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Every year I make the other half something for our aniversary. This time I made her these gardening tools. They are made from 14 gauge bronze or CZ 102 plate bronze.

One is a weeder 450.00mm overall, the other a trowel, the handles are made from an old wind blown apple tree from a freinds orchard.

Total cost of materials was 30 quid and 6 hours work.
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All joints are silver soldered for strength and durabitity.

Both have a weight of 8 and 9 ounces.
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What can I say!! how fabulous. Wonderful present. When are you going into production?

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Beryl wrote:What can I say!! how fabulous. Wonderful present. When are you going into production?

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Thanks Beryl

I the future ,maybe, but not at the moment, depends how this year pans out.
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Count me in on your order list. They look lovely.
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Wow, they look marvellous, BIM! Will they stand up to real use, too?
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Wow! Want them - but kinda too pretty to use! (OK lying there, would be straight out there testing them!)

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Monika wrote:Wow, they look marvellous, BIM! Will they stand up to real use, too?


Bronze is extremely ductile, much stronger than the thinner steel plate cheap Chinese made wares, I have had several stainless models, all of which broke on me.

Its the anti slug inhibitors that copper/bronze has that helps detter slugs, try placing a live slug on something made of copper and see what happens. In normal use tiny amounts are left in the soil where you have disturbed it whilst planting on Etc.

In time this copper builds up and helps to build a barrier towards slugs, much better than buying slug pellets, which are Detrimental to nature, esecially young birds which the mother will collect and feed them to her chicks if given the chance.
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they are seriously beautiful, my father would appreciate them, and the work that went into making them (he is an amateur carpenter!)
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broad ing man wrote:
Beryl wrote:What can I say!! how fabulous. Wonderful present. When are you going into production?

Beryl.


Thanks Beryl

I the future ,maybe, but not at the moment, depends how this year pans out.


If you are seriously contemplating going into production then you should check out the Implementations website - http://www.implementations.co.uk/site/home
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Thank you Belinda for the webite info. I feel a 'me present' time coming on.

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I have had their garden spade on my wish list for a couple of years now, it is scumptious in every way.

Thanks for all the comments guys, I may well enter production this summer after the bulk of the gardening is done, in the June gap or shortly after.

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broad ing man wrote:
Beryl wrote:What can I say!! how fabulous. Wonderful present. When are you going into production?

Beryl.


Thanks Beryl

I the future ,maybe, but not at the moment, depends how this year pans out.


If you are seriously contemplating going into production then you should check out the Implementations website - http://www.implementations.co.uk/site/home
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