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  1. John Fenna

    Craighill-desk-knife. Candidate for worst edged tool ever.

    I have a few in "Ivorene" (early plastic) and some in bone ... the first iterations of Stainless steel were excellent and I have turned some into very useful crafting knives, such as detail carvers, and ... desk knives! My letter opener is a double edged "dagger" made from an old file ....
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    Newbie

    Hello and welcome!
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    Really good budget clothing

    I do most of my shopping in Charity Shops and have found some real bargains - but mainly no name clothing designed for work wear.... Aldi do some good stuff but never seem to do my waist size in their trousers, 32" seemingly "small" now and I am a 28" - 30" now! I had much more choice back when...
  4. John Fenna

    Hello from Colwyn Bay

    Hello and welcome!
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    What was the smell of school dinners ?

    I still love custard skin - but rarely see it now that I have basically given up deserts .... :(
  6. John Fenna

    Wintermoot

    A Hangi may prove difficult with waterlogged ground ... but it would be good! See you there!
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    What was the smell of school dinners ?

    - Ming - =Yeeeuch
  8. John Fenna

    20th Anniversary competition

    To visit Castell Henllys in full Iron Age cozzie...
  9. John Fenna

    New Here

    Hello and welcome!
  10. John Fenna

    A sore mouth

    Salt also makes a great tooth paste (as does soot/charcoal - but that looks scary when you brush in front of a mirror! :)
  11. John Fenna

    Buffalo style smocks- Why?

    I used to swear by Buffalo clothing especially for winter open canoeing and winter in the high mountains but now the body is no longer up to all that kind of thing I find the "Double P" system just too warm and inflexible for my more modest activities and I stick to layered (mainly natural...
  12. John Fenna

    What was the smell of school dinners ?

    Same cheap ingredients, same cheap utensils, same cheap detergents, same cheap disinfectants, same cheap labour....
  13. John Fenna

    Hello from Sussex

    Hello and welcome!
  14. John Fenna

    Intro

    Hello and welcome!
  15. John Fenna

    Missed by a few days; my 20th Anniversary.

    Quite a milestone! I reach mine next year....
  16. John Fenna

    Complete novice from Midlands

    Hello and welcome!
  17. John Fenna

    What’s everyone using for fire lighting this winter?

    On camp I still prefer Flint, Steel, charcloth and sulfur matches used with old Hay as primary tinder then softwood kindling.
  18. John Fenna

    Hello from the Midlands in Jan 26

    Hello and welcome!
  19. John Fenna

    The Leuku knife... proper tool or just for boreal adventures?

    Those look like very practical tools! And very handsome as well :)
  20. John Fenna

    My Covid-19 and later projects

    Project 168 Herring bone twill linen trousers Made to my usual pattern, but this time using a very "soft handle" linen. Again I had the fabric from Mary,(for which many, many thanks) and this fabric came in fawn and brown colour - which I redyed with Dylon olive green. The dye took better on...
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