Best way to sharpen a hoe.

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Sadgit

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« Reply #15 on: April 15, 2008, 17:57 »
so you actually sharpen hoes? get away!!! Mine is about 400 years old and as blunt as my mother!! So should I just buy a new owe?! does it matter?

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« Reply #16 on: April 15, 2008, 18:11 »
Quote from: "Sadgit"
so you actually sharpen hoes? get away!!! Mine is about 400 years old and as blunt as my mother!! So should I just buy a new owe?! does it matter?


of course I sharpen my hoe!
all the time I'm sharpening it, I'm avoiding working up a sweat with it!
wouldn't want to start getting any excersise now, would I? :wink:

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« Reply #17 on: April 15, 2008, 18:27 »
Sadgit - I'm shocked! Anymore comments like that and you'll be a pot boy, not an under-gardener :)
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« Reply #18 on: April 15, 2008, 18:57 »
just give it a good work out on your weeds  :roll:  :wink:
feed the soil not the plants
organicish
you learn gardening by making mistakes

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« Reply #19 on: April 15, 2008, 19:25 »
I can highly recommend the diamond hone that gwiz suggested.

I use them for kitchen knives to gardening tools. The odd thing is the older they get the better they seem to work.

You can also get smaller versions of them that are ideal to go in your pocket for when you down the lottie & your knife needs a sharpen.

The link below is both sizes & 3 of each
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« Reply #20 on: April 15, 2008, 20:00 »
now that really is cheap!
good link! :)

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« Reply #21 on: April 15, 2008, 20:06 »
Nice to see you back, Mandycharlie. Hope you're staying with us for a while  :D

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« Reply #22 on: April 15, 2008, 20:35 »
angel grinder !!

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« Reply #23 on: April 15, 2008, 20:45 »
I got a set of grinding stone drill bits from wilkinsons for a couple of quid.
Just fit into a drill, ands run them along the end.

I have no doubt this will wreck the tool pretty quickly, but if your lazy and its only a cheapy, it might not matter.
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« Reply #24 on: April 15, 2008, 20:45 »
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angel grinder !!


 :shock:  :shock:  :shock:  :shock: The mind boggles. :shock:  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:

I hope you mean angle grinder. But there again.................
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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« Reply #25 on: April 15, 2008, 20:49 »
Diamond stone,.... oil stone.... wer'e talkin' about hoes here guys. :?:
surely all ya need is a gud strong file :wink:

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