Today I acquired...........

[bigegg]

my grandad had one of those - black plastic handle.
Apparently came from my great -great uncle bert in WW1 - but he was an infantryman, not a sailor.

Grandad used it as a marking awl (he was a carpenter/cabinetmaker), and also to poke about in his (tobacco) pipe.

No idea what happened to it after he died. :-(

All family were in "protected professions" in ww1 + ww2 except uncle bert (he died at ypres) so dunno how it ended up in the family otherwise.

Interestingly, g/dad always called it a "jack knife". I always assumed because it folded like a "jack-knifed" car+trailer. I have just realised, it's the other way round - the "jack knife" is named for a "jolly jack tar" as in sailor?

 

[rosinante]

Today I aquired 1 Fairey freewheeling hub for a series land rover, 2 vent screens for a lightweight landy and a Series 1, 2 Lucas wiper motor all for free, I then went mad and bought an inverter welder from Aldi for 60 quid , now advertising for one more hub, well you never know,
Chris

 

[brightspark]

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The Seaman's Clasp knife has got some history to it.
It has a name and a ships book number stamped onto the handle. Ships book number is the last 3 digits of a Royal Nay Sailor service number. My local British legion is looking into the name and number for me.

There is a date stamp, 1943, but that is over stamped an older number. My guess, based on experience, is that it was issued, returned for repairs and re issued.

The standard broad arrow is there, as to be expected. But next to that is a Maltese Cross.
So it has bean on good journey.
Up to the time when the RN left Malta, March 1979, local issued slops (Naval Clothes and personal equipment issues" were always stamped with the arrow and a local stamp. I still have my Rigging kit with a Hong Kong stamp, well one I acquired when I was there. Oddly Gibraltar was just a "G" stamped.

A lot of the extra stamps were put on by service people in Detention Quarters serving their time. I spent a week stamping uniform buttons in Pompy.

I had one o them as a kid I found it probably chucked it away after the novelty wore off

 

[Pete.]

I had one of those as a kid too, never realised just what it was. Don't even remember where I got it but my granddad was a gunner in the merchant navy in WW2 so it might have been from him.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I had one of those as a kid too, never realised just what it was. Don't even remember where I got it but my granddad was a gunner in the merchant navy in WW2 so it might have been from him.

A "Gunner" was a member of the Seaman's Brach of the Navy, so there is a good chance he would of bean issued one at the start of his training

 

[rosinante]

My ships book no had to be quoted every fortnight when you got paid in cash, often you get paid then have your station card confiscated until you had a haircut, the pussers dirk I had was issued to me in Aug 66 at Hms St Vincent in Gosport, my got a bit rusty so ziput it in a tub of phosphoric acid , it dissolved the handles and altered the structure of the blade so that it snapped into several bits!,
We were issued rigging knives and an all steel marlin spike with sheath and belt , it was a disciplinary offence to appear on deck without it when on duty or during evolutions,
Chris

 

[Pete.]

A "Gunner" was a member of the Seaman's Brach of the Navy, so there is a good chance he would of bean issued one at the start of his training

His job was to operate an anti-aircraft gun. It was the only story he ever told me about his time in the war, how he ran out of ammo and started swearing at his loader until he turned around and saw that the man had been killed.

 

[rosinante]

I was a seamen gunner , then Quarters Armourer with an additional qualification as Sailmaker, transferred to electrical artificer, left as a CPO marine engineer (electrical) that was 30 years ago , stretch where's the time gone!?
Chris

 

[julianthegypsy]

Not today, but in the last couple of days:
An infection to a stupid cut from my vans door lock...
Raging influenza..
Bursitis in my left elbow, which is a thing I'd never heard of and wish I still hadn't.
I have to move the entire contents of my house in my dispatch over the next ten days, as well as building shed space.
The weather has been perfect for doing just that, but not only can I barely stand or even eat, I have lost the use of my left arm. Apparently for two weeks at least. The exact amount of time I need it to be working for. Still, mustn't grumble eh? Grrr...

 

[MattF]

Not today, but in the last couple of days:
An infection to a stupid cut from my vans door lock...
Raging influenza..
Bursitis in my left elbow, which is a thing I'd never heard of and wish I still hadn't.
I have to move the entire contents of my house in my dispatch over the next ten days, as well as building shed space.
The weather has been perfect for doing just that, but not only can I barely stand or even eat, I have lost the use of my left arm. Apparently for two weeks at least. The exact amount of time I need it to be working for. Still, mustn't grumble eh? Grrr...

No other ailments?

 

[pedrobedro]

Bursitis in my left elbow, which is a thing I'd never heard of and wish I still hadn't.

I had cortisone injections for that many years ago, do they still give them ? Resting the joint is the best course along with painkillers the injections hurt like hell. Keep it wrapped up so you don't catch it on anything as well, it makes you shout rude things.

 

[julianthegypsy]

I don't know about injections, I've been told rest and anti inflammatory. Only problem with that is that I can't have ibuprofen..
I am treating it very carefully though, even putting it down on the arm of a chair has to be done with extreme care. God knows what words i would say if I caught it on anything! Its not just the elbow either, it's spread up and down the inside of the arm, angry and red!

 

[Cobbler]

Has the doc seen it in that state Julian, that sounds to me like it could be serious. I'm no doctor, but sepsis comes to mind.

 

[julianthegypsy]

Has the doc seen it in that state Julian, that sounds to me like it could be serious. I'm no doctor, but sepsis comes to mind.

I went to the local minor injuries unit, so it has been seen by a medic at least, but if it doesn't improve quickly I'll get the GP to take a look. Annoyingly, as I haven't quite moved yet, I haven't changed doctors, and imI at the wrong end! On the plus side, sweetheart is doing an A1 job of looking after me!

 

[sardine]

I went to the local minor injuries unit, so it has been seen by a medic at least, but if it doesn't improve quickly I'll get the GP to take a look. Annoyingly, as I haven't quite moved yet, I haven't changed doctors, and imI at the wrong end! On the plus side, sweetheart is doing an A1 job of looking after me!

What tools you got ?

And where will we find the keys to your workshop when your gone ?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

On the plus side, sweetheart is doing an A1 job of looking after me!

Ah, but is she medically trained?

 

[Robotstar5]

Ah, but is she medically trained?

Well she's got a nurses uniform

 

[Turbo]

I don't know about injections, I've been told rest and anti inflammatory. Only problem with that is that I can't have ibuprofen..
I am treating it very carefully though, even putting it down on the arm of a chair has to be done with extreme care. God knows what words i would say if I caught it on anything! Its not just the elbow either, it's spread up and down the inside of the arm, angry and red!

I've had that - very painful. If you can't take brufen can I suggest using the voltarol gel.

 

[pedrobedro]

I've had that - very painful. If you can't take brufen can I suggest using the voltarol gel.

Get some frozen food like bag of peas or sweetcorn in a tea towel and rest it on it as well, takes the sting out a bit.

 

[julianthegypsy]

My buddies are guarding the workshop, and I am armed with Tesco's finest frozen peas! Feeling a bit better today, managed to eat and the plumbing has returned to normal function at last. Just need some voltarol and something for the frustration and impatience. I asked in the pharmacy but they couldn't suggest anything!