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Wow! somebody is going to be very lucky. I have had this book from its first publication and it is a real belter of a yarn. The kind of narrative that turns a story into knowledge. Ceeg

It was common for Seamen to carry, along with their Knife and Spike, a little tallow in a cow horn, just for this purpose. If the OP's hands are raw, a large Swedish Fid, or a foot long length of 5mm dim plastic pipe, withe one side fined down, will much reduce the grunt needed to draw up the...

By golly, just look a' those lugs and then chuckle.

make your own tubes from an empty washing-up liquid container....just roll the diameter you need and duct tape the seam. Regards Ceeg

Whirligig? Rgds Ceeg

Sailmakers roping needles in sizes 11 to 8 are very useful as impromptu awls....That's the old style needles, the ones sufficiently structured to take a stamped makers name and number. Ceeg

A Hawke Frontier ED X, 8x42 binocular. It was about time I moved on from WW2 Canadian 7x50's, damn things weighed more than twice their replacement and were made to sit in the Bridge binoc box, not to be lugged around, 1.414 kilo. One happy fellah. Ceeg

Now that is a bit of swish,indeed. I wonder what it looks like, doubled. Ceeg

As I have said in the past, it has been my experience that the best, sure-fire way of getting razors, is to wander into any tackle shop, unannounced, and ask for a packet of lugworms........and they always reply that they have none, but do have plenty of razor fish...and, even the not-so-fresh...

A little Rough Rider Whittler, does the job very well. Ceeg

Brilliant bit of leather work...and tat. Pity the pure creature didn't think of leaving such a poor feeder of a boat. Rgds Ceeg

If you can wait for it to dry, then Stockholm tar is best....and 3 years is pretty swift. I have recently learned that the Standing Rigging of Hemp-rigged Warships, right up to the 1850's, was routinely slushed with a mix of ; Stockholm Tar, Coal Tar and water. Presumably it dried well, or the...

Most Admiralty Chart Depots were also purveyors/repairers of all manner of nautical instruments. Regards Ceeg

Swish bit of kit there, RV. Ceeg

Assuming there's a need to keep the sleeve tight, you could use the same technique I use for "leathering" the eye of a wire splice. Just heave the lacing tightly and having very slightly enlarged the last of the hole pairs, cross and tuck the ends so that the ends can make another half-turn...

Yup, that is certainly do-able for a lot of deciduous and for Larch too. Taking is more successful , this time of the year, if fewer roots have to be chopped and the rootball is large. But the thing will still need settling and at least a year of full growth, before styling can begin. And...

It's a sad fact that far too many of the younger trees being marketed as Bonsai, end up dead very soon, because of lack of knowledge and understanding. The Art is long. If your friends heart is really set on embarking down this route on something other than a whim, then the kindliest thing...

I can identify with some of the complaints as per the OP. The Oldtimers post 24 says most of what I have to say. The vivid descriptions of the spasms, I can verify 100%. But, I also have reason to believe that it's my hereditary condition HNPP, and it is the issues with that condition, that...

Could you not cover the offending area with a sewn-on overpatch? Ceeg

Style pre-1870 Alpine ice axe, chequering added and pick-point bobbed. Ceeg