[TheForge] The New revised ed. of "The $50 Knife Shop" and a weirdhammer handle

[Jonathan Barnhart]

Sounds like the same thing.  Althought the pictures I
remember didn't look like there was any rubber in
them.  But, I may be mistaken and remembering it
wrong.  THANX!  Later!

--- Jerry Frost <frosty at customcpu.com> wrote:

> If we're talking about the same thing the hammer
> handle 
> is slit through from the head stopping just before
> the 
> handle's end. A 1/4" piece of rubber is epoxied (as
> I 
> recall) in the slit.
> 
> It's a vibration damper and though I haven't given
> it a 
> try yet, I know a couple people who have and swear
> by 
> it. Andy Vida being one.
> 
> If you're lurking Andy, please pipe up.
> 
> Frosty
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> From: "Jonathan Barnhart" <blakkpawss at yahoo.com>
> 
> 
> > Has anyone seen this book yet?  I owned the
> original
> > version of it, but this one seems to have more
> info
> > and better color photos to illustrate stuff.  One
> > thing I did notice that sort of puzzled me was a
> > hammer with a slot in the handle.  It looked like
> it
> > had been cut with a plunge router.  My first
> thought
> > was that it would probably break under use. Then,
> I
> > wondered if this was set up to reduce vibration or
> > something?  Does anyone here know what I'm talking
> > about?  If anyone here has used such a hammer or
> is
> > currently using one, I'd like to know more about
> it.
> > THANX!  Later!
> >
> > 
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