As I said above I have a bit of a brick work project coming up. Not having done any work of that sort before, I lacked a brick layer's trowel ( and the required know how, but that never stopped me in the past).
So I cut up a bit of steel plate from an old water heater, grabbed and bent some 3/16 rod and turned a handle. It took longer to set up and put away my little welder than to actually weld the handle to the trowel, but here it is.
If it looks like a rush job that's because I have less than an hour in the thing.
The load of sand arrived the other day so as soon as I get the rest of the bricks cleaned off and get my act in gear, I guess I can try to learn how to make a 4 course brick retaining wall.
Best
Les