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19th October 2005, 12:14 PM
Jaeterhand? Please don`t tell me thats one of them there bent hook type thingies! Have seen carnage causewd with one of they! May as well excavate with a chunk of 4x2 with a nail in it. Apologies-being negative prompts discussion and change-in this case, one of our most important tools(other than the kettle)has been reduced to something akin to a tin-foil shovel.
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19th October 2005, 02:47 PM
Troll, trust me, in the right hands a Jaeterhand is incomparable! But you do need to practise - I have seen ridge and furrow recreated in miniature by someone trying one out for the first time. I can clean a trench faster with one than with a trowel (tho not faster than with a hoe, admittedly) and to a better standard. Let's face it, any tool wielded by someone who doesn't know how to use it is going to do damage...
You can always tell a Brummie... but you can't tell him much
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21st October 2005, 02:55 PM
Don't touch the German made trowel with blue or red handles, they have extremely thin blades and are for working in dry sand only.
Little Tim
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21st October 2005, 08:18 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Beer Beast
In the spirit of the forum I offer this.
Thankfully Oxford Archaeology have ditched the new WHS/Spear&Jackson trowels and have embraced Marshalltown as a way forward for our field staff.
Nice to see that a unit actually provides trowels for it's diggers I'd say. Unheard of in my day, even when working for Local Authority units who provided everything else
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22nd October 2005, 01:47 PM
Still not convinced by them there bent hooky fingies.Perhaps upon reflection, the carnage I witnessed was more due to the gimp who was wielding it (now a supervisor).
Naaah.Give me good old fashioned WHS any time. None of this Datsun tinsle crud they`re pumping out now. Huzzah! Theres an idea! Why don`t we field test the different kit sponsored by the manufacturers?
Who fancies a little trowel racing to convince me that right-angled German curtain rails can out- perform a tasty WHS-all hot and sweaty?
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22nd October 2005, 03:15 PM
Already there... Troll old mucker....
waiting to hear back from WH... er... Spear an... hold on... Neill Tools Ltd.
Then want to get 4 of each and set them to the BAJR trowel Test
Another day another WSI?
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23rd October 2005, 07:51 PM
Beery-ur on mate!A goodly nest of cream eggs to the victors?
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23rd October 2005, 07:55 PM
and no cheating or sabotage. I volunteer to referee, as long as I can get a cream egg out of it as well
++ i spend my days rummaging around in dead people ++
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24th October 2005, 01:43 PM
On the providing kit subject I spoke to a mate on the weekend who on starting a new job was expected to provide own mattock and shovel. I was especially interested in this as the unit has recently come in for stick on the messageboard. Anyone else had this experience?
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24th October 2005, 01:50 PM
I'm quite stunnned to hear that that sort of equipment is not provided. I always expected excavators to have their own trowel, but could normally buy a couple out of the budget if people didn't own one or lost it etc. Whatever next :face-confused:}
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(I really have worked in the field)
