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I am of an age where the Waverley dip pen was still standard skool issue albeit nearing it's end. We had the option of buying fountain pens with our initials engraved on them. I had mine for years, no idea what became of it in the end.

We had chalk and slate in primaries 1 & 2 then in primary 3 we got the Waverlies and the ink wells.

Washing the class inkwells was a punishment much feared, the tawse any day over that.

I was in primary four when the Bic Biros came in, bulbous tip end tapering to the rear, grey bottom half an blue top half as I recall.

I remember it well. Blotting paper oh my God.
Everything I wrote was a mess. A piece of stick with a nib on the end awful. Don't even go there.
I have just finished an order for a well-known silencer or whatever you call them I have never owned one so I wouldn't know.(Could be a Moderator)
Anyway, he wanted bullet pens made from cartridge cases to give to his suppliers. I have made a lot of these they sell like hotcakes. I can all most guarantee if I make a batch of these they will be gone within the month.

I finally managed to acquire range rods they were not cheap.
But what's more important nobody got hurt or injured in the acquisition process and no lives were put in danger.
I despair. I really do.

Why despair, problems with them?

Nothing wrong with them I finally managed to acquire some after months of searching for someone who would supply them. I can now get on tidy up my crappy muzzle jobs that have been on hold for months.

Pictures.
I am gobsmacked at how expensive these things are.
First one is a Grizzly rod it is about 12" long the way these are used is totally different to a normal range rod. I got the .308 it's fitted with a bushing that will enable me to clock in my 7.62x39 barrel to tidy up the muzzle. I can change the bushings to enable me to clock in .303 and 7.62x45R and of course .308. These are examples of normal range rods in calibers. Once again very expensive.
.22
6.5 creedmoor
38/357 I was also intrested in being able to check my rifle chambers for wear. So I bought sets of GO and NO gauges for every caliber I own.
Some examples
.22 LR
.308