How To Char A Handle

In this video I char an ash handle for a splitting maul, Charring is a technique used to protect and harden tool handles.

[@miainsel6577]

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[@Rimo101]

Protect this man at all costs!

[@SamD.Coffey]

I'm on the island boss, tell me how to proceed.

[@dimples2270]

Set up a perimeter. Catalog who comes in and out and their reasons for passing. Generally the client is capable of protecting themself but this one is a high priority and must be kept on watch.

[@SamD.Coffey]

@@dimples2270 Sir yes Sir.

[@jacksonwalks]

Chare

[@nhtan9744]

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[@boredpilot8181]

Your videos rank among my favourites. For a video idea: what do you think about making a shillelagh out of blackthorn burr?

[@Free_Samples]

I could listen to you talk all day ☺️

[@lukasbocker6740]

So gorgeous! I'll try this on my bushcraft hatchet as soon as I'm back at my camp. Hopefully it will work out well. Also I just love the quality of your videos. You are so nice to listen to.

[@mastigt]

Amazing! Going to make my own small damascus chef knife from an aliexpress rectangle piece :D Wanted to make a charred handle and then brush it with epoxy for shine. I just gotta say the last frame where I see you missed charring killed me 🤣

[@Bentspork42069]

Thanks for the guide it really helped I will surely use this in the future

[@RichardTongeman]

Great, can’t stand a soggy handle

[@littlelight3202]

i love this man, he is so amazingly irish and the videos are so relaxing to watch, keep it up.

[@scottryan305]

"Coarse steel wool" and "rub it up and down the shaft" shouldnt be in the same sentence.

[@TheToolnut]

😂😂

[@paulschweinsberg8568]

Beautiful work. Educational and entertaining!

[@songsfromtheblackbox]

Holyy that close up at the end there OOOF! BEAUTIFUL

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[@m2hmghb]

Have you ever tried warming the linseed oil? The US Army in WW2 used to heat vats of tung oil before dunking rifle stocks in it to soak. From what I recall it was something like 15 mins in the oil. It penetrated extremely deep - take it from someone who has worked on stocks from that era. Some people use mineral spirits to thin the oil so it soaks in better.

[@tatiananaugolnykh]

Interesting... All I have tried was just soaking a handle in birch tar without charring. Thank you for sharing this video

[@Cam-dh3iy]

Horizontal!! I love it! Thank you so much!

[@MPLX-scrood]

I will be working on my own axe soon and i am absolutely doing this

[@yoyomatafaka]

much obliged brother!

[@lukapavlesic7610]

Could you make a video about handle shapes? Which ones and why you use each of design, which one is for what, how long should handle be and so on?

[@lordoftheseagulls6096]

Gonna use this on my next project. Thanks for the tips Eoin! :)

[@user-pt1cz4ot1e]

I have an Irish man that apparently is madly in love with me and wants a relationship, but I always compare him to Eoin. 🤦🏼‍♀️ It’s so unfair for us both. 😅

[@LawnDartActual]

That looks gorgeous

[@olliehain]

love your videos much love from the uk

[@feeblewrk5788]

Looks deadly bro. Good work

[@damianmlamb]

About to go char my roofing hatchet handle heck yea!

[@srenhaandbk7904]

Wondeful video! On the topic of tutorials, heres an idea for ya! How do I tell woods apart? Beech from ash from lime from lark?

[@vehicle_entrance]

what wood do you use for the wedges? is it better to use a difference wood or would ash on ash be ok?

[@trevland1303]

What about fire axe, I have the The head and it is very old....but I don't know piece of charing ash handle to use for a fire axe I think good but I don't want to turn out look bad so I'm trying to say is everything you said was true or not 🤷

[@wildmanturner]

Top of the morning to ya’s

[@dustinhendricks1177]

Absolutely gorgeous shaft…… 🤔

[@adamgreenizer]

I’m curious how long that time will tell, hope she holds up to a strong stump.

[@damianmlamb]

Ok serious question.. Probably won't get answered but, I don't have any fancy oils other than a little bit of motor oil would that work as well to oil wood? Guess I'll try and find out. What's it gonna hurt can always make a new handle I suppose... TO THE GARAGE!

[@Shiratto]

Over here just appreciating the jacket. Wonder if it’s the same brand as Leon’s Resident Evil 4 one.

[@jakob8796]

Love the content keep it up

[@TBrl8]

You rub a good shaft, sir.

[@christopherharrison6724]

Grand job there

[@BinarySecond]

Just bought a bottle of the good stuff for my old tools

[@chrisd561]

Cheers to you, brother!

[@AcediaJake]

What about charring the wood for artistic reasons? You said not to soak the wood before charring due to cracking but I wonder how it looks afterwards?

[@saint-miscreant]

reminds me a little bit of Japanese shou sugi ban, which is also done for weatherproofing, though i think they usually use cedar for the texture it produces (and cedar being good for outdoors in general). i wonder if these practices are more a result of cultural exchange or a sort of convergent evolution? bit like how many cultures have some sort of dumpling dish, because things in tasty package good

[@yoav_friedman]

Peaky blinder’s Stewie griffin teaching how to char a handle And I absolutely loved it

[@thecapn-tn9yh]

awesome job!

[@nelly5954]

Does the oiling rule apply for pre-existing wood or handles? I have an old ice axe I'm cleaning up, and the handle's still intact.

[@Halvordson]

Hey, really appreciate your content! I wonder if you could do a video were you sharpen your Rip-Cut Saws, havent found a good video on this topic.

[@VIKTOR.LUNDMARK]

Nice work

[@andywest6250]

Awesome

[@jpvicious]

How's the charred handle holding up after 1 year?

[@twomananimations6958]

What are you using to film this. Because the camera quality is a little better here

[@ShadowLordAlistair]

Why is charring done after the handle is seated in a tool head? Is it so the wedge doesn't split the harder charred wood? Would Charing the way you have shown (after seating) negatively impact the integrity of the handle near the head?

[@murtdowling]

Why is the head not oiled or treated or chared?

[@rustytygart405]

How’s that handle holding up a year later

[@evanf1443]

We’re a few months in now, any update on how the handle is holding up?

[@bronoun8884]

Char char shanks

[@scottiefox2525]

Eoin, When you're driving in the wedge bit to secure the head, are you making any sort of notch first? I've been meaning to do some proper rework on my favorite axe head that needs itself a new handle.

[@EoinReardon]

Hi, yes i cut a slit before i put the head on the handle, usually its squeezed shut after its gone through the eye, so a chisel is needed to open it back up to insert a chisel.

[@jessebeegee]

i’m replacing your linseed oil with rancid vegetable oil 👍🏼

[@Alacritous]

How pricy is linseed oil there? It's crazy expensive here and you're pouring it like water.

[@scottl8137]

Any thoughts on friction tape, if it would benefit helping to dampen any shock waves or chatter not to mention the oops it slipped out my hand scenerio?

[@fredazcarate4818]

🧐🤔👌👊👍

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[@RETROBRETT]

Where can you buy the oil you poured on the shaft

[@EoinReardon]

Linseed oil. Available from most DIY and construction stores. Usually in the same isle as the paint.

[@RETROBRETT]

@@EoinReardon thank you my friend 🤠

[@craigbarnes6898]

Hi

[@craigbenson2047]

Steel wool down your shaft😂

[@murtdowling]

Scotch pad would be better

[@crow9760]

irish?

[@don_pedrogaming2644]

BBC

[@jeffblalock6326]

First