Recent content by VertigoBE

@blackpowder12bore : you are replying to messages from 8 years ago.

I heard that, all leather, due to the tanning process, comes out white, and therefore needs colouring in one form or other. Can any leather workers confirm?

I think the PO is the ultimate daily wearer, not flashy like Rolex, mostly only known to aficionados, looks good in yard work and in the board room. And clients don’t directly think your overcharging them

Well, for some good news on this Monday morning: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ckger03mrl0t

Love the “limit of two per member” :D

Waidmannsheil @PaulB Very nice animals taken, and shared with the local communities. Cheers, V.

Well, yesterday was a great success! I think I can speak for the whole group to thank @rookhawk and his family for his hospitality, the great discussions we had and of course the voluminous amount of brisket, beef and porc ribs we consumed! Thank you very much to everyone that showed up!

I very much am, perhaps even a bit too much… Now in the plane to Minneapolis, for the highlight of the trip. American BBQ with @rookhawk I look forward to meeting many of you at his place!

Thanks a lot for sharing your adventures @DieJager! You made the best of a sometimes very frustrating situation !

Texas has treated me very well! Now off to North , although they seem to have the same weather as here???

That would be cool (although a little impractical) for a cigar ashtray

You might get mocked, de-platformed, attacked in words, etc for not being politically correct , but at least you do not get attacked and convicted in court for it: https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/05/belgian-court-convicts-nationalist-activist-for-lecture-that-would-be-protected-in-the-us/

Colletts in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. I came with the idea, because I could not swallow making trash cans out of that grand old bull’s feet. They told me it was a first of its kind.

Actually my tail only has a hook on it to hang on the wall. But these are the soles:

I agree with everything beforehand, but this last part is standing out even more for me, with my experiences of the last two days in Houston. I did not fully realise to what extent Europe has been in decline, especially compared to the US.