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   From: haggisz@hotmail.com   
      
   Rusty Hinge wrote:   
   > rigger wrote:   
   >   
   >> That said I've never had a lock on a Spyderco fail either   
   >> so, unless someone like Cliff can test a bunch of these   
   >> to come to a statistical conclusion it's more a matter of   
   >> what appears strong to you (although I'd avoid cheap   
   >> lockers, which I _have_ had fail).   
   >   
   > Indeed: I had a cheap Chinese one which I bought beause my better one   
   > had a blade which was a sizteenth of an inch longer than what was   
   > permissable to carry (at the time) and I wasn't going to grind it down   
   > to suit some asses in Parliament.   
   >   
   > The blade of my chapo one bent and the bar which locked the blade   
   > followed suit, with a zig-zag blade sticking up twenty degrees from the   
   > proper position.   
   >   
   > I have it somewhere, waiting for me to build my forge, and to find the   
   > right materials for making Damascus steel for a new blade.   
      
      
      
   Could you describe the process you are going to use to make your   
   Damascus blade?   
      
      
   >   
   > The locking bar is easy to make from an annealed file - it shouldn't   
   > need any heat treatment, but if it does, I can.   
   >   
      
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