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  • From: Bill Shoemaker <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] knuckle knife for harvesting
  • Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:49:02 -0500 (CDT)

> How does one use this type of knife? What is the
> technique or do you use it differently for different
> crops?
> Marie in Missouri

It's nice for stake-and-weave systems. You can wear it on your pinkie,
leaving all your fingers available for other work, like tying off. Then you
just twist your hand to bring the blade against the twine, and pull, slicing
it. Very convenient. The only other use I thought of had to do with
Halloween. ";>)

Bill
William H Shoemaker, UI-NRES
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
St Charles Horticulture Research Center
535 Randall Road St Charles, IL 60174
630-584-7254; FAX-584-4610




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