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Posted: 11/19/2023 6:26:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Some folks call it a slingblade. I call it a Kaiser blade. Uh humm. |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 6:30:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Isn’t a bill hook on a long shaft for pruning trees? Yes, I think a bill hook is longer and is often seen in medieval battle scenes like Braveheart. The conscripted / hired rabble just brought their implements. A bill is handy for lopping limbs , tree or human. |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 6:33:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is what I call a brush axe or bush axe. What do you call this tool? https://i.ibb.co/ThRt0gb/IMG-0213.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Bush axe I have one I have owned so long I am on the second handle. It is a bush axe. This is what I call a brush axe or bush axe. What do you call this tool? https://i.ibb.co/ThRt0gb/IMG-0213.jpg i'd call that a sandvik |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 6:35:11 PM EDT
[#4]
A billhook.
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Posted: 11/19/2023 6:38:39 PM EDT
[#5]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Bush axe Same in SC. |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 8:19:40 PM EDT
[#6]
We call it a bush hook.
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Posted: 11/19/2023 10:57:57 PM EDT
[#7]
Idiot Stick
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Posted: 11/19/2023 11:18:41 PM EDT
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As a surveyor with decades of experience cutting lines…I call it a bad day.
 I keep this exact one in my truck and have always referred to it as a brush hook. I guess I’ll have to start calling it a bank blade now. Appreciate the correction, and the trail work manual is a great source, thank you! |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 11:21:23 PM EDT
[#9]
We've always called them bush hooks.
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Posted: 11/19/2023 11:22:22 PM EDT
[#10]
I’d call it hell of a lot of work.
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Posted: 11/19/2023 11:22:26 PM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Good timing. Wife and I want to clear our half acre here on the big island of some 9 ft tall elephant grass.  Scything with a single grip snath |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 3:21:26 AM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Hook among friends or Brush Hook formally. FPNI |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 3:50:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is a sling blade. They have a straighter handle instead of an axe style handle. Usually have 2 or 3 rivets or screws. The head about the same thickness as a machete. https://i.ibb.co/hYWvFGD/IMG-0214.jpg That's a ditch bank blade. It will cut a 3 inch thick magnolia sapling in one swing. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 3:51:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: As a surveyor with decades of experience cutting lines I call it a bad day. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/190943/FAACD994-FC0C-484B-918F-AA5F2A75B0A0-3033651.jpg I keep this exact one in my truck and have always referred to it as a brush hook. I guess I'll have to start calling it a bank blade now. Appreciate the correction, and the trail work manual is a great source, thank you! Haha that's how I have experience with them. Cutting line on a survey crew. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 4:23:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Here’s the guide that shows what the USDA calls these hand tools: https://www.pcta.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/handtools_for_trail_work.pdf I think the regional colloquialisms are cool. From that reference, you have a Council Single-Edge Eye-and-Strap Brush Hook shown in the OP. I suppose it would work as a Kaiser blade if you were driven. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 8:37:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Same in SC. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Bush axe Same in SC. Bush axe seems to be the SE regional name for them. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 8:40:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bush axe |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 8:42:51 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is a sling blade. They have a straighter handle instead of an axe style handle. Usually have 2 or 3 rivets or screws. The head about the same thickness as a machete. https://i.ibb.co/hYWvFGD/IMG-0214.jpg I still call that a brush hook. Spent untold hours hacking line with them . Fuck that shit |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 8:45:00 AM EDT
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Kaiser Blade, some folks call it a Sling Blade. I call it a Kaiser Blade.
Like the highway boys use. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 8:47:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is a sling blade. They have a straighter handle instead of an axe style handle. Usually have 2 or 3 rivets or screws. The head about the same thickness as a machete. https://i.ibb.co/hYWvFGD/IMG-0214.jpg That's a bank blade. A sling blade is for grass, not brush. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 8:50:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's a bank blade. A sling blade is for grass, not brush. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: This is a sling blade. They have a straighter handle instead of an axe style handle. Usually have 2 or 3 rivets or screws. The head about the same thickness as a machete. https://i.ibb.co/hYWvFGD/IMG-0214.jpg That's a bank blade. A sling blade is for grass, not brush. I heard both of these tools pictured called sling blades.  |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 8:51:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryHis assistant looks like good breeding stock. Wonder if she can cook? 
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Posted: 11/20/2023 8:52:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bush axe This |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 8:52:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: At the end of my backyard, between my yard and the woods, there is growth of sticker bushes and whatever is called with the prickly balls headed towards my yard. Is this the top I would need to go berserk on them? I tried my weed eater and the growth laughed at me. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 8:56:27 AM EDT
[#25]
Monkey claw
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Posted: 11/20/2023 8:58:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is a sling blade. They have a straighter handle instead of an axe style handle. Usually have 2 or 3 rivets or screws. The head about the same thickness as a machete. https://i.ibb.co/hYWvFGD/IMG-0214.jpg This is what we usually have down here. I actually need to replace a handle on one of the smaller ones now. Heard it called kaiser blade, ditch bank blade, etc. but yeah, lol, mostly a whole lot of work. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:00:51 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bush axe Yep |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:09:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I heard both of these tools pictured called sling blades. https://i.ibb.co/R2KFZWz/IMG-0221.jpg We called the tool on the left a Yo-Yo. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:11:49 AM EDT
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Ditch blank blade.
