Monthly Archives: May 2020

Random Wax of Kindness

Posted on 17th May 2020 by Jack Plane

Extensive waxing (whilst remaining customarily hirsute) gives me great pleasure for a couple of reasons viz. it means the furniture acquires a glorious glow and the weather must at last be cool. We have indeed had several recent frosty starts … Continue reading →

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Picture This CXLIV

Posted on 15th May 2020 by Jack Plane

All right sleuths; let’s be having your opinions please. As per usual, I may withhold some comments for a short period.   Jack Plane

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Sticking with Original Recipes

Posted on 3rd May 2020 by Jack Plane

Further to my instruction in L for Leather on the preparation of flour paste for laying leather and baize etc., I was recently looking for something unrelated in The Carriage Trimmers’ Manual (published in 1881) and came across a couple … Continue reading →

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