Author Topic: Mystery object (Read 2193 times)

GribinIsaf · « **on:** February 01, 2020, 04:17:09 pm »

Can anyone help me identify this tool? It is about three feet long.

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #1 on:** February 01, 2020, 05:03:32 pm »

It's a "dashel basher". Use it to swipe at nettles to cut them down.

arobwk · « **Reply #2 on:** February 01, 2020, 05:05:59 pm »

Yeah, it's a weed slasher. Never tried one.

GribinIsaf · « **Reply #3 on:** February 01, 2020, 05:08:19 pm »

Great. Thanks. Got it for £1 at the local recycling centre because it looked very useful. I just did not know what for. Now I do.

Womble · « **Reply #4 on:** February 01, 2020, 05:24:44 pm »

They're pretty good! Just like a strimmer, but more therapeutic, and don't leave lots of little bits of plastic all over your garden!

arobwk · « **Reply #5 on:** February 02, 2020, 03:58:08 pm »

Quote from: GribinIsaf on February 01, 2020, 05:08:19 pm

... Got it for £1 at the local recycling centre because it looked very useful. ...

I keep hearing about folk finding stuff at recycling centres, but I don't think Cornish centres have a re-sell section and there was definitely a time when they prohibited on-site exchanges between recyclers. I shall have to check out to see whether Cornish centres are applying a bit of common sense these days.

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #6 on:** February 02, 2020, 08:36:55 pm »

In 2005 I moved back to North Devon and equipped myself pretty well from the recycling centres in Barnstaple, Ilfracombe and South Molton! Surely Cornwall has caught its neighbour up by now...