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    Posted 1 year ago

    dav2no1
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    Vintage Garden Tools

    I was recently watching the movie Cool Hand Luke with Paul Newman, George Kennedy and Dennis Hopper from 1967. There's several scenes where they are trimming weeds along side the road as part of the chain gang. This reminded me that I have similar vintage tools in the tool room.

    The first is a grass dethatcher and the second is a weed cutter....some may call this a grass whip. I remember playing around using it as a kid. You better be careful or you can loose some toes!

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    1. Vynil33rpm Vynil33rpm, 1 year ago
      To Go along with the parking meter heads
    2. Falcon61, 1 year ago
      Do these take straight gasoline or do you have to mix in oil?
      Heck.... I don't even see a fuel tank or pull rope.
      .
    3. dav2no1 dav2no1, 1 year ago
      V33.. I was thinking of you when I posted..Cool Hand Luke..

      Falcon..the fuel goes into the attached motor..right into your stomach!
    4. Newfld Newfld, 1 year ago
      Great vintage tool set, & nice photo of Paul Newman in the film
    5. dav2no1 dav2no1, 1 year ago
      Thanks Jenni. Glad to see your back so soon.
    6. Newfld Newfld, 1 year ago
      Thanks again Dave, feeling fine now :)
    7. yougottahavestuff yougottahavestuff, 1 year ago
      Paul was one of the greatest actors of my time!!
      I was in our ice cream shop when I saw that he had died.
      A young lady that worked for us said!!!
      OH!! HE'S THE ONE THAT MADE THAT SALAD DRESSING!! SAD!!
      STUFF
    8. keramikos, 1 year ago
      dav2no1, I still marvel at that movie. What a great ensemble piece.

      Yah, I don't think my parents would have allowed their children within a country mile of those gardening tools.
    9. dav2no1 dav2no1, 1 year ago
      Stuff...That is sad..I mean his popcorn was so much more popular..lol. actually see they make dog food and fake oreos now too.

      He did lots of great movies..since I'm a pool player, I loved "Color of Money"..but my favorite movie is "The Hustler"..I hope they re-master it on 4K Bluray! .."I'm going to beat that fat man - with that curly hair and those diamond rings and that carnation."
    10. Watchsearcher Watchsearcher, 1 year ago
      We called that tool in the movie a “sling blade”…I have a couple of them now and they get used every now and then.
      When I was a child, we had a reel-mower (manual powered, of course) and a sling blade to maintain our front yard. My sister and I provided the muscle.
      I a sling blade gets sharpened every now and then, it’s really effective.
      I have 2 of the dethachers….they work pretty well at getting out the weeds.
      I must be getting older than I feel since I have so much experience with these old tools, and I still love them. :^D
    11. keramikos, 1 year ago
      Watchsearcher, Sling blade!

      The movie crowds out all other hits on the on a simple Google search for "sling blade." You have to add "tool" to see the gardening implement.

      Curiously, wikipedia shows a different tool:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sling_blade

      However, there are also multitudinous hits for vendors of tools that show modern versions of the tool in this post.

      Here's a demo:

      Adventure 15 - Swing Blade

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc57K6m-FtU
    12. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 1 year ago
      Yikes, I think these tools could only be descibed well by the people who get life with no chance of parole, they are rather fascinating !~
    13. Watchsearcher Watchsearcher, 1 year ago
      Keramikos, I looked at the video you referenced….Yep! The guy used it just like it’s supposed to be used….it’s just as effective on the back-swing as it is going forward. It’s a great tool for cutting tall weeds.
      And regarding the Wikipedia info…the tool pictured is in my shed right now…I’ve never known it’s true name. Maybe now I can remember to call it the “brush cutter” instead of “that blade on the long handle” - it’s another tool that is very handy, especially for whacking down long blackberry canes without getting tangled in their thorns.
    14. Watchsearcher Watchsearcher, 1 year ago
      PhilDMorris, >lol< I’ve been using these things since childhood, know all about using them, I’m now 71 years old and still using them so I think that make me fall into the category of “life without parole”! Thanks for giving me a little chuckle.
    15. jbingham95 jbingham95, 1 year ago
      Paul got some nice clothes to wear.All I got was a pair of pants and a shirt with stripes.
    16. dav2no1 dav2no1, 1 year ago
      I used this recently to cut some dandelions that popped up after a quick rain shower. Still works good..easy to use. Doesn't scar the lawn like my electric Milwaukee weedeater.
    17. jscott0363 jscott0363, 1 year ago
      Very cool!! It would take a very long time to dethatch my lawn with the dethatcher:) Cool Hand Luke if one of my favorite movies of all time!

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