Recent content by LostBoy(IRL)

Honestly never thought I would get to say this! But "hey! west of Ireland is my patch, move along buddy!" ;-) Hurling is a spectacular sport, not much know outside of Ireland, it's claimed as one of the oldest games, but it is definitely one of the fastest. Very physical contact sport. Not...

Hopefully no one minds me posting this here, I typically update my original post with updates, but this was 2025, so dropping it here The USAG ratchet I picked up last week cleaned up very nicely, I have worked on a few older ratchets, but not that many tbh. The internal of this though was a...

Missed posting at the end of the 25 thread, so it goes here, happy new year all, best of luck digging for another year to come.

My last visit to the carboot for the year. Unused teng combination spanner 19mm. W&C Wynn adjustable, patent date 1884. Unbranded, made in England bicycle wrench, cone spanner. Ratchet works, but needs a clean, and selector has been replaced with a screw, but liked the look of it. Is the make...

Monthly sale was this morning, got up looked out the window and said 'nope' and went back to bed. There was a forecasted rain warning and it arrived

Carboot at the weekend, I had said previously that I'm only buying what I can use or what really catches my interest. This is firmly the second category for now. A scroll former or bender, seems quite similar to this link. After picking morning at a few sales this year, I maybe just wanted...

Carboot was over a week ago, didn't get a thing, this was the third of the year I picked nothing, not a great run this year. Still enjoy the hell out of it though. House renovations are on going, renting a house on the opposite side of the village, hopefully will just be for about 3 months. Big...

Think you're right on Sheffield, I was looking at it again later and thought that looked likely

It was suggested that my 'mini' pick would suit this thread. Carboot find from Sunday, cleaned it up and put a decent handle on it. Last pic is the makers name, not deciphered that yet, apart from sons at the end.

That kabar is interesting, below is my late fathers fishing knife. no name on it, but I would be fairly sure it's Sheffield made, and is very similar to my own bone handle William Rogers below it. Interesting to see the similarities across different manufacturers and different Continent's...

Quite month again from me. didn't post last month at all, as no tools, but did find a poster advertising a train outing from my village to another that I had never heard off, Kilraven and a year 1936. To add to the confusion of not having heard of the destination, the fact my village doesn't...

Nice picking ask around, my monthly sale was cancelled this month due to bad weather, so a poor start to the year for me. Few weeks till the next

I'll check them out, have you read any Roger deakin or Robert MacFarlane, both nature writers I have enjoyed. I typically try not use colloquialisms online, blinder slipped through though 😉 And I don't even think it's Irish, more English, some reason I'm thinking cricket, a sport I know...

I should have added 'the new orchard' the gate might be taller than some of the planted trees. But it's a work in progress, 10 trees planted. The 7 apple trees are heritage trees, which I love the idea of. There are groups here who go back over old maps to find the locations of old orchards...

We had power and water back Tuesday night, Internet still patchy. Nearly 750,000 properties without power after the storm, out of not much more than 2mill for the county, that really puts it in perspective. Emergency services played a blinder though in fairness to them. Still some without power...