Gardening tools with purpleheart handles - Pic

[Aaron Buys]

Finished these late last night (early this morning) as a Christmas gift. The handles are purpleheart and finished with tung oil. The oil was still a bit tacky yet today for the unwrapping but the recipient seemed to be pleased anyways. I was extremely surprised at how dense purpleheart is and I found myself sharpening fairly often during the project. This is the first official turning I've done that wasn't a pen but I'm fairly happy with how they turned out. Thanks for those of you that helped me choose a finish!


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[Ken Hill]

They turned out pretty nice!

[Michael James]

Nice simple design and the finish looks very nice. Purpleheart will test your sharpening chops fo sho!
Keep em coming!
mj

[Bernie Weishapl]

Those are really nice looking tools and handles.

[Rick Markham]

Very nice handles! Purpleheart has a very high silica content which means it's very abrasive on your cutting edges as you found out! Certainly are some of the nicest looking gardening tools I have seen!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Wow - very nice handles! Don't think I've ever seen such fancy ones on garden tools! Nice work! I am sure the gift was appreciated!

[Kevin Lucas]

I'm glad my wife is off making dinner. She likes looking at the stuff in here and garden tools are right up her alley ) Those turned out great Aaron.