they look pretty good to me Mike.
Thanks, Bruce. It’s just vinyl tube from a Roundup spray jug. Lol
I wish someone knew the process that Tom Jensen used for the original handles.
Given the era in which these were made they were probably bakelite plastic. I looked into making these last year and found some pearl "esk" plastic rid that I thought might make good handle material...I think I found it on Etsy , didn't buy any though.
The only info I’ve ever found is that he made the handles using “boiler paste”, which I assume was some kind of refractory material.
I was just looking around the net & found "fire putty" refractory cement, that kind of thing makes perfect sense Mike, Tom Sr. probably just got tired of rolling putty (to messy) & waiting for it to harden was probably why he found wood dowels quickly more suitable.
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