Stainless Steel Fireplace Tool

[Jon]

Very nice to see a fireplace tool in stainless steel; I had not thought about that. I vote for a hollow tube, with a two pronged bent fork on the end. Like this: https://www.amazon.com/Firedragon-Bl.../dp/B000BYRP9Y . You pivot logs up with the fork end, and then you blow through the tool, and then the air is directed underneath the logs. This is not a gimmick like fire bellows; it works extremely well, by allowing you to direct strong airflow into the fire from a safe distance - like leaving the woodburner door open to flame up the fire quickly, but this allows much better control and volume.

When logs are lifted with a standard poker, they can sometimes roll down the poker shaft, but the double prongs in this design give you better control at the tip. You can also adjust the hot woodburner door and handle and controls with the prongs. Finally, if you open the door and some coals escape, you can press the two angled fork tines down onto a coal to pinch it, and then just smack the tip of the tool inside the firebox to release the coal.