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Refined tallow candles were the usual. Even refined whale oil. Beeswax candles were for the clergy only, and from the 1st Century. Candle makers had their own way of refining tallow and the best candle makers were sought out for the purity of their candles. A slight smell of cooking beef. -
There must be something in the settings because when I click on a subject it automatically goes to the last message posted I dunno where to find it. Perhaps if we summon @Northmount he might know
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I can see the record centre now youse mention it but my first thought was of the Isle of Mann three legs symbol, the triskelion
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Hygiene was higher than Hollywood movies would have you believe. There were several house-hold books published at the time regarding hygiene and many, many cook books some of which touched on the subject
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you lot are really dangerous to yourselves. I'd not let any of you loose with a plastic spoon to eat some Jello/jelly !
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Thats a nice bit of tooling But, what ruins the look for me is that short strap coming over the top and almost blocking out one leaf, leaving a hint of it
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Vintage Champion Shoe sewing or stitching machine?
fredk replied to aml311's topic in Leather Sewing Machines
As the price of scrap* is so low you wouldn't get the price of the gas to take it to the scrapyard Worth far more, working or not, to a user or collector * £175 per dirty ton of scrap iron. So about $2 for it as scrap -
When I moved to the UK as youngster I no sooner got used to the £ s d of British money when they went and changed to decimal £ p! afaik the US Army in Vietnam used kilometers as a measure of distance; 1 km = 1 'click' My '78 Cadillac, built in New Jersey, had 2 different metric bolt threads (fine and coarse) and 2 different US threads (UNC and UNF) plus a few other odd threads
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Welt in a pancake style knife sheath?
fredk replied to AEBL's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
Go with what you know to be the better construction; use a welt -
Too much dye localised Are you wetting your leather before applying the dye?
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Have a good day Be careful and enjoy yourself
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I would start by asking 'Bunkhouse Tools'
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Naw, it be ok. I just zip past anything I don't want to read
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Logged out and in again and I still see the Adult stuff
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That didn't work for me
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ach, sure, you're a dear
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I'm with Ferg on this I never asked for admittance to that area but I still see the posts on 'All activity' and 'Unread content'
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All's Quiet On The Western Front - now I keep two windows open; one for All Activity and one for Unread Content The Unread Content page wanted me to log in again, Nae Prob. But when I did I got a screen with a message saying 'Ooops! Try Again' BUT the All Activity page just worked as normal All's Well that Ends Well
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Some times, the items made in China/Vietnam/Taiwan et cetera are for the named company but the second- or third - quality items, the ones that don't get through the quality inspection, are sold off cheap to the seller on ebay and TEMU
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Its not completely fixed
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Sorry to hear you broke a wing As chuck says; read books Eventually as the break heals you may get the use of your fingers again and you can do some sewing using a stitching clamp to hold the work
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I recently came across a link placed on this site for a well known German book on saddlery and tack in ebook/PDF form I'll try to find it again
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An unconventional way to "split" a large hide
fredk replied to woo.gregory's topic in How Do I Do That?
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Could you not have the customer bring the gun to you and then make a pattern from it whilst he/she is there?
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@Sheilajeanne The machine has ' Bentalls Kingston on Thames ' which was a big department store in the south of England. So far I've not found a maker's name on it I can't decipher this on the front of the arm
