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Some of you may remember a couple years back, I posted a thread about blades packed in a potentially dangerous manner. (Grrrr.... why won't my <enter> key work?) A package arrived today - over three feet long. I'm not expecting steel and my kilns are only 22.5" deep. (<enter> key still won't work) It has a postage stamp from a military town. <gasp> - an unexpected large parcel from Wainwright. What if some poor PTSD soul has flipped out and sent me an IED? :what!: Well, it's three full layers of corrugated cardboard around what appears to be a crude pipe bomb. The end caps won't come off. errrr... maybe this is a bad idea. I've never been military, but I don't think sparks will set off C4 - BUT, I have played with large amounts of black powder. :biggrin: OK, lets try something else - big vice and a pipe wrench. . It took some pounding on the pipe wrench, but I got the end cap off. NOW I GET IT!!!!! It took pliers to get that rolled cardboard out and then a hook to get the round corrugated plugs out - and then long nosed pliers to get the fabric wrapped ordinance (errr. blades) out. Six VERY SAFELY PACKED BLADES. :35: Thanks Steven. The post office and I both appreciate your efforts. :thumbup1::thumbup1: