Alfie Shine

One of the smaller items on this list, but one that I use on a weekly basis, is a hard wax product called Alfie Shine. The brain child of a tool collector from the UK, it’s made with a mixture of ingredients that is applied, left to dry, then buffed off. You’re then left with a layer of resins that not only nourish wood and add a layer of protection, but smells amazing as well (seriously, thank the frankincense that’s in the mixture). Alfie Shine has become one of my favorite treatments for almost all of my hand tools, wood and metal alike. Even though it’s made in the UK, Alfie Shine is available on Amazon here in the USA.