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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Troubador" data-source="post: 3236688" data-attributes="member: 109211">Hi BrockadoodleYou would be surprised how big clams grow. The hood on a Range Rover (we call it a bonnet over here) is called a clamshell too, so finding weeny ones to stick bins in must be easy-peasy.I'm not sure about the fishy smell business though. Fish smell fishy, naturally, especially after a day or two, but although I have never knowingly sniffed a clam I have smelled many a scallop and I would imagine they have a similar odour. To me these smell of the sea and not 'fishy' at all.Unfortunately the SF clamshell doesn't smell of the sea but of synthetic fabrics and glues.Perhaps someone with a sensitive snout could start a thread entitled Field Case Aromas on the lines of tea or wine-tasting: we might learn that Leica cases have a hint of autumn truffles, Zeiss the fresh zing of lemons and Swarovski a smouldering undertone of old leather shorts........:eek!:Or not :king:Lee</blockquote>