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I can’t remember how it came to me – perhaps Ed Bachmann is the man to blame (thanks Ed) – but Frayedknowarts.com has a splendid page about making a tugboat bow fender. Reading it I learned two salty words that were completely new to me,’thrums’ and ‘fagging out’ – follow the link to discover … Continue reading “How to make a moustache, as explained by www.frayedknotarts.com”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Michelle makes a moustache I was pleased to find a post including some nice photos of the making of a ropework moustache fender over at Scott B Williams’ weblog Scott’s Boat Pages. There’s a lot of interest in old-fashioned rope fenders and moustaches, not least because modern plastic types look so out of … Continue reading “Making a moustache fender using manila”
Further to Mike Goodwin’s enquiry about moustaches of a few weeks ago, today we received this kind message from Michael Dawson of Trafalgar Marine Services. ‘Gavin, ‘We have been making some moustaches this morning. I have attached some photos that may help any budding fender makers out there. ‘Basically the core of the fender is