Fork and handle for a fire steel

[FishyFolk]

The fork for my set of fork, butter knife and spoons from Eagle products was mysteriously broken, and all 3 of my boys professed inocense...but not so worked up about that as I now had an excuse for testing my new Mora 711 :-)

Off to the shed it was to produce what is in the following pictures:

1. A new fork saw the day of light. Have not done this since I was a boy :-)



Then I had this problem to solve for my LMF firesteel. I solved it by chopping off the plastic handle. That left me with an undamaged end, and then I drilled hole in a
piece of pine, stuck the firesteel in it, and wedged it in with siome wood shavings. Then I let the handle soak in cooking oil overnight to swell the very dry wood. Same as you do with axe handles. Don't know the smartness of the latter, but we'll see. It takes 10 minutes to make a new one :-)

Anyway here is after and before pictures, plus more of my fork.



The fork need some more sanding, but I don't have finer grit sanding paper. Also, any tips if this should be treated with something (cooking oil?)

[Tony1948]

Soak it over night in ground coffee and water,make it hot and leave it in there over night

[Roadkillphil]

Or use walnut oil.... Cooking oil will go mouldy and horrible! Nice work btw

[Marvell]

Or use walnut oil.... Cooking oil will go mouldy and horrible!

Is that vegetable or sunflower oil that goes nasty? I've use olive oil on some olive wood stuff I have, but not tried other oils.

[AL...]

LOL Thats the very best thing the Two Ronnies ever did .. Pricless!!!


Cheers
AL

[comanighttrain]

[AL...]

Butchers Block Oil works great .. Thats what I use on the spoons I make

Cheers
AL

[FishyFolk]

Thanks for all the feedback/advice, and that video was just hillarious :-)

[FishyFolk]

...and next project will be a spoon. Just need one of them crooked Mora knives first, so thats on the shopping list for tomorrow :-)

[Roadkillphil]

Is that vegetable or sunflower oil that goes nasty? I've use olive oil on some olive wood stuff I have, but not tried other oils.

I've used veg, sunflower and olive oil on wood and they've all gone mingin... I now use walnut oil for everything and so far had no probs. I know some folks use tung oil or food safe linseed oil.