advice wanted from Lesche owners

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tassie

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• Apr 26, 2006

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Hi everyone until today i have been pushing my luck and was using a Canadian bayonet as my digging tool for lawns if the coppers here in Aus saw me using that i would now be behind bars, so a good friend of mine made me a present of a Lesche digging tool, which by all means is a good weapon if you wanted to use it as one but if i get balled up by the cops i can tell them honestly its a digging tool.

What i would like to know from owners of it, did you sharpen yours up or leave it as you bought it.

Many thanks for any replies Tassie

 

hoser

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• Apr 26, 2006

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Tassie, as with any digging tool, if you are mostly in loose soil sharpness is not that important. However, if you are digging in turf or where there is a lot of root structure, it will make it easier to have the tool sharpened somewhat. It aids in cutting through the tough stuff. I sharpen mine about every two trips out. Small roots are the problem i run into most of the time.

 

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• Apr 27, 2006

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Thanks hoser,sharpened it up with the Dremmel you can cut paper with it now.
Cheers tassie

 

YARDBYRD

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• May 3, 2006

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I carry a Leatherman with a saw blade in it. It will cut tree roots in 4 inches of dirt all day long and still cut limbs off of trees. I've had it 4 years and am still trying to dull it. I don't know if it WILL dull.

 

islandchips

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• May 4, 2006

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Aloha
The Lesche is the best digging tool out there. It is a real work horse. I think it money well spent. They also make a whole line of shovels. You can see them at http://demarcodetectorsales.com/html/Predator/PREDATORHOME.html

Dig and you shall find it.