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Old 3rd July 2008, 01:47 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by kronckew
thatchers also use a large knife, usually set into a longish wood handle, for trimming the eaves, but not seen one with the right angled handle. have seen descriptions of hay knives with the right angles handle tho. they can be quite large, here's a photo of a serrated one i found with google.



even found the ad for it:



it's 36 inches long by the way....
Thanks mate.
I think it must be some variation on these. The one you show is the type that usually turns up, the wide saw teeth etc, they must have made a lot of them. The weird thing with mine is the blade wouldn't be very good for cutting straw. Straw's cuttable if its tightly packed, but it's better sawn.
I've thought of thatching, but I did a bit of thatching (in an earlier incarnation) and I really cant see this being of much use, or of anyone wanting to cart it up onto a roof.
It weighs around 2750g. To be honest a razor sharp bill hook is a lot more use for cutting thatch.

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