In the past, we have had our battles with even getting handles for our BroadForks, but for the last year or so we have had excellent service from a new supplier, providing us with robust, one-piece solid ash dowels which are certainly up to the task, measuring 1200 mm (4ft) and 38 mm (1½ inch) diameter.
The only problem until now has been that you - the customer - have had to convert these very nice dowels into suitable handles by squaring off one end to fit in the BroadFork and rounding off the other end to make a comfortable top.
Now we are able to supply the handles to you ready squared-off and rounded, though you may want to trim them a little more and will still need to drill the holes for the retaining bolts.
One thing we haven't done for you is treat the handles with linseed oil. This is a good old-fashioned way of prolonging the life of wooden handles and we really recommend it. Just give the handles a couple of generous coats of oil and then stand the ends in jam-jars of oil to soak for a few days. If you do this again every year or two, the handles should last a good long time. Of course, this works for all the wooden handles on your other tools as well!
Friday 23 December 2011
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