Cegga made me a couple of froes which i have recently taken delivery of.
This was the first time Cegga had made a froe, with the only instruction from me that i wanted a fixed handle.
First impressions
Well put together and very strong looking. The eye has been punched during the forging so there is no weak point from a rolled eye or any weld the blade and eye are one. The thickness is arround 5mm and the blade 12" Long and 2" wide. The polished edge is about 5mm wide and of a slight convex nature. The handle is straight and held in be wedge and 2 circular taps the same as many axes.
In Use
The angle of the grind is a little two steep and on harder logs often bounced a few minutes on the jet will tak eit back to about 10mm just to allow a slightly shallower entry and give it more bite. Once in the wide of the blade really comed into play and the split open up to a large gap after only a short drop. The combination of the width and handle length was spot on and very little pressure was needed to lever the split along pulling and pushing to steer the split. It split thin (3mm) shingle from a peice of ceder with ease.
Over all
Bomb proof engineering youd struggle to break this even if trying. Splits really well and apart from the issue with getting the bite which are easily addressed performed excellently with logs easily spliting with minimal effort. If i was being very critical i would say the back edge of the blade could be rounded over to help minimise damage to any mallet or batten but i'm not sure that it would really make much difference. These are the first froes Cegga had made and with these minor adjustment to future models then they will really be a first class tool. Thank you Cegga
This was the first time Cegga had made a froe, with the only instruction from me that i wanted a fixed handle.
First impressions
Well put together and very strong looking. The eye has been punched during the forging so there is no weak point from a rolled eye or any weld the blade and eye are one. The thickness is arround 5mm and the blade 12" Long and 2" wide. The polished edge is about 5mm wide and of a slight convex nature. The handle is straight and held in be wedge and 2 circular taps the same as many axes.
In Use
The angle of the grind is a little two steep and on harder logs often bounced a few minutes on the jet will tak eit back to about 10mm just to allow a slightly shallower entry and give it more bite. Once in the wide of the blade really comed into play and the split open up to a large gap after only a short drop. The combination of the width and handle length was spot on and very little pressure was needed to lever the split along pulling and pushing to steer the split. It split thin (3mm) shingle from a peice of ceder with ease.
Over all
Bomb proof engineering youd struggle to break this even if trying. Splits really well and apart from the issue with getting the bite which are easily addressed performed excellently with logs easily spliting with minimal effort. If i was being very critical i would say the back edge of the blade could be rounded over to help minimise damage to any mallet or batten but i'm not sure that it would really make much difference. These are the first froes Cegga had made and with these minor adjustment to future models then they will really be a first class tool. Thank you Cegga
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