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    DUCKWING replied to Rubyred666's topic in General Talk

    NICE WORK MATE , MADE A FEW MYSELF , LIKE WISE MAINLY HAZEL , THOUGH I DO LIKE HOLLY STRIPPED THEN RASPED SO THE KNOTS BECOME PROMINANT , IAM LUCKEY AS IAM SURROUNDED BY BLACKTHORN , JUST GOT TO WALK THROUGH MY BACK GATE MY FIRST I MADE THE CROOK FROM 1 " THICK MARINE PLY , AN EXCELLENT STARTER MATERIAL AS ITS VERY STABLE AND BECAUSE ITS LAMINATED VERY STRONG THERES A NUMBER OF WAYS TO STRAIGHTEN THE SHANK ... I TEND TO USE TIN FOIL AROUND THE SHANK THEN PLACE OVER A FLAME , BEING CAREFUL NOT TO SCORCH .......... THEN SIMPLY EYE THROUGH THE SHANK AND BEND OVER YOUR KNEE TILL
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    WELL , I HAVE A LIKEING FOR ALLSORTS OF MUSIC ........ NORTHERN SOUL , SKA , BLUE BEAT , OLD BLUES , REGGAE ....MAINLY THE OLD STUFF ............ RIGHT THROUGH TO SOME FOLK . COUNTRY , BLUEGRASS ETC .......... BUT ALWAYS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR JOHNNY CASH ............. ONE OF MY FAVOURITES OF HIS ............... COCAINE BLUES DUCKWING
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    JEEZ SPINDLE MY KNEES ARE HURTING JUST WATCHING THAT BUT WHERES THE BAR TOWELS TO MOP THE SWEAT TIMI YURO .... CLASSIC MATE KEEP THEM COMING ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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    WELL LADS , MY BIT OF ADVICE IS ................. TAKE A GOOD HARD LOOK AT YOUR BITCH ........ IF SHE IS NOT A REAL GOOD DOG , DONT BREED ............. BUY IN TOO MANY PEOPLE BREED A BITCH WHICH ISNT UP TO GRADE ON A WHIM TO THE NEAREST DOG AND END UP WASTING TIME , MONEY AND ENERGY ON INFERIOR DOGS , THEN HAVE A CHEW ON TRYING TO GET RID OF PUPS NO ONE WANTS ............. JUST MY OPINION DUCKWING
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    WELL LADS , JUST BEEN LISTENING TO A LOAD OF MY TRACKS ......... COULDNT REST TILL I LISTENED TO .... JERRY BUTLER .... MOODY WOMAN ............. REMEMBER THESE ? DUCKWING
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    WELL MOLL , AS A KID ABOUT 9 I SWOPPED A CLUTCH OF OWL EGGS FOR A GRASS SNAKE AND AN AQARIUM NOT ONE OF MY BETTER IDEAS THE BLOODY THING WAS AN ESCAPE ARTIST AND WAS ALWAYS GETTING OUT ...EVEN WHEN I WEIGHTED THE LID DOWN WITH A HOUSE BRICK ....... IT USED TO CURL UP AND BITE LIKE HELL WHEN YOU GOT TOO CLOSE , ONLY ONE IT DIDNT BITE WAS ME OLD MA ......... SHE WOULD WALK AROUND WITH THE THING AND USE IT TO GET US UP EARLY ......... AND IT WORKED WHEN DROPPED IN YER BED IT CAME TO A STICKY END WITH MY FIRST TERRIER ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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    WELL LADS , REALLY ENJOYED THAT FRANK WILSON ....... A FECKIN CLASSIC ....... SAID TO HAVE SOLD FOR 35 K SOME OF MY FAVOURITES ..... TONY CLARKE , LANDSLIDE ............ WAYNE GIBSON , UNDER MY THUMB ........ GILL SCOTT HERON , THE BOTTLE ............ DOBIE GRAY , OUT ON THE FLOOR ............... JEEZ I COULD GO ON AND ON ............. NORTHERN SOUL ............... FECKIN LOVE IT ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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    YEP , THE TINTERNETS A WONDERFUL THING http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/PROD/3-/924144...or&actor=141397 DONT KNOW IF THIS WILL WORK ..... BUT HERE GOES DUCKWING
