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Warrick Edmonds

I happen to be in the market for a new cleaning rod. So off I go to the local gun shops where I'm presented with two choices. A stainless rod for $80Aust or a carbon fiber rod for $150Aust. Being a good student of Nathan's books I want to choose the carbon fiber, however for that price? What irked me was that the previous weekend I'd stopped in at a hobby store and picked up three meters of 5mm thick carbon rod (for my knife making) for a total cost of $20. Where does the 150 bucks come from? I pulled the threaded gubbins off a dead cleaning set I had lying around and glued it to the 5mm rod, then a wooden handle and that's all she wrote. Must have cost less than a twenty. My advice, if you want carbon fiber try the hobby store. Careful cutting it though. It does splinter and put out very sharp needles if done badly. Google up a Youtube on how to make the cut properly.