WHS Trowels

[Gog]

WHS
Why Have Second-Best
Why Have Substitutes

God, I'm taking this seriously now...

[Sparky]

Your in there, Gog! Bendigedig!

[BAJR Host]

Ooooooooooooooooooooh thats good! damn ya!

Maggie will be spitting feathers with her version...

curses........... its good!



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

[Unitof1]

To add to vulpes further inspiration

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hunt_and_Sons

the wiki page points out that there is an original slogan
for builders
Work hard or starve
Which was apparently adopted by archaeologists as
Work hard and starve


William Hunt and Sons, whats in a name

quote:The Spear & Jackson Group now manufactures and distributes garden tools, metrology equipment, woodworking tools and magnetic equipment under several brand names: Neill Tools, Bowers, Robert Sorby, Moore and Wright, Eclipse, WHS and Tyzack. With divisions across England, France and Australia, Spear & Jackson distributes products throughout the world.

Spear and Jacksons are owned by Neill Tools Ltd, how many brands do you need? Where will it end? Is this keeping of brand names some form of hertitage conservation in action based on sound commercial principles?

Does the man from spear and Jackson not really work for Neill Tools Ltd

Is it just me, but the tang has come out of its handle in every whs trowel I have owned. I think that I will epoxy resin it but forget by the time I get home. You start keeping stones by your hole so that you can tap the handle back on and sticking matches down the socket. You then get very good at sensing that the blade has fallen out of the handle when you put the trowel in your pocket because you get used to retracing your foot steps to find it. You will do this five or six times a day. Then you lose the metal collar and get the metal detector out to find it. At this point I normally epoxy it and that lasts about a month before we go through the ritual again

Why I don’t like trowels: I have currently got a ganglion cyst on my wrist (I don’t have a family bible). I blame it on towelling. I have in the past also got squeaky tendonitis in my wrists from towelling. If this was America might I not be looking for the man from spear and Jackson, or is that Neill, accompanied by my lawyer.

How much towelling does you damage?

I came across this

http://rsiaction.org.uk/rsi-conditions-a...anagement/

which points out that you can claim for industrial injuries whilst still working

Work hard and suffer.

[BAJR Host]

quote:but the tang has come out of its handle in every whs trowel

Not after the redesign, the flat tang stop rotation and thus the problem you mention.

RSI.. damn right... my wrist is not what it used to be! thats the type of work though, not the tool, you would get the same if you used a soup spoon in the same way.. though gawd knows what the site would look like

my advice... buy the new trowel! - I know a place that sells them! either that or win this competition and get one for free!

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

[Curator Kid]

"WHS Trowels: Reveal the Past, in the Present, for the Future"

[BAJR Host]

About half past ten

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

[mercenary]

This is a career's worth of trowels. Most retired, some still on active service. No prizes for guessing which is which:face-huh:. Sadly a member of the family was nicked in 1998; a sad loss. By my reckoning this means one gets retired roughly every couple of years. The Marshalltown's to the right seem to last longer, or I just use them less.

[BAJR Host]

I love it... A life in Trowels! so at one every 2 years, and one nicked.. you must be.. er... carry 4... er add 3..

18 years old

easy!

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

[Curator Kid]

What about:

"Dig with your Whole Heart and Soul"

or

"WHS - Make sure you have a hardened 4" in your pocket" [xx(]