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    WELL D S BOXTY ....... DONT LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT ............... THOUGH I COULD MAKE A BUSINESS OUT OF SENDING PEASE PUDDING TO A MATE IN BALINASOE , HE AND HIS FRIENDS ARE GOING THROUGH IT LIKE PIGS AT A TROUGH YEP ............. I REMEMBER OUT OF TOWN ............ ONLY THING IS NO BLOODY VCRs AT THE TIME FOR US TO TAPE ON , ALL WE HAD WAS A RENTED TV . THE THING IS WITH OLD JACK , HE WAS A GENTLEMAN ....HAD A WAY OF PUTTING INFORMATION OVER IN A MANNER WHICH DIDNT SOUND LIKE A DOCUMENTRY PREACHING ............... MAYBE HE HAD NOT THE SKILL TO PLOUGH A STRAIGHT FURROW BE
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    WELL D S I HAVE AN HUGE INTEREST IN THE BYGONE DAYS NOSTALGIA FROM ENGINEERING FEATS TO FARMING PRACTICES ........... TO BE HONEST JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IVE GROWN UP LISTENING TO TALES OF EVERYTHING FROM FIGHTING TO FINCH CATCHING , TALES OF LOCALS THAT COULD LITTERALLY CALL A BULLY OR GOLDIE DOWN TO WANDS / TRAPS OR A NET MEN THAT TICKLED , SNARED OR NETTED TROUT . .... USED A CATTY TO GIVE THEM THE EDGE WHEN HUNTING GAME IN A TIME WHEN YOU CAUGHT OR ATE " VEG " .......... MEN THAT .............." HUNTED "...........INSTEAD OF THE LADS OF TODAY DOING DAYTIME / NIGHTIME COU
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    YEP DS ITS A ROBIN , FROM A VERY OLD PHOTO HOW ABOUT THESE THEN HAULING KIT STOW BOXES NIGHTINGALE TRAP ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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    WELL DS IVE SEEN AND KNOW OF A FEW SUCH TRAPS IN VARIOUS SIZES , THE SMALLEST A SPARROW TRAP UP TO A MIGHTY HAWK TRAP THAT WAS FITTED WITH A LIVE CALL BIRD , USUALLY A PIGEON INTERESTING TOOLS FROM A BYGONE AGE ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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    WELL D S SLIGHTLY OFF SUBJECT BUT HERES A COUPLE MORE OLD PICTURES ...YOU MIGHT ENJOY ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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    WELL D S IVE SET A FEW CAGE TRAPS IN TREES OVER THE YEARS .....THOUGH....... MOSTLY WHEN AT A LOSS WHERE TO PLACE A CAGE , STEEP BANKS ETC STILL MY FAVOURITE IS THE LOG BRIDGE OVER A STREAM / DITCH ALTHOUGH ............ IN YEARS GONE BY THEY DO SAY OLD BIRD TRAPPERS USED TREE SET CAGE TRAPS REGULARY , AND HAD SOME VERY STRANGE CATCHES ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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    BE SURE TO HAVE THE THERMOMETER AT THE RIGHT HEIGHT ................... TEMPARATURE VARYS IN A STILL AIR INCUBATOR FROM TOP TO BOTTOM ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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    WELL JD , ME AND THE MISSUS WATCHED IT LAST TIME IT WAS ON ................. INSPIRATIONAL !!! ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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    WELL BALDIE , THATS CERTAINLY SOME KNIFE AND I CAN REALLY SEE THE BEAUTY IN IT CRAFTMANSHIP A DYING ART IN COMPUTOR ENHANCED DAYS ................ HOWEVER BEING A PRACTICAL SORT OF FELLA , MY MAIN INTERESTS IN FUNCTIONAL USERS THE KNIVES PICTURED IN MY LAST POST ARE THE TYPE OF THING IM WANTING TO MAKE , A HUNTING KNIFE WHICH I WOULDNT BE SCARED OF USING THE SIMPLICITY OF DESIGN AND FUNCTION MEAN SCANDI KNIVES ARE A WINNER FOR ME ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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    WELL JJBULL . I LIKE THE KNIVES YOU PUT UP A LOT !! THE HANDLES LOOK VERY ERGONOMICALLY DESIGNED , HAVE THEY WORKED OUT AS WELL AS THEY LOOK ? DO THE BLADES HOLD THEIR EDGE WELL ? WHAT ARE THEY LIKE TO SHARPEN ? CARBON OR STAINLESS ? ..... ADVANTAGES / DISADVANTAGES ? VULCANIZED MATERIAL ....... WHAT THE HELL ???????????? TO BE HONEST I WAS FANCYING HAVING A GO AT EITHER A LAURI OR SIMILAR BLADE AROUND THE 3 " - 4 " MARK WITH A CURLY BIRCH HANDLE IF I CAN TURN OUT SOMETHING LIKE IN THE PHOTOS .....I WILL BE WELL PLEASED ALL THE B
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    HOORAY FOR LUCKEY AT LAST A SENSIBLE POST .............. MADE FROM OBSERVATIONS NOT THEORY ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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    THANKS FOR THAT JJBULL , I REMEMBER SEEING THAT SITE ON SOME LINK ....AND WHEN I LOOKED I HAD IT IN ME FAVOURITES , WHAT BLADES HAVE YOU MADE ........... FULL TANG OR HIDDEN TANG ?? CAN YOU RECOMMEND A MAKER ? , AND MATERIALS FOR A NEWBIE ? LASTLY .. GET SOME PHOTOS UP MATE OF YER HANDIWORK ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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    FORGOT TO MENTION LE PREVO , DO ALL THE TOOLS FOR MAKING ALLSORTS OF LEATHERWORK , FROM KNIFE SHEATHES TO DOG HARNESSES ANOTHER LEATHER WORKER SITE http://www.bowstock.co.uk/ ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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    WELL LADS , FOR A TIME NOW I VE BEEN CLICKING ON A SITE CALLED BRITISH BLADES http://www.britishblades.com/forums/index.php BASICALLY ITS A KNIFE MAKING SITE , AND ITS GOT ME REALLY INTERESTED IN HAVING A GO AT MAKING MY OWN BLADES AND SHEATHES ,THERE ARE SOME REALLY SKILLED LADS ON THIS SITE ALL WILLING TO HELP , THERE ARE QUITE A NUMBER OF SUPPLIERS OUT THERE WHICH ARE RELATIVELY CHEAP , CONSIDERING THE PRICES A CUSTOM BLADE GOES FOR ON E-BAY , NEVER MIND A DEALER http://www.brisa.fi/ , THESE SUPPLY DECENT SCANDI BLADES , WHICH I THINK WILL BE MY FIRST
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    WELL LADS , IVE JUST BEEN OUT ON A STROLL OUT THE BACK GATE ............... KIDS IN TOW ,MAKING NOISE LIKE A HOOLIE WHEN I QUIETENED THEM DOWN AND MADE A SPOT THE WILDLIFE COMPETION UP [ UPSTAIRS FOR THINKING , DOWNSTAIRS FOR DANCING ]. I REALLY ENJOYED IT , THE DOGS MUST HAVE PUT OUT 15 PHEASENT PULLETS , 3 HARES AND 2 RABBITS ALL IN THE ROUGH PASTURE BEHIND MY HOME , SAW LOADS OF FROGS AND FOUND TWO TOADS , WATCHED A LOAD OF LINNETS , GOLDIES FEEDING ON THE SEEDING HEADS ...... JUST THEN THE HALF PINT CALLS OUT , I SPOT A BARN OWL ..... SURE ENOUGH IT WAS WORKING ITS WAY DOW
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    WELL LADS , REMEMBER WATCHING COLLINS WITH MY OLD DA BEFORE HE PAST ON , FIRST THING THE OLD FELLA SAID WAS .......... " WHICH PRATTS BEEN COACHING THAT IRISH KID " I SAID HOWS THAT THEN ?????????? " LOOK HOW HES PROBING WITH THAT JAB HAND ? , HE WILL TIRE QUICKLY , HES USING FAR TOO MUCH ENERGY " SURE ENOUGH HE WAS USING THE SAME STYLE AS THE RUSSIAN / SWEDISH AMATURS .......... ALRIGHT FOR 3 ROUNDS ........ BUT BAD OVER TWELVE HE DIDNT TAKE LONG TO SUS A FIGHTER .... OR A WAY TO BEAT HIM !!! SHARP AS A TACK , ME DAD COLLINS CAME THROUGH THE FIGHT OK...........
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