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Good Afternoon, Any of you use "Odies Oil" on your handles? I saw a guy on you tube use it and I had to get a jug of it,(kinda pricey). I will be making a handle for an old Kelly single bit stamped E. Garnisch Hardware, Ashland, Wisc. In the 70's and low 80's last week, in the 30's and snowing now!! Thanks, Dog
 
Square_peg said:
Looks like just a hard wax. Should be fine for axe handles. There's no one right finish for axes.

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It looked like it darkened the wood more than blo, so I thought I would try it. I use white ash and hickory both local in northern wisconsin. Dog
 
I use odie's all the time on furniture, but I can pass the cost of it on to the client buying the piece. I haven't messed with tinting it for two reasons - one, I and everyone I sell to wants to see natural wood and two, the price is just too much to mess with.

Both kinds of Odies darken wood to some extent. You can leave it applied overnight to get a darker tone, or wipe it off fifteen minutes after application if you want to maintain a lighter color.

I use it on tool handles that see dozens if not hundreds of hours of use each year. A jar goes a long way, and it's safe, pleasant-smelling, non-toxic, and reliable. Having said that, you can make your own by melting beeswax and citric acid into raw linseed oil. (NOT boiled linseed oil.)
 
Gato do mato said:
I've been using a mixture of beeswax and linseed oil, in a 2/1 ratio. Two parts beeswax to one part linseed oil.
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I have been treating my tool handles with pine tar for a number of years now with pretty good results. Just the tools I like to leave out in the weather some, shovels, rakes, hoes, pitch forks ect. A light pine tar that soaks in (Bickmore), once a year on a warm summer day so that they dry.
So pine tar has found it's way into my beeswax blo mixture. I suspect it makes it just a little bit better.
 
I used the Odies oil on a hickory handle I made yesterday and I like the way it turned out. Rubbed it in with s scotch brite pad and let it sit about 90 minutes rubbed it off with a soft cloth and it is dry and slick. It did not darken it much, but I read somewhere if you apply a second coat at least 2 days later it will darken. I will do this and see how I like it. I did use BLO on the eye end grain to soak it and swell it. This is the Gambles Artisan I just acquired. The poll is stamped 3 2, and F9. I know the 3 2 is the weight but what does the F9 signify? Dog
 
The Old Dog said:
I used the Odies oil on a hickory handle I made yesterday and I like the way it turned out. Rubbed it in with s scotch brite pad and let it sit about 90 minutes rubbed it off with a soft cloth and it is dry and slick. It did not darken it much, but I read somewhere if you apply a second coat at least 2 days later it will darken. I will do this and see how I like it. I did use BLO on the eye end grain to soak it and swell it. This is the Gambles Artisan I just acquired. The poll is stamped 3 2, and F9. I know the 3 2 is the weight but what does the F9 signify? Dog
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Pretty sure True Temper made axes for Gambles and they are regularly found with eye ridges also. There have been all kinds of speculation on the number letter codes on TT axes, production run, heat treat batch ect. I don't know for sure but I think there is a thread here discussing it.

Blo won't do much for swelling the eye but won't hurt anything either. A product called Swel-lock will, same thing with some of the products made for chair joints.
 
The Old Dog said:
Good Afternoon, Any of you use "Odies Oil" on your handles? I saw a guy on you tube use it and I had to get a jug of it,(kinda pricey). I will be making a handle for an old Kelly single bit stamped E. Garnisch Hardware, Ashland, Wisc. In the 70's and low 80's last week, in the 30's and snowing now!! Thanks, Dog
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I use odies oil on wood projects, some of my knife handles and steel. Plus I’ve been having good luck with it on leather. I have their oil, butter wax, and wax. I haven’t tried their thinner version yet. So far I’m more than happy with all of it.
 
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