[AT] Corn Binding/Hay

George Willer gwill at gwill.net
Sun Oct 14 11:41:48 PDT 2007


Charlie,

In our part of the country beets mean sugar beets and beans mean soybeans.
I keep forgetting that the terms aren't universal.  :-(

Here's what I meant by a beet knife:
http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecenter/ontario/images/on410b.jpg 

George Willer

> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Gene Waugh Elgin, Illinois
> USA
> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 2:18 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Corn Binding/Hay
> 
> Charlie, is this what you had in mind?
> 
> Gene Wuagh
> Elgin, Illinois USA
> 
> http://www.woodmanspal.com/testimonials.html
> 
> charlie hill wrote:
> > Hi George,  I don't know if I described it very well but if you've ever
> seen
> > a hunting knife with a "gut hook" on the back side it is similar to
> that.
> > Except that the "gut hook" part appears to be shaped so that you can
> hook it
> > around a stalk ect and cut it by pulling up.  I don't know much about
> > raising beets.  We used to grow a few hills in the garden but harvested
> them
> > by hand.
> >
> > Charlie
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "George Willer" <gwill at gwill.net>
> > To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 11:18 AM
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Corn Binding/Hay
> >
> >
> >
> >> Charlie,
> >>
> >> That sounds a bit like a beet knife if the rounded end you describe
> would
> >> spear the beet to pick it up.  They were used for hand topping the
> plowed
> >> out beets before the modern beet lifters were available.
> >>
> >> George Willer
> >>
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
> >>> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charlie hill
> >>> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 10:55 AM
> >>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> >>> Subject: Re: [AT] Corn Binding/Hay
> >>>
> >>> I've seen some machettes that have a round notch cut in the back side
> of
> >>> the
> >>> blade.  It's a slot about 1" wide cut at an angle into the blade with
> a
> >>> rounded, sharpened end.  I've often wondered what it's true intent
> was.
> >>> Could it be they were made for cutting corn or cane?
> >>>
> >>> Charlie
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "George Willer" <gwill at gwill.net>
> >>> To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
> >>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >>> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 8:04 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [AT] Corn Binding/Hay
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> That mower section knife is like the one we used we used to cut the
> >>>>
> >>> twine
> >>>
> >>>> as
> >>>> the bundles were fed into the shredder after we became modernized
> with
> >>>> a
> >>>> binder, tractor, and corn shredder.
> >>>>
> >>>> When the corn was cut by hand it was with a straight knife somewhat
> >>>> like
> >>>> I still use for some chores around the yard.  It was a straight blade
> >>>>
> >>> with
> >>>
> >>>> no curve like a machete has.
> >>>>
> >>>> George Willer
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
> >>>>> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Steve W.
> >>>>> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 5:50 PM
> >>>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Corn Binding/Hay
> >>>>>
> >>>>> And if you want the home made version take an old hoe handle and saw
> a
> >>>>> slot on one end long enough to install a sickle bar section. Install
> >>>>>
> >>> the
> >>>
> >>>>> section with it at an angle. I drilled the holes for mounting so
> that
> >>>>> one hole is close to each edge of the handle. You could also use a
> >>>>>
> >>> chunk
> >>>
> >>>>> of heavy wall conduit as the handle. To use just slide the handle
> down
> >>>>> the stalk till you hit the ground and give it a sharp yank up/back
> to
> >>>>> cut the stalk.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Larry D Goss wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> If you can find one, John, use a bona fide corn knife for the job
> of
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> hand
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> cutting rather than the machete-style knives that dealers are
> >>>>>> selling
> >>>>>> nowadays.  It makes all the difference in the world.  You may have
> >>>>>> to
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> haunt
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> a bunch of antique shops to find one, but a real corn knife looks
> >>>>>>
> >>> kind
> >>>
> >>>>> of
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> like either a miniature scythe or a hand sickle on steroids.  The
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> forward
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> side of the knife is serrated and you don't have to swing it to
> make
> >>>>>>
> >>> it
> >>>
> >>>>>> work.  You just put the knife down low (close to the root ball) and
> >>>>>> pull
> >>>>>> toward you at an angle.  It slices off the stalk clean as a
> whistle.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> You
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> know that it's time to sharpen the knife when you start pulling the
> >>>>>> root
> >>>>>> balls out of the ground.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Larry
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Steve W.
> >>>>> Near Cooperstown, New York
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