Re: CULT spading fork
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT spading fork
- From: J* R*
- Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 06:06:40 -0700
From: "Julia Rankin" <breckenridge@bnis.net>
Thanks for letting me know that ,Chris. their spring catalogue shows no
spading forks this year -- which is why I was going to call. I can get the
Spears elsewhere , however, if they are no longer carrying forks.
Julia
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Hollinshead <cris@netcom.ca>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Sunday, May 16, 1999 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT spading fork
>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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