What is this
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07/18/19 02:48 PM
07/18/19 02:48 PM
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Pat and I are out garage saleing. I have never seen anything like this before... what is it/what's it used for? Our best guess is for digging potatoes.
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Re: What is this
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07/18/19 03:24 PM
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Potato digger. I remember helping grandma dig potatoes and we always seemed to spear some of them no matter how far from the plant we dug. Hard to do with that fork.
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07/18/19 04:42 PM
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Turf cutter, for making "Soddies" and cutting peat for heating.
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
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Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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07/18/19 06:08 PM
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A canoe paddle for the drunk guy
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07/18/19 11:02 PM
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For the guys who say potato fork it's got a solid edge on the bottom so I was thinking maybe it was a variation. For the sod/peat guys I couldn't find pictures of anything like it but the lever on the top left looked like the blade might make a 90'. I wished I looked better.
Kre- I expected that from someone.
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07/18/19 11:22 PM
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I have one and was told by the farmer who gave it to me that it was a trenching spade used in rocky areas. Don't know how much truth is in that but then I never did the research to find out for sure. I can see it being used for peat though.
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07/19/19 12:03 AM
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The handle puts a time frame in perspective.( turn of the century) The way the handle is protected with a upside protection means it is made for force in lifting. Peat cutter
if not then a Rocky Mountain Oster chucker much like a Western fish salmon pike thrower.
Last edited by Northof50; 07/19/19 12:04 AM.
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Re: What is this
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07/19/19 10:05 AM
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It's a pig castrator (someone was going to say it) Close, it's a PAT castrator!
I have nothing clever to put here.
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07/19/19 04:03 PM
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Google "Peat cutter", click on "Antique tools", Item # 650. Clay spade
LOL, After I posted this, I followed my directions to make sure I had it correct, and the pic was gone, "No longer in collection"!
Last edited by BigBob; 07/19/19 04:16 PM.
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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