@wild edges That shape reminds me of the trowel my father used to have (I wonder what happened to it ?). We have a chap on the Allotments who is always finding things in skips etc & fixing them up, I think it is a great idea, ideally you want a piece of Ash for the handle good luck in finding it though.
WE I have one just like that and the handle is only a little bit better than your original, have to wear gloves or it shreds my palm! Came from my grandfather via my Dad, got a fork too with one bent tine which is amazingly useful sometimes.
Love to see the restored version
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
My mother, a dentist, used to show us a glass of coca cola with a small grey’ish lump at the bottom of the glass that she said was the remains of a tooth. We weren’t allowed to drink fizzy drinks. I believed her until I was about 13, and then would sneak in at Wimpy on the way home from school. But apparently it does turn teeth black and softens them.
Well the vinegar worked a lot more quickly than I thought. This is it after 24hrs in the acid, scrubbed off and polished on the wire wheel.
Then first pass with the sander. It's slow going as I don't want to heat the metal up too much. It's removed a lot of the fine pitting though. I'll probably take a bit more off but it's looking pretty usable.
and on the inside you can just see the remains of a depth gauge, 10cm on one side, 4" on the other. I don't think I'll be able to save much of that though unless I try to engrave it back out afterwards.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I'm glad to know C*** C*** is good for something, can't understand why the whole world loves to drink the ghastly stuff. If it still had the cocaine in it, I might be tempted .
@wild edges, by the time you've finished with that trowel, it will be looking far too classy to be digging dirt with it. Only antique ivory will do for the handle.
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Love to see the restored version
Two friends of hers in the playgroup who were allowed fizzy drinks both needed 9 fillings aged just 5 and 7. Their mum made new rules after that.
@wild edges, by the time you've finished with that trowel, it will be looking far too classy to be digging dirt with it. Only antique ivory will do for the handle.