permaculture

[Chris Carnevale <c.s.carnevale@gmail.com>]

Nice machete collection. Which one is your favorite for general purpose 
tasks around the farm? I have a 19.5" tapanga style machete, which is 
good for heavy duty use, but too heavy and large for general purpose. 
I'm thinking of getting a 14" for more basic use.

On 11/25/13, 1:42 PM, Lawrence London wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Chris Carnevale 
> <c.s.carnevale@gmail.com <mailto:c.s.carnevale@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Thanks for passing along. I just picked up a Bellota machete in
>     Colombia. Made in Colombia. Still Trying it out, but no complaints
>     so far.
>
>
> I have many Corona-brand garden tools, made by Bellota for the 
> American market. They are as good as any I have ever used and very 
> heavy duty,
> probably the same Bellota tools marketed in the EU and elsewhere.
>
> Avant Geared Photos
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/116100117925365792988/+Avantgeared/photos
>
> Here is a gallery of pictures of my machete collection plus my most 
> often used garden tools and scythes.
> Useful Tools For Gardeners
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/116100117925365792988/photos/116100117925365792988/albums/5706561605935598161
>
> Austrian Scythes are becoming popular in the US and though the blades 
> are imported there are a few new companies making exceptionally good 
> traditional lightweight Austrian wooden snaths.
>
> Broadforks, Scythes and other tools*:
> **<http://www.onescytherevolution.com/>*
> Larry Cooper
> Gulland Forge Broadforks
> http://gullandforge.com/
> Broadfork Blog
> http://broadforkblog.blogspot.com/:
> Tooling the Revolution
> scythe snaths they produce and more
> *http://toolingtherevolution.com/index.html*
>
> *The One Scythe Revolution <http://www.onescytherevolution.com/>
> *Botan Anderson
> *http://www.onescytherevolution.com/
> **Blog:*
> *http://www.onescytherevolution.com/blog.html
>
> Valley Oak Tool Co. *
> http://www.valleyoaktool.com/
> broadforks, wheel hoes and more
>
>
>     Chris
>
>     On 11/4/13, 7:06 PM, Lawrence London wrote:
>
>         [These are an amazing array of very high quality hand tools
>         for gardening
>         and farming - in the USA you can buy them marketed under the
>         Corona brand -
>         order direct from the distributor in California -
>         I bought a lot of these tools to work my land and gardens; the
>         shovels are
>         the full equal of the traditional True Temper Fox series and
>         the Ames
>         series available from your local hardware store. John d'H:
>         some of the TT
>         Fox I bought were forged in Ireland, Gods Country. Needless to
>         say the TT
>         and Ames are no longer available because there are so few mom
>         & pop local
>         hardware stores and they are expensive and worth it.]
>
>         BELLOTA
>           Catalogues Agricultural And Gardening
>
>             - Hand Tools
>             -
>         
> Catalogues<http://www.bellota.com/US/en/ct/tools/agricultural-and-gardening/v-213#>
>             - Agricultural And Gardening
>
>           browse the catalog pdf file
>         http://www.bellota.com/US/en/ct/tools/agricultural-and-gardening/v-213
>
>         
> http://www.bellota.com/US/en/ct/tools/catalogue/agricultural-and-gardening