New billhooks manufacturing?

[BigRon]

I’m after a solid forged Yorkshire billhook, no weld.

 

Some of these vintage ones on auction sites are ridiculous money so I’d rather buy something new.

 

Morris of Dunsford no longer going can anyone recommend where to look brands/shops/websites?

 

Thanks

Ron

[richyrich]

https://www.briantsltd.co.uk/product/carters-yorkshire-billhook/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgqGrBhDtARIsAM5s0_n426LE-RfRr-0OoqZ2J5lzDmaLyhmvBfiJvmem0KS50sQcVb8WaCAaAusgEALw_wcB

[BigRon]

Cheers looks like it’s welded at the join though?

[woody paul]

Reconditioned Old Billhooks

WWW.OLDTOOLSTORE.CO.UK

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Old billhooks are becoming increasingly hard to come by and nice ones tend to sell quite quickly...

 

[Stere]

Yeah for some reason yorkshires ones are over £150

 

I don't think anyone makes the quality ones in UK might be some small scale bespoke blacksmiths?

 

Itay still has several makers  patterns are different but they do have a mssive range of some very very similar regional  patterns to the yorkshire like the rimini ones etc.

 

Rinaldi

 

F.lli Rinaldi | Produttori attrezzi manuali F.lli Rinaldi

WWW.FLLI-RINALDI.IT

 

 

Angleo B

 

Attrezzi per il giardinaggio, agricoltura, sicurezza, edilizia, camino e forno, animali domestici, ferramenta | Angelo Bergamasco

WWW.ANGELO-B.COM

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Produzione e commercializzazione attrezzi aper giardinaggio, agricoltura, edilizia, accessori per animali domestici...

 

 

 

Leonelli

 

Agricultural Tools - Leonelli Attrezzi

WWW.LEONELLIATTREZZI.COM

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We are delighted to present the catalog of the entire range of our production: billhooks, sickles, machetes, billhooks double...

 

 

 

Time for a holiday?

 

 

 

Staffordshire ones are cheaper with a  similar pattern

 

 

£15 for this italian one is a a bargin?

 

Double Edge Bill Hook / Swiss Bush Knife 21cm

WWW.CHRISFORESTRY.CO.UK

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Bill Hook with wooden handle Made from quality Steel, sharpened ready for use. Weight: 452g Overall length 34cm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[richyrich]

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Major growth plans for Carters! | Richard Carter

RICHARDCARTERLTD.CO.UK

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Richard Carter Ltd, has invested a quarter of a million pounds in to new state-of-the-art machinery and is...

I believe these are forged in Yorkshire - unless they just put the handles on.

Good quality.

 

 

[sime42]

They look like a good company. Hopefully they are still forged here, it wasn't stated on the website. Shame they're trade only.

 

Think I'd still go for a vintage billhook though, just for the quality.

[Stere]

Ochsenkopf  have a UK wharehouse in N Wales sell  under gedore brand

 

 

https://www.gedoretools.co.uk/product-category/forestry-and-carpentry/cultural-fostering/

 

 

OX 70 E + H Slashing hook

[kav]

Woodland Craft Supplies - Newtown Billhook - £74.95 : Woodland Craft Supplies

WWW.WOODLANDCRAFTSUPPLIES.CO.UK

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Woodland Craft Supplies Woodland Craft Supplies - Newtown Billhook - A Newtown pattern billhook, made to our exacting...

I believe they might be making other patterns too

 

[organic guy]

I think you get what you pay for, don't expect a modern billhook for £25 to keep an edge.

I have only just discovered that it is really important with a double edged hook that the straight edge runs right to the tip, it is the last in that does some important work.

If you are going to be serious about hedge laying paying for a vintage one will be worth it, interesting regardless of style the professionals mainly use Yorkshire hooks, perhaps why they are expensive.