Hobbies

[monkey66]

Me and my old man buy, sell and restore classic Ducati motorbikes, also buy and sell parts.

Nice - what's the name of your company/website. Love Dukes!

[sipikaj]

Me and my old man buy, sell and restore classic Ducati motorbikes, also buy and sell parts.

[Puff Scotty]

Only on weekends -- & pants are for wee sassenach pussies!

[mrcigar]

What Puff has failed to tell us is that he first of all drinks large quantities of whisky to numb his senses, then runs through the countryside in only his underpants and a cigar screaming, "Come on you bastards!"

[baileyth]

surely Puff wins on pure machismo, he has the hobbies i want,

i do strong man training just for fun, as i work in the office and have long hours.

[mrcigar]

Guitar, reading, music, ancient history, theology, pens, straight razors, photography, running (when I can be bothered), cycling.

[snooky]

Done the power and weight lifting bit, Martial arts, photography travel and psychology, Im 56 and enjoy the pub quiz , of course cigars and Whisky and a bit of investing here and there,not to mention a stroll through Epping Forest with the Dog.
Im so glad base and bungey jumping wasnt around when i was a kid !

[larrysson]

Yeah, I get it!

One wouldn't think that a whistle is worth a whole lot...but they'de be wrong! Here is Patrick in his workshop:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZvl7KBZh2g

When a flutest such as Joanie Madden (who endorses O'Riordan whistles) plays for booked out audiences, would-be musicians wait a long time to get one of his whistles. Crazy isn't it?

[Drewmidorn]

By the way that's a joke. I think the "penny" is to do with what you'd pay to someone playing a tin whistle.

[Drewmidorn]

Surely the value of a penny whistle is obvious even to a layman.

[larrysson]

My main hobby is making money. I'm not really interested in any hobby that doesn't bring in a few bob. I'm into buying and reselling anything that has consistent market value and often goes up in price. Sometimes I have to hold onto an item for awhile (like a few years). So, I buy and sell silver and gold (coins and scrap), copper and lead, guns, books, hard to find pipes that have high demand, to name a few. One of my best and easiest trades was a guy that made penny whistles for professional players. His work was in such high demand that there was a three year waiting list, and I ordered a whole set. The set cost a bit over a grand, and Patrick (the maker) didn't require payment until the work was done. I got the whistles after four years of waiting, and quickly resold them all for over 3 grand to buyers that didn't want to wait four years to get one!

This hobby is pretty involved and time consuming to find the best deals, requiring research and a sharp eye for what items have profit potential, but it sure is fun!

[JOAO LA PEZ]

By drilling a hole through the center and applying a chamfer to the outside, works quite well with brass, stainless tend to be a bit soft to get a lasting edge plus it does not machine down to such a fine edge, next time i make some i am going to get some Silver steel and case harden the cutting edge for longer life.

[mrcigar]

The punch is on the cigars

Oh aye, 'course it is. How did you get a cutting edge?

[monkey66]

Past and present - Cooking, knives (kitchen and others), guitars, coffee, whiskey, cars, music, film, photography, books, hifi, engineering, technology, wine, boxing, martial arts, shooting, weight training, pilates, psychology, football, motor-racing, motorbikes ...just a few

[JOAO LA PEZ]

Is the red item the punch? Did you make it?

The punch is on the cigars