"Beater and Biter..."

[spamel]

You're not wrong there. It was like I had known him for years. Very welcoming, brew on and a chat and poke about the workshop, I probably kept him from his work for a little too long! It was a nice time, and i wish I'd taken Topknots' work up to show him. That's for another thread though!

 

[Tadpole]

No no its designed for the more dextrous amongst us. Sinister people can't touch it. You need to be adroit rather than gauche.

Weird how terms for right and left have come to ahve such meanings!

red

I guess that it is not a coincidence that the opposite of "left" and the opposite of "wrong" are the same word, since historically both “left" and "wrong" originally had similar meanings.
Left, the opposite of right, originally meant, “weak" or "useless", and only by extension did it come to mean the hand, with which most people don't write. The Old English word for the hand with which most people write, was swiþra, literally "stronger”
There was for instance an Old English word lyftadl, which meant "crippled".
Left from the Middle English luft, lift, left,
Old English left, lyft (recorded as “lyftadl, paralysis” or “left-disease") weak, useless.

 

[stuart m]

And Stuart, the missus says yes!

Excellent... I'll get cracking then

It was good to meet up today mate, you know where I am now, get them overalls on

 

[spamel]

Hey, if you are seriously inviting me down for a play, I'd gladly take you up on the offer! Or is this a cunning ploy to get a temporary apprentice to make the brews and sweep up?!

 

[stuart m]

Hey, if you are seriously inviting me down for a play, I'd gladly take you up on the offer! Or is this a cunning ploy to get a temporary apprentice to make the brews and sweep up?!

Only one way to find out

 

[Ratbag]

Hey, if you are seriously inviting me down for a play, I'd gladly take you up on the offer! Or is this a cunning ploy to get a temporary apprentice to make the brews and sweep up?!

I didn't think you knew what a sweeping brush was!

You're undoubtably a dab hand with the kettle though...

Rat

 

[spamel]

I didn't think you knew what a sweeping brush was!

You're undoubtably a dab hand with the kettle though...

Rat

You cheeky git!



I do clean up everybody, don't listen to that Ratbag! Are you up to anything tonight Matt?

 

[stuart m]

Well, I think these two blades are perfect for their intended duties... I am very pleased with them

Thoughts Red?

 

[spamel]

Are these gonna be put in a piggyback sheath like RB's or seperate sheaths?

 

[stuart m]

Are these gonna be put in a piggyback sheath like RB's or seperate sheaths?

PB like RB MayB

 

[British Red]

Perfick!!!!!!!!




Happy Red

 

[Shinken]

WOW! super

 

[British Red]

I think biter looks stonking now its ground - real "looks sharp". I know thats silly but.......

 

[stuart m]

I think biter looks stonking now its ground - real "looks sharp". I know thats silly but.......

It is ground to such a keen edge that "Biter", it makes the PFK look almost heavy. Both blades are still in need of a final sharpening, I have my fingers to think about

 

[British Red]

Hehehehe

Thats the idea - a wickle scalpel cos I'll ave me big chopper for anyting ruff

Be good for preparing a large leg of venison - beater as a carving knife and biter as a steack knife. Actually between the both of them they would make a good deer sressing set I should think.....hmmm KAE? Ready to try?

Red

 

[spamel]

You could dress an elephant with the bigger of the two! It is bigger than Mick Dundees' knife!

 

[British Red]

Its not you know - ita about the same length as a Falkie A1. Feels kind of "tough" though doesn't it. You wouldn't be frightened to baton it thats for sure

Red

 

[Shinken]

if you check out the pics before the last pics, you can just see red holding the beater, which should give some scale

 

[spamel]

No, I'm just kidding! It is a good size, I didn't see the smaller knife but it must be really small. As I said, the blade was a good size but the handle was a tad too big for me, I've got girly hands!

 

[stuart m]

... I've got girly hands!

But it might look less so if you take off those pink gloves