jimi43
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Well...it may have been sunny but at 6am today it was freezing!
But I got something today I was looking for for simply ages...
You can see now how the seasons have changed...the sun is really low still for this shot...a good job I didn't get much! So from the top...my prize of the day...
A beautiful 3LB William Marples "Shamrock" axe...!
But not just any axe...a side axe!
And apart from the surface rust...virtually unused with a pretty sharp edge already....
As a side by side comparison...I thought I would clean the rust off this one with "RESTORE" from Workshop Heaven...and it did a pretty good job....
The reason I went for RESTORE was that being a GEL...it could be put on and left without dipping and since I have no intention of removing the handle I didn't want to use CORRO-DIP this time.
The rust is definitely coming off and showing more markings but I need to work it in more later...there is still underlying rust and it doesn't seem to be converting this as CORRO-DIP does. I shelled out a tenner for this but it's worth far more than that in this condition...pity it's not left handed! I guess you can't have everything. Looking for a left handed one owned by a righthanded guy to swap!
The lovely little 1692 slater's hammer showed her clues pretty easy....
Yup...the ubiquitous BRADES No.1692 with the original elm handle and steel ferrule which is a bit loose but a nice find anyway....especially for £2
This little lignum vitae and beech gavel is really cute...
Especially for another £2
And for another £2 this Marshall amp....
...has to be the bargain of the year...even if it is one of those dinky belt fitting practice amps...
The late great Jim Marshall gave me one of these at the Guitar Show at Wembley many moons ago and it has somehow disappeared...so finding a replacement goes some way to restoring the memory! Mind you that time it only cost me a cigar!
And I finally got a square chuck key for my ML1....which is great as I'm just about to sell it to make room for the new lathe!
So...anyone else crazy enough to be up before dawn?
Jim
But I got something today I was looking for for simply ages...
You can see now how the seasons have changed...the sun is really low still for this shot...a good job I didn't get much! So from the top...my prize of the day...
A beautiful 3LB William Marples "Shamrock" axe...!
But not just any axe...a side axe!
And apart from the surface rust...virtually unused with a pretty sharp edge already....
As a side by side comparison...I thought I would clean the rust off this one with "RESTORE" from Workshop Heaven...and it did a pretty good job....
The reason I went for RESTORE was that being a GEL...it could be put on and left without dipping and since I have no intention of removing the handle I didn't want to use CORRO-DIP this time.
The rust is definitely coming off and showing more markings but I need to work it in more later...there is still underlying rust and it doesn't seem to be converting this as CORRO-DIP does. I shelled out a tenner for this but it's worth far more than that in this condition...pity it's not left handed! I guess you can't have everything. Looking for a left handed one owned by a righthanded guy to swap!
The lovely little 1692 slater's hammer showed her clues pretty easy....
Yup...the ubiquitous BRADES No.1692 with the original elm handle and steel ferrule which is a bit loose but a nice find anyway....especially for £2
This little lignum vitae and beech gavel is really cute...
Especially for another £2
And for another £2 this Marshall amp....
...has to be the bargain of the year...even if it is one of those dinky belt fitting practice amps...
The late great Jim Marshall gave me one of these at the Guitar Show at Wembley many moons ago and it has somehow disappeared...so finding a replacement goes some way to restoring the memory! Mind you that time it only cost me a cigar!
And I finally got a square chuck key for my ML1....which is great as I'm just about to sell it to make room for the new lathe!
So...anyone else crazy enough to be up before dawn?
Jim