Some nice rasps there - and I bet those hacksaw blades were a bargain compared to what they cost now!
What did you buy today?
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Cheers! Forme they were quite dear 18 quid for 53 odd but I'd heard that particular type were nolonger made and were especially highly rated by old school engineers.
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Hi Tengu, sorry for the late reply - the top one is a 6½lb Parkes Biped, the 2nd is an unmarked 4lb, the Kent pattern is a 1½lb Cornelius Whitehouse and the baby at the bottom is an unmarked 1lb - all will be getting rehafted and sheaths made over the coming weeks.
The rasps have come out of the overnight BLO bath and I'll integrate them into the appropriate too.rolls and drawers when it's cured.
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Looks like a nice neat size, do you have a link to it please?Ordered a world band radio. Don´t know why, never had a radio but perhaps this situation in Ukraine drove me to buy one, small enough to be able to carry in a backpack.
This one:
Afraid it is of no use to you. A local shop that ship only within Finland.
Aye, it was just poor storage by the previous owners that needed a bit of work to undo The microplane ones cut lovely and smooth compared to surforms. The trick is to only use them for finishing on hardwoods or they go blunt faster than surforms.
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Some stearin and some wicks to go with some beeswax I already have as kindly suggested here https://bushcraftuk.com/community/t...-ahead-advice-on-what-is-needed.160483/page-5
Audio quality is a serious issue with the compact Short Wave Listening radios. I'd never buy any rinky-dink HF radio. Of course you sacrifice the weight for the battery load but in these days, not an issue. Boy but do they pound the politics and preach the tone. Best place is somewhere near the edges of the 40M ham radio band.
Look up the BBC Overseas schedules. Many other countries hang in real close in case you slip up and accidentally listen to them.
Look up the BBC Overseas schedules. Many other countries hang in real close in case you slip up and accidentally listen to them.
The Bic Maxis arrived on schedule, I'd have prefered to have been able to pick the colours myself, hi vis' rather than random but with only unreliable knock offs available around here I'll have to live with what I can get.
I've wrapped a yard of gorilla tape around a couple and home made smokers wick around a couple more.
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I've wrapped a yard of gorilla tape around a couple and home made smokers wick around a couple more.
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Woox Forte 22". Interesting, but no wooden wedge or steel cross or cylinder wedge. Useful, if somewhat flimsy mask with carabiner for attatching to ...ahh belt (your pants would fall down), so pack I guess. It's ok, but I'll stick with my H.B's, Gransfors, and Weterlings. It will go with my Condor Terrasaur which impressed me about as much. It wouldn't cut butter until I re-sharpened it. Garberg killer, my butt.
Back to the Woox... fairly heavy, shadow cuts in the head. I imagine it would be a decent splitter. A little too much glam for me, though. I think it will spend a cpl of days at the " axe spa" and get smartened up a bit.
Wow. Long winded first post.
Cheers from the land of the Magic Fire Tree (stole that from Chris Tanner, his descrip for Birch trees)
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Back to the Woox... fairly heavy, shadow cuts in the head. I imagine it would be a decent splitter. A little too much glam for me, though. I think it will spend a cpl of days at the " axe spa" and get smartened up a bit.
Wow. Long winded first post.
Cheers from the land of the Magic Fire Tree (stole that from Chris Tanner, his descrip for Birch trees)
Abe
Eurohike Adventurer 300 Sleeping bag. Bought for £27 from Millets a couple on months ago in readiness for my current not coping with some winter damp. Roomy, excellent hood, good zips & reasonably liteweight. A design classic
Had a bimble around a couple of nearby towns, not that I actually need any kit,I'm pretty much maxed out now.
Anoyingly, after being reamed for one I picked up another, still with its tags on, Coghlans 2 egg carrier in a charity shop for a quid. Better was a 3XL Karimor wicking undershirt for 3 quid, pretty much as new.
I got as far as Outdoors Action in Blackburn who have aquired a large stock of Craghoppers kit at bargain prices. I picked up two fleeces for £16.95 a pop for herself and the youngest, knocked down from £40. They went into mild shock I'd actually bought them something new ! All I got for myself was a night luminous marker and another Nite ize 2 inch locking S-biner.
'Weathers picking up here in the west Penines so I should be getting more use out of All this shiny new kit.
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Anoyingly, after being reamed for one I picked up another, still with its tags on, Coghlans 2 egg carrier in a charity shop for a quid. Better was a 3XL Karimor wicking undershirt for 3 quid, pretty much as new.
I got as far as Outdoors Action in Blackburn who have aquired a large stock of Craghoppers kit at bargain prices. I picked up two fleeces for £16.95 a pop for herself and the youngest, knocked down from £40. They went into mild shock I'd actually bought them something new ! All I got for myself was a night luminous marker and another Nite ize 2 inch locking S-biner.
'Weathers picking up here in the west Penines so I should be getting more use out of All this shiny new kit.
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Felt it was time for a new saw for my adventure backpack.
Picked one of these up this week. Im hooked! I've listened to the radio more in the last few days that I have in years.Ordered a world band radio. Don´t know why, never had a radio but perhaps this situation in Ukraine drove me to buy one, small enough to be able to carry in a backpack.
This one:
