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31 May 2010

Couldn't sleep at 2 am!

I couldn't sleep with a cold and my sore throat woke me up, So I got up and made myself drinks, watched the mouse running around the kitchen, busy little blighter! Then a bit of Googling, as you do...Checked out my favourite forums, that's BCUSA these days, then BCUK & British Blades. Then searched up blacksmithing. I found a very useful receipe:

1 part beeswax
1 part pure turpentine
1/2 part linseed oil

Shave the beeswax, to make it melt faster, put the lot in a double boiler (not in an ordinary saucepan, it will catch fire!) and heat it all together. It make a cream you can use on fabrics, you can use it on your Barbour, leather, wood and steel. I like that, I am going to make some...

I stayed up long enough to hear the dawn chorus, the birds started at about 3.45am. I stood outside to listen to them. that's got to be some of the best sounds ever, I love it. I don't care what the cold science has to say about it. I think it's just magical.

5 comments:

  1. I use Terps and lindseed for soaking tomahawk helves, but I use neetsfoot oil, beeswax, and tallow for my leather accoutrements and moccasins.
    Regards, Le Loup.

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  2. "I stood outside to listen to them. that's got to be some of the best sounds ever, I love it. I don't care what the cold science has to say about it. I think it's just magic".

    You and me both, best part of the day.

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  3. What sort of proportions do you use for your mix of neatsfoot, beeswax and tallow? I like to try various techniques before I settle on one.

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  4. About equal amounts in volume. But neetsfoot oil(NOT compound!)is also very good on its own for leather, I mostly use the mixture on my moccasins.

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  5. I often listen to the dawn chorus and have to agree,its magical..

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