Whats wood is this handle

[Anguz]

Knocked a chunk out of my billhook handle today
What would it have been made of? Ash?
I have had this since I was 10 nearly 48 years ago. Think it needs a little tlc

 

[brightspark]

hickory mebbe thats what id replace it with

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Beech or Maple.

But a good replacement can be made from Oak

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

The Tang should go through the handle, and through a washer and be penned over to secure it.

 

[eddie49]

rivet washer

 

[Anguz]

Tang does stick out the end... no washer but is peened over

Reckon I may have a suitable bit of oak

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

The blade should fit into two slots in the ferrule. The ferrule should be a snug fit onto the wood. Do not burn it on.
Burn the tang through the handle at a dull red, smug humans use sulphur to fix it as well.
The tang washer can be brass or copper, but replacements were soft iron.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Tang does stick out the end... no washer but is peened over

Reckon I may have a suitable bit of oak

The grain of the wood runs in line with the blade.

 

[Mick Annick]

All my billhooks have ash handles

 

[eddie49]

Caulked Billhook Handle | Woodsmith

Restore your billhook back to its former glory with a new handle made from durable ash wood. Shape inspired by original English billhooks, designed for older single-edged English billhooks. Made in the UK by Ray Iles.

www.woodsmith.co.uk

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Caulked Billhook Handle | Woodsmith

Restore your billhook back to its former glory with a new handle made from durable ash wood. Shape inspired by original English billhooks, designed for older single-edged English billhooks. Made in the UK by Ray Iles.

www.woodsmith.co.uk

HOW MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My local hardware shop has them for £6

 

[Migmac]

I’d say Ash, my old bill hook had an ash handle.

 

[dave h 2]

Should it not have a hook / beak on the end of the handle to stop you throwing it by accident? Mine has a more pronounced one than the Iles version.

 

[oldbikedavey]

Interesting note about the sulphur.
Handy old stuff, is sulphur.....

 

[Mick Annick]

Knocked a chunk out of my billhook handle today
What would it have been made of? Ash?
I have had this since I was 10 nearly 48 years ago. Think it needs a little tlc

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Pleased to see I’m not the only hedgelayer on here!

 

[Guineafowl]

Pleased to see I’m not the only hedgelayer on here!

Another Somerset layer here (very much amateur).

My billhook:


Not much call for hedgelaying where I am now, so it lives by the stove, for making on-demand kindling, or by the cone splitter, for knocking apart stringy logs. One day it’ll get restored, but that insulating tape is surprisingly durable. Ash handle, is the plan.

How would I go about building a hedge from scratch? All the hedges I dealt with were centuries old. I assume you dig a ditch (both sides?) and pile the topsoil up to make the bank, then plant up? Or use a bit of subsoil for the centre, then plaster with topsoil?

 

[Mick Annick]

Another Somerset layer here (very much amateur).

My billhook:
View attachment 489405

Not much call for hedgelaying where I am now, so it lives by the stove, for making on-demand kindling, or by the cone splitter, for knocking apart stringy logs. One day it’ll get restored, but that insulating tape is surprisingly durable. Ash handle, is the plan.

How would I go about building a hedge from scratch? All the hedges I dealt with were centuries old. I assume you dig a ditch (both sides?) and pile the topsoil up to make the bank, then plant up? Or use a bit of subsoil for the centre, then plaster with topsoil?

Starting from scratch just plant a double row of quickthorn whips, it’ll soon grow. If you need a ditch you can throw the waste on one bank and plant into that, thought it’ll need firming down.

Lots of hedgelaying styles here:

Hedgelaying Styles – National Hedgelaying Society

www.hedgelaying.org.uk

 

[Guineafowl]

Starting from scratch just plant a double row of quickthorn whips, it’ll soon grow. If you need a ditch you can throw the waste on one bank and plant into that, thought it’ll need firming down.

Lots of hedgelaying styles here:

Hedgelaying Styles – National Hedgelaying Society

www.hedgelaying.org.uk

Yes, the double quickthorn row is what they do up here for new ones, but I’d prefer the Devon/Somerset style, on a bank, bit of hazel, hawthorn, etc.

Bit late for planting up now, I guess?

Have contacted the hedge laying society, cheers.

 

[Anguz]

Pleased to see I’m not the only hedgelayer on here!

not guilty of that.... was using it to point up some stakes for some concrete shuttering

 

[Mick Annick]

not guilty of that.... was using it to point up some stakes for some concrete shuttering

Heathen!