[AT] Pitchforks - new vs. old.

[DAVIESW739 at aol.com]

Farmer,
I know what you mean by  that I always try to find older tools at the garage 
sales I look at some of the  junk they sell and just wonder who designed them. 
I make my own hay hooks on the  forge and have given quite a few to close 
friends who just love them. Those new  things in the store are not much better 
than a long thin hammer. I did notice  though that someone has taken my design 
and I see them in the feed stores now. I  got my design from an old one that 
was here on the farm when I bought it. Simple  thing made from a piece of thin 
tapered steel with a half inch pipe for a  handle. Its the curl on the tip that 
makes its pull right into a bail of hay  when you pull it forward. No banging 
it into the bail or slapping it hard like  with those new fangled things. 

Walt Davies
Cooper Hollow  Farm
Monmouth, OR 97361
503 623-0460