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  1. Billy-o

    Old school thick and super sticky zinc oxide tape?

    I think maybe you have stumbled on the solution (You can see what I did there, right:))
  2. Billy-o

    Old school thick and super sticky zinc oxide tape?

    That sounds like a horrific pest, a permanently open wound like that, Stew. I use sudocrem to cure all ills, but I sometimes wonder what else it is suppressing. Just ordinary health paranoia, I think, and still, no ill-effects yet. This just me being curious: has it kept bleeding; or, has it...
  3. Billy-o

    Old school thick and super sticky zinc oxide tape?

    What you done to yourself Stew?
  4. Billy-o

    Old school thick and super sticky zinc oxide tape?

    Leukotape, Stew, Leukotape!!! Amazing stuff. It don't come off.
  5. Billy-o

    Slate.

    :) Ah, must be getting my avatars mixed up, I think. My mum and dad wanted to move back to Devon at one point. Wish they had.
  6. Billy-o

    Slate.

    There's other bits??!!! :) Have I got this right; you are in Wales? I lived in the Rhondda as a kid ... there was slate all over the place. But I think mainly from the north and mid Wales - I don't remember seeing slate quarries in the south ... blue pennant quarries everywhere there was house...
  7. Billy-o

    Slate.

    We haven't seen this piece of stone yet, TeeDee :) Is there any obvious mortar staining on it? Has it got a crisply cut or a crumbly, ragged edge?
  8. Billy-o

    Slate.

    Could be a lintel or some other part of a doorway ... too narrow to cantilver into the wall or for a sill Too small for a water trough too ... given your mention of a ford. Though if you find some more you may have the makings of rather nice planter :)
  9. Billy-o

    Slate.

    What kind of condition is it in now? Thought it might be a bit of a pool table, but that make little sense. It could be architectural. There might be more in the ground if its the site of a demolition.
  10. Billy-o

    Does base layer material matter if it's under wool?

    55% Linen, 25% Polyester, 20% Cotton
  11. Billy-o

    Making baskets out of Tree Needles.

    Funnily enough I was watching this with my daughter just the other day
  12. Billy-o

    Uk knives from the 1980’s onwards, how thing change

    If ever there was a thread in need of the 'useless without pics' tag :)
  13. Billy-o

    Does base layer material matter if it's under wool?

    You do! :) I've never worn a linen base when it really counts, up a mountain, in the winter, but I often wear a linen shirt under a sweater in cooler weather. It is so comfortable because it's so absorbent for any occasional exertions ... but not wicky, I think. It does dry a lot quicker than...
  14. Billy-o

    F1 Fallkniven

    Yes But, the 420J steel used to make the laminate is very soft. It could erode, depending on a persons convexing technique or liking for a polished finish
  15. Billy-o

    F1 Fallkniven

    Ah ... got the wrong end of the stick. This help? The logo looks washed out on all the fixed blade Fallkies I have ... there's just some ink in the engraving/etching.
  16. Billy-o

    Raspberry Pi Enthusiasts?

    Kind of a swingers' thread
  17. Billy-o

    F1 Fallkniven

    If you mean the old unlaminated one, I can't say. This is for the reason that I passed up a chance of buying one (completely affordably) about eight years ago and have regretted it ever since. You got a pic?
  18. Billy-o

    Does base layer material matter if it's under wool?

    Put them on your phone. You can get apps for both now.
  19. Billy-o

    Show me your faithful EDC

    Try and get round to replacing the spring on it bobnewboy. You'll be amazed how good you'll feel about such a detail. :)