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What is a 'sling blade' or 'Kayser blade' used for? |
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A sling blade was used to cut tall grass and weeds before the modern machinery was invented. The Kayser blade has a long handle and a person can use it to cut weeds and etc. on banks and hard to reach places.
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Is the sling blade and the Kayser blade colloqial names for the sickle and the scythe?
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I always heard them called sling blades growing up in Alabama but I often see them sold in hardware stores as "weed cutters". Here's a link to a picture from Ace Hardware: http://ace.imageg.net/graphics/product_imagespACE-954502dt.jpg
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it is also called a ditch bank blade go to:
http://www.uniontools.com/distprod.asp?Cid=8&Cat=28
without the wooden handle as used by the "highway boys"...it's more of a scythe....go to:
http://www.scythesupply.com/blades.htm#Gardeners
Hope this helps
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