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Sunday, December 15, 2013

Taua toki


10 comments:

Ray said...
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Ray said...

Dislexia oops Dyslexia is no fun
What I tried to say was
If it is not a "Kelly axe" then it is hardly worth keeping

Unknown said...

17th century Stihl?

robertguyton said...

Kelly, eh?
How about Plumb? I've heard they're excellent. My Elwell has a lot of support, but perhaps, Ray, you know something I don't, in which case, I'd love to hear it!

Philip - Late-21st century Stihl.

Unknown said...

the best man I ever saw with an axe was Ray Harraway. Could send bits of wood into the crowd. Not sure how many toes he ended up with.

Ray said...

I doubt that I know more than you Robert but I had a bit to do with some old time bushwhackers from Taranaki and that is what they used to say

Ray said...

17th century Stihl?"
Snigger
These old guys were old enough to have only have chainsaws very late in their working lives
One of them was quoted as saying after he dropped his first tree with one
"If I had one of these when I started the country would not have had a tree standing"
Which we can agree would not have been a good thing

robertguyton said...

I was at a meet where one 'chopper' took off his little toe.
Untidy.
My uncle, John Bentley, was an axeman of note and toured the country regularly, laying waste to logs at A&P shows, etc. I was intrigued by his axes and the degree of sharpness they held. Sawyer too. I have a special saw, 2-man and in perfect nick. My son and I use it to saw logs, Jack'n'Jack.

darkhorse said...

kelly is the one RG leaves plumb for dead beautiful axe

I still have one I bought in winton in 40 years ago still with original handle - lovely heft - it sits among the husqvarnas unused but not unloved

robertguyton said...

On the look out for a Kelly then...