[TheForge] hammer handle sizing

Mon May 19 23:59:05 2003

Hi,
In response to Catherine Jo Morgan's comment about padding the hammer
handles; I'm trying 'padding' the handle with 'vet wrap.'  I've wrapped some
parts of the handle more thickly than other parts to get more of a
customized fit for my hand.  This is on top of slimming down other parts of
the handle with a palm sander.  Haven't had a chance to try it yet, but will
report on the results soon.

-Alix Peshette

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 8:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] hammer handle sizing

Catherine Jo Morgan wrote:
>
> I keep reading that if you want to prevent elbow problems, it's better
> to err in the direction of too large a handle rather than too small. But
> of course the sources are talking about tennis racquet handles. What do
> you think about hammer handles? I have my most used ones pretty well
> padded, which makes them on the large side.

	I dunno about tennis raquets, but I would definitely say that
	at least for me, too small is vastly preferable to too large.
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