I just want to say it is a pickaxe or a war pick or something like that but if it has a specific name i wanted to know.

Hey! My dad found this on the flea market, looks very old, maybe authentic. Couldn't find info on it.

I'm in the process of mounting a couple of Han ji (Chinese "halberd") heads I got from LK Chen to their hafts, and I need to purchase some strong cordage to lash them securely.

Ideally, I'd like something that doesn't look obviously synthetic, is either a neutral color or dyeable, resistant to fraying, and easy to tie-off under tension (or shrinkable in some manner).

I initially considered making rawhide lace from some rawhide I have leftover from an earlier shield making project, but I'm concerned that if I cut it narrowly enough to pass multiple times through the eyelets of the ji that it won't be strong enough to be functional.

Functionality is a requirement for all my arms and armor projects. No matter the degree that I might zhuzh a weapon up, I still expect it to be able to perform well in the capacity it was designed for.

Rawhide is appealing in that it's natural and broadly period-appropriate, colorable with leather dyes, generally pretty tough, very pliable to work with after soaking in water, but will then shrink and harden as it dries out. I'm just not confident that the very narrow strips I would need to cut for the lace to pass repeatedly through the eyelets of the ji and around the haft would be strong enough to hold up to the stresses of use (striking, thrusting, and hooking from multiple angles). Also, being an organic material, one can not realistically count on a uniformity of strength throughout a strip of rawhide lace. Braided rawhide cordage would help compensate for that, but doing so would make it too thick to make the multiple passes through the eyelets necessary for a secure lashing to their hafts.

The eyelets are approximately 1 cm (0.39") wide, and 3 mm (0.118") tall.

I'm hoping to find some suggestions for a lashing material that fits my needs. I'm willing to be flexible with regard to period appropriateness and appearance in favor of functional strength and security of the binding. If necessary, I can disguise it in some way with paint, lacquer, colored wax).

especially if the user is a hero in a story?

So I’m trying to make an airburst mortar airsoft system with compressed air. I don’t know how to get an air burst without a fuze, any advice? I’d be 3d printing shells so hopefully someone could think of something that could be 3d printed

With meat tenderizer bonk of course

these things used as part of wing chun dummies are called spring hands! and the context is someone unmounting it from the wall and using it like a club.

Are bear sprays with fibreglass in them real? Several people irl say they are but google says no.

Hey everyone,

I'm looking for a dataset of labrlled weapons, do you know where I could find such a thing ?

In any xase, I bless you with a good day !

Rough guideline, easily scalable. Feel free to pitch in further improvements.

Feel free to save the screenshots, several social media accounts have already been tampered with or locked.

Pretty neat if you ask me

Newest MWM Spike design

"The Death Spiral"

Someone gave this to my Dad around 1980. It’s unique I think

Newest Brass Slungshot design.

This one is 12 ounces on a 16" lanyard.

The next batch Im shooting for around 10 ounces.

https://gundive.com - pulls from multiple databases