A new stanley blade

locky76

You know we're in times of austerity when my biggest extravagence of March is a new blade for the stanley knife.
Simple pleasure though the way it can slice through the baled silage now...;)

Bodacious

locky76 wrote: »

You know we're in times of austerity when my biggest extravagence of March is a new blade for the stanley knife.
Simple pleasure though the way it can slice through the baled silage now...;)

I always losing knife for opening bales and forever getting caught without one to open bales, and worse again I feeding in 5 different locations but problem solved at hardware Monday ... 5 little blue plastic Stanley knives E5.00 in total, cheap as chips, stick them in the wall behind bales at each place

Farmer Pudsey

Bodacious wrote: »

I always losing knife for opening bales and forever getting caught without one to open bales, and worse again I feeding in 5 different locations but problem solved at hardware Monday ... 5 little blue plastic Stanley knives E5.00 in total, cheap as chips, stick them in the wall behind bales at each place

They were rotten dear at that you can get packs of 4 in the euro shops for 2 euro and the same thing happens to me I tend to lose them however I am very good this year I have only lost one and I found it after I rolled over it with tractor

Bodacious

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Bodacious wrote: »

I always losing knife for opening bales and forever getting caught without one to open bales, and worse again I feeding in 5 different locations but problem solved at hardware Monday ... 5 little blue plastic Stanley knives E5.00 in total, cheap as chips, stick them in the wall behind bales at each place

They were rotten dear at that you can get packs of 4 in the euro shops for 2 euro and the same thing happens to me I tend to lose them however I am very good this year I have only lost one and I found it after I rolled over it with tractor

jees... Robbed again!! These are fairly good quality retractable blade into a proper pastic handle that you can get a good grip on for around the bottom of the bale

Farmer Pudsey

Bodacious wrote: »

jees... Robbed again!! These are fairly good quality retractable blade into a proper pastic handle that you can get a good grip on for around the bottom of the bale

It will not matter if you lose the fecking thing and mine are cheap plastic ones however they do the job and did not damage the tyre after I rolled over it the good stanley one might damage the tyre

padowado

I use a file to sharpen stanleys blades it is like a razor
and you can sharpen it several times.

Atilathehun

locky76 wrote: »

You know we're in times of austerity when my biggest extravagence of March is a new blade for the stanley knife.
Simple pleasure though the way it can slice through the baled silage now...;)

Real farmers, when their silage knife gets lost invest in one of these :cool:

locky76

Sorry Atilathehun, i won't be joining the ranks of real farmers (as per your description;)) in the foreseeable future for the following reasons:

1. No money to buy that bale grab
2. No money to buy a tractor/loader to lift that bale grab
3. I kinda like the tactile experience of ripping the bale open with my stanley, hydraulic oil ain't gonna cut it for me...

Atilathehun wrote: »

Real farmers, when their silage knife gets lost invest in one of these :cool:

Farmer Pudsey

Atilathehun wrote: »

Real farmers, when their silage knife gets lost invest in one of these :cool:

Only pussies use them

Pulsating Star

Triangular mower section where the two rivet holes are used to fix it to a nice wooden handle. Simple to sharpen with file when needed. Jobs a Good'un:)

quietsailor

Pulsating Star wrote: »

Triangular mower section where the two rivet holes are used to fix it to a nice wooden handle. Simple to sharpen with file when needed. Jobs a Good'un:)

You should post that in the "Labour saving and general guntering thread", it sounds like a good idea

kieslowski

What you want is one of those French Opinel knives and break the blade in half. Gives you unrivaled sharpness, power and control when removing the plastic.

bogman_bass

they're a great knife!