I wrote:

Try www.google.co.uk, selecting "pages from the UK", for "portasol gas
soldering" - you'll find both end-user-sales and distributors in the
search results.

and indeed, over at

http://www.tait-components.com/Produ... Tools&iPage=2

there's a *much* cheaper handheld butane miniflamethrower ;-) for 7
notes one-off, 5-and-three-quarter notes for 20+.

No, I don't get commission ;-)