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I'm in the process of painting, and treating my garden tools before the season.
I've a long-handled forged steel fork which is 40-60 years old and has a broken ash split YD handle. It is secured to the ferrule by means of two rivets. I think my dad left it outside
It has rotted where the handle (straight bit of the D) was attached and there's not the material on the curved bit of the D to attach a new handle. Besides my neighbour who has a lathe is now is a care home.
Looking on the web for a replacement handle I can't find a split YD that is fully ash.
The Faithfull brand ones have a metal (curved bit of the D) an ash handle (straight bit of the D) and an ash vertical
The ones I can see which are fully wooden are made of Toona / Toon, which I think is, perhaps Toona sinensis syn Cydrella sinensis(Chinese mahogany).
Has anyone any experience of this type of wood. Is it as tough as Ash? (which we'll be seeing less frequently for tool handles as Ash dieback wipes out stocks. Does it take raw linseed out better without looking skanky?
Is hickory, which is found on hammers and adzes suited to long-handled garden tools or it it more for impact tools?
This could get awkward at the wholesaler as I do in fact also need plugs, hose, a foot pump, tap washers and a billhook.
I've a long-handled forged steel fork which is 40-60 years old and has a broken ash split YD handle. It is secured to the ferrule by means of two rivets. I think my dad left it outside
It has rotted where the handle (straight bit of the D) was attached and there's not the material on the curved bit of the D to attach a new handle. Besides my neighbour who has a lathe is now is a care home.
Looking on the web for a replacement handle I can't find a split YD that is fully ash.
The Faithfull brand ones have a metal (curved bit of the D) an ash handle (straight bit of the D) and an ash vertical
The ones I can see which are fully wooden are made of Toona / Toon, which I think is, perhaps Toona sinensis syn Cydrella sinensis(Chinese mahogany).
Has anyone any experience of this type of wood. Is it as tough as Ash? (which we'll be seeing less frequently for tool handles as Ash dieback wipes out stocks. Does it take raw linseed out better without looking skanky?
Is hickory, which is found on hammers and adzes suited to long-handled garden tools or it it more for impact tools?
This could get awkward at the wholesaler as I do in fact also need plugs, hose, a foot pump, tap washers and a billhook.
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