Re: Is anyone using Floola?

On 2008-08-29 13:45:23 +0100, Jim <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

skelp

Wikipedia via Look Up In Dictionary:

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A Skelp (also spelled Scelp) is a band of iron commonly forged from melted scrap iron of inferior quality. Cheap gun barrels could be made from this in the Damascus method - wrapping the skelps around a mandrel to make spirals which were then hammered and forged into a tube. The mandrel was then removed, the interior reamed, and the exterior filed until a finished tube was complete. The tube was then polished and breeched.
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Melted down and then wrapped round a gun barrel? Now -that's- a proper punishment.



Cheers,
Ian

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