Re: CULT spading fork
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- Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 23:22:37 -0400
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From: "Chris Hollinshead" <cris@netcom.ca>
Just to set the record straight, the tools mentioned below and sold by Lee
Valley are NOT Bulldog brand forks but are very good quality COPIES of the
famous brand name mentioned. I know as I have a set of them myself. All in
stainless steel. (a border size fork, border size spade and the coolest,
well used tool of all, a so-called transplanting spade.)
Christopher Hollinshead
Mississauga, Ontario Canada zone6b
AIS(Region 16), CIS, SSI
Director-Canadian Iris Society
Newsletter Editor-Canadian Iris Society
E-mail: cris@netcom.ca <c*@netcom.ca>
CIS website: http://www.netcom.ca/~cris/CIS.html
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julia Rankin [b*@bnis.net]
> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 1999 19:01
> To: iris-talk@onelist.com
> Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT spading fork
>
>
> From: "Julia Rankin" <breckenridge@bnis.net>
>
> John, and all who offered advice with respect to the spading
> fork, I do very
> much appreciate your having responded. I will try Lee Valley and see if
> they still have Bulldog brand forks.
>
> Again, many thanks.
>
> Julia
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Montgomery <monashee@junction.net>
> To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
> Date: Saturday, May 15, 1999 9:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT spading fork
>
>
> >From: John Montgomery <monashee@junction.net>
> >
> >Julia Rankin wrote:
> >
> >> I see that I am going to have to lift and separate some two and three
> >> year clumps this year. There seem to be two different types of spading
> >> forks on the market -- one with thick tines and one with finer tines.
> >> I wonder if anyone could tell me which works best?
> >
> >I am familiar with two types of spading forks. One has wider & thinner
> >tines and any of these which I have used are not suitable for lifting
> >clumps of plants. They are okay for digging up fairly loose soil but in
> >heavy work the tines bend. The other type have tines which are square in
> >cross section and if well made are virtually indestructable.
> >The ones I use are 'Bulldog' brand from England and sold here through
> >mail order by Lee Valley Tools. They cost a small fortune but I don't
> >think Arnold Swartznegger could bend tose tines. I expect our
> >grandchildren will be deciding who they should pass them on to.
> >
> >Remember that good steel costs more the first time you buy it than poor
> >steel does. By the time you have replaced deveral of the cheap ones, the
> >expensive one looks like a bargain.
> >Do check the direction of the grain in the handle and reject it if it
> >angles across the handle. Here again, someone can always make a thing
> >cheaper. If a manufacturer buys 1000 handle blanks and uses them all,
> >his fork should sell cheaper than those from a manufacturer who rejects
> >25% of the blanks
> >
> >Happy digging
> >John Montgomery
> >Vernon BC Zone 5
>
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