Tool History - Left-handed tools.

[Phil Pascoe]

Find a smith to make one? it shouldn't be that difficult?.....I don't know about the cost, though.

 

[bugbear]

I thought the same BB but there appears to be quite a gradient in the apertures...you can see the bias in the metal at the top especially. I don't really want to disturb such a beautiful and probably old if not original handle and then find I can't reseat it back the other way around.

What do you suggest?

Jim

The hole in the head is tapered out towards both ends, with narrow waist (unlike, say, a mattock head).

Hence a handle can be fitted either way. The symmetry won't be good enough to reuse the old handle though, you'll need to make a new one.

BugBear

 

[jimi43]

I think half the fun Phil is the use of vintage tools which have been used by masters long dead...it's part of the mojo.

Which is one reason why I don't really want to disturb the handle if I can't reuse it BB...it really is a beaut and part of the character of the whole axe. It would be such a shame to disturb it.

I think I will see what this season's bootfair brings...you never know!

Cheers for the info!

Jimi