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Single-edge billhook with long Yorkshire-style handle

Billhooks were used in pruning, clearing heavy brush, and maintaining hedges.

Billhooks were used in pruning, clearning heavy brush, and maintaining hedges.

These shears could have been used for hedge cutting or lawn edging. One handle is missing.

These shears could have been used for cutting grass or edging lawns. The slanted cutting blades allowed the user to edge without stooping.

Sieves were used to separate stones and other matter from soil and/or compost.

Sieves were used to separate stones and other matter from soil and/or compost.

A cultivating implement used primarily for pulverizing or smoothing the soil, weeding, and making seed rows.

A cultivating implement used primarily for pulverizing or smoothing the soil, weeding, and making seed rows.

A cultivating implement used primarily for pulverizing or smoothing the soil, weeding, and making seed rows.