Pitchfork
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jerryd6818
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Re: Pitchfork
Hey! Do ya wanna see mine? 
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
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Jtx
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Re: Pitchfork
jerryd6818 wrote:Hey! Do ya wanna see mine?
Yes, lets see yours!
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jerryd6818
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Re: Pitchfork
Tomorrow if I don't forget. It's dark outside now.
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
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jerryd6818
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Re: Pitchfork
Here ya go.
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Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
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edge213
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Re: Pitchfork
Green Acres is the place to be, farm livin' is the life for me............
David
"Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife" Meat Loaf
"Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife" Meat Loaf
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jerryd6818
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Re: Pitchfork
Where's your pitchfork, David. 
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
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edge213
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Re: Pitchfork
Well Jerry, to be perfectly honest, I don't live on a farm ir even own a pitchfork. But I sure do like old stuff.
David
"Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife" Meat Loaf
"Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife" Meat Loaf
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keithlong
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Re: Pitchfork
Boy do those bring back memories from the ole days on the dairy farm.
KeithLLong
It does not cost any more to carry a sharp knife than it does to carry a dull knife
It does not cost any more to carry a sharp knife than it does to carry a dull knife
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tongueriver
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Re: Pitchfork
If you stick a rattlesnake rattle on a tine, and pluck said tine, it will make your shorthairs stand up. 
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Jtx
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jerryd6818
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Re: Pitchfork
Very cool.Jtx wrote:Here is one made from a branch. Don't know what kind of tree it is from.
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
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tongueriver
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Re: Pitchfork
I get the sense that the living tree was trained to do that, and cut at the right time. As Jerry says, COOL!Jtx wrote:Here is one made from a branch. Don't know what kind of tree it is from.
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jerryd6818
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Re: Pitchfork
And the tine tips were hardened in a fire. Those old folks were clever and patient.
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
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1967redrider
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Re: Pitchfork
Y'all twernt joshin', wait until I get to the farm . . .
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
CHRIST IS KING
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
CHRIST IS KING
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Dinadan
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Re: Pitchfork
I have no pitchfork - I guess I am not the man my father was: he had one like Jerry's Grandad. I have a martial arts tiger fork somewhere in the garage - maybe that can count?
The multi-generational fork display is kind of cool, Jerry!
I have to say that the wooden fork is unique to my experience, JTX. I agree with Tongueriver that the tree must have been trained into that shape. I wonder if some farmer somewhere had a whole grove of those. Jerry, you are probably right that the tips are fire hardened on purpose, but pitchforks were also used to push and toss stuff into a fire when burning a pile of brush. My Dad used his fork for that, and just last week I was using a tree that I cut to length and left a fork on the end for that same purpose.
The multi-generational fork display is kind of cool, Jerry!
I have to say that the wooden fork is unique to my experience, JTX. I agree with Tongueriver that the tree must have been trained into that shape. I wonder if some farmer somewhere had a whole grove of those. Jerry, you are probably right that the tips are fire hardened on purpose, but pitchforks were also used to push and toss stuff into a fire when burning a pile of brush. My Dad used his fork for that, and just last week I was using a tree that I cut to length and left a fork on the end for that same purpose.
Mel