What is this
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07/18/19 02:48 PM
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Pat and I are out garage saleing. I have never seen anything like this before... what is it/what's it used for? Our best guess is for digging potatoes.
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Re: What is this
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07/18/19 03:24 PM
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Potato digger. I remember helping grandma dig potatoes and we always seemed to spear some of them no matter how far from the plant we dug. Hard to do with that fork.
Most in this country have things people in other countries only dream about. Yet, they want America to be more like those other countries.
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07/18/19 04:42 PM
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Turf cutter, for making "Soddies" and cutting peat for heating.
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
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Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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07/18/19 06:08 PM
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A canoe paddle for the drunk guy
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07/18/19 11:02 PM
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For the guys who say potato fork it's got a solid edge on the bottom so I was thinking maybe it was a variation. For the sod/peat guys I couldn't find pictures of anything like it but the lever on the top left looked like the blade might make a 90'. I wished I looked better.
Kre- I expected that from someone.
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07/18/19 11:22 PM
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I have one and was told by the farmer who gave it to me that it was a trenching spade used in rocky areas. Don't know how much truth is in that but then I never did the research to find out for sure. I can see it being used for peat though.
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07/19/19 12:03 AM
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The handle puts a time frame in perspective.( turn of the century) The way the handle is protected with a upside protection means it is made for force in lifting. Peat cutter
if not then a Rocky Mountain Oster chucker much like a Western fish salmon pike thrower.
Last edited by Northof50; 07/19/19 12:04 AM.
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07/19/19 10:05 AM
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It's a pig castrator (someone was going to say it) Close, it's a PAT castrator!
I have nothing clever to put here.
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07/19/19 04:03 PM
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Google "Peat cutter", click on "Antique tools", Item # 650. Clay spade
LOL, After I posted this, I followed my directions to make sure I had it correct, and the pic was gone, "No longer in collection"!
Last edited by BigBob; 07/19/19 04:16 PM.
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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