treating wooden tool handles

Hi all.

Couldn't find any threads on this (though I'm sure there must be) - in this slack period I was thinking of treating spade and fork handles etc with linseed oil. I seem to recall Bob Flowerdew uses vegetable oil.  Anyone have any tips or preferred methods? Back in my BTCV days we had a dustbin full of oil we immersed handles in!

sav

I loving rub linseed oil into all wooden handle tools I have. It smells nicer than other oil based products 

I dont understand. Why would anyone object to linseed and wood?

 
 yes linseed is my favourite got the tip from my late father in law on all the wooden shafts  also use old oil on all my garden tools after each use summer or winter

have bought a few garden tools from the re-claim centre good spades and shovels cleaned them up with the angle grinder and new shaft good as new plenty of garden tools just need willing and able  persons to use um!

Quote from: Old Tom on January 19, 2012, 16:51

I dont understand. Why would anyone object to linseed and wood?

I haven't a clue.

Gwiz, surely this can't be a double entendre situation can it?

What would Finbar Saunders say?

I use boiled linseed oil rather than raw linseed on my tool handles. Someone I know rubs saddle soap into theirs (not sure why but that's their thing). Veg oil would work but it would need a while to soak in. I'd first sharpen the tools before doing the handle oiling.

I imagine teak oil would work well too.  I have hard wood kitchen windows, I noticed that the bottom edges were starting to look a bit weathered.  I looked all over the internet for suitable treatments and plumped for teak oil.  Half an hour wiping it on with a clean rag and the window frames look just like brand new.  Excellent stuff.