MFV BF494 'Pansy', an old Motor Fifie Conversion

just a quick one on the importance of looking after your tools. things are gathering pace, lots of decisions made, several miles of timber is almost on order, we've almost bought a stove and we've nearly started the woodwork proper.

So time to dig out the those bastions of the boat builder, wood chisels and planes. Now I'm taking this seriously. spent an age researching various means of getting them to the peak of operational perfection, then this afternoon set to, once on the 80 grit grindstone, then onto a 240 grit grindstone, then a final honing on a proper wetstone for a good 10 or 15 minutes each.

The results are awesome, and I couldn't resist having a little test on a piece of well seasoned hickory. sliced it like butter it did. chuffed as 'owt

can't wait to use them. Unfortunately however, I now have to wait for my fingers to heal and the stitches to be removed before I can use them again!

As my wounds were being ministered to though, I did finally realise why you never see an amuptee smoking a fag

(I typed this with my nose BTW)

*All Aboard* If you've seen the Skippers hooter then you'll know he was in the kitchen when he typed that last missive. The keyboard is in the living room of course