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Daniel Uhrenholt
Tue Nov 30 2010, 10:25AM
Daniel Uhrenholt Registered Member #125 Joined: Fri Feb 10 2006, 01:52PM
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Dalus wrote ...


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Tell me Dalus,

Where did you get that Toroid? And what is the size of it?

I have been looking for an source for toroids here in Europe for the last decade or so smile

Cheers, Daniel
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Killa-X
Wed Dec 01 2010, 01:28AM
Killa-X Registered Member #1643 Joined: Mon Aug 18 2008, 06:10PM
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Well, I always had a like for cutting sheet foil into stars and throwing cards...Then pratice throwing them into wood targets at range. Sadly, being made of aluminum, they bent a lot, and eventually broke after unbending so much. So, I decided to get into the real stuff. For now, I just bought 2 throwing stars, and 1 throwing knife. Later I plan to get the razor throwing cards, and some other style knife/stars.

Specs:
Star - 4.5 inches from tip to tip. ($4.99)
Weight -- 66grams
Body thickness -- 4mm
Metal: Stainless Steel 440C
Coatings: Titanium then Spectrum coat

Knife - 6.25 inches long ($7.99)
Single-blade front
weight - 78 grams
Body thickness -- 3mm
Metal: Tempered steel

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The knife is sharp, but factory isnt really sharp. The stars is made to be point sharp, not sides. But the sides are angled so you have a choice to razor them. I did a drop test, from 4ft, to see how far the knife went in. It fell straight, as these are made to throw. So, In all, Happy with what I got. Love them!!! Just a break from HV/electronics.
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rp181
Wed Dec 01 2010, 03:27AM
rp181 Registered Member #1062 Joined: Tue Oct 16 2007, 02:01AM
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just dont take it to school :)
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Arcstarter
Wed Dec 01 2010, 03:40AM
Arcstarter Registered Member #1225 Joined: Sat Jan 12 2008, 01:24AM
Location: Beaumont, Texas, USA
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Yea, some kid at my brother's middle school in the 6th grade brought a gun to school because of bullies. Needless to say, he was in juvenile haul for awhile, and i bet that did nothing but turn him bad.

And Killa, don't cut yourself with them... Oh wait, you already did!
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Renesis
Wed Dec 01 2010, 03:44PM
Renesis Registered Member #2028 Joined: Mon Mar 16 2009, 08:13PM
Location: Norway
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1291217786 2028 FT6000 Fixings 12


We used to make ninja stars out of these spike plates used in timber construction. Not particularly sharp, but heavvy enough to really embed themselves in a board or a tree.
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Killa-X
Thu Dec 02 2010, 03:22AM
Killa-X Registered Member #1643 Joined: Mon Aug 18 2008, 06:10PM
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I made stars and cards out of sheet alum, works good.

But I expected to damage something. and I already damaged the knife. Lesson learned. First, Tempered steel, makes a weak blade Dropping to 4ft, made the razor thin tip bend a little at pressed wood. Stuck, but bent. Seeing its tempered, it breaks if you unbend it. I stupidly was throwing these without using any form of CARPET coverting. I went a centimeter off the board, and hit right at the foot of the board. Which hit my carpet, hitting concrete. I pull it up, it stuck. Great, I bent it. Now I have a 2mm wide flat tip. I did a fast angle cut to it. it still works GREAT and goes into wood with little to no effort at all. Despite the no-tip ugly blade, it still works. Now I know to either buy stainless or put down at LEAST cardboard...The stars are stainless, the tips are still razor sharp after a ton of throws into a hardwood benchtop. Nothing bending despite how fine pointed they are. I was told, stainless is REALLY hard to bend without heating it by like Welding?

So I did some light throwing from 6ft just to see if the knife is now a peice of crap, or good. I think, seeing i didn't throw hard at all, its good still! Just looks bad. But I expected this. It was my first throwing knife, I expected this to be full of dents by time I was done practicing. It was far too big of a broken tip to re-point it. Chisels was my only choice.


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Steve Conner
Thu Dec 02 2010, 10:19AM
Steve Conner Registered Member #30 Joined: Fri Feb 03 2006, 10:52AM
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Posts: 6706
I got a fisheye lens for my Pentax DSLR! smile

I've always wanted one, but Pentax's own was far too expensive. I recently found out about the Samyang 8mm one, which is less than half the price of the Pentax one and gets very good reviews.

It's also sold in Canon, Nikon and Sony/Minolta mounts, and rebranded under various names like Bowen, Falcon, Pro-Optic etc.

It has a remarkably solid metal body. Only the lens hood and aperture ring are plastic. The quality of the lens coatings is beautiful. The Pentax body recognizes it and gives auto exposure, though the focus is manual. (This might be different for Canon, Nikon etc. versions.)


1291285184 30 FT6000 Imgp1986
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brtaman
Thu Dec 02 2010, 04:06PM
brtaman Registered Member #2161 Joined: Fri Jun 05 2009, 03:36PM
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Nice fisheye shot.

On a side note, bet that PRS sounds great through the tweed, eh?
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Mads Barnkob
Thu Dec 02 2010, 04:15PM
Mads Barnkob Registered Member #1403 Joined: Tue Mar 18 2008, 06:05PM
Location: Denmark, Odense C
Posts: 1968
Steve McConner wrote ...

I've always wanted one, but Pentax's own was far too expensive. I recently found out about the Samyang 8mm one, which is less than half the price of the Pentax one and gets very good reviews.

It's also sold in Canon, Nikon and Sony/Minolta mounts, and rebranded under various names like Bowen, Falcon, Pro-Optic etc.

did you buy it on ebay? I see there is 200£ ones from Poland.... Might be a christmas present for myself... and a tele lens... and and... :)

Comparing it to a sigma lens, double price, it would come with auto focus and 1/3 minimum focus distance.
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Steve Conner
Thu Dec 02 2010, 04:32PM
Steve Conner Registered Member #30 Joined: Fri Feb 03 2006, 10:52AM
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Posts: 6706
Yes, but don't worry, I didn't put chrome corners on an original Tweed Fender :) It's a homebuilt clone: Link2

Mads: I got it on Ebay from 360 Tactical VR. They're based near Glasgow and it arrived the next morning. :)

Autofocus is kind of pointless on a fisheye lens, but the shorter minimum focus distance might be nice.
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