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

The_Yellow_Ardvark · Wednesday at 6:36 PM

A box.

Thank you very much.

The contents as removed.

The_Yellow_Ardvark · Wednesday at 8:14 PM

Misssed this

Beeezer · 2026-01-22T00:54:11+0000

Gragson said:
Nice set of Opinel knives, they all need a good clean and oil but I think they have been just badly damp stored as apart from the No6 the edges look unused & super sharp. Think I'll give the box a bit of love as well

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Fantastic knives, all ways one in my pocket.
Bit of a gay poser pic!

theweldingchippy2.0 · 2026-01-22T10:22:04+0000

On that note....

JEZGUZ · 2026-01-22T11:36:33+0000

The only problem is that they are classed as a locking blade, needs to be a slipjoint to be legal as an edc.

Memmeddu · 2026-01-22T12:38:29+0000

JEZGUZ said:
The only problem is that they are classed as a locking blade, needs to be a slipjoint to be legal as an edc.

Totally illegal in Italy because the cutting edge has to have a maximum length of 50mm

The_Yellow_Ardvark · 2026-01-22T16:50:11+0000

A few items fell into my van today.

Many thanks to the good people..

From Norbert.

From Greenback.

From a Shanly.

The_Yellow_Ardvark · 2026-01-22T16:52:10+0000

This was put aside for me in a nice shop.

Ex WD Navy.

Memmeddu · 2026-01-22T19:49:55+0000

Today I've spent money...

Hammer and dolly set with 2 extra Facom hammers

A stillson pipe wrench unknown brand, slightly bent jaw but I don't really care about.
I've bought it just because I wanted the chain wrench on the right.
The handle is approximately 50cm long, chain almost twice...
It'll be probably enough to grab a 9" pipe

zzr1200 · 2026-01-23T12:32:40+0000

Arrived today all the way from the far east by road/land, purchased via Temu including "Free Shipping" to the UK.

My new pressure brake bleeding kit.....£18.13 delivered... :thumbup:

A nice solid hard thick pressure bottle, reservoir caps seem well made and builds pressure.

People may try to knock AliExpress/Temu, but you can't knock the price/quality ratio most of the time..

https://www.temu.com/goods.html?_bg_fs=1&goods_id=601102718017996&parent_order_sn=PO-210-00993190546550369&_oak_order_sn=210-00993148603510369&_oak_goods_num=1&sku_id=17606061543672&_x_sessn_id=qti9vt9fwj&refer_page_name=bgt_order_detail&refer_page_id=10045_1769171755659_v5l0k5eqnc&refer_page_sn=10045

PS. I know it states "Vacuum" but it's defo a pressure bleeder.... :dontknow:

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Item ordered on the 14th December, it took 37 days for delivery by road/land from Asia/China.

Delivered by Royal Mail Tracked 48 this end...

How do they Make/Transport/Deliver and still make money???

Craig-SM · 2026-01-23T12:34:31+0000

zzr1200 said:
Arrived today all the way from the far east by road, purchased via Temu including "Free Shipping" to the UK.

My new pressure brake bleeding kit.....£18.13 delivered...

A nice solid hard thick pressure bottle, reservoir caps seem well made and builds pressure.

People may try to knock AliExpress/Temu, but you can't knock the price/quality ratio most of the time..

https://www.temu.com/goods.html?_bg_fs=1&goods_id=601102718017996&parent_order_sn=PO-210-00993190546550369&_oak_order_sn=210-00993148603510369&_oak_goods_num=1&sku_id=17606061543672&_x_sessn_id=qti9vt9fwj&refer_page_name=bgt_order_detail&refer_page_id=10045_1769169751300_p7rhzv2o4j&refer_page_sn=10045

I was recommended the same bleeder on this group and works a treat, much less faff than a Gunson Eezi Bleed

addjunkie · 2026-01-23T12:56:25+0000

zzr1200 said:
Arrived today all the way from the far east by road/land, purchased via Temu including "Free Shipping" to the UK.

My new pressure brake bleeding kit.....£18.13 delivered...

A nice solid hard thick pressure bottle, reservoir caps seem well made and builds pressure.

People may try to knock AliExpress/Temu, but you can't knock the price/quality ratio most of the time..

https://www.temu.com/goods.html?_bg_fs=1&goods_id=601102718017996&parent_order_sn=PO-210-00993190546550369&_oak_order_sn=210-00993148603510369&_oak_goods_num=1&sku_id=17606061543672&_x_sessn_id=qti9vt9fwj&refer_page_name=bgt_order_detail&refer_page_id=10045_1769171755659_v5l0k5eqnc&refer_page_sn=10045

PS.

How do they Make/Transport/Deliver and still make money???

Are you sure they actually make money, its not just a ploy to kill off manufacturing in ever country by under cutting, then ramp up prices later once they have total control.

