SS 100 Jaguar 2½-Litre Roadster
The name “Jaguar” was first applied to SS cars back in 1936, and the car it was used on was a saloon. Sir William Lyons described that first “Jaguar” mascot as looking like “A cat shot…
The Black Douglas Motorcycle Company
Despite their name The Black Douglas Motorcycle Company are not Scottish, nor even English, they are in fact Italian and based in the heart of Italian fashion, Milan. Recognizing that there are many motorcycle enthusiasts who…
Ka-Bar US Navy Mark 1
When you’ve completed the stalk, fired the successful shot, recovered your game, and its skinning and gutting time, then the knife you want to have on hand needs to be much smaller than your bigger utility…
Douglas Mark V
The Douglas manufacturing company was founded in 1882 as a family business which branched out into motorcycle manufacturing in 1907. Douglas venture into motorcycle making began when one of their customers, Joseph F. Barter’s Light Motors…
USMC Ka-Bar
If you are looking for a knife and you are just not certain of what you want then something by Ka-Bar is going to provide you with a top quality knife at an affordable price –…
Ex Steve McQueen Triumph Speed Twin
The Triumph Speed Twin is the bike said to have saved Triumph from disaster in the post Second World War era. Originally designed by Edward Turner – the creator of the Ariel Square Four – the…
Rifle New Barrel Break-In
Back when I started shooting in the seventies, and when I got into competitive benchrest shooting in the eighties, the notion of needing to break-in a barrel was unheard of. It was certainly unheard of in…
Winchester 1883 Prototype Revolver
Winchester were not content with just being America’s main rifle maker, they also looked at becoming her main revolver maker and created prototypes such as the Wetmore-Wells which was displayed at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in…
Armalon AL42 Rifle in .223 Remington
The Armalon AL42 rifle is one which you may not be familiar with if you, like me, do not live in Britain. But despite its initial appearance this is not just a converted Lee Enfield but…
BMW R16
BMW’s first venture into motorcycle manufacture was with their tube framed R32, R42, and R52 series (See our Revivaler post on these bikes here). Tube frames proved to be fine for motorcycle construction but BMW had…