[TheForge] Hammer handles

[Phil]

Doesn't muddy the water at all.  Having worked in a
blacksmith shop in Virginia 20-30 years ago, this is
exactly what we did to the handles of the hand forged
english hammers we made.

--- kim george <klgeorge at kent.edu> wrote:

> Just to muddy the water, a good friend of mine who
> when he was learning the 
> trade 20-30 years ago and was picking the brains of
> then old smiths in 
> Virginia found this out. Most of those smiths shaved
> the handle from the 
> head back to their grip. The reason for this was
> that they felt that the 
> thinner handle flexed and imparted more energy to
> the blow.
> 
> Kim George
> 
>        "Why for you burry me in cold,cold ground?"
> Taz
> 
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