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05-29-2011, 09:10 PM #1Avoiding RAD... 1 razor @ a time
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Anvil Shooting
Not sure if this belongs here or in the workshop forum
Was looking through some restore pics from gssixgun and saw his anvil... it reminded me of this.
Given the appreciation of older things and the wide range of members here I thought someone might enjoy seeing another "older" past-time still being pursued...
Anvils Away : CoolestOne.ComDon't do anything you wouldn't want to explain to the paramedics!
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05-29-2011, 09:43 PM #2Senior Member
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that's more fun than a black trash bag full of propane.
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05-29-2011, 09:50 PM #3
Haha! Like it...!
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05-29-2011, 10:12 PM #4Senior Member
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As he's World Champion , I wonder how many other nations take part. Imagine the fun travelling with an anvil or two, especially at the baggage check in.
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05-29-2011, 10:40 PM #5May your bone always be well buried
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I would find a better use for one myself.
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COOL! Explosions Rock!
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05-30-2011, 12:05 AM #7Nic by name not by nature
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Say the words Gay Wilkinson to a brit and this is the kind of thing we would think of
As Wilkinson Sword is the UK (maybe European) branding of SchickRegards
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05-30-2011, 12:53 AM #8illegitimum non carborundum
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I was not very surprised to see that this occurred in Missouri!
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05-30-2011, 06:22 AM #9aka shooter74743
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Reminds me of the juvenile days of filling a balloon full of acetylene and if you were really daring add a bit of oxygen to it and lighting a torch, then dragging the torch towards it until....BOOOOOM! Shop teacher eventually got to where he didn't even investigate!
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I hear quite a substantial part of the world isn't in World Series baseball.
Originally Posted by welshwizard
Anvil shooting used to be done by putting a rather smaller amount of black powder in the hardy hole, the hole near the blunt end of the top surface in which punches could be inserted. The trouble was that it was nearer one end than the other, and so imparted a violent turning movement on takeoff. That is where anvils with a broken beak come from, as one struck against the other. As anvils are made to withstand the greatest impact a blacksmith's muscles can impart, it shows how much energy gunpowder, properly or improperly harnessed, can deliver.
I suppose with anvils, unlike many another thing, you can't surreptitiously dispose of it to conceal your embarrassment.
Some adventurers dispensed with a fuse, and relied on a thin trail of gunpowder sandwiched between the surfaces of the anvil. That sounds like they ought to have had their heads examined, and nowadays would very possibly get it.
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