COOL use for a spent shell casing

[400cor-bon]

My brother was in Liberia and met a local veteran
missing one leg and one foot
He sits in the dirt and converts spent 7.62 x 39 cases
into art and sells them to eat
Check it out:

http://www.x-h2o.com/photoplog/images/1294/1_Img_6027.jpg

http://www.x-h2o.com/photoplog/images/1294/1_Img_6028.jpg

http://www.x-h2o.com/photoplog/images/1294/1_Img_6029.jpg

http://www.x-h2o.com/photoplog/images/1294/1_Img_6030.jpg

My brothers story:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/01/11/reaching_way_out/

[Heavy lead]

This was not what I expected when I opened this thread. I must say, I'm speachless in a good way. Made my day.
Thanks

[kir_kenix]

You see alot of cool stuff made out of spent casing in Iraq as well. Most are pretty simple,, but some get really elaborate airplanes and tanks and stuff built out of them (must be made in a shope somewhere or something). Just goes to show that people will use what they have to make a good living.

Cool souvinier you got there

[454PB]

Interesting....but I don't think I'd want to eat one!

[400cor-bon]

No, he tries to sell them to scrounge money to eat
If he doesnt sell any; he doesnt eat.
My brother said he had the shirt on his back, a small piece of a broken hacksaw blade and a chunk on scrap metal he uses as a hammer to his name

[Heavy lead]

Puts things in perspective right nicely.

[kamikaze1a]

After WWII, there were many inovative things done with spent casings. One of the ones that I got to use was a backpack herbicide sprayer that used anti-aircraft shell casings as the pump piston. That was before the age of pastic and those metal sprayers lasted forever and was rebuildable. None of this disposable stuff you see today...

[JeffinNZ]

Very clever. Well done.

[JSnover]

Type "Trench Art" into a search engine. You'll find some pretty amazing stuff.

[400cor-bon]

I also happen to have this WW2 example on my dresser[smilie=1:
ash tray, but I dont smoke so it is a junk and ring holder
shines up really nice with some brass polish:-D

http://www.x-h2o.com/photoplog/images/1294/1_ash_tray_01.jpg

http://www.x-h2o.com/photoplog/images/1294/1_ash_tray_02.jpg

http://www.x-h2o.com/photoplog/images/1294/1_ash_tray_03.jpg