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Offline Nolatoolguy

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Check these handles out
« on: February 01, 2014, 04:16:14 PM »
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Re: Check these handles out
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2014, 10:01:13 PM »
Wow, some of his tomahawks are downright pretty!
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Re: Check these handles out
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2014, 07:01:07 PM »
These do look nice.
 There are several guys making them now.
But they are strictly wall hangers.
 
 Its tough enough to get a striking tool handle to hold up to hard work in pure hickory.
   Glue and oak and such is just not very likely at all.
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Re: Check these handles out
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2014, 04:51:39 PM »
Just a weathered light rust/WD40 mix patina.

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Re: Check these handles out
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2014, 06:07:48 PM »
Most of the time when they look like this they were just left in the rain.
 Hickory might be the best there is for a handle, but it totally hates water!
Even under a shed roof with rain blowing in on occasion they will look like this in a winter.   
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Re: Check these handles out
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2014, 06:44:27 PM »
That handle reminds me of the time as a kid when I left my best baseball bat laying outside in the grass. For a whole summer.
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Re: Check these handles out
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2014, 08:03:30 PM »
The second one is pretty, but the price is high and shipping from Thailand is $45!
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