Blobber · 2026-01-23T13:07:22+0000

Thats not going to make much mess when the install that is it...
At least I get to keep the old ones! :thumbup:

zzr1200 · 2026-01-23T13:16:12+0000

addjunkie said:
Are you sure they actually make money, its not just a ploy to kill off manufacturing in ever country by under cutting, then ramp up prices later once they have total control.

I suppose that's a possibility, but in that case everyone had better buy buy now, before we all get shafted.

Japan done it to the British Motorcycle Industry years ago, China's justs following Japan's lead/map....

bricol · 2026-01-23T15:56:08+0000

zzr1200 said:
I suppose that's a possibility, but in that case everyone had better buy buy now, before we all get shafted.

Japan done it to the British Motorcycle Industry years ago, China's justs following Japan's lead/map....

Did the British motorcycle industry not do it to itself by continuing to build old, leaky, un-reliable bikes?

Much as I like to defend British industry, if it's building crap no-one wants . . .

zzr1200 · 2026-01-23T17:09:31+0000

bricol said:
Did the British motorcycle industry not do it to itself by continuing to build old, leaky, un-reliable bikes?

Much as I like to defend British industry, if it's building crap no-one wants . . .

At that time (1960's/1970's) it was the start of the end of British Engineering Dominance in the world, many British Manufacturing Companies had been world leaders since the start of the Industrial Revolution and they became complacent. England had survived WW1 and WW2, but having done that their attitude was "That we are the best".

Basically they sat on their posteriors and didn't do anything for years, no real advancements in design.

Remember BSA (Birmingham Small Arms) first started producing motorcycles in 1910, Norton in 1902 and Triumph Motorcycles was started in 1902.

The Japanese looked at the vertically split crankcases with oil leaks, redesign to the horizontal split which solved most of the problems, and made it easier to mass produce.
Their early bikes handled like rubber, but the engines purred...

Birmingham Small Arms Company - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Norton Motorcycle Company - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Cycle

Plus when WW2 was over the Allies help set up rebuilding their economy and their manufacturing infrastructure, just look at Germany, Japan and the rest of the far east now... who is now leading the worlds manufacturing

Which is exactly what the likes of AliExpress and Temu are doing now, apart from they are the Importer for many many small companies based in the far east...

QED.

Dapph2 · 2026-01-23T17:54:26+0000

zzr1200 said:
Arrived today all the way from the far east by road/land, purchased via Temu including "Free Shipping" to the UK.

My new pressure brake bleeding kit.....£18.13 delivered...

A nice solid hard thick pressure bottle, reservoir caps seem well made and builds pressure.

People may try to knock AliExpress/Temu, but you can't knock the price/quality ratio most of the time..

https://www.temu.com/goods.html?_bg_fs=1&goods_id=601102718017996&parent_order_sn=PO-210-00993190546550369&_oak_order_sn=210-00993148603510369&_oak_goods_num=1&sku_id=17606061543672&_x_sessn_id=qti9vt9fwj&refer_page_name=bgt_order_detail&refer_page_id=10045_1769171755659_v5l0k5eqnc&refer_page_sn=10045

PS. I know it states "Vacuum" but it's defo a pressure bleeder.... .

Item ordered on the 14th December, it took 37 days for delivery by road/land from Asia/China.

Delivered by Royal Mail Tracked 48 this end...

How do they Make/Transport/Deliver and still make money???

Food ration reduced from two bowls of rice per day for dissidents to one in the factories till they meet the new production figures and stop complaining. :whistle:

Welderpaul · 2026-01-23T18:12:44+0000

A load of veneered MDF for me to knock up some fitted units in my loft conversion walk in dressing room jobby. This is the walnut stuff with just one sheet of the ash to decide if i liked the contrast. Probably another 10 sheets or so to finish off.

Some 3050 x 1220 sheets to bond together to make a 38mm top.
This is A/B veneer so a decent side one side, the opposite side must use up all the narrow bits. That's B side showing there.

Looking forward to getting cracking.

Yeah the carpet's getting changed soon.. :laughing:

The_Yellow_Ardvark · 2026-01-23T18:14:19+0000

No 12 coper soldering iron.
Monitor blow torch, with instructions and spare prickers.

Turbo · 2026-01-23T18:20:08+0000

Welderpaul said:
A load of veneered MDF for me to knock up some fitted units in my loft conversion walk in dressing room jobby. This is the walnut stuff with just one sheet of the ash to decide if i liked the contrast. Probably another 10 sheets or so to finish off.

Some 3050 x 1220 sheets to bond together to make a 38mm top.
This is A/B veneer so a decent side one side, the opposite side must use up all the narrow bits. That's B side showing there.

Looking forward to getting cracking.

Yeah the carpet's getting changed soon..

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I'm starting to cough just thinking about cutting that!

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