My grandfather started a handle factory in the 1930's in Potosi, MO while already owning and operating one in Des Arc, MO. Both small towns in SE MO located near the railroad. I remember a lathe in the mill, smaller than the one above I believe. While they sold handles to small hardware stores the majority of their products were sold to the Missouri Pacific Railroad for their use. When the railroad began to use a machine to drive the spikes in the railroad ties, the small factories went out of business.
Best source for quality replacement handles. I order the hand picked handles and the quality is superb. Great video now I know how the handles I order are made.
No care ... IN ORIENTATION OF GRAIN.... your full of it, your self. the lathe is from the early 1900. and there are earlier types as early as 1840's . Cant stand people with no sense of reasoning ...what crap..to u to buckoe
+David Bisaro I would think that at house handles their blanks are pre-cut to grain as are ALL good handle manufacturers. Why must you insult a trusted and well-established company? Your comment is extremely rude, and I might add that their reputation proves more than you could hope to. Their handles are separated into grades, and one can request them HAND-PICKED by the company. You're acting like nothing more than a child, and I would advise it that you wouldn't further embarrass yourself with childish pursuits.
Dude, I have gotten like 30 handles from this company, I always do the AA and "Hand Selected" option, but never once have I had any issue with grain orientation, they run always run parallel to cutting motion, not perpendicular... I have gotten handles from 4-5 different companies, none compare in the quality you get with this kind of bang for your buck, great value on these.
