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I need one - and know that someone mentioned a specific brand of copper / hide combo.
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Thor.

Yeah. I know right...
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Screwdriver wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 4:56 pm Thor.

Yeah. I know right...
I thor-t it might be
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Screwdriver wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 4:56 pm Thor.

That.

I have Thor hide wallets decades old and still useable.
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Best tool there is. :D
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Skub wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 5:14 pm
Screwdriver wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 4:56 pm Thor.

That.

I have Thor hide wallets decades old and still useable.
With the original 10 bob note in ? :P
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slowsider wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 5:41 pm With the original 10 bob note in ? :P
Yeah man,all as good as new. :thumbup:


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Any white fivers? :D
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slowsider wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 6:15 pm Any white fivers? :D
If I posted pics of them,someone might burglarise me. :cry:

White fivers are keepers. 8-)
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Screwdriver wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 4:56 pm Thor.

Yeah. I know right...
what's a good "general twatting" size to go for ?
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Mr Moofo wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 6:30 pm
Screwdriver wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 4:56 pm Thor.

Yeah. I know right...
what's a good "general twatting" size to go for ?
Iirc I have a 2 and a 3, both good
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Think my Thor copper rawhide mallet is a number 2, was using it today to persuade timber frames into final position.
Says it was made in Shirley, Birmingham on it.

I replaced the rawhide bit a few years ago as it was past its best and you can also get replacement copper pucks.
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demographic wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 7:41 pm Think my Thor copper rawhide mallet is a number 2, was using it today to persuade timber frames into final position.
Says it was made in Shirley, Birmingham on it.

I replaced the rawhide bit a few years ago as it was past its best and you can also get replacement copper pucks.
Shirley is in Solihull not in Brum. The residents would be very upset.
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Mr Moofo wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:16 pm The residents would be very upset.
I'd imagine a bat across the back of the lug with the copper face would quiet em down.

This isn't mine but it says the same as mine.
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Thor the mighty thunder god leapt upon his filly.

“I’m Thor!” he cried; the horse replied: “Well use a thaddle, thilly.”
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Heres the one I have and it is a number 2.
Thats a bit big and numb for a lot of jobs and I'd like a smaller one but its quite good for knocking timber frames into place.
I have a replacement copper puck for it but just not got round to drilling and chiselling the old one out yet.
The rawhide was pretty easy to replace though.
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demographic wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:23 pm
Mr Moofo wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:16 pm The residents would be very upset.
I'd imagine a bat across the back of the lug with the copper face would quiet em down.

This isn't mine but it says the same as mine.
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I will wait and see what mine says
( BTW I grew up in Solihull - Shirley was the down market bit - but not as bad as Chelmsey Wood)
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Nothing is as bad as Chelmsley Wood.
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The company (originally rather aptly called the Birmingham Belting Company) is still in Highlands Road near the old Lucas Aerospace building.
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Another vote for Thor again. Used mine tonight to ease the sump off the Guzzi. It didn't move after the very first gentle tap, after a closer look with a torch I'd missed a bolt in a recess near the drain plug.