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Nope its the pattern / type /blade layout . Its flipping expensive so never get rid of it £40-70 new and its a heavy weight-never owned one but guess its a beast to throw around . Its a long story behind me and the knowledge I gained and know

The last one in the op is the red painted one from the first picture, Bulldog brand, not sure what style they call it, the differences are so subtle. My feeling is that a painted hook will be poor but it feels nice. Not had a chance to use it.

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I was impressed you could say it was a bulldog brand, was it the bolt through or the tightening collar? It is very much abused!

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Looking for tree surgeons and groundsmen for new and upcoming contracts in the Glasgow area but must be willing to travel. Full time work preferred but contractors considered.

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Thank you .I guess its linked to your gallery

On the how do I know about billhook patterns/ styles - i used to do green wood work as a child ,then forestry then into arboriculture as a very young teen.ive numerous books on green woodwork, numerous catalogues, from sandvick, Windsor,bulldog, old stanton hope ,jafco etc ... then the is numerous people ive met along the way, from old foresters , through to tool merchants etc . I learned quickly when I was younger

At the bottom of the reply box it says choose files (underlined) press that a box will come up with three choices, the first is ‘photo library’ choose that and the rest is intuitive.

Nope a brush hook, almost like a two handed bill hook , not like a hacksaw mounted onto a shaft ! Not learned how to put photos up on here yet

Good webcam action. Being next to the sea during a storm is one of the most exhilarating things to do I reckon. Mind you they've had it a bit too rough in the left hand corner of the south coast these last couple of days. Storm surge plus high tides has been bad news down there. Teignmouth Pier washes away and sea wall crumbles during Storm Ingrid WWW.BBC.CO.UK Part of a historic pier washes away and a sea wall next to a railway line crumbles as Storm Ingrid lashes Devon and Cornwall. Funny thing is I was right there at new year and the sea was like glass, never seen it so calm and flat.

Tory peers chimed in with a wrecking amendment

Am not so sure that he has the ear of Starmer though enough to shelve the deal?

I believe it’s to keep the boring insects away - not the uninteresting ones, the ones that will damage the timber 😏

One thing he did in Davos apparently is meet with the Americans about Diego Garcia, which may be one reason the Chagos deal is now shelved.

What is the purpose of this?

Don’t forget to account for handling, positioning and storing logs, clean up and dealing with waste. Also remember that a proportion of the boards you cut will be rejects as they will be too bowed or have major knots hence weaknesses. Also as you have alluded to it is easy to totally overlook the part of the business that takes the longest - marketing and sales. If you spend two hours on production but then another four hours actually selling and dealing with the customers the equation is turned on its head.

Interesting, thank you.

I've been doing the same for a long time, Sodium Borate Decahydrate...A saturated solution of around 1Kg into 5 gallons of hot water... it definitely works.👍

Perenniporia fraxinea or more likely Rigidoporus ulmarius??

I am most taken by the one in the last picture of your original post, what is the maker and style? I have one laminated billhook, Stamforth Severquick, which only shows up because it has been hammered on the back of the blade.

I had a look a while back and would still consider for larger clearance works on a 8t+ excavator but for domestic stuff it doesn’t suit, primarily because you can remove the stumps but chasing lateral roots would be impossible. If it’s going on anything less than perfectly flat ground I feel it would be damaging on an avant or similar carrier over time (lateral stresses). We once thought putting a log splitting cone on a Vermeer would work great, which I feel is the same principle - the reality was it didn’t work and we consistently sheered fixing bolts (we tried free swinging, couldn’t get the weight in the log before it slipped), we were going to eventually damage the arms so scrapped it.