e Bay Tool

[auscab]

Here is a good tool to be had, if you were lucky enough to have large enough timber to split for braces, or tops.
The seller has put it up as a Mortice Axe, which it is not, it might help the price.

It's a Froe.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/320872729130 ... 1423.l2649

see this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Froe

[Lillian]

It needs a long soak in a vinegar bath, but unless there are some deep pits he's not showing, it looks like it will clean up nicely.

[Kamusur]

It looks early Neanderthal.

Steve

[kiwigeo]

It needs a long soak in a vinegar bath, but unless there are some deep pits he's not showing, it looks like it will clean up nicely.

Reckon I need a good long soak in a vinegar bath

[Lillian]

It needs a long soak in a vinegar bath, but unless there are some deep pits he's not showing, it looks like it will clean up nicely.

Reckon I need a good long soak in a vinegar bath

Salt bath would probably make you feel better than the vinegar. I know you spend a lot of time out at sea, but you didn't look too rusty in the last pictures I saw of you.


I have a froe that I picked up just for splitting out braces. Mine is larger than I really need, but it does work nicely.