Recent content by jason01

Ok Im at a loose end, I need to escape this city crap for my own sanity and Ive been meaning to have a browse around knoydart for a while. Im thinking I might just pack some kit and drive up there today and see if I cant lose myself for a week. Heres a long shot, anyone fancy coming? Im looking...

Any recomendations for specific anti histamines/inflam? I'm getting fed up of the blasted swelling and the last ones I tried didnt seem to do much. Cheers

When I was young enough to get away with this kind of thing we regularly used to sleep out in grave yards :D it all started as a dare, few pints down the pub in some mountaineering destination someone bet that I wouldnt sleep in the grave yard so I did. Then on backpacking trips, if we...

LOL man cigars do stink, I swear Ive picked up the smell of others cigar smoke in my car while driving down the motorway before now, and I probably wasnt driving very slowly :rolleyes: Not exactly a subtle smell, and Im a city dwelling fag smoker so theoretically I shouldnt have any sense...

Great job on the axe and the sheath Fergus, thats a massive amount of work to take on by hand and youve got a beautiful tool to show for it. My Banko also had a distinct hamon which Ive emphasised by pickling in acid, its not a pretty hamon but nice to see anyway. Still quite tempted to get...

Beautifully forged Firemaker, I like that! Its good to see someone else making steels :D

No offence but again that is a little pricey IMO. nigel47410 on ebay has a stash of the handwind CWC's, bought one off him recently for £91 shipped, he also has some of the rarer Hamilton's, decent chap to deal with.

That CWC is a silly price IMO but as I said its the later version unissued through a dealer, the snap back is arguably a downgrade from the previous battery hatch versions but the watch looks identical and the earlier ones are readily available for around £30. Bear in mind the MOD probably paid...

You'd be paying a premium for that CWC because its Chronomaster, its the newer version and its unissued, the previous one with the battery hatch can be had off ebay for £30-40 and its basically the same watch, IMO neither version is anything special, I prefer the earlier mechanical versions but...

Hi Scott It is jute tinder, its not intended to catch a spark though. Unwind a thin strand and then tease it out into its individual fibres until you have a small birds nest, add a small piece of glowing charclothg and blow it into flame. I like to include it so that you have everything at...

I didnt realise I was getting a particularly good deal but looking at the prices some of you have been quoted I must be, the last 5l batch of dyed meths from my local small hardware shop was £9.30 for 5L (few weeks ago) so I think I'll stick to using that!

Ray Mears on the telly? ;)

Apologies to non watch nuts, this is what we're talking about, Seiko's magic lever :D Or pawl lever, the jewelled forked bit is the heart of Seiko's simple, elegant and reliable bi-directional winding mechanism in their auto movements from the 60's till today, that particular one is...

I really dislike ETA and all of their redressed ebauches for exactly the reasons you mention above, sure the base ETA's may arguably have the edge on the 7s26 but at least the Seiko is honest, in house and no fear of finding a refinished 7S26 in a £2000 Seiko, pretending to be sth it isnt. ETA...

Looks like a decent axe, definately an improvement over my old ones. Its good to see Bahco have improved their axe range, my knowledge of their product line is a tad out of date ;) The head shape reminds me of the Swedish army axes extensively discussed recently :) but with a narrower poll. I...