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Tuff guy · 10-21-2013, 08:45 PM

I made a homemade gaff that I hope will work after going to west marine and thinking the cheapest gaff at $45 was too expensive. So I bought a rubberized bicycle storage hook from Home Depot, stripped off the rubber, mounted it to a broken cue stick and grinded down the tip to make a point. Hope it works!

Rubberized hook:

Stripped of rubber:

Screwed into cue stick (it fit perfectly, just unscrew the bottom half and screw this into the top):

Ground down to a point with a Dremel:

And finished off, it's decently sharp, I might sand it down a bit more:

I'll probably add a handle at some point as well

10-21-2013, 08:45 PM	#11
Tuff guy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 137	Homemade gaff with bike hook and pool cue stick I made a homemade gaff that I hope will work after going to west marine and thinking the cheapest gaff at $45 was too expensive. So I bought a rubberized bicycle storage hook from Home Depot, stripped off the rubber, mounted it to a broken cue stick and grinded down the tip to make a point. Hope it works! Rubberized hook: Stripped of rubber: Screwed into cue stick (it fit perfectly, just unscrew the bottom half and screw this into the top): Ground down to a point with a Dremel: And finished off, it's decently sharp, I might sand it down a bit more: I'll probably add a handle at some point as well Last edited by Tuff guy; 10-21-2013 at 08:52 PM.