Hey gang

I have had several off list questions and comments on House Handle, so
thought I would share with the list.

1st off, not sure where I first heard of them.  First recorded email is
from Mike Blair, but not sure if I was stalking them on ebay before that,
or if Scott G told me about them.

I tried to entice the FleaBAGs into a group buy, but no such luck, only
Bill K and a coworker and I went in on the order.

Some pretty good looking wood, one of my hatchet handles has a small glob
of finish, but nothing gross.  Even Scott G seemed impressed with the wood
in the picture.

Everything in the picture is their AA grade, the expensive stuff, except
the 2nd handle from the front, that was an FH grade, $5.40 vs $7.10
(coworker buddy was feeling cheap).

I found it interesting that their small ball peen was an 8" handle, vs 12"
from Link, who supplies my local Hardware store.  Need to think about
rehandling one shorter, see how it feels.

$90 for handles, $27 for shipping, slightly higher than expected due to the
4# of wedges, and (2) 48" shovel handles.  But overall, quite happy with
total cost.

12" Ball Peen Handles were $5+ at my local store, vs $3.30 here.  Will try
to bring samples to next BAGathon to compare quality and finish.

-- 
Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, CA, a quiet day cleaning up the home office,
and repairing a gas powered tool.