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Title: Straightening
Post by: Hurley on 10 April 2010, 03:41:21 PM
guys how do you straighten your spears and gun barrels?

thanks
Chris Hurley
Title: Re: Straightening
Post by: Dave Fielder on 11 April 2010, 06:29:02 PM
http://www.ghd-straighteners-hair.co.uk/ ? :o
Title: Re: Straightening
Post by: Jase on 11 April 2010, 07:35:56 PM
Yup, works like a charm  ;D

Actually, I just bend them back with my hands or use the butt of my knife to carefully hammer it back into shape. Very hightech as you can see ;)
Title: Re: Straightening
Post by: nikharwood on 11 April 2010, 07:48:34 PM
"Carefully" I guess is the obvious answer...although you have to be bold too I think: sometimes you need to actually make the situation worse in order to improve it - ie bend further / in a different direction so that you can then make a further bend to straighten (if that makes sense - usually if you've got a kink rather than a bend).

And fingers definitely - although I've been known to use my knife butt too like Jase  :D
Title: Re: Straightening
Post by: Dave Fielder on 11 April 2010, 09:09:41 PM
So that's two votes for butts then ...
Title: Re: Straightening
Post by: Patrick R on 14 April 2010, 09:33:59 PM
It's a series of bends and counter-bends, hard to explain, but I carefully push in part of a bend, then from the other side and repeat until it is more or less straight.
Title: Re: Straightening
Post by: Jase on 15 April 2010, 04:51:53 PM
@Dave: Well, I'm not really a butt-man myself, I'd reather go for the frontend...

Title: Re: Straightening
Post by: DanJ on 21 April 2010, 03:35:29 PM
Drill 'em out and replace with nice sharp wire, no bendy spears in this man's army >:(