Does your chipper have knives or blades?

Eric Frei · 19th May 2009, 08:28 PM

I eat with knives but cut with blades, however colloquialisms are interesting.

USA predominantly use knives in their chippers whilst Aussies use blades.

What do you reckon and why?

Drouin Tree Service · 19th May 2009, 08:31 PM

Knives and blades

TrevMcRev · 19th May 2009, 10:01 PM

Mmmm...

From early on in the industry i would have naturally called them blades, but...

I guess i too have been brainwashed into calling them knives.

But ya know what, bugger it, i'm going back to calling em blades!

Who's with me?

Eric Frei · 19th May 2009, 10:06 PM

I am!

This was brought up to me today by people who are sick of global Americanization of terminology.

TrevMcRev · 19th May 2009, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ekka

I am!

This was brought up to me today by people who are sick of global Americanization of terminology.

Then stop using "Z" when you should use an "S"!

windthrown · 21st May 2009, 09:30 AM

They call them knives here. They are really chisels with the wide angle of the 'blades'.

I dunno about global Amurikan-eye-zation. What we call chainsaw *bars* here in the states, they call *blades* in Europe. In Norway they call them swards! Global terminoliogy for you. At least we can talk to you Aussies and Kiwis, though some of the stuff that you guys post I do not understand.

Soon, very soon, the world will be run by the Chinese. You will wish for the good old days when stupid Amurikans dominated the world. Or before that, the Brits. We beat the Japs and the Nazis, but our time has come to fall as well. We did ourselves in with debt and greed. Better study up on your Mandarin. And start drinking Tsing Tao beer!

Jeff Darby · 21st May 2009, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by windthrown

They call them knives here. They are really chisels with the wide angle of the 'blades'.

What we call chainsaw *bars* here in the states, they call *blades* in Europe. In Norway they call them swards! Global terminoliogy for you. At least we can talk to you Aussies and Kiwis, though some of the stuff that you guys post I do not understand.

Whats up cobber, dont ya understand our yak...lol..

windthrown · 21st May 2009, 09:43 AM

I understand chunder, heaps, and Poms. The rest? I dunno.

I understand Cockney rhyming slang though, as well as several UK dialects.

JohN Dee · 21st May 2009, 07:16 PM

Lol man, they are knives around this way too.

Gunna go scarf up a tree now, or shall I just put on a scarf cuz' it's cold?

Eric Frei · 21st May 2009, 07:21 PM

Took me a while to figure out what the yanks were on about when they used gin poles in forestry.

JohN Dee · 21st May 2009, 07:48 PM

Gin poles? I know for awhile I was like wtf are hooks? Glad that-saddle hasn't caught on, harnesses over here mate!

Therrin · 21st May 2009, 08:26 PM

Aye, knives.

amerikanism's huh? I'm sensing some jealousy here.

How about bolt? I tried to bolt the door but a salesman with a bolt of cloth came bolting through so I shot him with a crossbow bolt.

At least we don't call our coolers tinnies, and live in places called wollongongawhackahooeyville. We've got names like "Austin"

Jeff Darby · 21st May 2009, 09:08 PM

Yeah right, what about "Hooterville"....lol..and "Pettycoat Junction"..lol. and ya flamin gallah, our tinnies are not our eskys, there our beer cans and or our boats..lol...

Therrin · 21st May 2009, 09:09 PM

see! i cant even keep that much straight! Point in fact.

And what's wrong with Hooterville?? =)

windthrown · 22nd May 2009, 05:23 AM

Hell, I live near a place here called Wanker's Corner. Really, there is a Wanker's Corner store, and Wanker's Corner real estate, and Wanker's Corner gas station. And they are PROUD of it! Methinks they have no idea what that means in the UK... no idea what-so-ever.

Bender is another one they do not get here. Or shag. Or sod. Say 'bloody sod' here and someone is apt to think that you gutted a deer on your front lawn. Say toolie here and it means fog. In the UK it means a turd.

