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Nothing yet in Lincs, still very warm with a.m.mist. Light rain forecast this evening. Will have to give the chicken-bones a good rattling, cos my grass is all bright yellow. rgds Ceeg

Swish, that's my word for it. Ceeg

it looks to me, that the bend was made with handle off and the tang straightened out afterward. My imagination or is there a greater thickness of blade near to the end? Ceeg

Go n-eiri an bother leat Ceeg

Bray..to pound or crush. In patois, its meaning is unmistakable. An intent to bray something/one, means use your dictionary as body armour. Hope that is cleared up. regards all Ceeg

Agree with Broch. In small cordage and twines, especially the flat stuff, it's the best way of tackling the two trapped parts, simultaneously. Regards Ceeg

I thought that last post of mine was actually a bit older...guess what, 10 months down the line and today I have clocked two Privet Hawk Moths in my garden. We don't have Privet, they beasties were low down on some tallish brassica-like things, the heads turn purple in late summer, but are...

Someone wearing tyre flip-flops?

Mikko Snellman, from Aland. As far as I know, this chap does not use grass for rope making, but just watch him laying-up fibres on his home made rig. Mesmerizing. Back in the transition to steam,,the RN still used 'grass lines' ( from Esparto Grass) of huge diameters, that were often floated...

Hoses are still regularly used anti-chafe device used on the 1 fathom eyes of ships mooring lines. Known in marine parlance as a Scotsman, hoses were formerly used as an underlay, part of the protective 'Pudding', which wrapped around the towline to prevent chafe at the taffrail. Regards All Ceeg

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I should've mentioned that the ones I went for, were not the roping needles that were being discussed....wouldn't want to put anyone off those vintage ones, they do look pretty good. Regards Ceeg

Aaaarrrrgh! Beguiled by the picture of the packet, I was thinking that I had eventually located some more of the old-style canvas sewing needles. Not to be...their eyes are very crudely pressed , just like all the modern sail needles. Ah well, ...I will do the usual and scour out the eyes with...

Their bluff, forward point and their length would indicate their being "roping" needles, rather than for seaming. Seaming types have a shallower, thus longer, point. The long use of roping needles is great for bulking up shoulder muscles. So much so, that entry through multiple layers was often...

Same as Old Timer

You don't say!? .. in case of it being true then, congratulations are in order, you really ought to disseminate this gem as the true state of affairs. There will be countless millions of older folk that will, doubtless , be able to reassure themselves about, their own state of mind....If they...

I'm not altogether clear on what this means about needles being a proof of a sharp edge and I'm unclear about the bit about sewing beads to leather not proof of knots. But there again, it seems I am in the throes of one of those disconcerting days that are getting too frequent The techniques...

Maybe let go of the needles as being a bridge too far to make the assumption that the obvious usage of same would infer a knowledge of cord work beyond just the ability to sew. As far as I remember, Day took the dating of the beads as similar , I mean, just look at a bead...how do you stop it...

You know what ...I think that this may just be the same thing I believed was quoted as 9000 years on discovery. ..for the Sheet bend and its Double are still used in net making Regards All Ceeg

For the OP, there's a correction needed for that first intact knot..it was 9000 years ago. That cordage was in use in the earlies, is evidenced by a few discoveries in the modern age...pierced needles- China ...drilled beads Austria dated 300000 ago. Obviously the thread for these things have...