spoon type augers any good

[Wizard3686]

hello all well i think i have read sum things on here about spoon type augers. well when i was at my grandparents house i was looking through a shed at sum of the old fishing things they have lieing around and spoted one of these it is a lil rusted but lookes to be in good shape. my ?is are they any easier to use the a normal auger or not.

[roger23]

Swedish spoons were good in there day , one step up from a spud bar they were hard to get started and a pain to keep sharp. clean it up and hang it on the wall. or take it out and give it a try get a idea of what is was like

[chad 1]

I had one of those when I was a kid. I think they where made by people who hate icefishermen!

chad1

[lkmifisherman]

I found that these were more suited to be structure than an auger...

LMF

[JJ Mac]

Yep, I agree. Shine it up and hang it up on the wall like at Applebee's.

[gmalicoat]

they are a nightmare--id take a spud over one any day

[Ranger Ray]

Do yourself a favor, take a full swing with it at the 4" oak tree in the yard and be done with it. ;)

[Bob T]

Wizard

I have one sitting around in the basement if you want another one. Used it about 30 years ago and I am not so sure that it was better than a spud. I do not know why I keep such things around for so many years without using them. Maybe when my wife goes on her annual antiquing trip I can talk her into taking it and selling it for me.

Bob

[ih772]

Take it in for scrap and but the money towards a lazer auger.

[SuperHunter18]

I used one for diggin post holes at my house. Tore up the clay nicely so I could get it out with the post hole digger.


Would never try it on the ice. It would take a year to drill a hole!

[Wizard3686]

i already have a auger but it kind of sucks but for the 5 times i get out a year it works i was just woundering about this one i think i might sand it all down tho and repaint it and hang it up on the wall or sumthing

[roger23]

StrikeMaster
Building quality ice fishing equipment for over 50 years

StrikeMaster’s corporate office, assembly plant, and warehouse is located just outside of Big Lake, Minnesota. They employ seven full time employees and up to 15 seasonal workers.



Outdoors Weekly Staff Reports

Inside nearly any ice fisherman’s tool shed is one very important piece of equipment: A hand auger.


Look at the label on that auger and it’s a good bet it will say StrikeMaster.

StrikeMaster has been selling quality hand augers to the ice fishing world since 1946 when, as a little known tackle manufacturer they began to sell Swedish spoon augers here in Minnesota.

That year, Bob Foster and his father, who manufactured spinner-style fishing lures, heard about a company in Sweden that produced quality spoon style ice augers.


The two men soon became partners with the K.J Eriksson Company and began selling the Swedish brand augers in the United States.


Both men were avid bowlers and decided to name the fledgling company after the brand of shoes they wore. StrikeMaster was born and so was an ice fishing legend.


In 1946 K.J. Eriksson introduced the Mora style hand auger and StrikeMaster offered it as well.


Sales continued to climb for the company, and in 1976 StrikeMaster made a commitment to offer a line of power augers.


In the early ’90s StrikeMaster introduced its revolutionary Lazer hand auger, and a power model soon followed.


This blade style made it possible to cut the ice in half the time. It also allowed fishermen to drill through old holes, which was almost impossible with traditional style blade

[HOangler]

if it was any good they would still be making it

[roger23]

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/bd_1.jpg

The one I have I used but had to spud the ice to get it started. it made good shaved ice for drinks