Eric Frei · 22nd May 2009, 09:31 AM

LOL, it's true!

And there was even a head wanker!

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=wankers+corner&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3MOZA_enAU325AU325&ie=UTF-8

TrevMcRev · 23rd May 2009, 01:51 PM

Bet the souvineer shop does a roaring trade!

Wankers Corner

windthrown · 23rd May 2009, 05:03 PM

That is the stupid place down in Willsonville. They are weenie wankers down there. Unlike up here where Wankers Corner is, we are real wankers.

Steve Tipton · 23rd May 2009, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ekka

LOL, it's true!

And there was even a head wanker!

wankers corner - Google Search

Who's the Head Wanker of Treeworld, I wonder??????????[/I]

Garry Brockley · 24th May 2009, 03:30 AM

Wanker in the uk is an insult like everywhere we use it regularly to describe MPs ect

windthrown · 24th May 2009, 07:16 AM

Wanker here in the states means nothing. Its just a name. Al Bundy's wife and in-laws on the TV show Married With Children were the Wankers, and no one got the joke. Even I did not get it until I worked with some Brits on a job in the 90's.

Apocalypsse · 26th May 2009, 10:22 PM

We dont have knives/blades, we have teeth.

View Poll Results: I call them ......
Knives	7	70.00%
Blades	3	30.00%
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19th May 2009, 08:28 PM	#1
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,986	Does your chipper have knives or blades? I eat with knives but cut with blades, however colloquialisms are interesting. USA predominantly use knives in their chippers whilst Aussies use blades. What do you reckon and why? __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

19th May 2009, 08:31 PM	#2
Drouin Tree Service Veteran Heritage Status Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1,727	Re: Does your chipper have knives or blades? Knives and blades __________________ Drouin Tree Services \| Excavator Hire - Drouin and SE Gippsland \| Landclearing Melbourne

19th May 2009, 10:01 PM	#3
TrevMcRev Mature Tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Posts: 1,594	Re: Does your chipper have knives or blades? Mmmm... From early on in the industry i would have naturally called them blades, but... I guess i too have been brainwashed into calling them knives. But ya know what, bugger it, i'm going back to calling em blades! Who's with me?

19th May 2009, 10:06 PM	#4
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,986	Re: Does your chipper have knives or blades? I am! This was brought up to me today by people who are sick of global Americanization of terminology. __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

21st May 2009, 09:30 AM	#6
windthrown Former Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: In the Great Pacific Northwest Posts: 1,207	Re: Does your chipper have knives or blades? They call them knives here. They are really chisels with the wide angle of the 'blades'. I dunno about global Amurikan-eye-zation. What we call chainsaw bars here in the states, they call blades in Europe. In Norway they call them swards! Global terminoliogy for you. At least we can talk to you Aussies and Kiwis, though some of the stuff that you guys post I do not understand. Soon, very soon, the world will be run by the Chinese. You will wish for the good old days when stupid Amurikans dominated the world. Or before that, the Brits. We beat the Japs and the Nazis, but our time has come to fall as well. We did ourselves in with debt and greed. Better study up on your Mandarin. And start drinking Tsing Tao beer!

21st May 2009, 09:43 AM	#8
windthrown Former Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: In the Great Pacific Northwest Posts: 1,207	Re: Does your chipper have knives or blades? I understand chunder, heaps, and Poms. The rest? I dunno. I understand Cockney rhyming slang though, as well as several UK dialects.

