Many, many men with greater skills than I, and there is nothing new under the sun !
Brion,
The more I think about it, the more certain I am that that I must have seen the essence of the Monkey Grip / Locked Brummell somewhere in the copy of Ashley that my mother bought me on the occasion of my entrance to the ranks of an indentured apprentice..
Without getting that bloody heavy thing down from the upper level of my bookshelf ( the only one it fits on, of course ) I reckon that here is something similar in the leather strap / thong department and I have seen it on the end of belts etc. so I have no great claim to it.
There again, as per the title, most of what we do has already been done, or at least thought about, either years ago or at the same time.
Vis the "invention" of the multihull and the development of the Windsurfer etc. etc.
There again I do love the syncronicity of it all, and the existence of the entry in your book saves me a lot of head scratching whilst I attempt to - 1) actually take the pictures, and 2) post them up on here.
By the way, I agree, luggage tag is just a lazy way of describing the hitch for uninformed users, and "great minds" can be set on their ways..
The correct nomenclature, and the correct tool, always.
Unless I really HAVE to use that Crescent wrench and cross head screwdriver as an adjustable hammer and pin punch --- quick !, while no-one is looking.
Regards,
Joe.
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