Here we go - a "rare bespoke" FL6 "used, like new", "with original patina" advertised locally to me:- Marketplace – Vintage WW2 Tilley Hendon FL6...
:-k Well, somehow I don't think I'd be waiting for a leak before I did something about it...
:-k Did it make any difference having it the correct way up..?
Sounds like you need a couple of Tilley irons to go with the others... :lol:
:-s :? Why do you give up, Jean... :-k
The Pringle (actually a hyperbolic paraboloid) heat deflector on my early KL80 is brass. Having said that, I can't swear it's the original but I'm...
Yes, I thought it might be. Ever the man of mystery, eh, Jeff! :) It's odd how you have a mental image of someone you've never seen - in my...
:-k I use brass bristles (gently) on brass and steel bristles (gently) on steel. Seems obvious to me - but I'm not an engineer... :)
Here it is, Geoff:- [ATTACH] Any good..?
Mine (not so small - actually rather large!) is / was exactly the same. This was probably the best part of it though:- [ATTACH] Not on display...
:-k Still no pics of you, Jeff... ;) :lol:
Y'know, Bonza - that looks almost bright... ;) :lol:
Ha-ha-ha - that's nearly funny, Joshua. :lol: They were an export model for the North American market mainly. I'm aware of a couple that have...
You could also try sending him a message from here. Click on his namw at the left of one of his posts and then click on 'Start a Conversation'....
Debatable at best. The principle behind what became known as the Davy lamp seems to have developed more-or-less simultaneously in several parts of...
Define "true restorations" for me, please... 8] :)
There's one of these in Great Lumley, too. It's also got the clips which hold on the hood - a very useful addition which overcomes a basic design...
I wonder what happened to Shinzo Kono. We used to chat from time to time but I haven't heard from him in many years. Last time I looked his...
Hopefully that won't be literally true and you don't get to meet your Maker before your allotted time... ;) :lol:
...after having put Novichok on the inner door handle. :thumbup::clap:
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