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Reminds me of something a good friend of my family once told me, he owned George Ibbersons here in Sheffield at the time and was once even the owner of Portland Works, where I work now... "A good days work deserves a good days pay...!"

Phew!!!!!!!!

No need for a trade mate, a good clean up of the PFK is all part of the service, send it when suits and I'll keep it a couple of days at most :)

How can I possibly lose then? :)

:surrender: Maybe I should remind you of my postal address ;) Don't forget though Red, he never stops talking about knives mate :rolleyes:

I'm in! :)

Oh, I see.... At present I am working what you might call a lot in Giraffe bone, I have a small contract that calls for an amount every month so it's always in the workshop, the bone for that contract was sourced directly from Africa, stabilised there and shipped here, it is great gear and...

Correct, I am more qualified in such things, Chateauneuf is indeed a fine wine.....

Jon, guilty as charged mate, I too am partial to the odd glass of Chateauneuf :o

There'll be no issues with any lack of grip, especially after the first use or two, when the finish becomes less of a fresh from the workshop polish to more of a careful use lustre :)

Cheers... In what way, do you mean grip or risk of damage?

I never even saw my lips move :lmao: As JD says, just a high polish :)

Onwards and upwards, still not finished, it's set to receive it's Deval Bushcrafter engraving next so I don't sharpen until afterwards, the engravers prefer them blunt for some reason :rolleyes: :D

Evening all, things are moving on with this, we are now well on the way to setting up an Industrial Provident Society (for community benefit) to buy, run and renovate the Works. Effectively a cooperative which combines the advantages of charitable status and a registered company. Shares...

Nah, not really, I quite enjoy to over react every now and again :D

Stew? Stew?

British what???? Blades??? I'll have a look.......

Lots and lots of water in Sheffield, that's the reason of course, or at least a major factor, why the industry that grew there did so.... Natural stones were dangerous things, not only the dust but they were literally hung between two flat sided plates, they didn't like the winter time...

This is the kind of thing....