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I have actually had excellent results by carefully drilling a 1/4" hole through the heel cap to a depth of about 2". Fill with C-4 and a miniature detonator and it comes right off. Preferably done outside.

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It's not what you don't know that hurts you, it's what you do know that's wrong.

So good, you did it twice. Boom - boom.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.