Billhook
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activities A billhook or bill hook is a versatile cutting tool used widely in agriculture and forestry for cutting woody material such as shrubs, small trees and branches. It is distinct from the sickle. It was commonly used in Europe with an important variety of traditional local patterns. Elsewhere, it was also developed locally such as in the Indian subcontinent, or introduced regionally as in the Americas, South Africa, and Oceania by European settlers.
activities]] A billhook or bill hook is a versatile cutting tool used widely in agriculture and forestry for cutting woody material such as shrubs, small trees and branches. It is distinct from the sickle. It was commonly used in Europe with an important variety of traditional local patterns. Elsewhere, it was also developed locally such as in the Indian subcontinent, or introduced regionally as in the Americas, South Africa, and Oceania by European settlers. ==See also== Aruval Bagging hook, similar to the sickle Bill (weapon) Brush hook Fascine knife, which was sometimes shaped like a billhook Falx Harpe, a Greek or Roman long sickle or scythe Kama, a Japanese and Okinawan tool used like a bill hook, though shaped more like a small scythe, also used as a weapon in some martial arts Kudi, an Indonesian billhook-axe hybrid, used as tool as well as weapon Linoleum knife Machete Scythe Sickle, the archetypal forerunner of the scythe Sling blade or Kaiser blade
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