Name of this cutting tool?

[incaorchid]

I remember reading a post about these cane knives where they had a strange name.

For some reason I seem to remember the name being "bull ___" or some other name that may have started with "B".

I tried looking thru any threads that I thought might have the information but came up empty.



Any help?

 

[9blades]

That's a "bill hook" machete if I remember correctly...

 

[Insipid Moniker]

Bill hook or brush hook.

 

[incaorchid]

Thank you for the replies.
Have you ever tried to remember something but the answer keeps eluding you?
Now I can sleep at night!

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

In specific that particular billhook most resembles a Finnish variety known as a "vesuri". Here's another set of examples.

 

[Ernest DuBois]

In German the tool form is gertel, this one then being a two handed gertel, Zweihandgertel, used in the forest to cut branches and clearing the brush out of your way.

E.DB.

 

[KingKoma]

The most common english name Ive seen is "bush hook", in swedish its called "röjyxa".

 

[Peter Munz]

@ Ernest
you are right. Another name is "Hippe", in suebian "Hoop".
Peter

 

[Billman1949]

Billhook - this is very much like a Finnish vesuri, but they are normally socket handled, as a rivetted handle would soon split under use - however, the japanese use this type of handle fixing, but re-inforce it with a steel ferrule next to the blade.... see www.billhooks.co.uk

 

[Square_peg]

Name of this cutting tool?

He looks like a Fred to me, or maybe a Harold. Did you choose a name yet?

 

[incaorchid]

He looks like a Fred to me, or maybe a Harold. Did you choose a name yet?

I had given the tool a name but I wanted to know the correct nomenclature in case I needed to order parts.
Thanks