Country skills and objects...Number 4

[Dartmoor navigator]

do you use it in a privy ?

Only if you sharpen your saw on the loo

 

[British Red]

do you use it in a privy ?

Only of you have a five foot long item (with teeth) in the privvy

 

[Robbi]

trying to get me head round this.........he ties his onions up in a privy, makes sure the heads are pointing down to get the best harvest from his seed, then sharpens his tool...............country folk !! who'd have 'em ?

 

[bushwacker bob]

Only of you have a five foot long item (with teeth) in the privvy

I knew her well.

 

[Dartmoor navigator]

Onions! Thats the secret for a rusty saw - rub the saw with half the onion, leave it overnight and then rub it with the other half in the morning - nice and shiney

 

[British Red]

trying to get me head round this.........he ties his onions up in a privy, makes sure the heads are pointing down to get the best harvest from his seed, then sharpens his tool...............country folk !! who'd have 'em ?

Indeed

Well - we are about preserving the old skills are we not?

 

[HillBill]

I have a 3ft crosscut saw, one or two man, by E.Garlic and Son.

So i've kinda got 3 out of your 3 Red, can i call myself a country bloke now?

Annd we have a winner!!!

Its a set Jig for very large crosscut saws. Most saw sets (before saws were disposable) were pliers type arrangements used for adjusting the small teeth on panel saws, tenon saws etc. This brute adjusts the set (angle) of teeth over an inch long, by putting the saw into the jig, adjusting the desired angle by sliding the T piece and then striking the lever with an 8 ounce hammer.

The other tool shown is a jointer for a large saw. Used with a file it ensures all teeth are a uniform height.

Red

 

[British Red]

Only if you promise to wear a proper flat cap.....

Yeah you are in the inner sanctum! - I'll teach you the funny handshake too!

 

[Robbi]

ye gods ! it never ends !

 

[Man of Tanith]

I have a 3ft crosscut saw, one or two man, by E.Garlic and Son.

So i've kinda got 3 out of your 3 Red, can i call myself a country bloke now?

Depends do you have a tweed cap?

 

[HillBill]

A deerstalker

Depends do you have a tweed cap?

 

[HillBill]

Good man lol

Only if you promise to wear a proper flat cap.....

Yeah you are in the inner sanctum! - I'll teach you the funny handshake too!

 

[Man of Tanith]

A deerstalker

yup thats acceptable

 

[British Red]

You also have to be able to say "was that your dog"

 

[Dartmoor navigator]

You also have to be able to say "was that your dog"

And have a sister who makes a terrible noise while eating a boiled egg. Probably called Jemima

 

[Robbi]

And have a sister who makes a terrible noise while eating a boiled egg. Probably called Jemima

LOL what !!!

 

[British Red]

Don't be silly Darling

 

[Dartmoor navigator]

LOL what !!!

Whoooops, I was visualising this idiom just a bit too far

 

[ReamviThantos]

Whoooops, I was visualising this idiom just a bit too far

Or tampering with the laudanum