KJM Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 (edited) Found this link to a good grip story. Iron Game History www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/IGH/IGH0306/IGH0306d.pdf Edited December 5, 2002 by KJM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobsterone Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 Great story and touching as well (no pun intended). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan McMillan Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 Yes, a very human story. Thanks for posting the link. Has anyone here done the beer caps the hard way?? My pain threshold usually doesn't let me bear down on the caps very hard as the sharp edges dig in...maybe Coc work will help toughen up my hands in that respect. But I currently couldn't even close a modern beer cap the way described with the thumb and extended(straight) finger Jon@han Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunny Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 A nice story but the beercap with the coin is this possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 If you were bending bottle caps (which is not that difficult) and you came across one that was very much harder, would you not stop to examine it and then discover there was a coin inside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 Think of it this way:: Whatever the diameter of a dime is (not quite 3/4"), make a length of 'stock' out of the exact material that composes a dime. Use the same thickness 1/16" inch? Start with a 6" x 3/4" length of this stock, and continue cutting off one inch at at time. At what point will our best benders fail? 5", 4", 3", 2", 1"? At whatever length they fail, they will have been trying to work both ends of the stock against the pivotal middle. When the stock gets down to 3/4, and is a circle, AND you put it in a position such as the story about Mac, wherein the pressure is almost completely trying to 'crush' the dime rather than bend it, well, it makes for a great story for those fellows at the bar to re-tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the swiss Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 agreed. cool article anyway. has anyone tried the cap bending with fingers extended? (apparently OldGuy you did) I had to try it after reading the article. didn't find it very easy. managed a bend after (quite) some struggle though, which was nice. will work on getting it faster. also, a bit curious about that feeling the tendons are strong and tenacious thing. is he referring to tendon thickness do you think? train hard david Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 I am able to bend caps by squeezing them between thumb tip and index finger tip keeeping them straight. My son bends them between his first and second fingers where they join the had. I am not able to bend them his way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan McMillan Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 How long have you been able to do that feat Old Guy? I'm immensely jealous Yet another stunt to train.... Jon@han Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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