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Black Blow Poke 41″

This Black Blow Poke 41 – Size Large – is our #1 Top Selling Fireplace Blow Poke for the all right reasons.

1. The right size Blow Poke – for most Raised Hearth Fireplaces, and most Floor Level Fireplaces.
2. Better Blow Poke Performance.
3. Black blow Pokes works well with most firesides.
4. And because it’s a good long-handled – tall fireplace poker.
5. FREE Hanger Kit included.

This is our Original Black Blow Poke 41″ that we offered when launched Vineyard Firetools. Lots of testing confirmed our new size was a “Better Size” fireplace blow poke, and that it fit most fireplaces better. And it delivered better Handling. Other blow pokes were all “extra long” (usually too long). Our size was unique. Right from the start we committed to making the best blow poke:

• Better Blow Poke AIR FLOW Performance: to Turbo stoke.
• Better Length – and later we created a full range of Sizes.
• Top Quality: US Made to perform for generations.
• Strong: Can push, pull, lift & move big heavy 50 lb. burning logs.
• Better Handling Blow Poke: Unique advantages of lightweight strength:
  • strength to weight ratio of our custom steel encourages weight loss.
  • Long Reach Poker – Easy with just 1 Hand.
  • 1-Hand – grip the hilt – like a sword – poke open Air Gaps.
  • 2-Hands – Stoke comfortably. Tend easily: push, pull, lift, move.
  • Real Poker Tip – not just a small fin or some weird hook.
  • Welded for ooptimal strength, not pinned or crimped-on poker tip, so you can use it confidently.

This blow poke fireplace tool is made to work all day, every day, all winter, for decades of better fires – and a whole lot of fun.

Most homes have Average Sized fireplaces. Average sized fireplaces includes: Raised Hearth Fireplaces, and it also includes Floor-Level Fireplaces that are not too deep. And most fireplaces’ fireboxes are not that deep Our Black Blow Poke 41 is a great size for Average fireplaces.

 

Our Original Blow Poke (L) is our Best Selling size.

We found that the common “Extra Long” sizes other sellers offer are just too long and heavy at 4 feet long, or just too short at 3 feet long. (Funny how other makers call every size “extra long”.) This size, our Our original size , we now call it Long, is consistently chosen for its better fit for most Raised Hearth Fireplaces, and most Floor Level Fireplaces.

A good blow poke is a great help when you’re tending day-long fires. Blowpokes can make fire tending and stoking so much easier. And this black blow poke can empower you to easily control your fires’s combustion. If the fire is flagging, and you want to stoke the flames – aim and blow directly at the base of the fire to “feed the burn”. (Sounds like a political slogan.) Plus, using a blow poke makes your fires so much easier to control!

That really good feeling that warm fires create for you – may come from how wood fires are so deeply anchored to home and hearth. We want you to keep the good times good – maybe better. It’s important to know you have the ability to quickly control a smokey fire. And you have the ability to quickly rescue a dying fire before it goes out. and make everything better.

Enjoy a Fireplace BlowPoke that gives you BETTER PERFORMANCE:

• Optimized AIR-FLOW  Stoke fires FASTER. Better Combustion
• Stronger Steel – Lift and Move 50 Pound Logs.
• Easy handling – Lighter than other blow pokes.
• Long Reach Poker – Easy with just 1 Hand.
• Real Poker Tip – not just a small fin, steep hook or weird hammer.

Together – all the designed improvements add up – giving you a Long Black Blowpoke that WORKS BETTER.

Fireplace Blow Poke

Our Fireplace Blow Poke is the best size for Raised Hearth Fireplaces and for most Floor Level Fireplaces that are not very deep. For deeper,larger fireplaces, we also recommend our Fireplace Blow Poke 47, that’s our XL Size fireplace blow poke. And if you want to stand tall while tending with your blow poke, our XXL 55″ is the tallest fireplace blow poke on the market.

