irnsrgn Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 Here are the forge fire tools I use the most. L to R . Short handled rake & heat shield, Clinker Fork, Straight Poker, Broom, Clinker Tongs, SS Wet Coal Shovel, Hook Nose Clinker-Rake. What do you use for Forge Fire Tools? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 I normally use a total of 4 tools. One is a shovel, one a very small (1/4" stock) poker with hooked end (like your straight poker but a bend at the end), one is a rake with a pointed nose that does double duty and the last is a pair of long nosed pickup tongs (which I use like your clinker tongs). I can get by without the shovel but use the rake constantly so that is the one tool I can't live without. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolano Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 I use one tool. Its a bent poker with a flattened end, kind of like the one all the way to the right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouko_yamamoto Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Ditto to that. Bent poker is the way to go. I split it a little about .5 inch at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Bent poker with flattened end---make yours as pretty as you can cause if you do demo's folks will see it front and center. My ashdump lever has a dragons head on it too for the same reason. Another thing I find useful is an Al "grain scoop", as my travel coal is in a rubermaid round trashcan with a tight fitting lid and the scoup takes out about a pint with each go to fill the forge. Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce wilcock Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 just a poker and when doing heavy work with big fires a heavy bar to pry out clinkers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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