http://www.warmjam.com Spreading craft, design and perversion. Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:32:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Treated myself: http://www.christopherward.co.uk/men/limited/c5awt.html [gallery link="file" columns="2"] Really, really nice watch. Just need to give it a few days' run-in and then, if needs be, spend a lunch break on it at work & get it properly regulated. Internals: ETA 2824-2, uprated shock protection, well-finished. Pretty much a Tag or Breitling, without the ... http://www.warmjam.com/283 Found 'em! Choc Dips are not forgotten - apparently I simply wasn't looking into the darkest back corners of corner shops, remained unchanged for decades... I even found Space Raiders and Transform-A-Snack, still at an inflation-defying ten pence a packet ;) But a guy's gotta have standards. Moderation, however, is still ... http://www.warmjam.com/281 Snapped on the beach at Hastings Seafood & Wine festival today: Very good day, despite having to wash the fish smell off my fingers every half hour (that's what she said) (ahem, sorry). Mussels, fish & chips, paella, my first ever oyster, local wine, FILO microbrewery bitters, and a really nice gooey ... http://www.warmjam.com/278 The William Whitmore gig on the twelfth was amazing. Quite aside from being a phenomenal live performer, the guy's also incredibly personable, & hung around chatting with the crowd either side of his set. Also, best merch shirts EVER, which are apparently designed by the drummer. So I went to see him ... http://www.warmjam.com/268 Worked hard today, but got nothing much finished - took big chunks out of a few projects though. I'll post those here when they're finished, as they warrant a proper unveiling! In lieu of real fanciness, here's something put together in what passed for my lunch break - Click to enlarge Oak scales ... http://www.warmjam.com/269 Another shot courtesy of my trip to the forge - getting a little hands-on experience shaping mild steel: Click to enlarge http://www.warmjam.com/264 On my recent trip up North to visit an amazing blacksmith I'm dealing with and some old friends, the 'smith offered to make me a blade as a demonstration while I was there. I sketched out a shape, and a couple of hours later he'd rough-forged the most amazing blade. I've ... http://www.warmjam.com/261 Finally got to try out something I've been meaning to for a while, a little more engineered than usual. 9mm tongue bar. Delrin. Internally threaded. [gallery link="file" columns="2"] I think this should be OK down to 6-7mm, then probably too much hassle to be cost effective - at least as all-plastics, though maybe OK with ... http://www.warmjam.com/256 OK, time to give that little knife a test-run. Remember all those pumpkins & courgettes I planted up back in April? The leaves are finally dying back on a few, so it's time to get some gourds home. Those marrows are HUGE! I hadn't been out for a couple ... http://www.warmjam.com/248 Stopping in at Axminster Tools the other day to grab some abrasives, I spotted a few Mora knives on a shelf - I've read a lot of reviews over the years saying they're amazing little knives for the money (generally under £15) and having handled one at a friend's a ... http://www.warmjam.com/237