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Getting the script on my chest re-worked by BJ Betts last night. Super cool guy and a great experience :D
Pix to come later when I can get my wife to take one!

Update, here's a before and after...

I think the girl been booted in the ass about enough. She said she gets it, so leave us all lighten up a tad.

Turns out that yes, I do. Some of it is on OV now.
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New Dave Lum stuff on OV. People driving 200 miles to wait all night for the chance of a walk-in. So rad.
http://occultvibrations.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/dave-lum-excerpt-walk-in-day/
Been a while re: new captured video, explanation is in the post.

i just started looking at knives and the range of stuff that's out there is nuts. better late than never, i guess! i'm keeping it fairly low budget (for now), currently carrying a SOG Trident Mini and a Kershaw Cryo is in the mail. i tend to have an addictive/collecting personality, so knowing that, my wife said, "you should just get ONE!" i'm already up to two (shhhhhhh!) and interweb surfing for more.
does anyone check out the EDC website that Jeff Crib mentioned in his LST interview? there's definitely some good stuff on there and it's influenced me to start carrying a flashlight too (fenix E05). again with the better late than never, i'm finally putting together a go bag. one of the first things i put in was dryer lint, per Jeff Crib's fire starting demonstration. after reading this thread, i'm strongly considering the addition of a ka-bar.
this forum's full of enablers!

FYI....I liked the story and info not that your friend got shot.

Normally I have to carry cash at least a hundred in NYC since it seems a lot of the places I frequent don't take card (aka 10 minimum at the bagel shop). Getting tattooed I usually withdraw a few hundred right before I walk in. Nothing feels worse than walking around with a stack of 20s

Very true, but at the speeds it runs, and in the close-quarters typically found in self-defense situations, hollow-points consistently fail to expand, whether because they are through the mass before they can, or because-and this is more common-they are clogged with textiles before they can.
I would never tell someone NOT to use a 9, it's strictly a personal preference thing. I saw a friend of mine take a 9mm Super-Vel sjhp centerpunchin the belly from about three feet. He doubled-up, ran down a flight of stairs, across two front yards, up two flights of stairs, and blew away the shooter with the .357 he recovered from his room. That kinda soured me on them. Saw some similar things over the years that reinforced that feeling, but again, it's strictly a matter of personal preference.

Tattoo by Chad Koeplinger done at Frith Street Tattoo in London, England
Filled up the spot nicely! (and quickly 2 Hours!)

done by me

bist Du Soldaten oder Polizei, oder Shweiz?
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Compliments of my pal Jimmy, known as JBW on the Enfield boards...
Brass/origin: Jamison/USA, Bertram/Australia, or reformed CBC-Magtech 24 gauge brass hulls/Brazil. All are Boxer primed. (CBC brass uses lg. pistol primers)
Powder: ffg (2f) black powder 75 to 85 grains by weight, or BP 2f substitute by VOLUME measure.The 577-450 doesn't care for lighter charges due to the bottleneck design.
Bullet: From .468 or .470 diameter. 405gr. or heavier. Again, the MH doesn't care for lighter weight bullets for reasonable ranges. Liquid alox lube prevents crud ringing when using sub-powders.
.458 to .460 diameter bullets need to be paper patched. Beeswax 'cookie' beneath the bullet for lube.
Overpowder filler: Carded wool, Cream of Wheat (COW), or shredded surgical cotton. Carded wool is difficult to locate in smaller amounts. COW compresses in the bottleneck (at least in my mind's eye) so I've been using sterile cotton. No oils or perfumes to contaminate the powder.
Shred apart and use enough to lightly fill the void. Contrary to popular opinion BP doesn't need to be compressed as tightly in a cartridge the same as in a muzzleloader.
There are no cheap loadings money-wise. Cartridge and needed components won't allow for it. However a "soft ball" load for under 75 yards for plinking and/or pest control cosists of using a .480 diameter swaged round ball in lieu of a bullet.
There is also a smokeless for black loading which I have never used. Different loading rules which involves IMR 4198. No data from me. Just a heads up in case you may be so inclined to persue that route. It's out there.

Not to start a forum war, but I seriously do NOT get why people say things like this. When I sold my Glock 27 (.40) and bought a Ruger LCP (.380) one of my friends made the lame-o comment along the lines of that's stupid, that's not a defensive round and it won't do anything! Really? Stand in front of my gun as I pull the trigger, you tell me.
I'm a photographer, there is an old saying the best camera is the one you have with you and this translates to carry weapons and self defense rounds. The only difference between a .22LR round and an AR-15 .223 round is .003 and more gun powder, the hole is virtually the same.
I enjoy the sport of shooting, hence the reason I bought a S&W AR-15-22. At the time 500 or 555 rounds cost $20-22 at Wal-Mart. I can shoot all day, my shoulder doesn't hurts and in the end, we're just putting holes in paper.
Last box of 50 target rounds I bought in .380 was $20, I can shoot twice as many with my CCW weapon for the same amount as those who prefer to carry .45. It's not all about saving $$, it's about having fun for me and also being as efficient and comfortable with a draw of a CCW as possible, based off muscle memory. If I can get there twice as fast for half as much money, I will.
To each their own. The reason anyone buys any one particular caliber over another, for personal or home defense, hunting, plinking, target shooting for the sport of it or compensating for other lacking areas of their life is on them. To say one caliber is junk over another is kind of an ignorant thing though.

I shouldn't be allowed outside without a chaperone. My girlfriend and I went out for lunch this afternoon. Since we were right around the corner from The Pearl in Toronto I decided to stop in and say hello. Just a few moments before we got there Tim Pausinger had a couple of last minutes cancellations. Perfect timing! I had a few ideas on my phone and after brief discussion Tim drew up a design and got to work. I had a tattoo done last week that was healing nicely and so I figured what the hell. Let's do it.
I've got another appointment on Friday, another on the 18th and two in April. I think I'll take a wee break at that point before beginning the work on my chest.

Just got this little pony from Bailey Robinson.

I will always do this show. I cant wait. I have a blast.

I've always been overweight, chubby or fat.
I have both arms covered and quite a bit of each leg tattooed - I love my tattoos. And beautiful tattoos look great on any size body!
From a personal standpoint, it is simply my vanity and insecurity that has kept me from getting my back, buttocks and ribs tattooed-- and that is because I wouldn't be comfortable naked in front of most people. My husband ( who is a tattooer will most probably be the one to tattoo my back and sides)
As a tattooer, I like big people with big tattoos and small people with big tattoos too>
Best of luck

ok, not going to win but i do wanna compete so i can say i did!
done by magnus tufvesson at american art in gothenburg sweden

Got tattooed by Matt Arriola at the West Texas Tattoo Conv. Super pumped on how this came out.

I'm throwing another old one in because this is fun! Sorry for the gratuitous man-boobs.
Andrew Conner. Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Andre is amazing. I really see a Leu influence in his composition, especially when it comes to dragons and water.

Can that guy ever do a bad spider?

I was thinking tebori as well..also Steve turner and Marie Sena would be cool. Looking forward to it

I was thinking tebori as well..also Steve turner and Marie Sena would be cool. Looking forward to it

Ill be going. Have no clue who I will get tattooed by except ill try to get tattooed by mike Wilson. If money is good ill try to grab two tattoos. Yes we should grab a beer! I hope to stay for at least 2 days

Just for fun going to post a panther snake combo I got done last year by Manee Friday right here in Portland.

That is really great!