Let Ye Queste be Concludeth

[meako]

Just wanted to let everyone know that Jack is now free to begin new quests
However In all fairness we should give him a couple of days off to recover I think. Don't you?.
I would in all seriousness and most respectfully like to offer Jack my sincere THANKS and appreciation for a job well done.
I also applaud the aplomb with which the quest was transcribed making it a vastly entertaining and enlightening experience for the many of us across the oceans who tuned in each week for the next exciting installment.
Jack ,Mate on behalf of the crew Thanks again!The quest knives arrived somewhat haphazardly in my mailbox on Wednesday. Briefly and disconcertingly it was perhaps the worst postage incident I have ever had. A friend of ours was over and she kindly offered to drop some fire wood off for us(don't ask). In the process of doing this she brought the mail in.
"Oh and this little knife fell out of the package" that "little knife" was none other than the NUT BROWN utility knife of 10P and stag point handle fame.My friends Iswear the knife god was smiling upon this one that day. The GEC sunfish I took delivery of also had a stab wound in the package. I'm postulating that my regular postie has been temporarily replaced by an escaped Gorilla who likes to stuff things that are too big into small space.
Warning do not proceed if you are offended by the sight of an idiot at work!*

* The NSW Fire Brigade bears no responsibility for the actions of the person depictedcherein.(even tho its their cruddy old messroom).
The quest knife got a nice treatment with scandinavian oil after messroom duty which it performed admirably.The
guys might think I'm really weird now because I was rubbing the handle with wetndry fine paper-now its like new.

I think my pics did it more justice than Jacks an absolutely beautiful slicer and now the second biggest kitchen knife at my house.
barby pics have been requested by the man himself and will be forthcoming over the weekend-you guys heard of cattleman cutlets?i'm gonna have some fun.

 

[quattromori]

I think we're all grateful to Jack for his "quest series" threads. Sooner or later, I will fly to the UK and take a walk in Sheffield myself
Nice knife you got there though
Ironic sidenote: I hoped North Americans were the only ones using that sort of stove...it seems I hoped in vain

Fausto

 

[Jack Black]

Glad the package made it, and that the Nutbrown was rescued (hope there was a book included too). I'm very glad that you're pleased with the Quest knife, and hope it serves you well for many years my friend.

Fausto, it would be great to be able to show round Sheffield if you're able to visit :thumbup:

 

[waynorth]

The handle has revealed a sleeping Beauty in its wood!
Hopefully the foodstuff slices fall off, as if by Magic!
There is nothing better than a well designed tool/knife whose function spans the ages!!
I cannot wait to experience the BBQ!!





The Quest has yielded lovely fruit, but pray tell, Senore Fausto, what should a stove look like, in your opinion??
Perhaps this cozy appliance?

 

[Primble]

The Quest has yielded lovely fruit, but pray tell, Senore Fausto, what should a stove look like, in your opinion??
Perhaps this cozy appliance?

I sure do wish you had posted that stove in a larger photo - it is just a masterpiece of a picture - the stove, the doggie, the doggie's expression, the basket with what looks like some kind of beautiful wild flowers, the old pots, etc., not one distracting element! I guess you can tell I really like that place too.

and Jack - thank you for the stories of your quest and your kindness, as well. :thumbup:

 

[waynorth]

I took it as the world wide web gave it, Primble! Perhaps photoshop??

Please forgive any interruption of your glorious thread, Mr. Meako!!
Two stoves must mean a lot of NSW Firemen hang there!!

 

[knarfeng]

Hip Hip, Hooray for Jack. Who rose to the challenge gauntlet thrown down by Jon.

And Hip Hip, Hooray for Jon. Who came up with the idea of the quest in the first place.

Gentlemen, I take my hat off to you both.

It has been most wonderful to read.

 

[meako]

I will not tolerate any form of dissing when it comes to my employers.
These people searched tirelessly and relentlessy hunted down the cheapest, nastiest, most out of date cooking appliance in the civilised world to install in the fire stations!
As an old S/O of mine used to say "its a hundred percent better than the one we used to have!"
True! but so is two bricks a road sign and an electric wire.

