Shipping now reinstated to Northern Ireland and its free post on every item
What company is this?
Shipping now reinstated to Northern Ireland and its free post on every item
You have to fill out a customs form for Northern Ireland post now, but yes its the same price as the rest of the UK via Royal Mail. EU making life difficult again (Windsor agreement)I thought N.l. counted as UK for postage purposes?
when I used to send stuff to relly's in Eire on the other hand, postage cost about 3 times as much.![]()

Gave the box a bit of a biffing and it's come up good with some Danish oil.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


but must say the carbon ones sharpen up something wickedIf I give my No6 a good sharpen I can shave with it….Gave the box a bit of a biffing and it's come up good with some Danish oil.
The guy I bought the set from said he didn't have the No6 but dropped one in there when he posted it.
The No6 was pretty heavily pitted and the point is broken off and its not from the same set as it does not have the Virobloc locking that a No6 should have for this set, no complaints as the set was very cheap and he did say it was missing anyway. Still it sharpened great and I will address the point.
Soooo I had to order another No6 for the sake of the OCD, warned bladed article and needed to be signed for - my Postie stuck it through the letter box being the champ he is
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The place I ordered the number 6 from annoyingly had the set in SS as well as Carbon, so I might be back for a new SS set when funds allow,but must say the carbon ones sharpen up something wicked
Excuse my ignorance, and having never used a lathe, what is 'tool' steel? I assume it's much harder than mild steelA nice chunk of o1 tool steel

Thanks, I'll have a readHi All , I have a requirement to make some replacement blades for a shoulder plane,I have some small pieces of unhardened O1 guage plate but not long enuff for the complete blade,Q can I weld this to mild steel with 316 rods [I have some of these] and then harden /temper in the normal way,all help welcome,PS these are 3 mm thick.
The old blade C100yrs is made of 2 pieces,the cutting edge is very fine grained and pale in colour ,the rest is soft and can be filed,I had the hardness tested at work and it came out at 60.8 Rockwell C,this is what i would like to replicate,
cheers for reading...
- rosinante
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