somebody sharpened a bass clef!

Speaking of blades, one of Popdigr's friends made this for him about almost thirty-five yrs ago. (Looks like Pop didn't do a bang-up job of cleaning last time.)

You can sharpen a note, you can sharpen an octave, but you absolutely cannot sharpen a clef.

This knife was made in India during the late 1700s. It's for cutting the excess patch on a muzzle loading rifle, and was used by the Nepalese Royal Guard, until the introduction of cartridge loading rifles around 1840/1850.

I like your patch knife. I enjoy knives with a history to them. Here are a few knives I had to sell to make ends meets after the incident with the ex.

This would make a lot of sense if it turns out that moose and deer have suddenly acquired an industrial base and upgraded themselves to mechanized infantry. If the deer are driving around in APC's, then a vulcan round is an absolute must.

Why not just buy a LAW? It's only one shot, but you wouldn't need to use meat grinder afterwards.:sniper:

More than anything, a Destructive Device is a great investment. Many of these weapons have increased in value more than 100 fold since the 1990's when importartion restrictions were emplaced. When the Assault Weapon band went into effect, I made a nice bundle by trading my pre-ban guns. I'm betting on a similar trend looking at the restrictions being placed on .50 cal rifles

I'm having a hard enough time believing that it's legal to buy that. Also, who the heck legally supplies 20mm rounds to the civilian market? If they do, they must cost something like $10 per round.

You're out of touch, richlevy, all your neighbors have them. :haha:

:cool:

I dunno. Looks good to me.

Rich - you can own a 20mm or even a howitzer as long as you have the Destructive Device tax stamp which comes after a rigorous background check & local law enforcement approval. The 20mm Vulcan ammo is $9.50 for training ammo & $15.00 per tracer. If you handload, you can bring it down to around $5.00

Some people question why someone needs one. The same can be said for a Ferrari. LOL

That's an interesting loophole. So someone could get approval from the sheriff's department in Backwoods, Arkansas to purchase it and then move to Philadelphia. As long as the buyer doesn't act as a straw purchaser and sell to someone else, is there anything the cops in Philly can do to keep a cannon out of their neighborhood?

Why, do you think someone is going to do that to shoot their neighbor, or rob a Wawa, when it's much easier to just use a shotgun/pistol?

No loophole. I didn't make myself clear. You Tax Stamp for the weapon is issued by the Treasury Department after the backgroundinvestigation and approval by the ATF. The local law enforcement approval is in addition to the Federal approval. You cannot transfer the weapon to another individual without going through a specially licensed dealer and the new owner going through the same process.

People who own these weapons have been vigorously cleared and the weapons are closely tracked. I have never heard of a legally owned NFA weapon being used in a crime.

Well, it'd be hard to hide under your coat.

I think the question was not about selling the weapon on to someone else, but the same owner moving to the jurisdiction of a different local law enforcer - do they have to get approval from their new local authority, or does the old approval transfer?

Just curious - suppose you do get one of these monsters ... then what? I could imagine a few fun afternoons blowing shit away on a firing range, but aside from a rather expensive kind of fun, what else could you do with it?

Why collect cars you can't drive? Why collect teapots you can't make tea in?

I did think of one use ... you know the eccentric English gentleman who built a giant trebuchet which hurls burning pianos?


Skeet shooting.


Burning piano. Giant gun. Boom.
Okay, now I understand.

Ok. My misunderstanding. To travel with any National Firearm Act weapon or even to move your residence to another state, you must have prior approval by the ATF (BATFE).

These large bore weapons are used in long range competitions. There is also a big machinegun/cannon shoot every year in KY. Like I mentioned earlier, a primary reason for owning these is the investment value.

Nonsense, the primary reason is boner value. :lol2:

Are our soldiers becoming borg?

Future Weapons - Soldier of the future

:borg:

Thats nice stuff.

Just so long as their training includes being without. Hacking, jamming, EMP, and other countermeasures come to mind. Also, a larger and larger amount of the electronics used by our military are made outside of the US, by countries we may be in conflict with, directly or indirectly, in the future. Can you imagine a chip in a networked wireless system crashing on receipt of a coded signal?