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Kingfisher low level flying down the river making a fair bit of noise, then shortly afterwards it was flying back upstream, again making a bit of noise.

Yeahbut, it's harder for kids to make bolt bangers with safety matches. A fun past time when I was about 8 or so.

I have a couple of their 40mm wide all steel chisels, had em so long and used them so much on old oak roofing timbers that I've mushroomed the striking ends the ground em off back again.

The first time that happened would also be the last time. I bill for the hours I work and my invoice doesn't lie.

Depends dunnit? If you throw like a rightbanded person using their lefthand instead thats about ten foot up but I've thrown fast enough to skim a half inch drive ratchet so I reckon I could launch a M20 nut (or other tie-onable small heavy object) with length of strong string the height of most...

I've used them and been happy with the quality of the tools and service. The websits seemed designed to be used by people who already knew what they wanted mind. I'd land on a page (ofen as a result of a search engine) then want to have a look at the other similar options and that was always a...

That reply up there meant to mention more about Kelly Kettles. I have one, its great and I genuinely like it. But... I just don't get much chance to use it nowadays, I'd maybe use it more if it had a better base to it as I'm always ratching about for flat stones so I don't leave a circular...

With several plane blades to sharpen, numerous chisels to sharpen, more wooden handpanesto restore general tool maintenance, a van to keep on the road, two motorbikes and did I mention a very important dog to walk? There's only so much quiet contemplation while working that I need in my life...

I've heard of people being struck by lightning, but I don't carry items to ward it off. It's not like you can keep a sheath knife in the front of yer car just incase you run out of talent mid corner is it. Well, you could but the constabulary would have strong opinions on the matter. Just for...

As for fad items I'm gonna mention knives with a "glass breaker". The item its self might be better retitled to Nutcracker cos I've been a self employed tradesman for 22 years and part of my work involves replacing windows. At no point during that period have I felt the need to break glass with...

Dunno about Silkys but with handsaws tooth size (or more accurately tooth spacing) is more or less determined by the thickness of the expected material being cut (we're not talking dovetail saws here mind) and its recommended to have at least three teeth in the cut. You can angle the saw to...

Ha, I gave one of those Swedish Army Trangia things away to a couple of homeless lads a few years ago. I reckoned they needed it more than me as its fairly good for use on a fire.

Err, dunno. After you've handsawn a few kilometers of backmold scribes doing it it hand loses its charm a tad.

Not so much from me. Good for pruning but they spelch out on the good side but western saws don't, the side with the cutline is neater. Plus they're generally quite expensive and touch one nail or get em wet and that cost builds up fast. So not much cop on a roof or shuttering. My handsaws cost...

But thats posh peoples grouse moors, they can't possibly be a problem can they?

Reminds me of the Northern Fells area of the lake district. On the hand starting diesel engine thing, my brother used to have a small single cylinder diesel engined dumper. Had to hand crank it, bump it off the compression so it went back to the previous compression then give it a couple of good...

Aye, that's sort of where I was going to go. I've built very well insulated buildings and as long as the building can ventilate properly damp need not be an issue. The better ones have had heat recovery units and stringent spec for the vapour barrier system. All that goes out of the window as...

Excessively insulated eh? Thats an interesting concept, can you give your understanding of it?

Postimg.

Lets see if this works then.