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Get really fit again .... it may never happen!

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I love my old Elwell - I would pass on the Fiskars just on it's looks!

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I have no experience of that range but I did once get a very good "mystery" dry waxed, tight woven cotton/cotton blend fabric off a market stall ... it was very good but I have not mentioned it before as I have no idea what it was! Some of that range look very interesting - but the more...

Machine wash at 40 with non bio eco soap if they are really bad :)

For cheap and basic - I have a Highlander waterproof breathable synthetic fabric suit: it works to keep me dry, looks like a sack that fits where it touches and is noisy, has badly placed and overly small pockets , for my taste ... but it does a job.... at a low price.... It comes no where near...

Goretex - expanded PTFE (plumbers thread sealing tape in is most commonly found form) soon to be replaced with polyethylene ....105 degrees C melting point .... :)

Goretex is plastic no matter what it is bonded to - it is a thin, fragile, heat sensitive plastic, usually (but not always) bonded (ie glued - giving not breathing spots where there is glue) to thin, fragile, heat sensitive plastic. I was a clothing designer for the likes of Craghoppers for a...

I am a big fan of wool as well :) You do not have to believe in Ventile - it is real :)

I love Ventile - it is my" go to" fabric for all but the worst weathers! Invented for immersion suits during WW2 it IS waterproof when wet - for all practical purposes - but you need a good (wool) mid layer for comfort under it. I have used many different models of jacket/smock and currently use...

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From the teacher of net needle carving that means a lot to me :) Thanks buddy :)

Project 98 Netting needle and net I was given a bit of Churchyard Yew a while ago and decided to see if it was seasoned enough to work yet .... so I made a Netting Needle - to go with all the others I have made in the past! Naturally I then had to make yet another net, this time with edge ropes...

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That looks very practical! Personally I do not have a smart phone, shaver, power bank etc ... my camera and dumb phone (not smart, always off)just sit either in the van or in my pocket...

Project 97 Another bow saw! I have made loads of these over the years - but the last one is showing it's age, so , using off cuts from my tables and chair, I made another :)

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