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Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 12 12:23 pm Post subject: Onion Hoe
A friend of mine here has a hoe she has borrowed which she is very keen on, but has been unable to find one of her own. She calls it an onion hoe, it has a very small head, and is apparently Victorian. I'll try to post a picture later, but does anyone have any suggestions?

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46216
Location: yes

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 12 1:09 pm Post subject:
have one smithed and put it on a stick easy ten min job for a smith or fabricator

Bebo

Joined: 21 May 2007
Posts: 12590
Location: East Sussex

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 12 1:12 pm Post subject:
Swoe? https://wilkinsonsword-tools.co.uk/Stainless-Steel-Swoe-Style-Hoe-Wilkinson-Sword

Finsky

Joined: 10 Sep 2011
Posts: 847
Location: Notts.

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 12 2:37 pm Post subject:
like this? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spear-Jackson-Traditional-Onion-Hoe/dp/B002W5V7WQ

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 12 2:48 pm Post subject:
They sell them on e-bay & in my local garden centre. Just search for onion hoe.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46216
Location: yes

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 12 4:00 pm Post subject:
the last few are similar to what i was thinking of the one grannie had 2 fins , smithed from a tapered bar .with a formed tang .bent and put on a long handle very tidy wee thing and no bending

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 12 4:29 pm Post subject:
Looking at those pictures, I think we are talking about something slightly different. I'll try and remember my camera tomorrow.

Woodburner

Joined: 28 Apr 2006
Posts: 2904
Location: Essex

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 12 6:48 pm Post subject:
I've got a small headed dutch hoe that is older than I am. I also have a series of rakes, from four prongs up to the standard number, that were my grandfather's. I strongly suspect that no-one makes them any more.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 12 8:10 pm Post subject:

Woodburner wrote:

I strongly suspect that no-one makes them any more.

As suggested earlier, is not a hard thing to make... 'cept I've loaned out my anvil.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 12 5:35 pm Post subject:
Looking again, it is possible that this hoe is indeed one of those hoes only worn down through years of use... Have some photos, but nowhere to upload them to.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8921
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 12 7:30 pm Post subject:
Also check secondhand/antique shops- I got my onion hoe in Hay at Tom's shop by the castle- lots of well restored tools there, also Fleur de Lys Antiques out the back I'm sure there will be something similar nearer to you.

robkb

Joined: 29 May 2009
Posts: 4205
Location: SE London

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 12 8:20 am Post subject:
I've got one of the onion hoes like in Finsky's link, but tbh these days all my hand-weeding gets done with this: https://www.organiccatalogue.com/Potting-Shed-Tools/c62_185/p477/KIRPI-WEEDER/product_info.html

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 12 9:14 am Post subject:

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46216
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 12 9:37 am Post subject:
thats the chap that one is fairly worn ,"new" the wings are a little wider but not much easy to make with hammer and tongs

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 12 11:10 am Post subject:

Hairyloon wrote:

Buy a cheap draw hoe & use an angle grinder to cut it to the size you want?

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