Brand: Small items
A small hand warbler similar to the nightingale call, producing sound from the friction of metal against wood, and which with variation
in pressure and rhythm can well imitate the characteristic song of the European Robin. Imbued perhaps with the spirit of Doolittle, M. François Morel, who spent an..
£25.00
Ex Tax:£20.83
Brand: Small items
Made from polished boxwood, the Tawny Owl is one of the easier calls to play, tapping a finger upon the top hole whilst quivering ones tongue to emulate the ululating hoots of perhaps the most familiar of all the owls. The Tawny Owl is the only Owl present on every continent on the planet. Made by M..
£26.00
Ex Tax:£21.67
Brand: Small items
Imbued perhaps with the spirit of Doctor Doolittle Monsieur François Morel has since a childhood amongst the verdant hills of the Rhône-Alpes region been making instruments so that he and others might communicate with the birds he saw there, creating 'toys' that he hopes might inspire in their users..
£34.50
Ex Tax:£28.75
Brand: Small items
Hand-made in France from rubber and brass, the starling is a fairly easy call to master, the rubber pipes held between forefinger and thumb and the hand turned rapidly back and forth - it mimics the call not of a single bird, but of a small gathering. Made by M. François Morel, who spent an id..
£65.00
Ex Tax:£54.17
Brand: Hohner
The Hohner Little Lady mini harmonica is only 35mm in length, yet possesses eight reeds and therefore a full octave range. Still assembled, tested and tuned by hand. Identical to the first musical instrument to be played in space, by Walter Schirra on board Gemini in 1965. Key of C. Supplied with a ..
£22.00
Ex Tax:£18.33
Brand: Small items
Gathered and blended by a small family producer in the arctic forests of Swedish Lapland from sustainably harvested wild spruce resin, animal fats, and beeswax. Kåd-salva is a traditional Scandinavian remedy for dry, chapped, cracked, or itchy skin, small wounds, grazes, and blisters, it's even thou..
£26.50
Ex Tax:£22.08
Brand: Small items
Pine tar oil harvested and kilned in the boreal forests of Swedish Lapland. Traditionally carried throughout northern Scandinavia, especially by those living and working outdoors and prized as a remedy for the infernal biting of the mygg (mosquito) and knott (midge) from which personal experience su..
£13.50
Ex Tax:£11.25
Brand: Small items
A fragrant balm made only of beeswax and pine tar oil harvested and kilned in the boreal forests of Swedish Lapland. Traditionally carried throughout northern Scandinavia, most especially by those living and working outdoors - woodsmen and reindeer herders - and prized as a remedy for the infernal b..
£17.50
Ex Tax:£14.58
Brand: Small items
Produced and blended by a small family producer in the arctic forests of Swedish Lapland from 95% lanolin and their own pine tar - produced by the slow heating of locally and sustainably harvested pine cuttings over charcoal fires, the pine tar being the dark smoky liquid that drips from the roastin..
£10.00
Ex Tax:£8.33
A complex muscle rub blended by a small family producer in the forests of Swedish lapland from locally harvested beeswax, rapeseed oil, peppermint oil, cajeput oil, and camphor oil. This is a new vegetarian formulation of a traditional liniment that had long been made using rendered bear fat, a rare..
£26.50
Ex Tax:£22.08
Brand: Redecker
A round brass wire and untreated beech brush for cleaning barbecues, or cleaning rust off steel, etc. The domed handle allows a greater application of controlled pressure than straight handled ‘toothbrush’ shaped brushes. Brass is softer than ferrous metals so should remove dirt or corrosion without..
£6.50
Ex Tax:£5.42
Brand: Small items
A raw unstripped willow and golden tampico fibre table brush handmade by the crafts people of a Finnish visually impaired workers cooperative. Tampico is a moderately stiff vegetable fibre harvested from an agave found only in the Chihuahuan desert. Ideal for cleaning up after dinner, or clearing th..
£12.50
Ex Tax:£10.42
Brand: Small items
A classic Spanish 'goat-legged' pocket knife with a pointed, leaf shaped blade of stainless steel. With matching stainless linings and spring set within shaped and polished antler scales individually decorated with unique pinwork. Hand made in Catalonia by Cuchillería Pallarès, the one surviving kni..
£79.00
Ex Tax:£65.83
Brand: Redecker
Hand bound Dutch style hand brushes, made of rice straw, which isn't the stems of rice plants but of sorghum a cereal common from the balkans to the tropics. Quite stiff these are ideal for sweeping small areas, especially around a fire, and as the rice straw does not absorb water are suitable for i..
£11.50
Ex Tax:£9.58
Brand: Small items
A stainless steel framed version of the original Rex peeler, invented in 1931 in the basement of Alfred Neweczerzal’s house, with a swivelling blade of blued carbon steel. Its design is simplicity itself — above all it works quickly and easily, without knack or any real effort. In 2004 it was given ..
£6.50
Ex Tax:£5.42