Seasoning a hurl

IH784man

Hello all,

I need to get a second hurl,there is a local hurl maker how makes very nice hurls to your standard but he doesn't season them,I would like to get one but they break very easy because they aren't seasoned,anyway yesterday I was chatting to a man about hurls and he said if you seasoned a hurl with linseed oil it does them very good.I seen a tin of linseed oil in my local farm shop,would that do the trick and if so how do you go about seasoning a hurl?

Either do it myself by buying a nice cork style hurl from this man or buy a another normal standard canning from the club.

Thanks

commonsense.

Now what would a Donegal man need with a second hurl?

phkk

IH784man wrote: »

Hello all,

I need to get a second hurl,there is a local hurl maker how makes very nice hurls to your standard but he doesn't season them,I would like to get one but they break very easy because they aren't seasoned,anyway yesterday I was chatting to a man about hurls and he said if you seasoned a hurl with linseed oil it does them very good.I seen a tin of linseed oil in my local farm shop,would that do the trick and if so how do you go about seasoning a hurl?

Either do it myself by buying a nice cork style hurl from this man or buy a another normal standard canning from the club.

Thanks

Literally paint linseed oil on. Used to do it years ago- you wouldn't see it done too often these days- twould be pointless doing it on the cultech hurls😜

archieknox

Try rubbing it in a hurley instead!!....... Yes Linseed oil will do the trick for you.

IH784man

Thanks

nice_guy80

Put it in a hedgerow for a few weeks

filbert the fox

archieknox wrote: »

Try rubbing it in a hurley instead!!....... Yes Linseed oil will do the trick for you.

Good spot Archie. Don't know where this contamination of the language came from but there is no such word as hurl to describe a stick of this description. I mean Comán!

willietherock

filbert the fox wrote: »

Good spot Archie. Don't know where this contamination of the language came from but there is no such word as hurl to describe a stick of this description. I mean Comán!

Seems to be all those Nouveau riche types who have discovered hurling in the era of KK dominance. In Cork ,thank Chr1st, we still hurl with hurleys.

As for the question asked, Justin McCarthy covers how to season a HURLEY in his book Hooked.

Realt Dearg Sec

willietherock wrote: »

Seems to be all those Nouveau riche types who have discovered hurling in the era of KK dominance. In Cork ,thank Chr1st, we still hurl with hurleys.

As for the question asked, Justin McCarthy covers how to season a HURLEY in his book Hooked.

In Kilkenny we hurl with hurls, and it seems to be working out pretty well for us.