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[George Clark]

I recently made a froe club from a throughly dry bois d'arc limb. That stuff was harder than Chinese arithmetic. It knocked the edge off of every gouge I put to it rather quickly.:mad: Easy Rougher to the rescue. I rough shaped and finished the piece with the same Easy Rougher insert edge. I used my new Easy Finisher to clean up the inside curve. The finish certainly surpassed what was necessary for this tool. I like these easy tools!

George

 

[john lucas]

That looks really nice but may split on you. I use Dogwood root balls to make my Mauls, or Glut's depending on who's book you look in. The curly grain keeps them from splitting. I made my last one from just a Dogwood trunk section and it's starting to split.

 

[Bill Boehme]

Nice "FROE" -- does it have a matching "TO"? (I hear that "to" and "froe" go together).

Since it is thoroughly dry, it may not split, but since it appears to contain the pith, it still has the possibility of splitting.

 

[john lucas]

I went to a demo on chair making this weekend and the guy was describing how to use a Froe. He said you had to beat it pretty hard. One of the men was from South Africa and he said Froe meant Wife where where he was from so we all laughed about beating your wife. (just a joke, so don't jump on me)

 

[Joe Greiner]

I think the proper version of the joke is the loaded question, "Have you stopped beating your wife?"

 

[MichaelMouse]

I think the proper version of the joke is the loaded question, "Have you stopped beating your wife?"

Hate to think what folks would say if she was a basketmaker and you told them you beat her ash.

So "wife" in Afrikaans sounds like "froe." Suppose from Frau through Holland to SA might change the sound a bit.

Here a "glut" is an oversize wooden wedge.