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Hi all! Well, this is my first post and I’m hoping one of you may know a little about this tool I have come across in my Grandfathers shed. I have never seen anything like it and a Google search also came up blank.
It is about 3 feet long and the end piece is roughly 8-10 inches in length. Apart from that I know nothing more so do not know where to search.
Many thanks in advance 🙂
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It appears to be a Sickle/sythe for trimming grass or weeds.
And welcome to the Forum!
My grandfather had one of those too. My brother and I were never allowed to play with it so of course we did. Let’s just say that, while we managed to avoid whacking each other, my grandmother’s flowerbed wasn’t quite as lucky and “I have no idea what happened to the petunias … honest!” didn’t get us off the hook.
Excellent thankyou all 🙂 got a heap of tools that look old and odd to me so im glad i joined this forum 🙂
maceemiller wrote:
Excellent thankyou all 🙂 got a heap of tools that look old and odd to me so im glad i joined this forum 🙂
Keep posting, we enjoy the mystery tool threads!
Welcome!
Poisonfangs nailed it..
Google “sling blade weed cutter” and you should be able to track it down..
What other cool old tools did you inherit?
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sling blade
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Haha. Yeah, make sure you put weed cutter in there other wise you’ll get a whole lot of Billy Bob