Found in an old box, are these nail pullers or??
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Found in an old box, are these nail pullers or??
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Weeders .one bought and one home made.
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As in for pulling weeds in the yard? Sorry I’ve never seen one
Yep, spent many hours earning my allowance with one of those. You spear the dirt/weed at the base in order to get out the root.
"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg".
– Samuel Butler
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My neighbors are gonna be so glad I found these!
Okay ever seen one of These? Made of a sort of heavy cardboard
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The cardboard thing looks like something to hold a piece above a surface for painting. A side that has just been painted can be set on three or four of these with minimal touch up needed where the points touch the article being painted.
It may also be a piece used to hold things safely apart in a shipping box.
jtk
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- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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I’ve seen something like that for painting, makes sense.
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Looks like weed puller to me...we still have one
Jerry
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Next up, what does one sharpen with this?
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Dandelion puller. The knife looks like a cheese knife, possibly repurposed . The stone may be for a scythe.
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Mike,
Like everyone else, a weed digger, what we call a dandelion digger. I still use one.
Stew
Last edited by Stew Denton; 03-02-2019 at 8:11 PM.
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I would say these are asparagus knives. In picking asparagus, we stab the shoot at ground level with the forked tool. The silver plate knife would be good for this, but not for a weeder because weeders are used to pry; the butter knife would break. The sturdier tools are sometimes sold as asparagus knife/weeder, used for both purposes. Asparagus knives are sharpened so they usually have a thin flat blade like the one on the left. If you search "asparagus knives" you will see lots of examples.
There is a scythe stone in one picture.
Last edited by Warren Mickley; 03-02-2019 at 8:33 PM.
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The little cardboard easel looks like it was for displaying something. I've seen those stones, and what they were for, but it's on the long list of things I've forgotten.
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The stone may be for a scythe.One more on the stone being for a scythe.There is a scythe stone in one picture.
jtk
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- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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Dandelion puller for sure. I have a couple, bought new.Originally Posted by Mike Lemon
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