Japanese multi purpose knife-like gardening tool?
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I have one of the Heinnie ones that you can have if you drop me a message. I bought it last year and don’t think I’ve ever used it.
Thank you for the offer. I was musing on what Madame could buy me for Christmas. Can I let you know later?I have one of the Heinnie ones that you can have if you drop me a message. I bought it last year and don’t think I’ve ever used it.
Nice one Kev. Happy Birthday again Oldtimer.I have one of the Heinnie ones that you can have if you drop me a message. I bought it last year and don’t think I’ve ever used it.
Le Loup
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They do look interesting, but one can not add all the interesting items to one's pack. It comes down to which is best to carry, which is the more useful. I can't think of any equipment that I use that I would replace with this item.
Keith.
natas are quite common and everyone of my co-workers had at least one (=forestry work), sadly i had to leave all except one behind
-- the one which made it to central america with me has a 150mm blade and works well for opening a coconut on a beach trip. but i guess you don't have too many coconuts (or bamboo) in your area?! one of my friends showed me a short movie from ca. 1970 where a bunch of locals built a bit in the mountains (in Japan) from branches and bamboo using only their natas....Iedit: i missed a typo "thanks" to auto correction
: it's supposed to say "built a HUT", not "built a bit"...
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Wonderful offer from a lovely bloke (waves )I have one of the Heinnie ones that you can have if you drop me a message. I bought it last year and don’t think I’ve ever used it.
Interesting that Japan has a reputation for good design and quality steel, I wish the same could be said for China. The majority of Uk tools from once reputable manufacturers who would use anything less than Sheffield Steel (unless it came from Bilston) now use absolutely crap steel. I am used to the handles of my spades breaking under heavy usage, but this time it was the blade of the spade that fractured at the weld, oy vey!.
PM sentI have one of the Heinnie ones that you can have if you drop me a message. I bought it last year and don’t think I’ve ever used it.
it's because Japan kept a lot of old crafts and traditions alive -- china is capable of producing high quality, too (after all: they successfully got someone into space and back) but sadly not much of it makes it to other countries....
Madame's annual dilemma on what to get me for Christmas has been solved thanks to Beachlover's generous offer. As he was not expecting payment, Madame did a deal to contribute to a charity of his choice instead. So Team Unlimbited is better off by the price of a Hori-hori.
But that was not the end of the generosity. When the package arrived, he had thrown in a new sheath as a present. Thank you, Kev.
Father Christmas does not live at the north pole; he lives on the Isle of Wight!
But that was not the end of the generosity. When the package arrived, he had thrown in a new sheath as a present. Thank you, Kev.
Father Christmas does not live at the north pole; he lives on the Isle of Wight!
Kev has been a generous soul for a long time. I still use & treasure his Collins wildlife. Or his Sister's
Out with the village Wildlife and Conservation Group this morning. We were working on a wood that was planted for the Millenium and left unmanaged since. Our task was to strip deer-proof plasic and stakes from trees that have long since outgrown them and become embedded into twenty year old maturing trees. Most of the group were equipped with secateurs but my hori-horic made short work of it and excited much envy. I think Hennie Hayes can expect a new rush of orders from this part of Oxfordshire.
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