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Having always been interested in and an exponent of old-school celestial nav, I've long held the work of Frank Worsley as being the temple veil of what is achievable with a well adjusted ham-bone and a good watch. The latter day analysis of Worsleys sight-book and notes , by Bergman,Mearns...

Hey, that's a bit of alright, alright Regards Ceeg

Have a look at Scottish Bothies.... some of 'em look pretty wild to Me. Ceeg

Me too. Ceeg

O.T. That Gnome has the same effect on me too. I have this image of the Falstaffian Brian Blessed, giving out his trademark belly laugh

Wow, and here's me thinking that the sequence for a lonnng, chevron style Turk Head was complicated . I really don't know the half of it! But I don't see myself swapping any of my tame marline spikes any time soon. On the other hand, I have often thought of directing my canvas sewing skills in...

I hadn't noticed before but that's an eight-strand square sennet that spirals up his hat....theres no way to knit in something like that, surely it was made separately and hitched on. It isn't so well known, that the 8 strand square, (of Hemp ?), well waxed with graphite grease, was sold by the...

Coincidently, I came across something similar in appearance to the Gnome, though it isn't knitted. They're called Sauna Elves. Have a look at the latest from Mikko Snelleman, a very well thought of Finnish knot tyer. Rgds Ceeg

Very much like the sort of charkhus carried by the Kalashi's right up to the 1960's. Almost all of them made by the travelling smithy, who made everything from ploughshares to penny nails. Some similar folders were made with an extra long blade and always looked as if they were fixed blades...

I think that is about the most humorous effect that it's possible to get from a few thousand rib-stitches . ....' I'm needing a cross word or two with that Barber of mine'... Ceeg

From Spring to early Autumn I can get away a seagrass hat of a type associated with Aussie golfers. Then, as the days shorten, either of my wide-brims or, if it's really pelting down, a home made cour-boule job that is almost solid with beeswax. Dry but bitter cold Winters have me in a Russian...

I've used them several times in the last couple of years and have never had any late deliveries or other issues . Ceeg

With a half-hawk larger blade and a smaller pen blade and at the lower end of the budget scale ... the Rough Rider Coalminer. It's hefty and looks old fashioned . 20 quid-ish Ceeg

My, they look good. Nice to see stuff being re-purposed. Unusual looking toggles, did you make those too? Ceeg

Off topic,,,,,couldn't resist. for DWH I have never seen that before, it certainly looks right for the job. The arrangement works on principles similar to Ashleys Quarter-pole hitch. Regards Ceeg

These days I seem to be clapping-on Constrictors more than anything else, left , right and centre. I find the Boa at least an equal to a Double Constrictor in grip, though possibly not quite as flexitile. Regards All Ceeg

I go for Oriental Plane....patchy, smoothish bark...arrrgh, but its patches don't look pink.

I had never thought that Barbours could ever get to a stage of dereliction...the odd patching of a bit of binder twine and bent fuse wire is just an extreme patination, surely. My preference is the Northumbria, it's the only one I've ever had, cos it has the longest back and its generous...

Nice find. I hope your project goes well. Methinks that sheath had a previous life holding knife, pliers and marlinespike. Regards Ceeg

If the OP does get his hands on a former sea-going Baro, it is sure to have been witness to many meteorological ups and downs. I'm pretty certain that any former mariners will have mixed memories of situations in which a rising baro reading was hoped for. As a young man, I had the benefit of...