Dovetail knife

[ranald]

I used to have a couple of drum fulls of handles and gave away when moving house recently. I shudder to think that my neighbour used them for kindling for his chicky babes (single ladies in their 80's and 90's) to whom he supplies firewood. They are too old/frail to cut kindling let alone wood. He used about 30 of 4 metre+ by 200 mm by 22mm Pine shelving for such. I really didn't want to know but I couldn't take everything with me. I could really use some solid shelving now. lol

Years ago, I was working on a farm and a teenager commented on an unusual small mattock handle I had. I told him I made it from Eucalypt/ Corymbia Sp. and he said I could have bought the whole new tool for $15. " Ah, but they are of cheap Chinese steel with a cruddy handle and I like my old 'proper quality' tools". He heard but not sure if he listened. I like the quality of old tools made in US, England and Australia etc.
Cheers