[TheForge] hammer handle sizing

Wed May 21 11:41:00 2003

I dunno farriers like a smaller diameter handle.

the handle is sposed to act like a hinge in our hand. There is a tutorial on hammer control on Iforge at anvilfire.com

Personally I like a wider hammer handle with a skinny neck or one of the Goddard shock absober handles.   

I don't like stuff on the handle that prevents the handle from working up and down in my hand.
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Catherine Jo Morgan <[email protected]> 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.

Catherine Jo Morgan
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