[frogvalley]

Bake them in your kitchen oven for the finish- at 250 degrees for a few hours or so. If you don't mind a little stink that is. This too works great for canola oil finishes, which is my reccomended finish for bowls and eating utensils. Bake either linseed or vegetable oil as you would for seasoning cast iron pots and pans.

Read all cautions about rags and linseed oil!

I forge a number of bowls of various sizes, and occasionally a wok, most of them way to big to evenly reheat in the forge. I am currently making a 20 inch wide 12 across and 4 inch deep tray/bowl/platter thing out of 1/8 inch plate. Once that done, I ain't gonna be sticking it back in the fire or anywhere near coal dust.

You can't reheat most of the stuff that you make in the forge unless you have a monster forge or make only small stuff or just heat parts of it at time-- and that won't work for some things as the finish comes out uneven.