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Everyone’s familiar with the drastic difference a quality knife makes for completing the task at hand – be it carving meat or effortlessly gliding through a steak or cheese. And since the 18th century, Laguiole – a village in the middle of the Averyon region of France renowned for handcrafting the finest knives – has been the name synonymous with such stellar severing performance. However, to ensure you’re buying the real deal, it’s important you sharpen your Laguiole knowledge.What you need to know if you’re wanting to invest in the famed French made knives.Unfortunately the Laguiole name was never patented...

After my return from a buying trip to India and China, my head is full of an array of gorgeous interior products, which I am contemplating making available to you at ‘easy days’. I have not yet decided for sure, but I thought I’d show you some items I liked and I welcome your feedback. I know it’s early to even think about Christmas, but these coloured tin Christmas wreaths and beaded decorations looked really cool. And finely detailed rustic wire birdcages with their quirky imperfections would look great perching on a sideboard or even hanging from the ceiling. I’ve...

          CODE IMAGE DESCRIPTION RRP SPECIAL RE2312RED   RE2312BLACK                TALKFLIGHT Retro Touch Tone Desk-Top Telephone with call waiting and redial, Red or Black               $165.00 $110.00 RE858B    Encoding 3 Speed Retro Record & CD Player + AM/FM Radio + USB                                                                                                                                                       $495.00 $395.00 REMINIJB            Mini Retro Jukebox with CD Player, Radio +                               Aux-in + Bluetooth                                                                                                                                               38 x 26 x 16.5cm    $299.00 $199.00 RESWR-11 WR-11 Walnut Wood AM/FM Retro Radio. Aux-in, Headphone Jack, 7W Speaker Output                                                           $299.00 $199.00 RETRAN              Transistor AM/FM/Aux-in 1W Speaker                                  $29.99 ea $19.99 VWCLOCK VW Wall Clock: Bug + Kombi                                          ...

SHITBOX – EVERYONE A WINNER   Around 2640km journeying through some of the wildest and most beautiful scenery the North Island offers – the inaugural Shitbox Rally 2016 to raise funds for the Cancer Society was a brilliant experience. While the combined Australian and New Zealand teams – 63 of them in all - raised $380,000 overall for cancer, a not insignificant $56,000 will go to the Cancer Society in New Zealand.   Highlights, apart from discovering back roads and coastal epics I’d never been along before, was the camaraderie with team members on the way.   We were split...

JUST ONE WEEK     . . . to go and Gavin and Neal are set to bring a new element to the majestic scenery of New Zealand, as they join the inaugural international Shitbox Rally for New Zealand in February 2016, all in the ‘easy days’ Shitbox (dunger, lemon, dog, call it what you like).   Shitbox Rally NZ kicks off on February 13 from Auckland. Drivers will experience incredible scenery and a challenging variety of roads as they traverse the North Island (Te Ika-a-Maui) before returning to Auckland 7 days later. It will be the trip of a...