Whipsnade took a very dim view when I asked if I could do some big game hunting there.
They can be so petty!
Whipsnade took a very dim view when I asked if I could do some big game hunting there.
http://veshengro.tripod.com/id20.htmlA nice article on the Romany Churi here - I might have a go at one of these myself...
So many projects, so little time!
This is the chiefs pen knife and now mine
I dont know if the scouts had a generic knife? Mind i know there wasnt a scout troop in Bromham when he was of the age to join so i doubt he would of had one specifically from his time in the scoutsView attachment 47452
I do indeedYou probably know this already - Bromham (Beds) now has its own Scout campsite, and very good it is too!
So if we are looking for a common mans belt knife from 100 years ago then the most authentic source would be either the scabbiest knife in the your kitchen drawer or the best one you can find at a car boot sale for pennies
My Grandfather was a 'common' man but he had a decent knife for his hunting, fishing and outdoor activities. He'd had it since the 30's and was quite proud of it and delighted in my interest in it (50 years ago).
I was given my first 'belt' knife when I was about 12. An old gentleman then, who must have been a scout between the wars, gave me the knife which was sadly lost on a camp trip. It was a fairly plain, straight wood handled, through tan knife with a brass guard. Again, that was a decent knife and certainly not something made from a piece of cutlery. OK, he was a Methodist Reverend but still not well off.
Yep, as i say those are recreational knives. A modern comparison would be you or i having a nice bushy knife or folder for days out and a jobbing builder having a stanley somewhere in his tool box
A reverend might not be wealthy but he certainly wouldn't have been poor. I was talking about romany people....some of them lived near subsistence lifestyles