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Get a Handle on Borers!

Discussion in 'Axes, Mauls, and Hand Saws' started by buZZsaw BRAD, Nov 26, 2020.

  1. buZZsaw BRAD

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    Or should it read borers on my handle??? Went to grab one of my sledgehammers yesterday and noticed this. IMG_3520.JPG
    I had repurposed a broken handle onto this head so there's no finish on the wood.
     
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    It wasn't like that previously?
     
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    It was a clean snap that i planed and sanded to a taper to fit in the eye. They mustve smelled the hickory.
     
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    Linseed oil might work to keep the critters away.
     
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    Use to use linseed on wood ladders and hated how long it took to dry. This was the boiled type too. I have some...mebbe ill try it out.
     
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    need to added drying agent to it to shorten time
     
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