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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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/mattocks!/

Mine is of similar age but was originally an adze. Much
better steel and takes a fine edge. Yours could be the same?

Philistine!

Oh dear! You mean he shouldn't be using his Disston saw to cut off
tree-roots below ground-level?

Well, he can use his modern one - but if he has a thirty-year-old one,
no, he shouldn't. In those circumstances he might use an ankle-grinder.

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