What did you buy today?

[tombear]

Second hand Myford ML8 wood turning lathe on wooden bench, the real old school sort, to cosmetically restore. Pretty damned chuffed with it. I need to also take the motor off to carry the the bench up to the shed as it nearly crippled three of us carrying it from the car into the house with it attached.

So the drill driven B&D lathe will be up for grabs in the near future for anyone with storage issues.

photos when its done up.

atb

Tom

Here's a pic before we took the top hamper off to fit it in the car.

Should clean up nice. It was too heavy to carry the base and motor up to the top floor together so we had the strip it down some more.

 

[wandering1]

10 s biners for my.tarp and 24 guy line guides for my tipi and tarp setups

 

[Mesquite]

Second hand Myford ML8 wood turning lathe on wooden bench, the real old school sort,

Nice lathe there Tom

 

[tombear]

Cheers! I've since learned they made a lot of add on modules for this sort, circular saw, thicknesser, framistat deburrer, etc. really it just needs a clean and reassembling but as usual I want to pimp it up before I start using it. A bit of a project for over Xmas and the lads can help. The charity shops are normally full of beech or other nice wood rolling pins so ill pick some more up as pre prepared bits for the lads to have a go on.

atb

Tom

 

[Kent Clark]

A key-ring money/pill box stash.

£2.20 with free delivery from Amazon.

 

[Goatboy]

Cheers! I've since learned they made a lot of add on modules for this sort, circular saw, thicknesser, framistat deburrer, etc. really it just needs a clean and reassembling but as usual I want to pimp it up before I start using it. A bit of a project for over Xmas and the lads can help. The charity shops are normally full of beech or other nice wood rolling pins so ill pick some more up as pre prepared bits for the lads to have a go on.

atb

Tom

Nice Tombear, knowing your bent for historical food you could have a go at making historical rolling pins too, a chap who has a very nice shop near me does a range of historical rolling pins and the one I bought is a Victorian hanging one. Some folk find it odd to look at but it's great to use and as it hangs up it doesn't take up valuable drawer space.

 

[BlueTrain]

This is probably the only forum in existence where a man might mention a rolling pin and get away with it.

Well, anyway, I just received my two Italian mess tins from The Sportsman's Guide. Why they insist on selling sets of more than one of something you only need one of, I'll never know. So I have an extra one: one to use, the other "for display purposes." It's a little shorter than a German mess kit/Kochgeschirr/cook pot and there is no insert or tray. No, there was no logical reason to buy one and even less to buy two but it seems to be a handy size. I'm wondering if any army actually uses a metal mess kit anymore?

 

[Goatboy]

This is probably the only forum in existence where a man might mention a rolling pin and get away with it.

Well, anyway, I just received my two Italian mess tins from The Sportsman's Guide. Why they insist on selling sets of more than one of something you only need one of, I'll never know. So I have an extra one: one to use, the other "for display purposes." It's a little shorter than a German mess kit/Kochgeschirr/cook pot and there is no insert or tray. No, there was no logical reason to buy one and even less to buy two but it seems to be a handy size. I'm wondering if any army actually uses a metal mess kit anymore?

Hehe, maybe I should've added that they're also excellent for home defence!

 

[BlueTrain]

You know, I've had my eye on some army surplus skillets for a while but they've probably been de-milled.

 

[tombear]

Er, the sad thing is I probably will, I've sort of got quite a few books on the history of kitchen gear. If I wasn't so reluctant to actually buy wood I'd have made a lot of treen by now, I tend to measure and photograph stuff in museums ( talked my way into the reserve collection at St Fagans once) and do working drawings. I need to stop buying tools and get some decent chunks of oak and elm to blunt stuff on.

Really nice pin, would be a easy project to convert a "normal " pin and do a hanging plate.

atb

Tom

 

[MikeLA]

A Fisher Bullet Space pen, never had one so hoping they are good

 

[ADz-1983]

Buffalo Mountain Shirt

 

[decorum]

Bought today, but not for myself

 

[Jack Bounder]

Swanndri Ranger Bush Shirt and a Honey Stove. Got both from Woodlore, who seem to be selling the bush shirt much cheaper than anyone else at the moment (£65).

 

[Jack Bounder]

Oh, and I bought Wildwood Wisdom from Amazon.

I also got 3 Silva Field compasses, 3 Scout firesteels, 3 SAS Survival Guides (Collins Gem) and 3 mini LED torches. I will use these to put together 3 survival kits; one for each of my three daughters.

 

[ADz-1983]

Swanndri Ranger Bush Shirt and a Honey Stove. Got both from Woodlore, who seem to be selling the bush shirt much cheaper than anyone else at the moment (£65).

Indeed that is a good price. Think I paid about 80-90 for mine last year. Wish they had some more colours available at the moment though.

 

[Clouston98]

used the last of the money i had from working on these recent purchases/trades here (im now done for 2014) :

dave budd custom tomahawk:

antler needle case and amadou pouch in trade from FishFish:

Ben Orford field knife:

Macwet Gloves for shooting:

 

[Clouston98]

Double post

 

[Alreetmiowdmuka]

That field knife looks sweet clouston


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[Clouston98]

It's A cracking little blade, I love it! Makes a nice little Whittler