A Load of Old Billhooks - Home

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Web Name: A Load of Old Billhooks - Home

WebSite: http://billhooks.co.uk

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The above bilhooks are not mine, the image is from the web - however, I could duplicate it many times over... As you have reached this page I guess you are also interested in, or have a query regarding, billhooks (also known inEngland as hand-bills, bills or hackers) or similar edge tools. This site is being regularly updated, and new informationadded. You may be able to find pages from the previous versions of the site or the original site hosted on Freeserve by using Wayback Internet Archive. If you are visiting from outside the UK, or a non English speaking country, please send me information on the billhooks from your country (images, names, history, cataloguepages, museum links etc) using my contact page. This will allow me to extend the site and include more information. The site is collated by Bob Burgess, who lives with his wife, Lyn, (who also collects kitchenalia and 'cream and green' enamel ware) in the picturesque Wylye Valley near his hometown ofWarminster in Wiltshire (UK), and who is the owner of a private collection of over 6000 billhooks and numerous other edge tools. Of the billhooks, approximately 60% are from the UK and the other40% from Western European countries, but there are some are from other continents. Some parts of the site may be biased towards French tools, but this is only because of alimited grasp of the language, and thus his ability to research French websites. The aim of the site is to inform, educate and share - as well as the collection of tools there exists a large (and equally uncatalogued) archive of images as well as source material such ascopies of manufacturers' catalogues. As mentioned above, I am always looking to extend this archive and if you have any old photographs, papers, catalogues relating to edge tools in general, orbillhooks in particular, I would be pleased to receive copies. I am particularly looking for information on the smaller regional or village makers of the UK. As this site develops I hope to be able to show examples of tools made by some of the smaller makers and create a list of makers. I have done this for France, using some French annuairesand almanachs from 1830 to 1937 and discovered over 4800 makers of edge tools - and each year still find tools from makers that are not yet on the list.. I suspect that the situation was similar in the UK until the beginning of the 20th century... If you have any questions please feel free to contact me by e-mail and if you have a specific query please attach an image (ifyou have one). If you just want to comment on the site please use the guestbook. Again, can I please ask that if using this site from outside the UK,  sendme images of your local billhooks (or equivalent) and also the local names used (including dialect variations if you know them).   Please use the Google Translate button at thetop of the page to translate this home page to the language of your choice. For all other pages you will have to use Google Translate on your toolbar, or if you have not added this, open thispage using Google. Unfortunately Google often mis-translates, but you may be able to get the general meaning. If you have Facebook, please click both the 'Like' buttons below. (September 2013, I added the second Facebook button, linked to A Load of OldBillhooks on my Facebook page, as the 31 likes did not seem to register anywhere on Facebook) Share From 06 December 2012 any changes or new sections will have the word (NEW) added to the heading title, or sub-title on the left. As sub-titles will not be immediately visible, to find anyupdates I have suggested that you enter the word 'new' on the Search page, but for some reason this does not always work. After approx 1 month, or when new changes are made, it will beremoved from the heading title. You are Visitor Number since 01 January 2012 You are Visitor Number since 04 January 2013 Thank you for looking at the site - I hope you found it useful The total for 2012 was 16,298 visitors (16,502 when new Flag Counter was added on 04 January 2013). About 30,000 hits for 2013 (46,234 on 31 December 2013 (pm), 46,314 on 01 January 2014 (am)) For 2014 approx 30,000 hits 26 December 2015 - counter reads 01221, so presumably had reset at 99999 - giving a total of 101,221 or approx 25,000 for 2015, so far.. 04 January 2017 - 33,191 - so approx 30,000 hits for 2016.   Next Page  26/27 December 2015 (NEW)  English Dialect words for Billhook (NEW) Hiep (NL B)

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