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MikeG

Guru
Location
Suffolk
Yesterday I received 2 old gouges bought on fleabay, and spent an hour in the evening sorting them out. They've come up rather well, despite someone putting a back-bevel on the 3/4". Today, I've received a nice Record no 5-1/2, which I've bought for my son in law. I shall be tiffling with it this evening.....a good clean up, flatten the sole, clean up the tote, and sharpen the iron. I'm rather pleased with it, and in an hour or two, it will work like a charm.
 
Yep, here comes the :rain:

I'm off to get me a :cuppa:
 

classic33

Leg End Member
No none of that modern rubbish, but blonde painted hair.
Modern!
"The final period of Action Man's first outing saw the introduction of realistic 'Eagle-Eyes' in 1976 which were housed in a slightly larger head and operated by a small lever on the back of Action Man's neck. This head had more of a 'tan' and shine than the outgoing painted eyes figures and gave Action Man a permanent look of astonishment. This new look was developed in 1978 when a totally new 'Muscular Physique' was introduced.

Easily recognisable by the moulded blue trunks and sun-tan, the Action Man figure could hold slightly more complex poses and was built in such a way that it could not be disassembled and ultimately have parts replaced like the earlier elastic-strung figure. Early figures of the 'Artists dummy' body also had this head from 1976-1978 but are less common.

These final phase figures can suffer frotan."
 
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