March 7, 201610 yr Well, it IS a hand tool. had an old Cobbler's hammer. Handle that I made a while back...just was the right look. I had a piece of 1 x 2 White Oak. I had sharpened a couple drawknives a while back, and tested them out on that piece of oak. Kept looking for an old handle-less hammer.....then looked at the Cobbler's Hammer......hmmm. Drag out the drawknife again. Scrape off a bit near one end of the blank. Low angle block plane helped out. Got it close to a fit....chisel to adjust a bit. Got it to start...more chisel work....Finally it went almost all the way in.. You can still see a couple of curls from the chisel. A beltsander was used to smooth the handle down..a lot. I did a round-over on the end of the handle More for looks. later on, after that smelly BLO has cured out, I will add a few layers of a black plastic tape right above that roundover. More to let my hand know that it is close to the end of the handle. I even used a wire wheel in the drill press to shine up the old head. Under that "claw" is cast a "Montgomery Wards Co. Drop Forged". Overall length of this "new" hammer is 10-1/4". Feels about the smae weight as my 16oz claw hammer does. Grain is a bit showy, for a simple handle. Not a bad little project to do...
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