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    • weftyarnW
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      @pechelman thanks for the helpful insight mate! It always looks easy on the videos but when you actually do it… I’ll reach out when the time comes and I’m in need of some help!

      2 million meters is not too shabby. That’s 200 10k sessions, still a long way to go for me. Any maintenance / parts that failed yet?

      @indigostiff awesome! Only heard good things about the concept2, how do you like it? It was a tough one between that and the Waterrower. The WRs aesthetic and neighbor freandliness were the deciding factors.

      Use it or lose it.

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      • pechelmanP
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        Honestly, I havent had to touch a single thing except for charging batteries @weftyarn . I've been meaning to do a once over on all the fasteners to ensure they're still tight, but last time I did they were all fine. The WR itself has long since passed 2Mkm since I put the SR on it after almost a year. It seems like a suitable piece of equipment for a gym where it would get way more use than I can put on it.

        For me, it was also all about the quiet nature of the WR and how easy it stands up and the small footprint it takes when not in use since I've got this in a small corner of small workshop area.

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        • indigostiffI
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          @weftyarn I love C2 - they’re based in VT, and are extremely fair / ethical company. I have the dyno and the skier too. It’s like a lifetime product - the quality is commercial and bulletproof. Just like…

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          • GilesG
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            @Alex @Chap and I went to visit Kolesch, the tannery that makes the deerskin for the Big Bucks. The tannery has been in the same premises since 1699 and is still owned by the same family. We were shown around by the 7th and 8th generations....Many of the processes were positively medieval, and health and safety was not high on the list of priorities. I walked around in a sort of utterly amazed daze.......

            Here are a few pics, I did not take many and photos really do not do the sensory onslaught justice...Alex will post more later, but he is driving atm....

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            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            • AetasA
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              Just beautiful pictures Giles!
              Does it mean, you could buy some more hides?

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              • GilesG
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                Possibly, but we understand a lot more about the operation and constraints they run under. Each hide takes a year to turn from a raw skin into the finished product and "painting" the hides is incredibly labour-intensive. Plus they do all sorts of other stuff for local hunters, we saw a pallet load of beavers waiting to be tanned, a guy popped in last night with a fox he had just shot and asked how much it was to skin and tan it, and another hunter turned up with a load of rabbits this morning. The family are easily distracted 🙂

                The good news is that the natural obviously does need to be "painted", so we believe we will be able to get deliveries of that faster. We will test that theory very soon.....

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • dinobarnesberlinD
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                  #positivelymedieval
                  #7thand8thgenerations
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                  That's National Geographic level --- Germany keeping it real

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                              • AlexA
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                                Quick and dirty video will follow

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                                • WhiskeySandwichW
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                                  OOH, i can smell it from here....

                                  "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                                  -Seneca

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                                  • flannel slutF
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                                    The lust for the big buck has only increased! And wouldn't you know it, a small restock happened to hit yesterday.

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                                    • AetasA
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                                      Kolesch tannery is something else.
                                      Can remember calling them to order some samples for Iron Heart UK.
                                      It was such a lovely chat about their process and Mr. Kolesch could even remember the delivery of hides for the first jacket Haraki ordered years earlier.

                                      I am in for a natural hide CPO prototype or even an Untucked version.
                                      Let me know 😁🙋‍♂️.

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                                      • GilesG
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                                        @Aetas said in WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS):

                                        the first jacket Haraki ordered

                                        Funny, they could not remember that last night 🙂

                                        I bought those hides and gave H the prototype as a present.....

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          • AetasA
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                                            @Giles said in WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS):

                                            Funny, they could not remember that last night 🙂

                                            For real. I was surprised Mr. Kolesch sen. could remember, because it was only hide for one jacket that was send to Scotland. But at this time there have been several attempts to get some more hides for IH. Perhaps he gentle mirrored my narrative 😅🙋‍♂️.

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