Homemade Fire Pokers

[claybe]

I don't like my fire poker and have been contemplating making my own. I would love to see some pictures of some homemade pokers to get some ideas!

 

[claybe]

Also if you have a poker that is good and not homemade post that too

 

[2PistolPacker]

I bought this one at Home Depot, nothing fancy, but exactly what I wanted.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Unbranded-Fireplace-Poker-FTA05B/204399654

 

[BrotherBart]

Those are the only ones I have used for years. Love the things.

I have a megabucks fireplace tools set that has never been touched. Sits by the stove for looks and I grab the HD poker every time. Upstairs, downstairs and at the fire pit.

 

[highanddryinco]

Funny you should post this today. Just made this one last week. Haven't even had a chance to put a finish on it yet. $7.00 worth of iron from the scrap yard.
Plenty strong, probably too much so. But then again, you never know when you're going to have to go all Walter Sobchak on a stranger.

 

[JTRock]

TSC makes one similar to the depot one shown. Same price, does the job well

 

[DuckDog]

I just ordered a set from a local blacksmith. Same guy that built my stoveside wood holder. Not cheap by any means but it supports a local guy who is carrying on a tradition. I look at it as functional art. Plus it will literally last a lifetime.

www.forgedincanada.com

 

[7acres]

My current poker is a metal tubular golf club shaft I removed the club from. As long as I remember to use the proper grip the coals don't hook or slice on me. There's a small hole in the handle end I enlarged to let do double duty as an awesome stoker too (provided my lungs function as the bellows). At first it was the only thing handy I grabbed to use in a pinch. Now I'm very pleased and content with it.

 

[BobUrban]

I support my local blacksmith for all my primitive steel tool needs and he doesn't work cheap(unless your his close friend and then he just gives stuff to you so he has a reason to make more)

He makes knives, hawks, axes and hatchets too

If you want a custom poker PM me and I will hammer one out per your description - albeit with a little artistic liberty.

 

[7acres]

I support my local blacksmith for all my primitive steel tool needs and he doesn't work cheap(unless your his close friend and then he just gives stuff to you so he has a reason to make more)

He makes knives, hawks, axes and hatchets too

If you want a custom poker PM me and I will hammer one out per your description - albeit with a little artistic liberty.

Wow, that is some very nice steel there!

 

[Jags]

...And I was just getting ready to throw Bob under the bus.

 

[rideau]

I just ordered a set from a local blacksmith. Same guy that built my stoveside wood holder. Not cheap by any means but it supports a local guy who is carrying on a tradition. I look at it as functional art. Plus it will literally last a lifetime.

www.forgedincanada.com[/quote]
DuckDog, I'm on the Rideau in Portland....curious, how much was the poker? Might get a rake made to my design....

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Funny you should post this today. Just made this one last week. Haven't even had a chance to put a finish on it yet. $7.00 worth of iron from the scrap yard.
Plenty strong, probably too much so. But then again, you never know when you're going to have to go all Walter Sobchak on a stranger.

That's what I use. They were home made but not by me.

 

[NinjaTech]

That's what I use. They were home made but not by me.

This is my temp one right now till the hand made ones I ordered are finished.

Looks like fidos butt, but gets the job done.

 

[BrotherBart]

Decent pokers are all over the place. Ash/coals rakes are scarce as hen's teeth. Had to make one from the parts of a a old fireplace tool set.

 

[rideau]

Yes, Brother Bart. I think I want one shaped rather like a snow plow, so I can push or pull the ash and coals to one side easily.

 

[KD0AXS]

Decent pokers are all over the place. Ash/coals rakes are scarce as hen's teeth. Had to make one from the parts of a a old fireplace tool set.


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I stumbled across this kids' garden hoe at Lowe's for 5 bucks. Works great. I actually thought it was just a plastic toy when I first saw it, but when I picked it up and found it was all steel it went right in the cart.

 

[rideau]

I have a well designed rake, which I bought from Woodstock. The idea is similar to the child's toy posted above. It is fine for a front load door, not so useful for a side load. Hence, my desire for a different rake.

 

[BrotherBart]

The ones for Big Green Egg grills are nice but stupid expensive.

 

[Bagelboy]

That's what I use, a kids garden hoe. I've had it 2 years now. It is the best fireplace tool I own. It was impossible to rake coals forward with my fireplace tools, but once I got that, it is a breeze to pull them forward!

 

[Osage]

Here's what I did. Used an old garden rake. Have one in the house and one in the shed.

 

[bsruther]

Here's what I did. Used an old garden rake. Have one in the house and one in the shed.View attachment 146634

That's a great idea. Been trying to come up with something I could make a coal rake out of and what could be simpler than to just use a rake, duh.
I have more than enough rakes, so that won't be a problem. I think I may have to procure one of the wife's shepherd's poles though.

 

[Huntindog1]

I bought a stove shovel I think at Tractor Supply at the end of season clearance.

Put it in the vice and flattened it and put a L shape bend in it so I can push and pull coals and ash around in the stove.

Here is a pic of it with out the bend.

 

[bsruther]

It ain't pretty, but it will work. Thanks for the idea. Guess I gotta get more stove paint now. The handle is the extra spring handle from my 30, fit perfectly on the shepherd's pole.

 

[Osage]

It ain't pretty, but it will work. Thanks for the idea. Guess I gotta get more stove paint now. The handle is the extra spring handle from my 30, fit perfectly on the shepherd's pole.

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Like the spring handle idea.