Borchardt captured in Iraq

Heinz · 05-30-2006, 08:42 PM

Do not underestimate the abilities of some of the Arabian/Iraqi/Iranian/Pakistani blacksmiths and mechanics. I have a dirt cheap folding knife I bought years ago as joke when I was muzzleloading. It is made of laminated steel and takes a razor edge. I have always been amazed for ot cost $1.00. For the Borchardt Someone probably fire formed the cases out of mauser brass and hand loaded. Or maybe a couple of hundred rounds lasted them a very long time. Ask yourself how you would do it and they probably did the same thing but may well be better with hand operated tools than we are.

05-30-2006, 08:42 PM	#8
Heinz User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Greenville SC Posts: 1,004 Thanks: 377 Thanked 411 Times in 180 Posts	Do not underestimate the abilities of some of the Arabian/Iraqi/Iranian/Pakistani blacksmiths and mechanics. I have a dirt cheap folding knife I bought years ago as joke when I was muzzleloading. It is made of laminated steel and takes a razor edge. I have always been amazed for ot cost $1.00. For the Borchardt Someone probably fire formed the cases out of mauser brass and hand loaded. Or maybe a couple of hundred rounds lasted them a very long time. Ask yourself how you would do it and they probably did the same thing but may well be better with hand operated tools than we are.