Last night I decided it was time to clear the area infront of our kitchen window from snow. There's allways the danger of moisture damage when snow packs beside the wall and warmth creaps through the wall and starts melting the snow.
I thought it was pretty much now or never. If I didn't do it now, the task would become nearly impossible with more of snow packing tightly and temperatures changing.
It took me allmost 1,5h to hack and and shovel this pathway under our kitchen window. That pile was 6ft high and rock hard until the bottom 1-2feet. They had dropped blocks of snow from the roof few days earlier which had made the pile even tighter and harder. And larger :thumbdn:
Soon after starting
The tool of the day, CS kukri machete. Shovel only was useless. The edge dulled pretty fast and the handle would start to roll in my grip when the edge would not bite well. I was a bit lazy and only gave the edge only one quick redo with a file. Should have done it more often, but lazy is what lazy does. Still, the kukri handled the task well. I treated it with a coat of oil afterwards
I thought it was pretty much now or never. If I didn't do it now, the task would become nearly impossible with more of snow packing tightly and temperatures changing.
It took me allmost 1,5h to hack and and shovel this pathway under our kitchen window. That pile was 6ft high and rock hard until the bottom 1-2feet. They had dropped blocks of snow from the roof few days earlier which had made the pile even tighter and harder. And larger :thumbdn:
Soon after starting
The tool of the day, CS kukri machete. Shovel only was useless. The edge dulled pretty fast and the handle would start to roll in my grip when the edge would not bite well. I was a bit lazy and only gave the edge only one quick redo with a file. Should have done it more often, but lazy is what lazy does. Still, the kukri handled the task well. I treated it with a coat of oil afterwards
