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Ha! True, they are pricey, but they look just great. Wonder what they are like in the wind. I grew up in the Rhondda so you'd think I'd know better. :)

Just to season the conversation: It is interesting to see that the Trudeau administration here is bringing in law to prevent importing, buying, selling or transferring handguns. Two weeks time. I expect there will be words. There's been a few already, but mostly in support by the sound of it...

When I moved from the UK to Canada a long while back now, I brought with me a big box of oil lamps/lanterns of various ages and states of repair. Mainly Feuerhands, but others too. Over time the number has gradually dwindled to, as of last week, none. I need some replacements, but here a...

There are places in the ravines here where they grow a lot; on consistently wet slopes and in catchments. I love the look of them thoughout the year from their luscious verdancy with their velvety cigars at this time to their burst, raggedy and rattling state in the Winter. They make great...

One for 280 US dolloids on the Eeeb

He might like something similar to this https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/catalog/case-xx-knives/15107-case-xx-usa-1965-69-pretty-bone-6445-r-utility-camp-scout-pattern-knife

Don't put Barbour dressing on Fjallraven (or any other) type poly-cotton.

Never really understood the logic of a mug which you have to plaster with gaffer tape in order not to burn your mouth off :) I like the GSI steel mug. Tatonka do a better one, but it is not always easy to find. Or a $3 enamel cheapie.

I wondered how many people used the Merlin app. It is a bird ID app run by Cornell Uni (I think); who process the info. It provides visual identifications, as you might expect. But, the very neat thing is its audio ID function. You make a recording with your phone and it tells you what is...

The municipal outdoor pools open here today. :) 34C on the car thermometer yesterday. But a balmy and breezy 25C right now.

Large spectacles

Just inside the park at the end of my road and overlooking the tennis courts there is a great big Blue Heron roost. I used to live a couple of buildings closer to it, and that braying, prehistoric noise they make would wake me me up prompt at six a.m. But that was as nothing to the baleful...

The scandi-ground Brisa Elver in O1 is still available. Their Trapper is awesome and available flat ground and scandi, in O1 and stainless. If I were you (I am not, like, but if I were) I'd get the Brisa flat ground O1 Trapper kit. Comes with scales, liners and corbies plus a leather sheath ...

Yes, I was thinking this. Maybe find a bit of convenient woodland, common, roadside, hedge, ditch or something to sow, rather than your own garden. Be nice to have a nearby stand. :)

Nooooo!

Island in the Adriatic off the coast of Croatia ... bit bigger than 2 football fields. Access by sailboat. Pine trees and decent fishing.

I agree with Erbswurst. It is a personal thing whether to like poles or not. Whether they are a help or a hindrance depends rather on one's capacity, strength, stamina, balance, urgency, personal syle/technique etc. Also, and this is perhaps odd, I have a pair of Pacer Poles. They are...

I started listening to Iain Banks's Culture series. Got them streaming from the library. Better than I remember.

Call it a Half-Granny :)

There used to be a guy called Bambi (Martin, I think) on the old British Blades site. He regarded rawhide as nature's kevlar. Made the most beautiful sheaths. I think he was from Netherlands - so maybe you can find him and his work on one of the European knife sites