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Shingle Froe

Shingle Froe

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4.0

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This is the tool used by colonial settlers to split shingles, shakes, and lumber for homes in early America. Today the shingle froe is still a primary tool in many traditional woodworking projects which require riving, like Windsor chair spindles and spoons. Simply pound the blade of the froe into the end of a short log with a mallet or maul. Then pull back on the handle to split off a slice of the wood with the grain. Handle is 18" long. Blade is 15" long and 2" deep. Roughly finished. Made in the USA.

Splitting Froe

Used for shakes, shingles, and turning blanks

15 inch long blade

18 inch handle

Made in USA

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4.2

(based on 6 reviews)

100%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Effective (6)
Well built / quality (5)
Lightweight (2)

Cons

Best Uses

Small projects (4)
Home repair (2)
Large projects (2)

Reviewer Profile:
Avid do-it-yourselfer (6)

Primary Use:
Personal (6)

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4/12/2013 4.0 I would by this again. By Bill from Ontomagon, MI About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer Pros Lightweight Strong Works Effectively Cons Best Uses Home Repair Large Projects Small Projects Comments about Shingle Froe : I make items for around the house out of wood from my wood lot. Primary Use: Personal Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Please let us know what kind of issue this is: Profanity Wrong product Spam Duplicate Copyright violation Not a product review Customer image Problem with image Other Email Address: Comments:
11/30/2012 4.0 Going Old School! By Mike Firelands from Wakeman, OH About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer Pros Lightweight Strong Works Effectively Cons Cheap Screw Best Uses Splitting Firewood Woodworking Projects Comments about Shingle Froe : Use a wooden maul and not a metal hammer otherwise you will mushroom the top of the blade. I made a maul using an 18" piece of ash. Line up the froe with the end grain of the wood and then lift the handle slightly while keeping the end of the blade in contact with the log then swing down. This will allow for maximum force to be transferred and makes the splitting a lot easier. Do NOT use the froe on a knotted piece of wood. Cheap set screw and after the screw broke during my first use, I hammered the blade with the handle and have not had a problem using it ever since. Primary Use: Personal Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Please let us know what kind of issue this is: Profanity Wrong product Spam Duplicate Copyright violation Not a product review Customer image Problem with image Other Email Address: Comments:
5/29/2012 4.0 Good Hand Tool By BWCA Camper from Manitowoc, WI About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer Pros Strong Works Effectively Cons Best Uses Large Projects Making boards Small Projects Comments about Shingle Froe : Used it to split smaller firewood kindling for cooking fires. And I used it to split boards off of logs for wood working projects. Primary Use: Personal Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Please let us know what kind of issue this is: Profanity Wrong product Spam Duplicate Copyright violation Not a product review Customer image Problem with image Other Email Address: Comments:
3/1/2012 4.0 Great tool for 7" or less logs. By Sweet Chestnut from France About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer Pros Works Effectively Cons Best Uses Comments about Shingle Froe : Used this to split fence posts, works great upto 7" diameter timber after this you can feel the blade flexing around the weld area. Generally great value for money tool. Primary Use: Personal Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Please let us know what kind of issue this is: Profanity Wrong product Spam Duplicate Copyright violation Not a product review Customer image Problem with image Other Email Address: Comments:
9/30/2010 4.0 Works great By KeithDan from Tahlequah, OK About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer Pros Strong Works Effectively Cons Awkward at first Best Uses Small Projects Comments about Shingle Froe : I have never used a shingle froe before. After making a mallet out of a piece of a Walnut tree that came down last spring due to a tornado, I was up and running. The people who used this on a daily basis were real men. I feel weak when I first started using it, but with time and patience I was able to get a few really nice 1/2" planks suitable for use in projects. Like any tool it takes time to learn the basics of how to use it. No matter how much you read about it, nothing builds your skills like actual use of the product. Excellent buy, have most of a 48" diameter Walnut trunk that I will split first with wedges and then to the froe to make planks. the one thing I do really like about the froe is that the grain of the wood runs the length of the piece, unlike sawed wood where there the grain is not contiguous throughout the length of the piece. Primary Use: Personal Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Please let us know what kind of issue this is: Profanity Wrong product Spam Duplicate Copyright violation Not a product review Customer image Problem with image Other Email Address: Comments:
10/9/2009 5.0 Well worth the money By Dick from Livonia, N.Y. About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer Pros Strong Works Effectively Cons Best Uses Home Repair Small Projects Comments about Shingle Froe : I have always like old time hand tools and this is very well made. It works just like I expected and is very handy for cutting fire wood. Primary Use: Personal Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Please let us know what kind of issue this is: Profanity Wrong product Spam Duplicate Copyright violation Not a product review Customer image Problem with image Other Email Address: Comments:

