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London pattern was a flat shank extending beyond the feral. very similar but not quite. unlike a Birmingham screwdriver. :)

It does. But im afraid sir, they are all like that. :eek:

I see you've stayed in warrington before. Sorry, couldnt resist. Yes, him of, explore the wilderness, but only the bit within driving range of a pool view and a minibar, fame.

It's a scotch pattern turnscrew and it doesn't look to have been modified in any way.

Whilst I'm partial to a nice blade and rather fond of the one's I have, I have absolutely 0 interest in something that does not serve a purpose. so a "rambo" knife just doesn't do anything for me. give me a delightfully cheap opinel or a decent size bowie and I'm happy as larry, but when you...

that's something Sinbad would be proud of, but it's not a knife, it's a small persons sword. Might need to put some support in the wall before you hang it in its box. :)

restore then put on ebay with an "I saw you coming" sticker, make sure you put it as vintage and bespoke. :)

I ground the teeth of a length and made a few lock picks with it. :) the were a bit whippy. I also made a few "extreme" scrollsaw blades, but I couldn't tension it. in the end I turned it inside out, spotted it back together and left it at a mates workshop. Ok,last ones a lie.

Turns out its a mortise gauge. 😂 made by Marples. :) Tjere was one on ebay a while back. Comes up in google search for gpo mortise gauge so it must be true. ;)

I was looking for something from Alec Steele as I've seen him a few other smiths do it a few times on the tube. best I could find Never head it call a striking team before, make sense now they say it though.

there are 2 possibilities for this. either it was used in a map room on very large scale area maps (think winston and cigar planning bomber runs over germany) a hexample at that scale. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/military-in-detail-48027-bosnian-maps--982688 or in a drawing office as...

2 men isn't anything, I stood and watch a team of 6 smiths (and 1 apprentice with a set of tongues) work an anvil (one of the smiths was my dad). can't remember what they were making but it needed big hits fast to shape it and keep from having to stick it back in the fire. in your video it's...

I'm always nervous when I watch a US framer with a saw. One of the sparkies I worked with tried it once with his new fangled dewalt battery saw, it was a fun trip to the A+E.

Hay look a broken thumb.

Guess im a pro if we use the golf analogue. These are just the ones that stay out. Theres a toolbox draw woth another load. Then there's the builders hammers, the chipping hammers, the claw hammers, oh you get the drift.

I've been told it's nice to have end choked up on occasion. Pair that with a willingness to move up and down the shaft and the odd finger round the head and I've been informed you can get a good pounding that shows fantastic results. Obviously your mileage may differ. I've also been informed...

it's a plan measure wheel. used in drafting office by the boss to check you aren't a *******. :) think it's real name is an opisometer. the one I have is a dial rather than a slide. a quick google says it's an Army issue made my C.S.L. your date seems somewhat late for the design but it's the...

sometimes e..g for electrical problems, you need to hold it by the head no matter the size of hammer. :)

for knocking nails in, from the end, for precision adjustment, close to the top. for lumb hammers, anywhere including thumb at the side of the head. my dads expression was "what did the hammer do to you that have to strangle it" when ever I shifted my grip up the handle as a youngster. stuck...

We have this around the edge of the car park at work. it provides a barrier between the car park and surrounding flats which is nice a green in the summer so doesn't feel to intrusive to the flats and it controls to amount of space the trees take up to being a 2' line without major overhang of...