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Lamb

Nomad Knifeworks do beautiful recreations of the Woodlore Pro, I have one in Curly Maple, I believe the guy who runs it used to be Steve Cox’s partner or work mate. They really are special. He’s also done some in a thinner stock without a tapered tang. The balance on the tapered ones are superb...

My usual EDC culprits, trusty British Army 1952 knife, took me a while to find one with a marlin spike, I have it on a locking lanyard attached to a belt loop in case I ever get stopped by an over zealous copper, I use this knife for heavy duty cutting. Then a Victorinox Champ in a belt pouch...

Thanks to the good people of the forum, I have a few leads to follow now.:)

Cold

Bean

Blade

Tool (not brightest in box)

Slaughter

Leg

Had a bit of a splurge yesterday, a medieval fire steel, a folding Pricket Brass Candlestick (copy of a 13/15th century one in a London museum), both from Tod Cutler. Also bought a 1700 tinderbox in German Silver, I already have a brass one, but wanted another for a different fire steel, a...

Wobbly

I’m actually a very practical, pragmatic person, I like absolutes, measuring precisely, but I think that’s why I like superstitions because it provides a counter foil, it’s nice to have a little doubt about “does a+b=c” even if I’m ambivalent about its certainty. If that makes sense!

This has me racking my brains now, was it silver or was it a penny? There’s the gypsy thing of “cross my palm with a silver coin”, maybe that’s got me mixed up. Pretty sure it was a penny. Sadly I can’t find out now, there’s only my sister and I know for sure she’ll be absolutely clueless-...

I suppose it depends on your outlook. Personally I like the perpetuity of continuation of maintaining traditions and superstitions, things like “touch wood” although I’m not “religious” about it.

My mother always adhered to the “penny”, although , on reflection, it could have been a shilling, for a knife rule, lest it cut a friendship. Funnily though, my father didn’t! Nor did my grandmother. They were Yorkshire (Bradford) born and bred, my mother’s family, Bolton, near Manchester. Don’t...

Thanks, I used to go to Harrogate as a child, a beautiful town. I always remember, was it Happy Valley park, by the Spa house? Anyway, I’ve now got some ideas to follow up on!