Graham
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Did a weeks' work for a lady who lived in a beautiful house on the banks of the Wye. Each day she supplied breakfast and a cooked meal at the kitchen table. Put the food on the table and left us to it. On another occasion we worked for the top man of a TV channel. He had a country house in Norfolk which he let us stay in whilst we did the job. His housekeeper met us, showed us where everything was and left us for three days.
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English elm, english oak and yew. They'd supply all your needs in life and death.
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Thanks. At one stage I felt like setting fire to it.
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Another shot from the same comp but laid on a much lighter hedge. Welsh borders style. The farm was at Bagley near Oswestry and our hedge was probably last laid about thirty years ago.
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Fair bit of work! Anyway two pints of Tanglefoot and a hot bath to draw out the thorns:001_smile:
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Did the Shropshire match today. Was a big old gruelling hedge. Gnarly and brittle.
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Quercus Suber - Cork Oak - I think!?
Graham replied to treerjb's topic in Tree Identification pictures
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Good news and hope all goes well.
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I'd definitely have another. If you need a car to do more then get a L/R.
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I've got a Nissan X-trail as my car. Competent enough off road, comfortable, tows well and gets 40mpg. Reliable too.
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I'd like to bid more but the postage is killing it.
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Won't accept my bids now and I really want it.
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I know. Seems I have to bid £5100 to stand a chance:001_smile:
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I just tried 5k:001_smile:
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No you won't:001_smile: Just off to do some more on a wet roadside hedge where the traffic won't slow down!
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Is there enough weight in it for cutting pleachers and also strength for giving them a twist? I'd guess it's probably ok for trimming brush etc.
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Nice tidy job there Steve. Good job you had Wimpole to get you into the swing:thumbup1:
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If you get your hook when it comes to sharpening don't be tempted to grind an edge with a power tool. If you need to sort out the bevel use a good millsaw file. I hone with a small oilstone and then strop with leather.
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Probably because he was hawking Chinese copies.
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Gilpin hook should have two crossed axes on it. From a time when English edge tools were the finest in the world.
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Gilpin were originally at Wedges Mills near, what is now, the Roman Way hotel and Whitehouse were a little further up the A5 at Bridgetown. Before setting up his edge tool forge Whitehouse worked for both Elwell and Gilpin.
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This guy makes beautiful tools olivemead forge
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Good hooks. The 9=9 inches and 10= 10 inches. This is a good reference to find the exact pattern Index of /images Those two forges were within a mile of each other. Now built over
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The two hooks I use all the time are sharpened to a razor edge. They'll wet shave you if you dare to try:001_smile: Elwell 2976 and old SJ Yorks. They'll keep that edge virtually all day. Try using a modern Bulldog, Spear and Jackson etc and the difference is incredible even when you've spent hours getting the edge and bevel into some sort of shape.
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Get hold a decent old hook. The generally available new hooks aren't a patch on old ones. Get a good one and the steel will have a real whistle to it. My old Yorkshire will knock spots off any modern hook.
