Wait a minute.
I'm being slandered all over the place?

Kirk buddy, no way was I instrumental in getting you a bad froe!
A good froe possibly. But not a bad one!! I
'd never do that to you.

Any old ash bat would carve into a handle. Froe handles are not a lot 
different from froe clubs. They lead a hard life and aren't going to 
last forever anyway.
  So any suitably hard stick and any piece of hard firewood will do for 
a club
  Here are my current ones. Apple handle and pin oak club. (I don't know 
what the real name of this stuff is, but the important part is that it 
doesn't want to split very easily)

  Split out the firewood. Make some crosscuts into the firewood and 
split out most of the handle. Take your handy broad hatchet and give it 
adequate shape. You're done
  Works for me.
  http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/oldtools/froe.jpg
     yours scott


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