rustic spatula rehandle with BK-5 for a toolkit

[ThePointyEnd]

I spent some of my recent "off the map time" at a cabin created and owned by my wife's family. While there, I found a few tools that needed reconditioned and this is the inevitable result of me with extra time on my hands and a good knife nearby...

First, we have the materials

A better shot, including the fire I prepared ahead of time

handle shortened and roughed out

cleaned up and kinda "scooped" the rough hole for the spatula's tang with my point

elegantly low-tech rig to keep the burns away

A heat or so into scorching the tang hole

A bad pic of the good handle to tang fit

All finished; cleaned up and fit snug

I think I really like fixing up old stuff as I catch myself doing it a lot, and now where there was 20 minutes and a broken spatula, there is a working spatula, and the satisfaction that can only come from a job half-done

 

[oXide]

Lucky, you got to play with fire! Looks cool man, but you still need to carve some intricate design into the wood with the 5!

 

[Haze240]

Very cool man, love bringing old busted junk back up to usable, working order. Every hot cake you make with that thing will now taste even better.