21st May 2009, 07:16 PM	#9
JohN Dee Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Climbing around the world Posts: 848	Re: Does your chipper have knives or blades? Lol man, they are knives around this way too. Gunna go scarf up a tree now, or shall I just put on a scarf cuz' it's cold? __________________ We are what we repeatedly do... Excellence then, is not an act, but HABIT... Red : Green : Blue

21st May 2009, 07:21 PM	#10
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,986	Re: Does your chipper have knives or blades? Took me a while to figure out what the yanks were on about when they used gin poles in forestry. __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

21st May 2009, 07:48 PM	#11
JohN Dee Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Climbing around the world Posts: 848	Re: Does your chipper have knives or blades? Gin poles? I know for awhile I was like wtf are hooks? Glad that-saddle hasn't caught on, harnesses over here mate! __________________ We are what we repeatedly do... Excellence then, is not an act, but HABIT... Red : Green : Blue

21st May 2009, 08:26 PM	#12
Therrin Former Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bakersfield, Ca Posts: 2,497	Re: Does your chipper have knives or blades? Aye, knives. amerikanism's huh? I'm sensing some jealousy here. How about bolt? I tried to bolt the door but a salesman with a bolt of cloth came bolting through so I shot him with a crossbow bolt. At least we don't call our coolers tinnies, and live in places called wollongongawhackahooeyville. We've got names like "Austin"

21st May 2009, 09:08 PM	#13
Jeff Darby Moderator - Previously known as JayD Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: TreeWorld, Sydney Australia Posts: 2,056	Re: Does your chipper have knives or blades? Yeah right, what about "Hooterville"....lol..and "Pettycoat Junction"..lol. and ya flamin gallah, our tinnies are not our eskys, there our beer cans and or our boats..lol... __________________ Member: Australian Tree Association Join the Australian Tree Association...Have your voice heard ! Arboriculture, A life long study for some, a passing phase for others © Jeffrey J Darby 2011

21st May 2009, 09:09 PM	#14
Therrin Former Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bakersfield, Ca Posts: 2,497	Re: Does your chipper have knives or blades? see! i cant even keep that much straight! Point in fact. And what's wrong with Hooterville?? =)

22nd May 2009, 05:23 AM	#15
windthrown Former Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: In the Great Pacific Northwest Posts: 1,207	Re: Does your chipper have knives or blades? Hell, I live near a place here called Wanker's Corner. Really, there is a Wanker's Corner store, and Wanker's Corner real estate, and Wanker's Corner gas station. And they are PROUD of it! Methinks they have no idea what that means in the UK... no idea what-so-ever. Bender is another one they do not get here. Or shag. Or sod. Say 'bloody sod' here and someone is apt to think that you gutted a deer on your front lawn. Say toolie here and it means fog. In the UK it means a turd.

22nd May 2009, 09:31 AM	#16
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,986	Re: Does your chipper have knives or blades? LOL, it's true! And there was even a head wanker! http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=wankers+corner&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3MOZA_enAU325AU325&ie=UTF-8 __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

23rd May 2009, 01:51 PM	#17
TrevMcRev Mature Tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Posts: 1,594	Re: Does your chipper have knives or blades? Bet the souvineer shop does a roaring trade! Wankers Corner

23rd May 2009, 05:03 PM	#18
windthrown Former Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: In the Great Pacific Northwest Posts: 1,207	Re: Does your chipper have knives or blades? That is the stupid place down in Willsonville. They are weenie wankers down there. Unlike up here where Wankers Corner is, we are real wankers.

24th May 2009, 03:30 AM	#20
Garry Brockley Bayside Tree Care Brisbane Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brisbane Aus Posts: 1,641	Re: Does your chipper have knives or blades? Wanker in the uk is an insult like everywhere we use it regularly to describe MPs ect __________________ My business:- Brisbane Bayside Tree Care

24th May 2009, 07:16 AM	#21
windthrown Former Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: In the Great Pacific Northwest Posts: 1,207	Re: Does your chipper have knives or blades? Wanker here in the states means nothing. Its just a name. Al Bundy's wife and in-laws on the TV show Married With Children were the Wankers, and no one got the joke. Even I did not get it until I worked with some Brits on a job in the 90's.

26th May 2009, 10:22 PM	#22
Apocalypsse Veteran Heritage Status Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 1,152	Re: Does your chipper have knives or blades? We dont have knives/blades, we have teeth.

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