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Long handled sickle. Name?
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| Phil B 2007-10-20, 1:25 pm |
| A few years ago I borrowed a tool from a colleague. It was like a sickle
with a ? shaped blade but a very long handle about 4 ft (1.3m) long.
It was super for clearing brambles from a safe distance! I could cut a
cube out then drag them out. I thought it was called a billhook but they
have blades which are straighter and short handles.
Can anyone tell me the name of this tool and a supplier as I'd like to buy
one?
Regards
Phil
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| Richard Brooks 2007-10-21, 9:25 am |
| Phil B said the following on 20/10/2007 18:20:
> A few years ago I borrowed a tool from a colleague. It was like a sickle
> with a ? shaped blade but a very long handle about 4 ft (1.3m) long.
> It was super for clearing brambles from a safe distance! I could cut a
> cube out then drag them out. I thought it was called a billhook but they
> have blades which are straighter and short handles.
> Can anyone tell me the name of this tool and a supplier as I'd like to buy
> one?
>
> Regards
> Phil
Scythe? But that is a more precise tool and scythe cutters would put
wedges under one heel to get the right cutting height or angle.
Billhook.
<http://images.google.co.uk/images?q...F-8&sa=N&tab=wi>
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| Phil B 2007-10-31, 1:25 pm |
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"Richard Brooks" <richardbrooks@vickers-supermarine.com> wrote in message
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> Phil B said the following on 20/10/2007 18:20:
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> Scythe? But that is a more precise tool and scythe cutters would put
> wedges under one heel to get the right cutting height or angle.
>
> Billhook.
> <http://images.google.co.uk/images?q...F-8&sa=N&tab=wi>
Thanks Richard. I thought you might like an update. I've still drawn a
blank on naming the tool and I think that perhaps it was simply a sickle
with a long handle fitted by an enterprising farmer. My modern solution to
chopping out cubes of brambles was to cut them with a hedge trimmer.
regards
Phil
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| Richard Brooks 2007-11-01, 9:25 am |
| Phil B said the following on 31/10/2007 15:36:
> Thanks Richard. I thought you might like an update. I've still drawn a
> blank on naming the tool and I think that perhaps it was simply a sickle
> with a long handle fitted by an enterprising farmer. My modern solution to
> chopping out cubes of brambles was to cut them with a hedge trimmer.
> regards
> Phil
Have a look around in here.
<http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/pl..._A-HAND-TLS.htm>
OTOH....Don't do that, have a look at the centre tool in this little
lot! ;-)
<http://www.portsdown.org/sustainability/sm_scrub.htm>
Regards
Richard.
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