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    Posted: February 22 2006 at 9:37pm

Putting to gether my 1942 No.1 Mk.III* Lithgow package. I picked up a Lithgow bayonet dated 1941 in very good shape I compared it to the Wilkinson I have the lithgow looks to be of a superior quality.

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Spent some time with the bayonet last night, the 1907. carefully sharpening it boy what an edge very good steel.

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thats because it australian.

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 BHP steel mate!

 the strength of australia.

 the japs say they love our steel, the best around....yeh? you should see the stuff we keep for ourselves  mmwah haw haw haw!!!!!!!



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i was told that when the bayonets were being made at there certain places (orange, lithgow etc..) that the bend tests they did were 2 times better than the british bayonet bend tests. is that true?

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I wouldn't knock the Japanese steel. Some of you may not know this but the katana carried by the officer class in the Jap army was capable of slicing through the cooling jacket on a vickers machine gun. The American army modfied their close combat drill after they found out the Katana could actually cut through the barrel of an M1 if the guy tried to block an overhead cut from the sword. As for the bend test any blade properly forged and quenched will be flexible enough to bend and spring back again. I was born in Sheffield UK heart of the Uk steel industry and saw a lot of the blades being made when I was a lad.
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i guess all steel is steel... it just matters on how it is forged. (aussie steel is still better)

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Yeah you learned to make steel from us son!! Remember your roots !!
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Speaking of "roots" - Yes, I agree with Tony...Oz has made a HUGE advancement from a penal colony !lol
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 yeh.. shipped us out to get rid of us!  now we just take revenge in beating you in everything, specially cricket!

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I know cricket is a great sport down under...but does ANYONE else understand it ??! We see it sometimes on T.V. - but cant figger it out.

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its for smart people hoadie...

ok

http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/6174/jokes/how2cricket. htm

for the simple mind...

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So dunno...that mean you dunno how to play it either, eh ?

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 well heres some  info.. with the population of india and srilanka and south africa and the indies just to name a few of many more countries, with a following of 100's of million people worldwide..id say a whole lotta people understand it hoadie..its all about the beer mate! and floggin the POMS!



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Geez Allan - why didn't ya say so in the first place ? Beer changes EVERYTHING ! NOW I get it !
The longer ya stick to the wicket - the more beer ya get ? Right ?
Oh man...I gotta get me a bat & wicket !!(I can always use my hockey helmets, & shin pads - little harder to run in 'em tho.)
BRING ON THE BEER !!! I'M READY!!

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