The Heart of a Saturday Night
It’s pouring with rain outside.
Today was relatively routine – down to the barbers for a trim and then into town for a wander about although the only thing I bought was a sandwich for lunch. It was quite pleasant this afternoon and I spent a lot of it outside with an oil stone and some oil sharpening up several penknives.
A number of these knives are quite old and I’ve been easing them up with 3-in-1 oil over time to get them back into working order and slowly trying to clean off gunge and corrosion as best as I can. The majority are Sheffield made and still have sound mechanisms. Of the more modern ones, one is a small Victorinox which I was given as a gift by the Dutch cadaster in 1997 or so when I went out for a visit; the other is a pruning knife hand made by Trevor Ablett, one of the last two Little Mesters in Sheffield still making knives (and the other is mostly retired!).
Needless to say anyone reading this who has any old pocket knives or penknives sitting in a shed or an attic somewhere doing nothing, please feel free to send them to me for some TLC.
Recent Comments