Tool kit

[Tazzieman]

One bad stroke and you’ll do serious damage to yourself. I’ve had a few stitches in my time.

I'm looking down at the "shark bite" scar I periodically impress children with. A memory of an unfortunate pruning accident in 1988.
Funnily enough the chainsaw hasn't bitten me in the past 35 years.

 

[bigleonski]

Silky are the dogs, it's got me out of all sorts of bother.
I carry a Gomboy curve in the car and when out and about.

Yeah I’ve often thoight about replacing the cheaparse bunnings folding saw I have in the 200 with one of those nice babies.

 

[Logsplitter]

I'm looking down at the "shark bite" scar I periodically impress children with. A memory of an unfortunate pruning accident in 1988.
Funnily enough the chainsaw hasn't bitten me in the past 35 years.

It’s about that time I had an encounter with a chainsaw clearing trees for a power line. 30 years down the line and this injury contributed to getting a knee replacement
Luckily as I’ve got older and wiser i have had less accidents

 

[Logsplitter]

Yeah I’ve often thoight about replacing the cheaparse bunnings folding saw I have in the 200 with one of those nice babies.

Expensive but good

 

[DenisM]

I'm looking down at the "shark bite" scar I periodically impress children with. A memory of an unfortunate pruning accident in 1988.
Funnily enough the chainsaw hasn't bitten me in the past 35 years.

were your shark injuries attended to by a Grey Nurse perchance?

 

[Miki]

Yeah I’ve often thoight about replacing the cheaparse bunnings folding saw I have in the 200 with one of those nice babies.

You should, they are soooo much better and keep the edge for a lot longer than anything else i've used.

 

[Tazzieman]

were your shark injuries attended to by a Grey Nurse perchance?

No, one of the nearby basking ones pottered over

 

[Miki]

Expensive but good

Same as whisky, cars and women then ?

 

[Logsplitter]

Same as whisky, cars and women then ?

Luckily my lady doesn’t have expensive running costs but on the other points I agree.

 

[Miki]

Luckily my lady doesn’t have expensive running costs but on the other points I agree.

They're the best kind (he said ambiguously) ...

 

[Jean Mercier]

As with hammocks, I think the best machetes come from Brasil. Sadly, Ive long since lost the pair I was presented with from there.

I have several really good Brazilian hammocks, they are in my opinion indeed the best.
For the machetes, I don't know. Mine is from Ecuador (where I lived a long time ago and two of my kids were born there).

 

[JonSutton]

When your Aldi toy compressor fails...
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Agree, very useful, especially with six or eight pot engines where you barely notice the missing cylinder explosion.

 

[bigleonski]

Expensive but good

This guy was using one at my place this morning. Wouldn’t get me up there for quids….

 

[Tom109]

Time to step up your real steel game. This was my Father's Woodsman's Pal, 1943-dated Gov't issued LC-14-B. It's always in my on-board tool kit - more meat and comfort than a machete.

 

[ECrider]

Time to step up your real steel game. This was my Father's Woodsman's Pal, 1943-dated Gov't issued LC-14-B. It's always in my on-board tool kit - more meat and comfort than a machete.

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Brilliant. Anychance you can photo the 'Fighting' booklet inside. Would be real interested to read that.

 

[Tom109]

Brilliant. Anychance you can photo the 'Fighting' booklet inside. Would be real interested to read that.

I probably have't read that since I was a boy. And yes, a very interesting read!

 

[ADVAW8S]

Fighting booklet? Wait wait wait, I haven't gotten to chapter 6 that discusses the proper way to slice someone. So, can you give me 5 minutes and then we can get on with it.

 

[DCPU]

Expensive but good

A world of difference, my little collection of Silkys:

A Zubat 330mm for the pruning work:


A Katanaboy for the bigger stuff:


And a Hayate 7.7m for the tall stuff:

 

[Logsplitter]

That Katanaboy looks hard work. I prefer a Stihl MSA 200 C-B battery chainsaw or MS461 for the big stuff. To be fair though I’m dealing with sweet chestnut rounds of 1m +

 

[ECrider]

That Katanaboy looks hard work. I prefer a Stihl MSA 200 C-B battery chainsaw or MS461 for the big stuff. To be fair though I’m dealing with sweet chestnut rounds of 1m +

MS462 and full chisel here. Some jap steel for the bar.