Looking for replacement froe handles

[Hammock Hamster]

Hi all,

As per the title I am looking for a replacement froe handle for my ray Iles froe.
I have a very small split developing and I don't think it will take much abuse.
My google foo has failed me and though I could make my own (in fact I probably will do a few for spares) I have no seasoned wood to hand and would have to make them from green.

Anyway does anyone know of anywhere that sells replacement handles even if slightly oversized that I can trim down?

Cheers, Hamster

 

[SteveW]

If you have a Froe could you not make one yourself?

 

[Macaroon]

Make one with green Ash, the worse that can happen would be that you might have to re-do the wedge if it shrank a lot.......................

 

[ozzy1977]

Contact ray isles, afterall he made it

 

[bambodoggy]

Make one with green Ash, the worse that can happen would be that you might have to re-do the wedge if it shrank a lot.......................

None of the froes I have use wedges, they are just friction fitted like a pick axe handle or a tomahawk so even easier to make.

You could pick up a replacement axe/pick axe/mattock handle in hickory from somewhere like b&q and just whittle it down until its the right size and length.

Hope that helps

Bam.

 

[spandit]

I use a bit of eucalyptus for mine - it's a round branch and took very little work to fit - doesn't have to, it doesn't take the same stresses as an axe would

 

[Macaroon]

None of the froes I have use wedges, they are just friction fitted like a pick axe handle or a tomahawk so even easier to make.

You could pick up a replacement axe/pick axe/mattock handle in hickory from somewhere like b&q and just whittle it down until its the right size and length.

Hope that helps

Bam.

Even better! just leave plenty of room at the fat end and it'll slip further down as the wood shrinks. I learn something every day on this forum

 

[Hammock Hamster]

Thanks guys, I may grab a pick handle and mod it as a quick fix. I am going to make a few spares myself but think I will need to season them as I don't think green wood would handle, excuse the pun, stress of the levering when splitting larger things like planks and squaring off logs?


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[Imagedude]

I used a fibreglass pick axe handle, much better than wood.