February 2012
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Marron Oscuro
January 2012
3 posts
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At the desk...
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Stanley Brace Drill
My new toy
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November 2011
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Dryad 'PlouPlane'...
I came across what was tagged as “early plough plane” but on further inspection it was… well it was a plough plane, but for book binding, not woodwork.
I guess it is used for trimming page ends on a bound book to level them off.
The pages clamp in like so…
and the plane is, well it’s ploughed across the paper. And the blade does the work…
et voila: nice...
October 2011
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Othello, antler-handle, hunting knife
I was given my Grandad’s knife he had stored away. No one knew much about it, where he got it or why he owned it. As it is most likely to be from the 60’s, maybe, then it’s possible that he got it in South Africa, where he could have been during this time. Anyhow, just as it has its beauty as an object, it has its lethality as a knife.
When fully open the blade (not...
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The Times EVEREST Colour Supplement, 1953
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September 2011
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New Forest Camping
My first chance to use my Polish army surplus tent-come-water proof poncho (x2)
It isn’t clear but that is Aunty Tally crossing a small bridge surrounded by sludgey mud (mudge). And here is a black cow mooching around the woods for food.
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More of the same...
Guildford, the start line: 0804
The realisation of Calum’s puncture…
Waiting for Manny K…
West Grinstead (R.I.P) …
The Hopper…
9 hours, 5 sausage baguettes, 10 bananas, 1 puncture, 127 rubber repair patches, about 6 horses, many breakfast bars, a few mars bars, 2 rolls, custard creams, 4 and a half Beroccas later: the finish line (without Matt),...
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A Case of Finders Keepers
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TRUE TALES of ADVENTURE
I couldn’t fit a double pager in the scanner so I did my best to take photos
For those who can’t read this, it says:
To Victor,
With Love from Aunty Eena and Uncle John
Christmas, 1935.
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New Treasures
Picked up these two knives (two on the left) yesterday. Now my army knife collection is not just one knife.
knife - knife-can opener-screw driver - knife-pointy
The handle was black when I got it, a bit of wire wool and oil and it went this colour. Still not sure if its wood, leather or some sort of resin.
Fielder & Sons, Southsea
This got me excited, seeing the date and arrow...
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At Sea
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A Deeper Shade of Khaki
Just thought I’d document the different shades of khaki in my collection. Some seem faded green as if sand blasted by the desert…
…some have olive green buttons…
…some have brass…
…some have cross-over belts…
…some have cinches…
…some are dated 1954…
… and these are from the 2000 Levi’s Vintage...
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60 Years ago...
… my Great Grandma, Great Granddad, and their daughter and son (my Grandma, and her brother) came over on the “Cilicia”, from Karachi.
Granddadda banked his pension, working for the British Railway, in India (by the looks of it) and booked a place on the ship for his family.
The journey took them 6 long weeks…
…The first stop was Liverpool, but found...
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August 2011
16 posts
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I thought I heard that Peavine when she blow
She does work… sometimes. I had to make the fuel tray out of an anchovies tin…
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metric versus imperial
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Found these door knobs in Greece few years ago......
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A nicely priced vice
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"PLEASE HELP YOURSELF"... and I did!
I came across this sign in someone’s front garden, wondering the backstreets of Catford at night. It was a pile of children’s toys, golf balls, odd electrical parts. I thought nothing like this will escape my scavenging, so I searched among the crap, till my hand nudges a cast iron base. I picked up what I first thought was a clock, put it in my bag and waited till I got home to have a...
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A Home for Pam
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The Practical Householder, November 1956
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Table for the Kennedy's (my first commission...
I finished this one with boiled Linseed Oil
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Moss-green Stool
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July 2011
8 posts
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Newnes Home Mechanic
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Knolling the brain II
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The Great Gatsby (with illustrations)
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Running out of broom handle!
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Today's Carnage
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A sailor's life for me
Fish pocket knife, K-Tank lighter, H M Slater Army jack-knife, salted silver spoon, rusty bottle cap, pocket watch, salted 1p and 2p, Crucifix supposedly found at sea by a Great Uncle who was a sailor (not sure how true that is, but none the less is a cool story), coins and shells
June 2011
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Hot off the Press - Table (Scaffold boards and...
Please excuse the sheet and the bad photos, but the table is still dripping with lacquer.
All held together with broom-handle dowels.
I’ll put better photos up once it’s good and ready to be photographed. It doesn’t like too much attention!
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Men's Chilprufe Underwear... of course!
I looked in this last night and thought I recognised the name Chilprufe… it turns out that Chilprufe keeps me warm in the snow!
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Today he brings me this
Not really a fan of Wade. Maybe because he's...
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All I saw was a flash of green when i opened my...