Long Shoehorns

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I made these two shoehorns from kits from Pen State Ind. (PSI) and a couple of  pieces of olive wood I brought back from Arizona The kit instructions say to to make an 8" long handle. These shoehorns are 28 1/2" long. With a short one you would still have to bend down- with these you don't.

They are finished with Danish Oil and then 3 step buffed and waxed

Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day

nice shoehorns jim. nice for the old backs too !

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

Nice Jim, and a great back saver.

Main Street to the Mountains

Good mod, an 8 inch handle wouldn’t do me any good either.  Pretty wood.

David

Jim,

Good job on the long shoe horns.  The less bending the better.  I got a plastic one in my closet.

daveg, SW Washington & AZ

Great idea, make this task as easy as possible. I'm guessing - because I'm not much of a turner - that these required a delicate touch to avoid bending.
Nice work.
Thank you all for the nice comments.

Hi Tom when I get down to a long skinny piece, I use a steady rest. I have two banjos on my lathe so I can work both sides of the steady rest and don have to  move it .

Cheers, Jim

Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day

Nicely done.    The long one for me.

Ron

Thanks, Ron.

Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day

Very nice Jim....Makes life a lot easier.
Regards......Cliff.