Made a Leather Sheath for the Froe

[Ex Member - Sidney Bounty]

Took 1/2 a day to make up ya fast and dirty but it works for what I need it to do...

 

[rancid badger]

excellent Bill
very workmanlike, froes are often to be found just chucked in a box or at best, wrapped in a piece of sack cloth, so making a proper sheath is a brilliant idea.

regards
R.B.

 

[g4ghb]

ok - i'll bite.... what is it used for and more importantly how as to me the cutting edge is on the 'outside'?

 

[Dave Budd]

well aside from the green wood working purposes, it's a safe way of splitting firewood when ******!

 

[Dave Budd]

as for it's real use..







Not telling

 

[g4ghb]

Ha Ha, it's no good Dave i've worked it out now

you really shouldn't be so descriptive if you are trying to keep things secret

 

[Mike Ameling]

Yes, a froe does work great for splitting boards, shingles, saplings, firewood, etc. And some also have the very end sharpened as well - so that you can use it like a long-bladed hatchet for "trimming" the stuff you were splitting.

Small versions work well for splitting out strips of wood for basket making. Some basket makers even have a "knife" version for that smaller/thinner splitting work. Same blade shape, but with a regular knife handle instead of that eye socket for a handle. You don't get the leverage with the knife version, but you are generally working much smaller wood.

And, yes, a lot of them just get tossed into the tool box. Rough on the cutting edge. A sheath helps that, and yourself when you are rummaging around in that toolbox for other things.

Mikey - that grumpy ol' German blacksmith out in the Hinterlands