If you’ve used another fireplace blow poke, you’ve probably noticed the other fireplace blow poke feel too heavy to hold with one hand at the hilt. They need two hands. And you spread your hands – with one hand supporting close the mid-point – to handle the heavy material weight. The heavy weight reduces your “reach” by half. This is especially important when you are using your firetool as a fireplace poker. If your fire poker is too heavy, you have to use two hands. And you have to get much closer to the fire to work the supposedly “long poker”.

That’s why we value cro-moly steel’s light weight strength foe our fireplace blow poke. Because, if you’re using a regular steel or any Brass, you need to use significantly more of it (heavier) to keep it from bending and buckling. Instead, we use stronger steel alloys – so we can use less steel – while improving its strength. Essentially, our tubes have thinner walls, while other sellers’ have thicker walls that are heavier, but their milder steel is not stronger. That’s what makes our fireplace blow pokes lighter, stronger, easier to handle, and more useful.

It feels safer when you can reach out with one hand. It’s really very “Handy”.

Light weight handling is both a safety advantage and a joy to use. You can stand safely back from the fire. Adjust your Logs. And use the WORKING POKER TIP’s two tapered tangs to CREATE BETTER AIR GAPS to improve the air flow and aid combustion. And helps your fires burn Brighter and Warmer.

MADE IN USA. Handmade, precision fit metal is expertly plasma welded for uncompromising strength. Strong and lightweight US made alloy steel for exceptional handling and very long life.

MATERIALS are made in the USA. The “Cromoly” tapered tube is custom drawn chrome molybdenum alloy “4130 cro-moly steel”. The same steel tubes are used to build Baja 1000 race car frames, ATV and motorcycle frames. And it’s the kind of steel tube used to build BMX bikes and racing mountain bikes. The Solid Brass Mouthpiece is exceptionally comfortable, and easy-breathing. The Mouthpiece can’t break apart – as others’ do – if it falls. The Poker Tips are machined half inch thick plate steel has two tapered tangs. The steel Poker Tip and Tube are precision fit and plasma welded for uncompromising strength. Guaranteed.

MANUFACTURING is a big word that brings images of a big factory to mind. Our operation is more artisanal. Small shop with all the right tools for cutting and prepping the steel for welding. We laser cut the tip from 1/2 inch thick steel plate for absolute strength to the two tapered tips. Then we fixture the tip on our mill to precisely machine the offset through hole. The welding method is Plasma Welding with a TIG torch – giving you the strongest bond possible. Before paint, the entire blow poke is sandblasted clean, creating micro pores in the steel that anchor the eloctrostatically aligned epoxy paint powder particles before they are thermally fused in a high temp oven. It’s more costly, but the finish is so much more durable and protective compared to other finishes that are not sandblasted, or that rely on lacquers. The mouthpiece starts as solid brass. We turn it precisely on the lathe. Then we hand buff it on a big polishing wheel to bring out the full luster of it’s big kisser.

FINISH is a Matte Black FireIron finish. It’s non-glossy and made to look the same flat black as other black fireplace tools and fireside accessories. is a special high-temperature epoxy enamel coating. The epoxy enamel won’t chip, crack, flake or peel. You can eventually wear it off the sharp edges of the poker tip with prolonged use. The epoxy paint may be industrial strength. But we are talking about an actual “tip of the spear”. And your fireplace is a very extreme environment. The heat of your fireplace doesn’t do any harm to your tool steel. That steel tip is a half inch thick, and doesn’t even get very hot in normal use since its mass takes pretty long to warm up. This fireplace blow poke is made to work all day, every day, all winter, for decades of better fires – and a whole lot of fun.

SUMMARY If your fireplace blow poke is too short, you’ll find yourself having to lean over into the fire. Maybe uncomfortably close in near a snapping fire. Take care of your back. You want your back to feel healthy and balanced. You want a good back to carry the firewood.If your blow poke is too long, it gets awkward to handle. Plus it’s heavier. Too long makes it harder to see the wood burning. So it’s harder to see where he best place is to blow air that really feeds the fire. and you’ll even find yourself reaching your head around the mouthpiece to get a closer look at the fire to see it most clearly. And it is too short or too long every time you use it.

The right size Blow Poke is the best size.

That’s why you want to get the right size blow poke to fit Your fire. It all works better.