help removing ivy

[flatyre]

that just looks like a bog standard long tail shovel.

[rovers90]

Wall paper scraper usually does a good job, nice and flat and a lot wider than a screwdriver so should be more effective.

[cornish wood burner]

that just looks like a bog standard long tail shovel.

Yes but who did they copy the design from?

I think they have got the angle wrong anyway!

While we are on the subject of shovels, I once heard that two Cornishmen raced a 3 tonne mini digger loading stone and at the end of an hour it came out even.

 

I don't believe that for a minute though.

 

 

It would never take TWO Cornishmen to keep up with a 3 tonne digger, unless of course they stopped to eat their pasties half way through.

Edited July 14, 2016 by cornish wood burner

[TGB]

Wire brush and elbow grease.

[64treefrog]

we do lots of this!

use a hoe upside down:001_smile:

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Seen them before, never knew them as cornish shovels though. What makes them cornish exactly?

 

 

They're simple, slow, a bit awkward and rarely seen outside the Duchy.....

 

Perfect qualifications for the protected regional status!

[karl]

I believe the Cornish tin miners used pointed shovels for shovelling the tin ore. The point slides past the stones rather than a square edge being stopped by one. Presumably the underground shovels were shorter handled to work in the confined space loading the ore into the rail skips.

The long handle completes the Cornish shovel as we know it now. The long handle enables extra leverage when digging and also can enable extra push on the lower hand with the users leg. Another a big advantage is the user can stay upright.

Ideal for moving small trees, just work around the tree then use the long handle to lift the root.

Everyone should have one

 

Wow. You've sold it to me....i need to go out today and get it. Cant go on withought one

[karl]

Back to the ivy though. If its brick or flat render. Use a barking iron. We do this a lot clearing rail structures. It works a treat. Much easier than weilding shovels etc

If its pebbled. I reckon your stuck with the wire brush a repaint.

[Gary Prentice]

They're simple, slow, a bit awkward and rarely seen outside the Duchy.....

 

Perfect qualifications for the protected regional status!

 

Isn't the PRS under threat due to Brexit?

[Will Heal]

Wow. You've sold it to me....i need to go out today and get it. Cant go on withought one

 

 

A Devon shovel would be better. Much the same as a Devon shovel but years of hard use rounds the point off and sharpens the edge like a razor.