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9th February 2009, 04:22 PM #1
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Unicorn horn
Love to get some of that to turn... However, that's not what the thread is about.
So why do they call the file a "round bastard"?
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9th February 2009, 04:29 PM #2
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" I know the bastard is round here somwhere", this is what I call out after most of my tools, mainly after the three junior apprentices have decided to help dad.
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9th February 2009, 04:52 PM #3
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Originally Posted by rotten_66
I knew there had to be a logical reason
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9th February 2009, 05:16 PM #4
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I think it is something to do with the teeth (Because you get a flat bastard as well)
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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9th February 2009, 05:21 PM #5
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Ahhh.. Wikipeadia is you friend
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastard_fileA file's teeth can range from rough, coarse and bastard (meaning intermediate) to second-cut, smooth and dead smooth.I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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9th February 2009, 05:25 PM #6
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As I was taught, instead of having it's teeth cut in a cross-hatch pattern, a "bastard" is cut only in one direction.
ie. instead of teeth like pointy fish scales, they're more like a snake's belly scales.
But I like the wiki's interpretation... a long sword is a one-hander, a great sword is a two-hander and a bastard sword is a "one-and-a-half" hander.
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9th February 2009, 05:51 PM #7
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Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!
But I like the wiki's interpretation... a long sword is a one-hander, a great sword is a two-hander and a bastard sword is a "one-and-a-half" hander.
Must be for butchers.
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9th February 2009, 06:18 PM #8
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New Aussie went to tool store for a file.
"Do you want a 12 inch bastard??""
No thanks, a little triangular one will do!!"
(V old joke, cleaned up)
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9th February 2009, 08:10 PM #9
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Cleaned up beyond funny.
BTW, that must've been very small unicorn, Eliza.
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9th February 2009, 08:26 PM #10
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Yep the bastard is the coarsest , then second cut then smooth and then mill , its like using diffrent grit sand paper the finer the file the less metal it removes and the smoother the finish
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9th February 2009, 08:27 PM #11
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Eliza, maybe they used a round bastart file for this job, but it's also possible to do it another way. Are you going to try it, or have you made what the picture shows, I'm a little bit confused, but guys of my age are most of the time confused
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9th February 2009, 09:31 PM #12
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Bastards!!!!
Thought bastard referred to difficulty and hardness as in "nil carborundum desperandum" = Don't let the bastards get you down.
Apparently Carborundum and Bastard were once interchangeable.
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10th February 2009, 12:51 PM #13
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And BTW Eliza, that is a great looking stick! Did you make it?
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10th February 2009, 12:59 PM #14
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Sorry for the confusion - yes, I made it.
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10th February 2009, 01:10 PM #15
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I also made these...
What do you think? Have I improved?
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