And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I have a pair of these, and they are truly a God send for trimming tree branches.
ReplyDeletesame here, many years of reliable use, heavy use at that!
DeleteNot built as well as they used to be. Most of the time the blade metal bends and leaves a gap so that they don't cut, or the edge of the blades dent.
ReplyDeleteanvil style seems to work better for me
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