Le Prevo Round Knife Help

[Kerryanne]

Hey,

I am beyond poor, but I am loving my leather work. I want to buy a round knife as a recent play with one says that it is a really useful tool. I am in the UK.

Le Prevo has one for £25, which is ridiculously low. Has anyone used one, is it ok or basically crap?

http://www.leprevo.co.uk/photos/round-knife.html

The other option is the Osborn #70 which is £60 and will take me a few months to save up for.

http://www.handtools-uk.com/p116-70-round-knife-osborne-ref-70

Really grateful for advice as ever.

[gmace99]

OOPS have I converted you to using a round knife.

I will message you a number in a few days got to go to sunny Scotland first. I don't have the number to hand.. Phone it and say I gave you the number and ask if he has one for sale. If he does it will be a Dixons one and not expencive.

[Kerryanne]

You are a wee legend as ever

[simontuntelder]

If that falls through look on eBay. There seems to be a good deal of old Dixons floating around and they can be had for very little some times.

[gmace99]

Simon is right it also might be worth looking at eBay you just have to be patient with it sometimes the prices are stupid on there but sometimes they are real cheap

[Kerryanne]

Will keep an eye on ebay as well, thanks guys,

Tandy don't sell the powder dye any more. I need some brown dye for edging, can I just use Fiebings oil dye or do I need to buy the special edging stuff (before I go wasting money)?

Went to a place this morning and they were selling dog leads - they were not a patch on mine was chuffed to bits.

[electrathon]

For edging the best cheap answer is a sharpie.

[smirak]

Just because I'm from the US and don't understand this: "they were not a patch on mine was chuffed to bits" please explain

As to the edge dye, I've got some "real" edge dye from Fiebings, but I usually just grab whatever dye I used for the project.

Kevin

[Art]

Check the Giardini website for the free samples. Matt at Lekoza did a video you might find interesting.

Art

[zuludog]

not a patch on = not as good as

chuffed = pleased

to bits = very, or extremely

"they were not a patch on mine; was chuffed to bits" = "they were not as good as mine so I was very pleased"

[Kerryanne]

Thank you very much everyone. Will look at the vids right now Art

lol Kevin, I forget all the time that people have no idea what I am talking about. Thank you for translating for me Zuludog :D I blame gmace99 he makes me too Scottish hehe.

[gmace99]

I teach in the USA lots by the End of the course everyone can swear in Scottish .....

This will be funny to kerryanne. I was listening to s radio station in England the presenter had Robbie Coltrane coming on she said over and over again Robbie is a man who loves his fud . As soon as Robbie came on he said you mean fid. the Mike went of and on follows by a presenter apologising like hell.

Fid for all you guys who don't know means food. As to fud. I am not going to translate

Edited August 3, 2015 by gmace99

[Art]

Meow!

[Kerryanne]

Love the Robbie Coltrane story. My sisters and I pretty much grew up in a rugby club as a kid. As a consequence my Da was brought in to see the headmaster an awful lot. One of the more shameful time was for me shouting 'You're a fud' at my teacher in primary school. Oh dear. I still think it is one of the worst insults, reserved only for the truly, irredeemably stupid. Only time I ever used it was after Adam just passed his test and reversed into a bollard... then kept reversing, stopping and starting several times, with a look of utter confusion on his face :D

I was an innocent when I went to gmace99 for leather help. Came out swearing like a sailor lol. Hope the move is going well matey.

I've got my eye on Ebay - don't think your mate had anything. Give me a shout if you hear of any sales.

Edited August 3, 2015 by Kerryanne

[gmace99]

I think art knows the term also...

I am at my Scottish house at the moment only two more weeks to move permanent

I will keep an eye out on eBay

[electrathon]

Kerryanne, pm me your address and I will send you round knife.

Aaron

[Kerryanne]

Wow Aaron, that is incredibly generous!

[smirak]

Ummm Aaron, I'll take a round knife too

[electrathon]

Ummm Aaron, I'll take a round knife too

Well you should have spoke up sooner. Besides, it is only sort out f free. She is now committed to doing a favor for someone else.

[Trox]

Very generous of you Aron. I still don't a understand the word "FUD", I did a search on it and it was explained as an sales technique.

Tor

[gmace99]

Trox Fid is a Scottish word for food. Fud is another Scottish word that is very rude. You would call someone a fud if you are insulting them. Also in Scotland if you are a friend then we might insult you to show you are a friend, I would be banned from this site if I told you some of the names I call my friends.

I will explain the word Fud. So be warned stop reading if you don't like rude words.

A Fud is the part of the woman's body a baby comes out.

[Kerryanne]

lol gmace99 that was very delicately put

[gmace99]

I thought you might like it Kerryanne. We Scots do have a wonderful use of words.

[zuludog]

Since we've lowered the tone of the conversation; be careful if you visit Britain and ask for a fanny pack, (as I have heard done). If you want a small pack on a belt you ask for a waist bag or a bum bag

A fanny, as so delicately put by gmace99, is the part of the ......

Several years ago a couple of friends of mine went for a holiday to the USA, starting more or less straight off the plane in the first bar they came to in New York. One of them went to the bar counter for some more drinks, and the other shouted after him "and get some fags while you're at it ".

The barman said "Oh I know what you mean, but you'd never get away with that on the West Coast!"

Edited August 6, 2015 by zuludog

[Kerryanne]

You're a bloody poet gmace99

Fanny pack/bumbags went out in the 80s in the UK Zuludog, along with shell suits and the mullet lol