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Hello! We were round at my father in law’s today and after a few glasses of wine, he showed me round his shed. It’s like a working museum for motorcycles and old tools. Pretty cool!! Now, at some point he mentioned wanting to find a ‘pukka brass blow lamp’. I thought I’d find one on eBay to surprise him, as he’s been helping us with DIY recently. But I can’t find anything. My spelling may be wrong? Or it might just be hard to find. This might be a long shot, but is anyone familiar with puka / pukka / puca as being an old British tool / parts manufacturer? A spelling confirmation would be a good start. Cheers.
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He probably uses "pukka" to mean "genuine", rather than it being a make. -
I thought pukka, in that sense, was invented by Jamie Oliver fairly recently? I’m not even that down with the kids
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Pukka tends to evoke the height of 18th- and 19th-century British imperialism in India, and, indeed, it was first used in print in English in 1776, in transcripts of the trial of Maha Rajah Nundocomar, who was accused of forgery and tried, in 1775, by a British court in Bengal. The word is borrowed from Hindi and Urdu "pakkā," which means "solid." The English speakers who borrowed it applied the "sound and reliable" sense of "solid" and thus the word came to mean "genuine." As the British Raj waned, "pukka" was occasionally appended to "sahib" (an Anglo-Indian word for a European of some social or official status). That expression is sometimes used as a compliment for an elegant and refined gentleman, but it can also imply that someone is overbearing and pretentious. These days, "pukka" is also used as a British slang word meaning "excellent" or "cool."Comment
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That really is quite interesting! I guess pukka tea comes from all of those things
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So I found a British made brass blow lamp. It might not be pukka though... lol
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F264286896071Comment
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Never heard of Pukka as a make.
When you buy him one, make sure he doesn't use it for stripping paint, as he may end up setting fire to the house.(been there, seen it done----no honest, it wasn't me)
You had better get him some paraffin and a few rags to enable it to be lit.Last edited by fishpond; 22-04-2019, 05:04 AM.Feed the soil, not the plants.
(helps if you have cluckies)
Man v Squirrels, pigeons & Ants
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I'm a big fan of old tools, and use quite a few, but I wouldn't use a brass blowtorch now. When I did use them they were a pia compared with a modern gas model, they do look good though :-)Comment
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MrPots has 3 similar to that one, a couple of them have bakelight handles instead of metal though.Originally posted by SarrissUK View PostLocation....East Midlands.Comment
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