Finally finished oiling, assembling and pairing my latest batch of mills.  All with over a week to spare before my first show – The Hertfordshire County Show at Redbourn on 28/29th May.  The ones on the right are a new shape. Any suggestions for a name? The look a bit like tin soldiers, or even Chinese.  For the moment, I’m going to call them my ‘Mandarins’.

It may have been a large batch, but the numbers have already been depleted. Just sold 2 pairs via the website and another pair have been earmarked for our own dinner table – I took our previous pair to the Christmas market last year as a sample pair and sold them!  Indeed, two ladies from North London who were visiting the market together nearly fell out over who was going to have them…