WHS Trowels

[trowelmonkey]

Windbag, you have my vote!

[Sparky]

Wands for Heritage Sorcerers (interchangeable with Solutions)

[mercenary]

quote:Mashalltown as well as WHS went through a process of "redevelopment", original type Marshalltown trowels are às good as they ever were. wooden handled Marshalltowns are as good as original pattern WHS trowels. The original WHS trowel is fantastic for "stoney" ground, the Marshalltown is ideal for "sandy" ground and another option is the German "Jaeterhand" (kratzer) for ripping vertical sections. The WHS much beloved of Brit archaeologists is a fantastic tool but has very definite limitations, I've noted with some amusement the jingoistic attachment of Bajrites to the WHS trowel, come on folks; drop the nationalistic parochialism and consider the possibility that the rest of the world may have something to offer, (tool technology is only the start).

Austin,

The topic is about promoting WHS trowels, and one of oft noted advantages of WHS over Marshalltown(on this website) is the snap factor. I have evangelized for years about the beautiful and useful Marshalltown, (I'm on only my second in 15 years; they REALLY last), and am mightily amused to be called jingoistic and parochial.

[Mr WHS]

Hi folks, I am glad to be out of Davids wardrobe and in order to gain my freedom I had to agree to up the anti on the WHS post so the winning poster will now get the following:

4" WHS Arch trowel
8m tape measure
Leaf and Square
Leaf and Trowel
50m line (in floo ressent yellow, orange and bog standard white)

Thanks for all your input.

Andy

AW

[BAJR Host]

Cheers Andy... I wondered what that digging noise was yesterday... now I now how you got out! You must have used one of the excellent WHS trowels!

"I don't have an archaeological imagination.."
Borekickers

[mercenary]

OK a serious one:

WHS,

Like the professionals who use them,

Proud of our heritage.

or

Spear & Jackson, the makers of the WHS archaeology trowel,
like the professionals who use them,
is proud of our heritage.

[BAJR Host]

brings a tear to my eye...

"I don't have an archaeological imagination.."
Borekickers

[mercenary]

Yeah, I guess they are selling trowels to young archs not National Trust members. How big is the community group market these days?

[vulpes]

Further inspiration or interest may be found via the following links:

http://www.britarch.ac.uk/BA/ba43/ba43int.html
http://www.assemblage.group.shef.ac.uk/2/2trowel2.html
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/BA/ba45/ba45lets.html
http://www.bajr.org/diggermagazine/Digger39/4.html

An Aussie museum piece! http://www.nma.gov.au/collections-search...?irn=59144

and Marshalltowns... pah http://www.hobuk.co.uk/acatalog/info_1776.html good for cutting cake and turf?

[Sparky]

WHS
Digging the past, for years.