Traditional knives and tools

dantzk8 said:
Soaking the tongue of the handle in water will work at some extent but the wood will dry and shrink again and often a bit more than the previous time.
Better is to use a 50/50 mixt of linseed oil and turpentine. Soak the tongue for several days.
If it doesn't work well enough you have to whittle a new handle. A nice hobby by the way.

Dan.
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Thanks for the tip the handle is very firm at the moment,I just wish I had some wood needing chopping so I could try it out.
 
dantzk8 said:
Soaking the tongue of the handle in water will work at some extent but the wood will dry and shrink again and often a bit more than the previous time.
Better is to use a 50/50 mixt of linseed oil and turpentine. Soak the tongue for several days.
If it doesn't work well enough you have to whittle a new handle. A nice hobby by the way.

Dan.
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Never did that before , but it does make sense to me . We just always used water and in fact did it a month or so ago to what I call a Grubbin Hoe . Thanks for the Better Way my friend .

Harry
 
TheChunk91 said:
It looks chrome to me but if they’re are zinc I can’t tell the difference. They still make these pliers but not with this shiny finish.
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They're currently zinc, but if these really look like chrome they probably are.

I have a bunch of Pratt-Read screwdrivers with a zinc finish on the shanks you can tell they're zinc, they have that faint blue-ish tint.
 
Well, probably not classified as a tool, I was using Grandad’s old table vise on a project today and thought I’d throw it on here. That vise and his old Frontier worked on countless projects at his kitchen table over the years. He was always tinkering with a gun, guitar, fishing reel, or who knows what else.

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