Questions
When I put my grass shears away last year they were sharp. Now they are blunt. How? What happened to them during the winter? Were they transported to a different time zone where some midwifemuse used them frantically? If so, why didn't she have the good grace to have them sharpened before they returned to this midwifemuse?
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(7.6.04 00:06) I bet that Mr Midwifemuse has been using them for some totally inappropriate task. Its no good asking him though, he wont own up. |
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(7.6.04 16:53) I am told that if one has room in their shed (obviously the person who told me that had not seen my shed), one should keep an old box/bucket nearly full of a mixture of sand + lube (used engine oil is fine) and before retiring tools for winter to dip them in the gritty mix to keep them all nice and ready when the new season comes. I have not tried it myself but it could be worth a go ? |
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(7.6.04 17:59) Stroppy - I shall def. try it. Do you know how sloppy it should be? |
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(7.6.04 21:01) our shears are rubbed down with greese and wrapped in an old tee shirt for the winter! |
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(7.6.04 23:21) They go blunt due to oxidisation (and puple skink monsters from Venus). If you put them under a glass pyramid - perspex *might* work - then they will actually get sharper. This works for scissors too. I'm going to lie down now. |
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(8.6.04 17:29) IanB - Of course, why didn't I think of that? I'll just get my glass pyramid out then. |
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(8.6.04 23:53) Not sure. Gritty more than sloppy is the idea I think so the sand scours away the remaining dirt and the oil makes sure air + damp do not get to it over winter. |