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suneanarab
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 Posted - 19 Mar 2007 : 2:07:16 PM
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my father in law wants a tool to hack down brambles and stuff. i know what it looks like but can't find one in my gardening mags. the thing is i'm not sure what it's called. it's like a sythe but shorter and not curved but straight. it then has a bit of a hook at the end.
any ideas?
thanks suzanne
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heatherr
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suneanarab
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Posted - 19 Mar 2007 : 2:36:02 PM
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thanks heather, that's the one!!
will go see if i can buy one for him now.
cheers
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heatherr
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Posted - 19 Mar 2007 : 2:48:53 PM
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 glad to be of use
My Dad used to have a couple of these, they are good at getting through bramble. Goodness only knows what ever happened to them! |
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unicorn leather
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Posted - 19 Mar 2007 : 2:50:53 PM
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I use a petrol driven brush cutter, quite good for that too!
We used to use billhooks on the farm I lived on years ago, hard work.
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suneanarab
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Posted - 19 Mar 2007 : 2:51:18 PM
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| we have also been wanting one for hedge laying as well as brambles. in-laws also have alot of fruit trees and such so suppose he will use it on those as well. |
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unicorn leather
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Posted - 19 Mar 2007 : 2:59:05 PM
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Follow up try looking at www.westfalia.net I get varoius bits and pieces from there,they do all sorts from farming stuff to kitchen stuff. They may call the billhook by another name, there's a agricultural hook but no picture, email them to ask, it may be what you are looking for?
Hope this helps?
Oz:)
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lovehorses
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Posted - 19 Mar 2007 : 10:21:12 PM
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| My step father recycles old tools (Prince Charles buys from him!) and is very good about prices and postage! All tools are refurbished and sharpened! (I know this is advertising but I'll only give his contact details to people who email me!?.....I'll delete if I'm in breach of AL policy) |
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madmare
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Posted - 19 Mar 2007 : 11:56:19 PM
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| Think what you are looking for is called a BILLHOOK we have them for laying the hedges at the farm. |
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suneanarab
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Posted - 23 Mar 2007 : 3:52:51 PM
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thanks guys!!
trudi can you email me your step dad's details please, and thanks.
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Roseanne
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Posted - 14 Apr 2007 : 3:22:08 PM
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My mum used to use a hand scythe at the farm for cutting nettles and stuff. Looks like a half circle blade with a handle. I think the local farmers called it a 'bagging hook'.
I thought a billhook was more for cutting hedging and less for the kind of trimming that we'd now use a strimmer for. |
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Edited by - Roseanne on 14 Apr 2007 3:25:39 PM |
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Lanabanana
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Posted - 15 Apr 2007 : 4:58:50 PM
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That's exactly the tool I was thinking of Roseanne.
My Dad has always used one of those for hacking down nettles, weeds brambles and pretty much anything that needs hacking down, his is ancient and like a razor blade. My Dad calls it a 'rip hook', but I don't know if that's just a colloquial name for it |
     
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Roseanne
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Posted - 15 Apr 2007 : 6:39:59 PM
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| Mum used to call hers a scythe, the locals called it a bagging hook, but in the Russian flag it's called a sickle isn't it? It's about 18 in from handle and is roughly a half circle. My mum was a dab hand at cutting nettles, and she could sharpen it with a carborundum (??) stone.. There is a picture if you Google bagging hook and go to the antique farm tools site and scroll down. That's more old fashioned than Mum's. I wonder if you can buy them these days? I suppose strimmers have taken over! |
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