Where can I buy an old style Thistle Grubber
4 years 11 months ago #533881
by Stikkibeek
Did you know, that what you thought I said, was not what I meant
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Modern grubbers tend to be light. try a second hand shop that has a good tool stand, or, is in or near a farming area.
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4 years 11 months ago #533888
by Hawkspur
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...or look out for a deceased estate garage sale or auction, or wait for some old rellies to die or at least move into a resthome where they won't need gardening tools...
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4 years 11 months ago #534030
by Wren
This is how my other half buys most of his tools - he goes to pick up a giant bucket of nails he found on trademe, and comes home with the car full of stuff!! I have pointed out that one day I am going to be that widow selling the same bucket of nails and all the rest, but who am I to judge?
Muddling our way through 1Ha on the Christchurch Port Hills, with flocks of heritage chickens, Silver Appleyard ducks, Gotland sheep, and Arapawa goats.
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Hawkspur wrote: ...or look out for a deceased estate garage sale or auction,
This is how my other half buys most of his tools - he goes to pick up a giant bucket of nails he found on trademe, and comes home with the car full of stuff!! I have pointed out that one day I am going to be that widow selling the same bucket of nails and all the rest, but who am I to judge?
Muddling our way through 1Ha on the Christchurch Port Hills, with flocks of heritage chickens, Silver Appleyard ducks, Gotland sheep, and Arapawa goats.
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4 years 11 months ago #534031
by Hawkspur
But in the interim at least two nails will have been used out of that bucket, and five added, and at least once, the bucket will have tipped over, making for some interesting cursing and a little diversion.
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Wren wrote:
Hawkspur wrote: ...or look out for a deceased estate garage sale or auction,
This is how my other half buys most of his tools - he goes to pick up a giant bucket of nails he found on trademe, and comes home with the car full of stuff!! I have pointed out that one day I am going to be that widow selling the same bucket of nails and all the rest, but who am I to judge?
But in the interim at least two nails will have been used out of that bucket, and five added, and at least once, the bucket will have tipped over, making for some interesting cursing and a little diversion.
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4 years 11 months ago #534034
by Stikkibeek
Did you know, that what you thought I said, was not what I meant
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We are still "enjoying" 
the bucket of nails bought by an uncle and inherited by me at least 20 years ago. Dam things were cheap or he wouldn't have bought them, but they have poorly formed heads and have a tendency to turn into fish hooks when you hit them with the hammer, ...seconds before the hammer connects with hands, or fingers, or kneecaps.....
the bucket of nails bought by an uncle and inherited by me at least 20 years ago. Dam things were cheap or he wouldn't have bought them, but they have poorly formed heads and have a tendency to turn into fish hooks when you hit them with the hammer, ...seconds before the hammer connects with hands, or fingers, or kneecaps..... Did you know, that what you thought I said, was not what I meant
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4 years 11 months ago #534039
by Stikkibeek
You met my uncle then!?
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You met my uncle then!? Did you know, that what you thought I said, was not what I meant
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4 years 11 months ago #534042
by Wren
Muddling our way through 1Ha on the Christchurch Port Hills, with flocks of heritage chickens, Silver Appleyard ducks, Gotland sheep, and Arapawa goats.
Replied by Wren on topic Where can I buy an old style Thistle Grubber
Ha ha - love that we're not the only ones with such a bucket of nails! 
I will admit, at least 2 of them have definitely been used
I will admit, at least 2 of them have definitely been used Muddling our way through 1Ha on the Christchurch Port Hills, with flocks of heritage chickens, Silver Appleyard ducks, Gotland sheep, and Arapawa goats.
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