4/12/2013

4.0

I would by this again.

By Bill

from Ontomagon, MI

About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

Pros

Lightweight
Strong
Works Effectively

Cons

Best Uses

Home Repair
Large Projects
Small Projects

Comments about Shingle Froe :

I make items for around the house out of wood from my wood lot.

Primary Use:
Personal

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Please let us know what kind of issue this is:

Profanity

Wrong product

Spam

Duplicate

Not a product review

Customer image

Problem with image

Other

Email Address:

Comments:

11/30/2012

4.0

Going Old School!

By Mike Firelands

from Wakeman, OH

About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

Pros

Lightweight
Strong
Works Effectively

Cons

Cheap Screw

Best Uses

Splitting Firewood
Woodworking Projects

Comments about Shingle Froe :

Use a wooden maul and not a metal hammer otherwise you will mushroom the top of the blade. I made a maul using an 18" piece of ash. Line up the froe with the end grain of the wood and then lift the handle slightly while keeping the end of the blade in contact with the log then swing down. This will allow for maximum force to be transferred and makes the splitting a lot easier. Do NOT use the froe on a knotted piece of wood. Cheap set screw and after the screw broke during my first use, I hammered the blade with the handle and have not had a problem using it ever since.

Primary Use:
Personal

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Please let us know what kind of issue this is:

Profanity

Wrong product

Spam

Duplicate

Not a product review

Customer image

Problem with image

Other

Email Address:

Comments:

5/29/2012

4.0

Good Hand Tool

By BWCA Camper

from Manitowoc, WI

About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

Pros

Strong
Works Effectively

Cons

Best Uses

Large Projects
Making boards
Small Projects

Comments about Shingle Froe :

Used it to split smaller firewood kindling for cooking fires. And I used it to split boards off of logs for wood working projects.

Primary Use:
Personal

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Please let us know what kind of issue this is:

Profanity

Wrong product

Spam

Duplicate

Not a product review

Customer image

Problem with image

Other

Email Address:

Comments:

3/1/2012

4.0

Great tool for 7" or less logs.

By Sweet Chestnut

from France

About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

Pros

Works Effectively

Cons

Best Uses

Comments about Shingle Froe :

Used this to split fence posts, works great upto 7" diameter timber after this you can feel the blade flexing around the weld area. Generally great value for money tool.

Primary Use:
Personal

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Please let us know what kind of issue this is:

Profanity

Wrong product

Spam

Duplicate

Not a product review

Customer image

Problem with image

Other

Email Address:

Comments:

9/30/2010

4.0

Works great

By KeithDan

from Tahlequah, OK

About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

Pros

Strong
Works Effectively

Cons

Awkward at first

Best Uses

Small Projects

Comments about Shingle Froe :

I have never used a shingle froe before. After making a mallet out of a piece of a Walnut tree that came down last spring due to a tornado, I was up and running. The people who used this on a daily basis were real men. I feel weak when I first started using it, but with time and patience I was able to get a few really nice 1/2" planks suitable for use in projects. Like any tool it takes time to learn the basics of how to use it. No matter how much you read about it, nothing builds your skills like actual use of the product. Excellent buy, have most of a 48" diameter Walnut trunk that I will split first with wedges and then to the froe to make planks. the one thing I do really like about the froe is that the grain of the wood runs the length of the piece, unlike sawed wood where there the grain is not contiguous throughout the length of the piece.