Mark@Sea

Eagles, Morgans, Peace dollars, rounds, a bar or two, Walking Liberties (Prettiest Coin Ever). Buying one or two a payday cuts out my bar money (not entirely a bad thing) and is a reasonable hedge against a weimar scenario. Tinfoil Beanie crazy? Only if you think that the laws of supply and demand somehow don't apply to US currency...

I haven't really thought about it yet... I just got into this. I could certainly do it when I get home. I left my stamps and so forth at home, just picked up a side of leather, a pack of needles and thread, and some snaps, etc. so I could fiddle with it at work.

Well, I was very pleasantly surprised! Actually, the belt loop is pretty generic - it will fit anything with a handle an inch and a half wide... I've made up ten, and 14 blade covers this week. I'll get a dremel today and stitch them, and get them in the mail to Sue.

Check your PM's...

Mike, it is along the same lines as "If you don't have anything to hide, you won't mind us searching your car/bags/house/body. Besides, it's for your own protection." I hear and see that a lot these days.

A good portion of the fee goes to pay the state employees hired to process the application.

Sure thing. I have a frontier hawk I did a nice sheath for - it wraps around the poll, the top blade edge has a flap. With the shape of the Norse, a strap might be a better idea... with the top edge sewn shut, the sheath extended to wrap around the poll, and a strap going under the belly of the blade, it would slide down and out... I think that would work, anyway. Would you rather do it differently?

I'll talk to Sue about it... if they do well, free shipping could happen. Hey, thanks for the compliment. These are first attempts, I started with leatherworking because I wanted a sheath for my trail hawk. I've made a couple more since then, they seem to be improving. Working on this one at the moment...

Uh huh. Thats' about right.

I've done one custom sheath for a buddy here in Norfolk - one of those gimmicky klingon knives... what a pain in the patoot that was! But if you have something you want a sheath for... trace the blade, tell me about what you want (shape, color, retaining strap?, crossdraw?), and mail the tracing to Sue. I'll make it when I get home in April.

Well, the priority mail envelope is a one-price. I (well, Sue - she has them listed) can stuff a set or two in the same envelope. First class mail is weight priced, so it might come out about even for a single sheath, maybe a few cents less... These things aren't rocks, but they are fairly heavy duty. At any rate, Sue sold some stuff before Christmas and depended on E-bays' first-class postage calculator. She ended up losing money because the shipping was way underpriced. After figuring in the e-prey and paypal charges, and the leather cost, ten bucks is only three bucks over break-even. I'm hoping it will do a little better than that, or it isn't worth the time. If you want one, OS, hold off a couple weeks. I'm doing a few sets up special. Heck, I'll even do one up for the stone axe you doubtless had as a boy

The Doc-in-the-box option goes away once O-care is fully implemented.

Thanks... got em on e-bay now, will see if making them is worth the trouble...

I got the leather from the Tandy store in Richmond. My ship is in the body and fender shop in Norfolk; I drove up on a Friday. I'm thinking $10 and shipping per piece - that's for plain, not carved. $20 and shipping for the set - cover and carrier.

Well, except for 3 days home at Christmas, I've been in Norfolk. Can't say I haven't been tempted to try them out, but no... I have used 3 grades of Arkansas stone (I didn't care for the factory bevel), ceramic, and just now started stropping, though, so one has quite an edge. I hope to get a hiking trip in sometime in April, though, and will test them out. Picked up a Frontier Hawk, and I think I like the profile better... My pack has velcro loops for an ice axe or whatever, the 'hawk rides quite well there. The belthanger is for those times I'm not toting the pack. I hope to sell a few of these sheaths, recoup some of the cost for the leather and tools. The simple one with the strap around the belly of the blade is my personal favorite...

Well, mentioned I'd like one for Christmas, and word got around... Couldn't find a crown royal bag, so I decided to try my hand at leatherworking... Think I have the hang of it, if you need a sheath (blade cover) or belt hanger for the cold steel trail hawk, shoot me a pm...

Try different ammo. I tried a half dozen brands in my 452 before I settled on CCI Green Tag. It makes a dramatic difference in group size. I ended up scoping it, and could reliably hit a quarter sized spot at a hundred yards. They don't come much nicer; you've got yourself a fine rifle.

Boiling will work, but it is a pain in the butt and takes fuel.

Berkey for the house, MSR Miniworks for travel, steripen and (forget the name brand) inline filter for the backpack.

Any fans?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRvE_fNW_N0&feature=player_embedded

Climate policy has almost nothing to do anymore with environmental protection, says the German economist and IPCC official Ottmar Edenhofer. The next world climate summit in Cancun is actually an economy summit during which the distribution of the world’s resources will be negotiated.

AMTRAK is a gov't subsidiary. You could've counted on it being way too expensive and taking way too long. Want a funny? Check out timetables for steam passenger trains in the 40's and 50's. They were faster. And yep, the new procedures go too far... Not sure how I will deal with some guy sticking his hand down my pants and feeling me up.

You kids with your fancy new-fangled gadgets... Gotta love a Jeep!

Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic Many of the dramatic and unusual economic behaviors now associated with hyperinflation were first documented systematically in Germany: order-of-magnitude increases in prices and interest rates, redenomination of the currency, consumer flight from cash to hard assets, and the rapid expansion of industries that produced those assets. John Maynard Keynes described the situation in The Economic Consequences of the Peace: "The inflationism of the currency systems of Europe has proceeded to extraordinary lengths. The various belligerent Governments, unable, or too timid or too short-sighted to secure from loans or taxes the resources they required, have printed notes for the balance."