Quite pleased with my handiwork.

[difflock]

60 feet of salvaged Steel Wire Armour. 2 30 foot lengths admittedly, hence the slight discontinuity in the middle.

Set on a smear of Stixall.

And as smooth as a babies bottom.

Fingers crossed

Edited Thursday at 12:35 by difflock

[sime42]

What is it, Slasher/Brushhook?

 

I did similar with a fork years ago, and it's still going strong. Bound with thick Sisal Twine, bonded with PVA glue instead though. Not as smooth as a babies bottom!

 

 

 

 

[difflock]

Slasher, which I bought many many years ago, like about 40.

I regret not "acquiring" an unloved billhook from the  Council.

They stole the slashers right left and centre.

But the unloved bill hooks. Nope. Leave them in the store.

Edited Thursday at 14:21 by difflock

[Muddy42]

I call that 'whipping.' I use this technique loads, you can make really strong repairs.  To get maximum strength, I have used layers of glue under and on top of the string. You can also let it try and then repeat with multiple layers.

[difflock]

Yup!

And I did glue the whipping.

Going to face a thorn  hedge tomorrow, just removing the spindly branches that have fallen over/out.

At least I got the distance from the lane to the hedge line right, but it looked proper silly when I planted the thorn quicks.

Edited Thursday at 20:32 by difflock

[peds]

How bad a fracture could you repair with this?

 

You'd not be patching two halves back together...

[sime42]

Depends on the angle of the fracture/break I'd say. It's effectively a scarf joint so anything      < 45 ° maybe?

[difflock]

The grain in this piece of hickory is a bit gnarly, and split or cracked, I freed the shaft from the ironwork the last time, prised the crack open as best possible and  tried wood glue, which failed.

Fingers crossed this repair is effective.

[Muddy42]

10 hours ago, peds said:

How bad a fracture could you repair with this?

 

You'd not be patching two halves back together...

 

Probably not.  But I have repaired a rake handle with a slanted brake by splicing in a new bit of wood across the join.  It helps if the handle is totally straight. I've used a router to make a square groove in the handle then forced in a new piece of wood.  Lots of glue, clamps, plane off the excess wood then whip.

 

In theory glued wood can get stronger than the original, because you are mixing up the grain directions, sort of like composite wood.

 

 

[difflock]

Well folks, she held up well, when I caught the tip of the blade on a heavy branch, accidently like. I have found that to be the weakness with a slasher.

But I rapidly concluded that the Silky saw was the tool of choice, simply reach in and snick off the offending branches. Much less effort, with total precision.

And bulldoze the branches away wi the wee kioti.

 

Edited Saturday at 14:12 by difflock