18th May 2006, 11:18 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by mercenary
A nicely worn Marshalltown is a joy to use in sandy soil, and unlike WHS they don't break or need the re-application of Araldite
Err.. I'm afraid they don't survive vigorous use on the sticky gravelly clays of Essex without the use of Araldite, nor do the blade's cope particularly well with levering out bricks either.
In my experience, I should add.
Unlike the good versions of the WHS (Mind you I'm talking about the OLD, old WHS's with the crown emblem on them from yonks back)
Marshalltowns are good for sandy, loose stuff, true, but then so is the cheapo £2.50 welded one I got from Robert Dyas, five years ago[:p]