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If you are on facebook, try the axe junkies group or better still the billhook junkies group. There are lots of folks on there that are i to their 19th century tool makers and might have an idea.

Never carried a wallet, like Wander, it's "all of my eggs in one basket". I wouldn't ever put credit cards in my phone case for the same reason. I also don't like bulky/heavy/rigid things in my pockets either. When i get to the workshop, the first thing i do is take my phone out of my pocket...

crikey, you had me worried there for a minute! The dates in the list are the same as on my website and in my diary, which is a small surprise to me as well :)

I was late putting this year's course dates onto my website so I still have some places left on the group courses this summer. I don't schedule many group courses these days but if you have your own group (4-6 people) then we can run one just for you :) I also run private courses for pairs and...

Ignoring threads is easy. Juet don't open the thing!

Sorry to hear this mate :sadwave: Most of my materials and consumables are made in Europe and I sell stuff all over the world (despite the extra costs and delays to the customers), so I fully understand the trouble you've been having since good ole brexit :mad: Hopefully you'll be able to...

Congratulations! I suggest hooking up with Hamish (half goat), he often does work there so should be easy to get hold of. He's a wealth of knowledge and can teach you stuff as well as pointing you in the right direction

On a similar note, i have some leather sleaves (not gloves, just sleaves) that i use when grinding and welding sometimes. I put one on today and wondered for a split second why my hand had so many fingers and then why it ran off on it's own accord! Then my brain caught up and i realised there...

I occasionally have them in the workshop (not for a few years though. Maybe i shall buy one tonight). I stick them into the tempering oven and they come out well, but are much better in the gas forge for extra crispy pastry! Away from modcons, i have boiled the puddings on fires fine. In some...

I'm with you on this Toddy. All of the tools on there are food related. It's normally listed as an ear or cosmetics spoon, but why anybody keep their toothbrush and lipstick in the kitchen cutlery drawer? Given the range of fiddly and odd foods rich Romans enjoyed, a scoop for marrow/shell...

There are folks here in the UK that make them too ;-) Not something I would want to make though I have to confess. Steve Wagstaff (the Roman Trader) makes a lovely one and is always under-priced. I think Todd (tods workshop/tods knives/tods stuff) makes them too

For me my phone is used for people to get hold of me (mostly that means customers wanting stuff or delivery drivers trying to find me!) and occasionally ordering things over the phone if it is likely to be easier than online. Otherwise my phone is a camera, calculator and clock. I could have...

we started get some proper drizzle today, it's barely stopped since before dawn. The grass in the neighbouring field was brown and parched on Monday, but is already perking up (though the sheep are making short work of it)

In my part of Devon we had drizzle from the small hours until maybe 10am. The ground was wet and there were puddles forming, so some moisture should seep down. Since then though the day has just been warm and overcast. More rain is predicted tomorrow, but we shall see. Edit. 3:30pm and it's...

i use those pop up garages from Machine Mart (https://www.machinemart.co.uk/c/sheds/) as sheds around my woods. Pretty cheap for what they are and I've not had much damage due to weather (ie wind or sun) even after being up in the woods for 7(?) years in some cases They can be put up on your...

Interersting. I've never seen a billhook with that shape but there are a few sickles that are. Shearing hooks used by thatchers being the nearest in size, style and weight. Maybe they were made or modified for a thatcher?

i can't help with the name on it (I'm not much of a geek when it comes to makers' marks on tools) but the bend to the blade is damage rather than design. Most likely it was run over by a tractor or something, a thing that I have done and I'm sure many others have! :D If you are on Facebook then...

No problem there . I've made sure to pack plenty

There you go. The arrival of a bunch of campers brings the rain!

It's nearly time to load the van and head off to damp dark Wales. Since i'm running a workshop that requires me to bring lots of kit, i'll not be bringing much excess random stuff (don't worry, the forge, grinder and sharpening gear are all still coming!). So i just wanted to ask if anybody has...