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    Pattree replied to the thread CB.
    Breaker 1-9 You are also going to need a handle :lmao: Iron Lady has been taken! You’ll be the first Iron Age breaker in the world...
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    Pattree reacted to Danceswithhelicopters's post in the thread Gilly Suit Medium with Haha Haha.
    "Cadet Wilson, I didn't see you at Camouflage training today!" "Thank you, sir!"
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    Pattree reacted to C_Claycomb's post in the thread W W U do? with Like Like.
    What I would do, and what I would advise you to do are two very different things. I would not have bought an old knife just to cut up...
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    Pattree reacted to Toddy's post in the thread W W U do? with Thank you Thank you.
    I had one of those, passed it along to Motorbikeman and never heard any more of it. It was a butcher's gammon cutting knife.
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    Pattree reacted to Toddy's post in the thread No Mow May with Like Like.
    Ah, no, I don't not mow for a month, I don't mow until May is by. That way it's like cutting hay.
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    Pattree reacted to Tengu's post in the thread W W U do? with Like Like.
    But its ten times as nice as the things marketed as kitchen knives these days
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    Pattree replied to the thread W W U do?.
    I’m inclined to agree. Problem is that I cannot be (insert past participle of choice) -ed to go through shaping and heat treating a...
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    Pattree reacted to Broch's post in the thread W W U do? with Like Like.
    I agree with the others; that is a lovely knife and typical of the kind that Nessmuk (George Washington Sears) was reputed to have made...
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    Pattree reacted to plastic-ninja's post in the thread Knives for beginners? with Like Like.
    Someone else said Mora or potentially an Opinel. I’d agree with that. Both good quality for the money; Opinel tends to be crazy sharp...
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    Pattree replied to the thread W W U do?.
    I’m certain that it pre-dates stainless steel. I can’t imagine that it is anything special but it is an effective looking knife. Thus...
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    Pattree reacted to Keith_Beef's post in the thread W W U do? with Like Like.
    Personally, I couldn't bring myself to cut up a perfectly usable blade like that, but I'd be quite prepared to put a new handle on it or...
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    Pattree posted the thread W W U do? in Edged Tools.
    <———- 300mm / 1 foot. ————> I bought this from a junk shop with the intention of cutting up the blade to make a couple of folding...
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    Pattree reacted to FerlasDave's post in the thread No Mow May with Like Like.
    I think there’s a significant difference between a conventional lawn, and an area of long grass that contains wildflowers or other...
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    Pattree reacted to Lean'n'mean's post in the thread No Mow May with Like Like.
    We only have grass in front of the house & some to the right, prehaps around 300 sq meters in all & if I left it until may, which has...
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    Pattree reacted to Mesquite's post in the thread No Mow May with Like Like.
    I mowed our lawns today and I'll probably leave the front lawn now until June as it's got a lot of wood violets (Viola odorata) on it...