Subject: Re: [baidarka] splitting lumber
From: Skip Snaith (kyak@rockisland.com)
Date: Mon May 13 2002 - 15:05:50 EDT
on 5/13/02 8:58 AM, Peter Graffunder at PeterG@rmarchitects.com wrote:
> I wish I knew where to get a froe. I use a thin bladed hatchet, but it
> leaves much to be desired.
>
Woodcraft Supply used to sell a forged one, but it wasn't
inexpensive. There is (or was) a book called "The making of Tools" by a
gentlemen named Alexander ? (sounds like "why gars") that would classify a
froe as a knife with a handle perpendicular to its long axis. Under his low
tech approach, access to a propane torch, hammer, hacksaw, drill, grinder
and/or file would could probably be all that's needed. A piece of leaf
spring or a rotary lawn mower blade would probably make an excellent tool
blank.
I held a bowie knife with Visegrips once for a lightweight application on a
small chunk. Since that worked reasonably well on a short term basis, I
image that something a little more refined is pretty easy to sctatch up.
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