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When I was there (82/83) The national drink was Myers rum and Ting. It was different to the Myers you found outside Jamaica. in 82 there was a crisis because of the Ting shortage! And then there was PeeWee's, Rick's Cafe and the Revolution Lounge. And then the tourists took over. Some of my friends ...

The talk and description of the Swine Feather brought back a memory of an instrument I saw carried in Jamaica when I lived there. It was similar to a 20 inch swagger stick with about 16 inch of blade that could come out from the front. They were pretty crude and obviously home made. I saw them carri...

(with my jimping tongue in my jimping cheek) Why would people in the 1300's want a folding knife? They had no pockets in their clothes back then. That just occured to me. Good point, but the Romans didn't have pockets either and they had folding knives. Another justification for a folding knife wou...

Thanks for the replies guys. But now I'm a little confused about nomenclature. To me a blackjack is a small truncheon, leather covered with usually lead on the head and a spring shaft. In my youth these were freely available to passengers on the London Underground railway in all carriages. They just...

What is the advantage of a blackjack/springbilly over a standard truncheon? Is it that it hits harder or muffles the blow so it doesn't break bone?

Swine's feather: It was used as a gun rest for the early guns. The spike was for planting in the ground to brace it. Certainly devestating if used for hand to hand combat, and, certainly in the spirit of the classic stilleto switchblade. I'm going to London next week for a couple of days, if I can f...

I spend a good part of my working time in front of a computer screen and I take a break from it by visiting different forums on subjects I'm interested in. Cars, guns, knives, watches etc. I find that there are ass-holes and good people in all of them. Some forums seem to attract more than their fai...

That bazooka trick can also be done with gas pipes. Cutting tennis balls in half and tipping in some other material on top is also an option.

"There ain't many problems a man can't solve with $700 and a 30.06" There's some truth to that but I need your advice on one problem. Sometimes I get an itch right in the middle of my back where I can't reach it. Now, should I grab the .30-06 by the stock and scratch myself with the front sight or ...

I have one ex who was human and civilised one week a month - go figure!

"There ain't many problems a man can't solve with $700 and a 30.06"

Don't remember the source but I love the quote.

My e-mails are still being bounced, but we've got communication through pms.

a few years back i had the police at my house due to a wild party,with all my knives on display they felt it was best to take them and said i could pick them up the following day.when i went down to claim them they had told me sorry they had already been dissposed of must of slipped through the cra...

Mors, your explanation of the use of the misericordia makes a lot more sense than the usual one of it being used for the coup de grace (friends as well as foes). Which always seemed out of character with my understanding of medieval/renaissance mores.

THAT is why H&H made the .600 N.E. :wink: A well-experienced White Hunter was once asked by one of his students why he used a .600 nitro express for EVERYTHING...... His answer was..... " Because they don't bloody-well MAKE a .700 nitro express" A man after my own heart that guy... 8) Best wishes T...