This flipper ain't no gimmick

[yakima]

It may be fashioned from a railroad spike, with a welded extension. Estate sale. Full price. $1.00.

[HawkerXP]

Wow. Nice find!

[bmillin]

Nice. I use a hook like that to flip my chunks around in the brine.

[yakima]

I just flush.

[Spinaker]

That is amazing! I have a mini forge and a railroad spike.........I might just make one of these bad boys. That is way cool.

[RonB]

Ya need to forge ahead with this project.

[Spinaker]

….i see what you did there

[shify]

That ain’t no flipper. Thats an industrial toothpick for use after destroying a rack of ribs and some corn on the cob!

[Jerod Broussard]

Score for Shore!!!!!!

[Huskee]

$1? Are you kidding? I'd pay $10 for that beast.

[yakima]

Can't remember if I also paid sales tax!

[DavidNorcross]

Man that is awesome. I have one that is not nearly that nice and use it all the time.

[Smoked Transistors]

Submerge it in white vinegar for a day or two, rinse it off, you may not need to much sanding or wire brushing at all.

[yakima]

Good idea on vinegar. Thanks.

[yakima]

Smoked Transistors, your vinegar idea worked slick. Thanks!

[STEbbq]

Did you really do a good job here if you paid full price? I am sure the estate sale marked it up 1000%.

You probably got taken. I would have settled for nothing less than a 50% discount.

(I kid, that looks awesome)

[yakima]

My buddy's estate sale line is "I would be a buyer at $1.00". (Or whatever price he offers.)

[RonB]

Great score.

[yakima]

My fall back cleaning plan is to ship it to the hygiene nazi, fzxdoc. She probably has left over emery cloth from her latest grill grate plasticectomy.

[Dick Anderson]

I scored this flipper at a steam-powered sawmill demonstration several years ago. There was a blacksmith repairing sawmill equipment, and had a few things on display, mostly made from spikes. There were a couple flippers for sale, so I asked him if he could make one left-handed. He said he'd give it a try, to give him an hour. I returned before we left, and he had made this. i asked him how much and he said $50?
Since I had essentially commisioned it, I paid that. You got a good deal.
I recondition it every year with a green scrubby then heat it in the weber and wipe it down with a puck. lasts all year.
#Sturgeons Mill

[HawkerXP]

Two tools for the price of one with the bottle opener!

[Dick Anderson]

What has bugged me since day 1, is the bulldog is on the wrong side. shouldn't the tip rest up? Maybe there's a safety consideration (using the bottle opener regularly)?

[yakima]

Oh my. Tip up or down. Left or right.
My secret Santa last year gifted me 2 modern flippers. long and short. Handles are ambidextrous, Tips are up, point right, as does my much more classy $1 bargain. (Sorry buddy.)

If left handed, I can see the desirability of reversing the point. If bulldog grip is comfortable, live with it. I think your blacksmith got it right.

Can always spend $100 to change it!

Whew! Technical stuff.

[yakima]

John Browning could feel, hear, and visualize the internal workings of the prototype lever actions he had his brother machine/carve. Here we are, well over 100 years later, muddling through. At least we can see what the heck we are debating.

[Attjack]

I love mine.

[GOCS]

Had to Google it... Never knew there was such a thing. Huh...

Might need to try me one o them.