New handle, old hammer

[steven newman]

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...

[lew]

Well, now you can work on shoes, too