Recent content by hughtrimble

For sale is a Buffalo Systems Belay Jacket with the removable hood. A UK-made classic. Bought this for my dad who no longer uses it. It is in good used condition, with some marks to the Pertex outer as you'd expect, but really not many. Zipper pulls have worn coatings. Washed in TechWash from...

This. Minimal grip sufficient to guide the blow and using the handle swell to prevent it from leaving your hand. The rings maybe be for increased grip for gentle work? Here's one of the smaller ones I saw in use. No rings.

Sometimes a good jet of air can blast out the crap that's accumulated over the years, or if the materials allow it, submerging in warm soapy water for a while and opening and closing the blade. Cocktail sticks are good for scraping harder stuff out if really caked on. Then oil it up and work it...

Yes no guarantees they haven't messed it up. They've already managed to do that with the standard RM purchasing process.

I don't have a Click and Collect Business account it's just a Click and Drop account that anyone can open, no business association needed. Definitely didn't need to put in any details suggestive of a business to use it. https://parcel.royalmail.com/click-and-drop

UPS is the only way for age verification and values over £75. Royal Mail's insurance stops at that value for age verification.

I don't see how he can be so sure of the contributors to the survival of what remains and the demise of what doesn't. Sounds like he's putting all his eggs in one basket, and saying that X crops can perform in this environment, when they were in the context of the Y which didn't, doesn't mean X...

The chap does say it takes a lot of trial and error to achieve, and I'm not surprised, it looks mighty finicky

You can see the seam/stitching line where that extra flap is attached to/meets the main material though. So yes, just an optical illusion.

I don't actually see a guy line in the first picture (if you're talking about the middle of the right hand side) but I do see the loop for it. And I do see the loop for the same in the second, it's to the 11oclock of the corner attachment point and due to perspective it's much closer to the...

Felix Immler has a video using a SAK only on sticks rather than a wood block. Made them a few times; finicky to get right but mighty powerful for gripping things.

A reverse image search has the current avatar as an actress in 'adult' films!

Those are magnificent. The transaction perfectly befits the style.

That's a blast from the past - the corset dagger? She's an incredible maker.

Grace (Horne, if that's who you're meaning) will be at the Sharp Show 2026 3rd October https://www.thesharpshow.com/