They probably made the bayonets that were used in the revolution! -----Original Message----- From: modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jesse Livingston Sent: 24 June 2006 15:55 To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [modeleng] Re: Filing, now O/T--Daggers & stuff Al, You ever heard of "thinking ahead"? Just think of all the love that you are putting into that nice soldier's knife so keep on filing. Is the blade stainless? Needs to be so it won't be sullied by any Muslim blood. At one time about 35 years ago I thought of selling knife making parts. I wrote to several knife making firms in Germany and England and inquired about obtaining forged and tempered blades to go with an assortment of brass guards I had made match plates for. Decided not to do it and talked Turner Kirkland into selling blades and other parts. For years I supplied him with various authentic guards I copied from historic Bowie knives. It got to be a bother so I finally quit supplying the guard parts. What was interesting to me were the letterheads of the firms I was writing to. Stuff like " founded in 1600" or "250 years in business". Heck all of these places were in business before our revolution! REDNECK Tennessean MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.