Let's see your knives - big and small.

Post by **kanwar76** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:56 pm

Mack The Knife Bana";p="8106 wrote:
Its a nice knife but can do with some more sharpening..
I will do it for you. Don't want you stropping at any old angle.

Mack The Knife

Thanks a lot Mack The Knife

-Inder
PS: You got the stuff?

Post by **Mack The Knife** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:29 pm

Nope. Going across tomorrow morning.

Mack The Knife

Olly · Post by **Olly** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:58 pm

Have this GERBER 650 folder.... rubberised grips and probably titanium blade....with lock...

Olly · Post by **Olly** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:19 pm

New and the contemporary.... an English Tournament Dart and a local Bhutanese Dart made of pipe, wood, plastic and iron... used to kill pheasants and small animals... very accurate and lethal...

Post by **Mack The Knife** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 8:01 pm

Have this GERBER 650 folder.... rubberised grips and probably titanium blade....with lock...

Anupam,

Why do you say "probably titanium blade"? Actually, you would be lucky if the blade was in 440C. Mind you, I don't know anything about this particular model.

That Bhutanese dart is quite interesting. Could you weigh it for me and tell me at what point along its length it balances?

Thanks.

Mack The Knife

TC · Post by TC » Sun Dec 24, 2006 1:41 am

Anupam, could you give some more details of how the Bhutanese dart is made

Its pretty interesting.

TC

Olly · Post by **Olly** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:05 am

Well, the Bhutanese Dart (have 2 of them) is made of a central piece of plumbing lead pipe (our normal water pipe). In its front side is the piece of iron 'stick' sharpened at one end and flat at the other. At the rear end of the pipe is a piece of bamboo shaft. Now the whole arrangement is tightly stuck together by hammering small pieces of bamboo sticks (very very tightly, like we do in a hammer) The rear end of the bamboo shaft is slit and instead of feathers, they've put in pieces of plastic cut nicely in the shape of feathers for the balanced flight... the extreme end is tied together by wire. What i've done is to paint the contraption to prevent rusting...

penpusher · Post by **penpusher** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:12 am

Anupam,

Very interesting and a good description.What dia pipe has been used.Have been to Bhutan.Stayed for about 2 weeks but never saw one of these but then when you are travelling you can't expect to see everything.

Mack The Knife,

So are there going to be Bhutanese darts flying around in Bangalore.IFG Bhutanese hunting darts any one

penpusher

Olly · Post by **Olly** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:33 am

The dia is approx. 2.4cm. It balances nearly at its mid-length position... don't have a weighing scale at hand to weigh it...

I was in Haa, Bhutan (this is only for Indian Army guys posted to IMTRAT, & their blood relations). I have witnessed the majestic grace of a leopard at about 10 mtrs, sitting in the middle of the road, wherein the orders are to for you to wait until it gets out of your way. Ofcourse all army men and even the locals are very well armed. However, the big cats do not attack people there, as their habitat is not intruded into and they have enough to eat other then people...

penpusher · Post by **penpusher** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:16 pm

Anupam,

It's good that the Bhutanese can rely on the Indian Army.Have seen the Bhutanese Army chaps at the Kings Palace in Thimpu and some NCC cadets are better than most of them.According to me the IOF SLR is not the best weapon for the Bhutias.Seems to be a bit too long and clumsy for them to handle properly.Then the Gurkha's in the Indian Army do well with it,so maybe that's not the problem.

All said and done, a beautiful country and people who are able to smile despite the poverty most live in.My favourite was the Paro valley.Felt like I was on the set of a Hollywood Western ,what with the entire town lined along one street.One country where one feels proud of what Indian Engineers,both Civil and Army,have been able to accomplish.

penpusher

Post by **Mack The Knife** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 2:16 pm

Mack The Knife,
So are there going to be Bhutanese darts flying around in Bangalore.

Why ever not. I used to make darts out of matchsticks, a sewing needle, some thread and card paper. And very good they were too.

Anupam,

Lead pipes for water, leave alone drinking water, went out with the dodo.

Mack The Knife

Olly · Post by **Olly** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 6:08 pm

penpusher,

I agree with you totally... an absolutely wonderful place and especially the country that is out of bounds for tourism... !!! The INSAS rifle is prevalent there... and I don't know why they need the guns in the first place ? The Indian Army is there in plentiful numbers... and it is a land locked country... The only time in my life when I have seen a road end abruptly is in Haa... the place is called Gum Thang... suddenly u find mountains all around you... and no way to go except retreat... ! The hydro-electricity project at Chukha is another wonder... the whole stuff is built into a huge mountain !!!! The king with his 4 wives is like a god to the Bhutias... I'll live with the memories...

Olly · Post by **Olly** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 6:10 pm

Mack The Knife,

I meant the galvanised zinc iron pipes !!

TC · Post by TC » Sun Dec 24, 2006 7:44 pm

Anupam, thanks for the nice description.. I had once made darts out of old paint brush...needles as Mack The Knife described and pieces of exposed 35 mm film as fins.... Used to work fine upto a range of 6/7 meters..

Bhutan is a beautiful country but never got an opportunity to visit although been to Sikkim and Nepal...

So long

TC

penpusher · Post by **penpusher** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 9:47 pm

project at Chukha is another wonder...

Built by Indians and when I visited,headed by one even though by then the control had passed over to the Bhutan govt.

The king with his 4 wives is like a god to the Bhutias

The 4 are sisters that he married in one go

especially the country that is out of bounds for tourism

Tourism is strictly regulated and the no. of tourists allowed to visit every year is also fixed.However this does not seem to apply to Indians.Except for the monastries in the Djongs and the Kings administrative office,which also houses a big monastery,I don't think any place is out of bounds for tourists allowed to enter the country.For that you need a special permit.

Incidentally,Judges sit in the court with a sword hanging from their waist.Instant justice

One of the judges told us a hilarious story.A prisoner was awarded the death by hanging.Nobody seemed to know how the death penalty was to be carried out.So they watched Hindi movies to see how prisoners are hanged

penpusher

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