Charlie theres sometimes 10 of us in the nest on shift. All I can say is thank the fire god for "hanoi hilton" just up the street.
Just rang Barry the butcher to organise my cattleman cutlet for tomorrow :thumbup:

 

[Jack Black]

The Quest has yielded lovely fruit, but pray tell, Senore Fausto, what should a stove look like, in your opinion??
Perhaps this cozy appliance?

Thanks Charlie. Fausto, my friend, do an image search on 'Yorkshire Range'!

Jack - thank you for the stories of your quest and your kindness, as well. :thumbup:

Thank you kind sir (tips hat)

Hip Hip, Hooray for Jack. Who rose to the challenge gauntlet thrown down by Jon.

And Hip Hip, Hooray for Jon. Who came up with the idea of the quest in the first place.

Gentlemen, I take my hat off to you both.

It has been most wonderful to read.

Thanks a lot Frank, and thanks to you and Gary for your patience with my trails and (knife-poor) tribulations :thumbup:

 

[KYenglish]

congrats, thanks for the conclusion

and thanks again to Jack

 

[chuko]

I truly enjoyed Jack's travelog/quest. He writes very well and does great photos. I may have to reread them all over just for fun. Thanks to all who were involved.
Charles

 

[Chris Montgomery]

Hip Hip, Hooray for Jack. Who rose to the challenge gauntlet thrown down by Jon.

And Hip Hip, Hooray for Jon. Who came up with the idea of the quest in the first place.

Gentlemen, I take my hat off to you both.

It has been most wonderful to read.

My thoughts also. Thank you gents. This quest was rare, indeed, even my wife enjoyed it and she will barely look when I try to show her things here on my forum home.

Chris

 

[Peregrin]

You mean it's over! Oh Noooo!!!

Thanks, Jack. Your mad skills as a writer/entertainer/photo journalist have made this quest most enjoyable for all of us.

 

[meako]

A highlight for me was Jacks descriptions of stallholders and shop owners. The relics of the industrial revolution are of great interest also.
Oh sorry Mate-yes there was a book in the package-Thank you-an excellent fictional work claiming Robin Hood to be from Yorkshire:yawn: As we all know however he was from Nottinghamshire-how do we know this? because he had a beer in every pub and took a leak on every tree outside the pub of that fayre shyre.(note how i spelled it in the old fashioned way for authenticity?)

 

[quattromori]

The Quest has yielded lovely fruit, but pray tell, Senore Fausto, what should a stove look like, in your opinion??
Perhaps this cozy appliance?

Thanks Charlie. Fausto, my friend, do an image search on 'Yorkshire Range'!

Good call on the Yorkshire Range Jack
Charlie, those stoves here are usually called "economical stoves" (cause wood was cheaper than gas and such).
I've seen a few very old ones, and a friend of mine has a recent one (which looks like a "new old stock" stove ).
And yes, I always disliked that sort of stoves (like the one in the NSW firemen's nest). I like modern stoves, but those stand-alone white ones with those spiral elements just look wrong, and feel worse when you're using them...but then again, it's like checking organization plans in Italy...to each his own
Knife content (for kitchen use):

Jack, sooner or later I will come visit

Fausto

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks again guys, substantial knife content permitting, I promise to continue to write up my travels (and travails)

Glad the tract made it Meako, thought you'd like that one! I love the train of logic it has, eg 'obviously we know Robin Hood visited --------- because there is a rock there called 'Robin Hood's Rock'! Not that Robin Hood WASN'T from Yorkshire, just like King Arthur and Jack The Giant-Killer!

Meako, I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that I cancelled a house move last year because the new place had an all-electric kitchen! I hope to see you soon my friend

 

[Woodrow F Call]

A new quest for Jack?!?!?! Bwahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[meako]

gas for the top .electric down below.
jack thats interesting about your move-in 1986 I almost bought a house in the town of Braidwood NSW for the low price of 16,000 bux -It was a building block according to the ad but when I got there it was a stone cottage with no floor . It did have a Metters Kookaburra range (an early gas stove 40s or 50s). When I went back to see the vendor they had sold it to the guy who looked at it just before me. ah well.
Robin Hoods Bay is on the coast of Yorkshire -its where he went on hols with the maid marian and also bucks weekends with the merry men.