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... its a shame we can't make a prepperfest to share our skills, because I'd happily run workshops on navigation and preserve making Unfortunately, due to the perception that some industries have of prepping, I could see a prepperfest having more camera crews & journalists in attendance than ac...

Ore mining & refining moving on to metalworking/smithing

plant lore & forestry moving on to farming/wood management

archery & bowyery moving on to hunting/defence

Not for us mind you, for our childrens children, scavenging in the aftermath of shtf will not last forever

Exactly a Mr Bowman says, go for a takedown recurve, you can find plenty of ilf risers & limbs on Evilbay, probably much better quality. Just get a string or two, some of the cheap fibreglass arrows & you're away, for about the same money

Amber_Leith wrote:Easy money really.

Sell your house as a retreat, move down the road, when the SHTF stroll back knowing a prepper with money has been stocking up for you

You're a cynic you are! Great idea though

So, you have a steel plate, of unknown composition, nearly 1/4" thick & you're thinking of making a machete out of it? I say go ahead :D If you're gonna use heat to profile it (oxyacetelyne/oxypropane or plasma cutter) make sure you allow 1-2mm because of decarb which will have to be ground...

The handles on a multi-tool that prevent the blade from closing is a mechanism & therefore it is a lock knife, whether the "proper" lock has been disabled or not. I'll concede that the OP has complied with the spirit of s139 & that would go a long way with PC Plod, but there's stil...

Show me the definition of "foldable" doesn't mean "able to completely be closed without release by mechanism" & I will be willing to concede, but until then, at least err on the side of caution, especially when it's advice that may see someone arrested by following it. We liv...

Please understand that I do not wish to come across as argumentative, but, in UK law, there is little room for "in my opinion" or "as far as I'm concerned" or indeed "I would say" If a folding pocket knife is incapable of being folded at all times, then it is no longer ...

Manclife wrote:I guessing you didn't read the bit where he said it no longer locks.

The OP states that although he has rendered the "locking mechanism" inoperable, does the fact that the handles prevents the blade from being closed whilst in use make it a locking knife? Yes it does!