Handy Vine-Cutting Knife

Handy Vine-Cutting Knife FARM HOME Miscellaneous 20-3-11 Canadian farmer Nick Rogalski of Melville, Sask., came up with a simple way to modify a standard knife blade to cut vines wrapped around rotating shafts. He says you can use the idea on any knife blade. It works great on inexpensive paring knifes. He first trims off the point of the blade at a sharp angle, then uses a grindstone to grind away a V-shaped wedge just behind the angled point. Then he sharpens the edges of the cut-out wedge. The angled point slips easily under vines wrapped around any shaft or cylinder and the wedge catches the vines as you pull away, without slipping off like a normal blade. Rogalski would like to find a manufacturer for his knife. He has detailed do-it-yourself plans available. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Nick F. Rogalski, Box 1647, Melville, Sask. S0A 2P0 Canada.

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