Yep, I Tumble Bullets.

[Lonewolf74]

I want to try that knife sharpening with stones and stropping. At present i content myself watching videos of others doing that when my insomnia is being a pest. Helps my brain turn off haha.

Nothing gets me ready for bed like sharpening a good knife or broadhead with a glass of whiskey and watching a hunting show!

Takes some time before you can do it by feel and not watch what your doing though

 

[Calvin45]

Nothing gets me ready for bed like sharpening a good knife or broadhead with a glass of whiskey and watching a hunting show!

Takes some time before you can do it by feel and not watch what your doing though

I'm not sure I'm the kind of person who should EVER be doing something with a knife and not looking!

Add whiskey to that equation and I suspect my ability to count using my fingers would swiftly diminish .

@BFD 2.0 can try it

 

[Calvin45]

Nothing gets me ready for bed like sharpening a good knife or broadhead with a glass of whiskey and watching a hunting show!

Takes some time before you can do it by feel and not watch what your doing though

Also how many fingers do you have? Just curious….

 

[DoneNOut]

Nothing gets me ready for bed like sharpening a good knife or broadhead with a glass of whiskey and watching a hunting show!

Takes some time before you can do it by feel and not watch what your doing though

I'm there too. I can feel the perfect spot of the edge on the strop. Don't even need to look 3/4 of the time.

 

[Lonewolf74]

Also how many fingers do you have? Just curious….

All there my friend…but my instinct to catch a knife or broadhead as I drop it has drawn blood a time or two!

 

[General RE LEE]

I will say the mirror like shine of a sharp edge after a fine stone and strop is one of the finer things in life.

 

[Mr. Magoo]

What is Cold TIG Welding? Uses, Benefits, Costs - Beginner Welding Guide

In this post, I'll explain what cold welding is and its process, benefits and drawbacks. I will also list some welders that perform cold welding.

beginnerweldingguide.com

That article has a whole bunch of BS. The dude just flat out doesnt know what he's talking about and mischaracterizes a bunch of stuff. For some reason people on the internet have started propagating the 'cold welding' myth and have even heavily edited welding videos to make you think there's little to no heat involved. Make no mistake, spot welding is done with heat and the only reason it works is because the metal is hot enough to become liquid for a split second.

I will say this- I think what y'all are talking about with regards to bulet to case sticking is from galvanic corrosion due to a combination of dissimilar metals in direct contact with each other, and an electrolyte in between (salt in the sweat from your fingers), accelerated by exposure to humidity.

I've not had it happen to me but I'm in a dry climate.

Want to keep it from happening? Wear gloves when seating bullets, and brush some graphite powder in the neck.

 

[Moondoggie]

I do the exact opposite, I dull everything with scotch brite,

Go play more then. All work and no play makes Bean a dull boy...

I dull everything with scotch too!

 

[Moondoggie]

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I just tilted my tablet to make it lean again…

 

[DoneNOut]

All there my friend…but my instinct to catch a knife or broadhead as I drop it has drawn blood a time or two!

Maybe that's the whisky...

For upkeep of an edge, and not creating one...I abandoned the wet stones in favor of the various grit ceramic rods. I follow that up with black/course compound on a roughed up and furry leather strop. Then I do naked furry stropping, followed by flat blade, spine touching flat, stopping on a Norwex Envirocloth. The Norwex is a high end microfiber infused with silver strands.

I got a visit from the FBI after the Dept of Energy detected low yield atom splitting as I was waving my knives through the air...

 

[Calvin45]

Maybe that's the whisky...

For upkeep of an edge, and not creating one...I abandoned the wet stones in favor of the various grit ceramic rods. I follow that up with black/course compound on a roughed up and furry leather strop. Then I do naked furry stropping, followed by flat blade, spine touching flat, stopping on a Norwex Envirocloth. The Norwex is a high end microfiber infused with silver strands.

I got a visit from the FBI after the Dept of Energy detected low yield atom splitting as I was waving my knives through the air...

Norwex!?!? My wife is always giving me **** for using her precious norwex cloths for things other than what she bought them for…

Hmmmm….

This should be fun!

 

[DoneNOut]

Norwex!?!? My wife is always giving me **** for using her precious norwex cloths for things other than what she bought them for…

Hmmmm….

This should be fun!

My wife sells it. I have my own Norwex. Problem averted. I also established the agreement that unless we are looking at cardboard box living, I don't need permission to buy anything. I wish more fellers would do that.

 

[338 dude]

My wife sells it. I have my own Norwex. Problem averted. I also established the agreement that unless we are looking at cardboard box living, I don't need permission to buy anything. I wish more fellers would do that.

Never had a problem with my better half! 32+ years

 

[skipglo]

Have you personally witnessed cold weld? I haven't. I've only read about it on the forums. I've pulled bullets from milsurp cans made in the 70-80s. No cold weld. I recently pulled bullets from ammo I made 10yrs ago. No cold weld.

Maybe it's too warm where you are!