'Cane Sword

15-Sep-09

Sugarcane Sword We were fortunate to have a gentleman stop and talk to Karen while she was doing a demo at Lehmans Store in Kidron. He told her about a sugarcane sword to strip leaves off before harvesting. Previously we had done this by hand, but the sword is much easier and quicker. The sword is made from a 3-1/4" x 24" x 3/4" piece of wood, preferably a lighter weight wood like poplar. I cut the handle 1" wide x 6" long and then used a 1/4" radius on the corners. The blade was cut at a 15° angle on all 4 sides, leaving about 1/16" blunt edge. I left 1" from the handle to the blade for a hand guard. I sanded it smooth and went to work on the 'cane. The sword breaks the leaves off cleanly without having to pull them down.

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