A great big chunk of folded Sheffield steel For pocket, backpack, toolbox, or workbench Rope work, leather work, awning work, rifle repair Gutting a rabbit for dinner if it comes to that
No plastic-y Swiss gimcrackery for us One tightens the blade by taking a hammer to the rivets And sharpens it hastily on a handy rock Wash off the mud and the blood and it’s good to go
It’s clanky, clunky, and out of date – it’s British As British as can be - and so are we
I’m not British, but I needed a voice. My Hall ancestors were transported from Northern England to the New World for being bad, and the same for my deBeauville / Beauville / Beville / Bevil ancestors from Chesterton and my McQueen ancestors from Scotland.