I call it a ditch blade. Have one with a fabricated heavy extended pipe handle, it gets fencerow brush done, but it sucks to use. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:15:41 AM EDT
[#30]
12" to 16" curved hook on a 36 to 40" handle. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:25:16 AM EDT
[#31]
Blisters.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:25:20 AM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Some folks call it a slingblade. I call it a Kaiser blade. mmmm -hhhhmmm |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:53:29 AM EDT
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In the Forest Service we called them a brush hook. Always kept them sharp as a knife to cut fibrous stringy sticks. Dangerous as hell because if you were not paying attention to your swing, it would glance off and hit the shin. Then it is a workers comp injury. I always preferred to let the inmate crews do that work.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:04:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In the Forest Service we called them a brush hook. Always kept them sharp as a knife to cut fibrous stringy sticks. Dangerous as hell because if you were not paying attention to your swing, it would glance off and hit the shin. Then it is a workers comp injury. I always preferred to let the inmate crews do that work. I’ve seen NFS hand crews and firefighters wearing knee and shin guards that look like baseball catchers. I assume to prevent this if they will stop the blade. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:20:59 AM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Hook among friends or Brush Hook formally. Got one just like it. Best tool for de limbing logs and pruning small limbs ever, even though that’s not what it’s for. That is a “Brush Hook”. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:22:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: At the end of my backyard, between my yard and the woods, there is growth of sticker bushes and whatever is called with the prickly balls headed towards my yard. Is this the top I would need to go berserk on them? I tried my weed eater and the growth laughed at me. That tool should do nicely. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:30:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: we call it pick axe down in Ga. This Georgian doesn't, I call OP's tool a brush axe This is a pick axe: 
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:31:19 AM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryI enjoyed that. Thanks! |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:33:12 AM EDT
[#39]
Bush Hook
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:38:41 AM EDT
[#40]
Bush axe or bush hook. Got my first one in'94 when I got my first surveying job, still have it. Don't use it much anymore, replace by a machete and chain saw.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:38:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I heard both of these tools pictured called sling blades. https://i.ibb.co/R2KFZWz/IMG-0221.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: This is a sling blade. They have a straighter handle instead of an axe style handle. Usually have 2 or 3 rivets or screws. The head about the same thickness as a machete. https://i.ibb.co/hYWvFGD/IMG-0214.jpg That's a bank blade. A sling blade is for grass, not brush. I heard both of these tools pictured called sling blades. https://i.ibb.co/R2KFZWz/IMG-0221.jpg First one is a sling blade, second is a brush hook. I have and hate both. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:42:30 AM EDT
[#42]
Halberd
…at least in medieval weaponry |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:59:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Here’s the guide that shows what the USDA calls these hand tools: https://www.pcta.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/handtools_for_trail_work.pdf I think the regional colloquialisms are cool. Thanks for the guide! I saved it. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:10:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: At the end of my backyard, between my yard and the woods, there is growth of sticker bushes and whatever is called with the prickly balls headed towards my yard. Is this the top I would need to go berserk on them? I tried my weed eater and the growth laughed at me. Herbicide |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:13:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: we call it pick axe down in Ga. no we don't. Pick axe is for digging ditches. OP posted a bush hook |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:16:54 AM EDT
[#46]
Looks close to a kaiser blade to me.
Close enough that that's what I would call it. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:20:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is a sling blade. They have a straighter handle instead of an axe style handle. Usually have 2 or 3 rivets or screws. The head about the same thickness as a machete. https://i.ibb.co/hYWvFGD/IMG-0214.jpg This is a sling blade  Now imagine my confusion at the movie and the tool he used to do the deed. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:37:14 AM EDT
[#48]
Brush hook or a bush axe.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:43:38 AM EDT
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I was on a field survey crew in 1970 and two of us were goofing off taking whacks at a Hawthorn bush with our brush hooks. I took a mighty swing, hit a tough Hawthorn branch, not cutting it but knocking it down at a high rate of speed. It hit my head and drove a 3" thorn into my head between the skin and bone - we didn't have on our hard hats either. I had to get the survey party chief to come over and pull the damn thing out. That was the day I found out how tough a Hawthorn tree is.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:58:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes, I think a bill hook is longer and is often seen in medieval battle scenes like Braveheart. The conscripted / hired rabble just brought their implements. A bill is handy for lopping limbs , tree or human. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Isn't a bill hook on a long shaft for pruning trees? Yes, I think a bill hook is longer and is often seen in medieval battle scenes like Braveheart. The conscripted / hired rabble just brought their implements. A bill is handy for lopping limbs , tree or human. Various names used, Billhooks aren't uncommon in the UK and but in common forestry parlance are normally short handled. So much so that the long handled Billhook gets called out. Even then it's not a "pole". If you've watched Clarkson's Farm you'll see a few examples as it's very handy for Hedge-laying in that episode - and in clearing Forest Tracks and Greenlanes.  Attached FileETA: Cap from briantsltd.co.uk @Bucc_Guy could prolly authoritatively lay out the historical. |
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