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If you live in the city, seeing 20 or so trucks and other vehicles parked on the side of the road may make you think that there's a party, funeral or perhaps a family or church gathering going on. Living where I live, I know it's hunting season. The sons, fathers and even some "womenfolk" dress up in their cameo; gather up their guns and whatever else one needs to hunt deer.

As I drove the mile to my parents’ house today, that's exactly what I saw. Then, I refer to Jellen's blog prompt to find her topic of the day to be about firearms, guns, bullets and issues and things of the sort. Not to mention, as I'm writing this post, my husband has gone out to the garage to get his bb gun- it a futile attempt to get the mouse that's in our kitchen right now. It's seems pretty evident to me, that firearms should be the topic of post for this evening.

Since, I, personally, do not find the history of guns or bullets all that interesting; I'll delve into other- more interesting areas of weaponry. I've come across some rather interesting information. I cannot guarantee the bit on “Damascus steel” as fact, but interesting non the less.

Damascus steel was a powerful weapon of the Middle Eastern world in the 16th-18th century. Damascus steel is legendary for its strength, said to be able to slice through European swords or rock. The damascus process remained a secret to the rest of the world and the knowledge was somehow lost to the Middle Eastern world as well. I did find one source of information that claimed a superheated blade was thrusted into the body of a slave and then into cool water. It's claimed that the nitrogen in skin has a chemical reaction with the blade, creating a stronger sword.

The puckle gun was invented by James Puckle in 1718. I won’t get into the technicalities of the firearm. The interesting thing about it is that it was made to fire two different kinds of bullets, for two different types of people. First it could fire round bullets, intended for use on Christian enemies. The second was a square bullet, which was believed to cause a more damaging and painful wound, for Turkish Muslim enemies. This weapon was never mass produced…maybe that’s because it’s stupid.

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