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Mr farrier sent me loads of stuff including a very old folding knife that he has had since god was a boy...but he had busted it...........it had been used for paring sheeps feet (many years ago) to cutting flowers and grafting.........when i took it apart the horn scales fell apart at the riverts.........so i salvaged what i can and will rebuild it using some ebony scales what dead eye alan sent me....i shall use brass riverts (make them ).......and for the blade i think tightchoke is sending me a bit of raw tool steel..........old farrier sent me some opinels to see if i could recut one of the blades to fit..........the old blade is 3.5mm thick and the opinels are 2.25mm thick  so a lot of difference............

ive done all i can for the minit...and have put it to one side so i can get on with "dead eye alans" opinel as he has been so kind to send me lots of stuff...(including wine)

watch this space

 

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I tried the chewing gum and araldite but I thought ditchman was one of the few who could revive it very attached to the old knife 

bit of a challenge I know but it’s fix it or ditch it 😊

and if ditchman can’t fix it the world will end 

and I’ll have to buy a cissy modern one 😭

all the best 

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6 hours ago, Old farrier said:

I tried the chewing gum and araldite but I thought ditchman was one of the few who could revive it very attached to the old knife 

bit of a challenge I know but it’s fix it or ditch it 😊

and if ditchman can’t fix it the world will end 

and I’ll have to buy a cissy modern one 😭

all the best 

of

:lol::lol: Ditch it :lol:

Rest easy Old Farrier. He will fix it.  

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26 minutes ago, dead eye alan said:

 Wow ditchy that one really looks to be a big challenge good look with that.

im working on your knife as we speak ...:good:

1 minute ago, JDog said:

You are getting very heavy handed with your dismantling nowadays.

i swear to god it just fell apart in my hands .....'onest guv'ner

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9 hours ago, Old farrier said:

I tried the chewing gum and araldite but I thought ditchman was one of the few who could revive it very attached to the old knife 

bit of a challenge I know but it’s fix it or ditch it 😊

and if ditchman can’t fix it the world will end 

and I’ll have to buy a cissy modern one 😭

all the best 

of

Should have put him in charge of Brexit from the outset..... mind he would have drunk the French wine industry dry during negotiations.

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8 hours ago, figgy said:

Looking good as usual.

The lambsfoot I would have binned and started again.

got the ebony scales for the lambsfoot knife cut today......so i will do a bit on that tomorrow....need to go into town and get some more silver solder and some brazing rod and other rod and pick stuff up at the gunshop on the way back..................

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1 hour ago, amateur said:

Told you you would need some silver solder to glue the blade together 😁

i bought my hoover junior in 1982...and it was well 2nd hand then..........still going now everyday... just remember to replace the beater bar bearings every 10 years or so...still get the paper bags for it..............

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15 minutes ago, Old farrier said:

I think tenna do a product to help your problem 🤭

Terry's "Zorbit" nappies are better, environmentally sounder AND last longer.

need proof?    Out eldest is now 36, he was in Terry nappies. We are just about to start our last bag of them as we have been using them as cleaning cloths. Admittedly present wife doesn't do much cleaning but nonetheless

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