[TheForge] uri hammer

[Dan Tull]

Handles $1.00 ea.

Raw wood polished doesn't seem to cause blisters.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grover Richardson" <grover.richardson at gtri.gatech.edu>
To: "'Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 11:13 AM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] uri hammer


I heard one time that a person should put wax on the handle so that there
would be good grip between the skin and the wood.  It took me about 20
minutes and I retrieved the wife's fingernail polish remover.  Too much grip
caused the skin to move sideways on the hand and muscle.

Yes, I think I like the rectangular handle, but will try it a bit more
before doing it on the other hammers.  Once altered, the handle doesn't grow
back<G>.

>*>-----Original Message-----
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>*>[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Woolley
>*>Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 9:45 AM
>*>To: Sponsored by ABANA
>*>Subject: Re: [TheForge] uri hammer
>*>
>*>
>*>
>*>Also, side issue, the Czech pattern hammer has the side of
>*>the wood sanded down so that the sides are flat.  Other than
>*>feeling different, I can't prove it, but I suspect that the
>*>flat sides provide a bit more control than the oval shape of
>*>my standard cross peen.  How do others feel about this?
>*>
>*>
>*>Grover,
>*>I put friction tape on alot of my handles.  I can definately
>*>control a
>*>hammer with a slimmer (rounded rectangular) shaped handle
>*>much better than
>*>others.  One of the demonstrators at Gichners last year used
>*>ice hockey
>*>sticks for handles.
>*>
>*>Regards,
>*>Bill Woolley
>*>
>*>
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