Hori Hori Knife

[bryn27 89]

Cracking tool for the job and it's all I use most days. However I remember a post way back complaining about the concave blade and can see the point in the posters thread regards cutting out a nice rectangle.

Gunna grab one of mine tomorrow and heat it in the vice to flatten out then a cold dip to harden. They really are a good bit of kit and a flatter version may be a nice option.

[J Darcy 5,871]

I can't remember the last time I used a spade.......

[shropshire mole 190]

Ah the hori hori, Yes I do use sometimes and works fairly well, but being curved is a pain when trying to cut a straight line (obvious) much better if flat, let us know what happens

[bryn27 89]

Didn't get time this morning ,I've got 2 of them one with the wooden handle the other with a plastic which was a tenner cheaper. Really loathe to have a go at the hardwood handle version (blades the same).

we'll give the plastic one a go in the morning with copious amounts of cold water pouring over the handle as it gets heated and reshaped,my fitter mate reckons it could split the blade?

[stealthy1 3,964]

Stick another wooden handle in place of the plastic one?

[bryn27 89]

only need one knife so the plastic handle needs to be the giunea pig but like you say not difficult to rivet a new hardwood handle on. that's if the blade takes the stress I suppose.

[EDDIE B 3,145]

only need one knife so the plastic handle needs to be the giunea pig but like you say not difficult to rivet a new hardwood handle on. that's if the blade takes the stress I suppose.

Was gonna ask that! Would all that heat not f**k up the handle?

[bryn27 89]

Was in my mind eddie also, but heating it in the vice with gentle pressure and a bottle of water pouring over the handle throughout may suffice.

god knows we'll give it a go in the morning anyway.

[bryn27 89]

Actually the handle is more bakerlite than plastic so may have a tad more resistance to heat.

[Phil Lloyd 10,736]

Years and years of usage, by Japanese gardeners,..all the canny wisdom of the ancient Samurai sword makers,..to conceive and devise, a rough, tough, carbon steel tool (or a stainless steel fecker for the poofs)....all that creativity to produce that unique concave valley, to help remove loose soil,...yet folk want to place this uniquely useful tool in a fecking vice and bend it straight...!

 

C'mon now bonny lads,.. Rambo knives and secondhand bowie style blades are easily found at most Boot sales,..cheap as chips,.so fer fecks sake, use yer noddles,..leave old Hori Hori alone.

Edited December 17, 2015 by Phil Lloyd

[Chicken_man 1,651]

What's the craic here chaps? What's a hori hori and what's it used for?

Atb

[Phil Lloyd 10,736]

What's the craic here chaps? What's a hori hori and what's it used for?

Atb

 

We cannot tell ya Chicken Man,.cos if we did,..we would have to kill ya...

[Chicken_man 1,651]

 

 

What's the craic here chaps? What's a hori hori and what's it used for?i

Atb

We cannot tell ya Chicken Man,.cos if we did,..we would have to kill ya...

:-) atb Phil, secret mole men info eh?

[bryn27 89]

Jesus Christ these blades are indestructible, we got it mad hot in the vice and it wouldn't bend.

decided to heat it on the bench and bash the life out of it with a mash hammer, still didn't bend one little bit. Take my hat off to the Japs and their steel making prowess so I remain the same as I was this morning. The best concave hole cutter in the North lol.