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Been getting my tools ready for the coming prospecting season, the handle on my larger antique miner's pick was loose and none of the quick fixes I tried worked so I invested the time to do it right.

I made ancient style hot melt "glue" by melting down chunks of pine tree resin, then mixing powdered charcoal, beeswax and bacon grease into the piping hot goo until the consistency was right. After seating and wedging the pick head as well as possible I heated the socket area then poured the molten "glue" into the random gaps and slathered it all around, then smoothed and pressed it in by hand when it was cool enough to touch but still plastic. It worked even better than I hoped so I'll make lots more and restore a bunch of other loosely hafted antique tools I have in the garage, feels good to bring these things back to life. Happy prospecting my frens!