Mark Bolam
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I've gone for the Wusthof for ease of use, and bought a steel. Will probably get the Lansky set at some point, looks more involved and quite a few reviews say you need to buy additional clamps etc. Cheers for the input fellas.
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If they're properly minging (and let's face it they will be), give them a good shaking outside to lose the dust, then hose the worst of the grime off. Then wash them, and wash some less skanky items afterwards. Trust me on this, I've been married nearly ten years, a couple of them happily.
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You must get them razor sharp to be able to shave your forehead that close?
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How's a picture of you sharpening yours meant to help me mate?
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Don't you like money then?
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Zubat 300 here. More powerful than Josh's 330.
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Unfortunately my grinder was banished from the kitchen after a regrettable incident involving a frozen turkey, three bottles of red wine, a roll of duct tape, a prostitute, and a couple of police officers. Those Lanskys look slightly complicated? Whetstones or steels are beyond my patience level.
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Tonight's scintillating topic is can anyone recommend a really good knife sharpener? I love my cooking, and have a couple of great kitchen knives, but more than a few that are pretty dull compared to when I bought them. The two sharpeners in my drawer are pretty poor. Time wasters and Sunday booze bags welcome of course, but it's actually a serious query.
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Times were hard for us too. I got an empty box once. It was an Action Man deserter, apparently. -
Cubic metres 'loose stacked' (ie thrown in) is the only level playing field IMO. After that, it's down to quality. I only do arb waste. They're good seasoned logs, but they're often dirty and misshapen. I fully appreciate that some customers, posh pubs and the like prefer better looking, more uniform logs. My price reflects this. It also reflects the fact I've got people locally offering 3-year barn stored hardwood at £50/cube. It doesn't reflect it that well, mind.
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Isn't it John? An embarrassment to the timber game. I sneaked a shot of it just as Steve Bullman swerved off from a lads night out to pop into a 'specialist' bar called the Blue Oyster.
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An arboriculturalist is the guy with the knowledge and the qualifications. Arborist or tree surgeon? After seeing this on FB I'm pretty sure I'm a tree surgeon, although nearly all of my patients die. It's just embarrassing. We climb trees (when we have to), and cut them with chainsaws. It's just a job ffs.
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They are utterly crap. I'd return it as not fit for purpose, get your money back and buy the CT. Petzl know they've dropped a bollock as well, watch this space, they'll bring a new one out soon.
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Taking one for the team mate, I'm raising a can in your honour.
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Why did you do that Al?
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My bad. Wonga.com are offering a piffling 1500% apr at the minute.
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Bad news Gareth, give me a bell if I can help out.
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It's totally legal if you state in on your terms at QUOTATION stage. It's too late to talk turkey after you've done the work fellas. You need to nail down payment terms before you even give a price. 90 days? No problem, I'll quote double.
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You bastards are ruining my dream. I was going to throw in a couple of Stihl boiled sweets, hardly used.
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I bet you're genuinely looking forward to the 'end of works' sign on that job Ian! Come on fellas, it's in the country. My TM would be a filthy hi-vis hanging off a Tarmac rake and maybe a filthy stolen police cone if it was school run time.
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Hope the Velcro fix works Joe. Pantin kicking out kills SRT stone dead. I'd rather drink HIV blood.
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There's a funny story there Andy. My know it all big bro told me I was an idiot for logging a walnut (we actually milled the few bits that weren't knackered), saying that each blank for a shotgun stock was worth at least a grand. The following Christmas I wrapped a generous sized blank and gave it him as his present. 'What the f is this?' he said, after opening his big, heavy present, which he'd saved till last. 'It's a thousand pound Christmas present.' He was raging, but couldn't say anything. It's still in the porch at dad and mams.
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I can pretty much guarantee that the highest serious offer you get for it will be a fraction of the price the bloke down the pub reckons it's worth.
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Can you not just bump start it?
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Bad joke mate. Just get comfortable on an HC system first. The fancy stuff will come. You never, ever work unattached.
