Handles never die

[blade dude]

We all know the joke "this is my grandfathers best hatchet I love it so much i've rehandled it three times and replaced the head twice!"
But what about grandpas favorite that is old and crippled but still going. "My grandpas favorite hammer same handle on it that was on it when he was a kid"

my second most used one. Yea yes I know this isn't the hammer forum I'm posting it because of the handle. Same handle that has been on it since he was little. Some say it was long gone years ago some say it has years to go. Let's see pictures of your handles that just keep going when some would have replaced them. And yes that is essentially a tourniquet holding the handle from splitting yes I did that no I didn't put the nails in it. Please post handles that refuse to quit. Stories are nice to go with them too


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[Hickory n steel]

We all know the joke "this is my grandfathers best hatchet I love it so much i've rehandled it three times and replaced the head twice!"
But what about grandpas favorite that is old and crippled but still going. "My grandpas favorite hammer same handle on it that was on it when he was a kid"

my second most used one. Yea yes I know this isn't the hammer forum I'm posting it because of the handle. Same handle that has been on it since he was little. Some say it was long gone years ago some say it has years to go. Let's see pictures of your handles that just keep going when some would have replaced them. And yes that is essentially a tourniquet holding the handle from splitting yes I did that no I didn't put the nails in it. Please post handles that refuse to quit. Stories are nice to go with them too


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The only thing that's even close is my grandpa's 4lb drilling hammer ( it was down to 6" where it was rehung a few times after cutting g off the broken sections )
I rehung it on a badly checked section of my grandpa's post hole digger that had a broken handle.

 

[300Six]

And yes that is essentially a tourniquet holding the handle from splitting yes I did that no I didn't put the nails in it.

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Piece of stretchy polypropylene thin rope wound loosely doesn't effect much of a repair. You can, however, tightly bind a split or a crack with brass or copper 'snare' wire which actually does accomplish something.

 

[cityofthesouth]

When you tourniquet arterial bleeding you loose the limb to save the life. Same here.

I wouldn't have been able to do what I typically do with my handles but I bet I could have put a serviceable handle on that hammer in pretty close to the the time it took to drive the extra nails and wrap the twine.

 

[Agent_H]

When you tourniquet arterial bleeding you loose the limb to save the life. Same here.

I wouldn't have been able to do what I typically do with my handles but I bet I could have put a serviceable handle on that hammer in pretty close to the the time it took to drive the extra nails and wrap the twine.

COTS, I'll wager on that.

Grandpa is cool and the yellow paint has character but you shouldn't do work with that hammer as is.

Rehang that hammer for him - bet he'll like that.

 

[cityofthesouth]

COTS, I'll wager on that.

Grandpa is cool and the yellow paint has character but you shouldn't do work with that hammer as is.

Rehang that hammer for him - bet he'll like that.

Rereading it now I think it might have sounded too serious.

 

[Agent_H]

Rereading it now I think it might have sounded too serious.

COTS, that was a great metaphor.

1. I should keep on walking past the computer after I have a drink.

2. I'm probably jealous that I let my grandfather's tools slip away after his passing in my 20's.

3. I am not a negative person by nature (see #1)



So, in the vein of your post:

Nice, right?


Original handle even.



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Here is a double bit wedged with automotive glass:


The handle on that last one is cut to about 20" as well. The guy was using it as an auxiliary tool to help cut a mini van in two in his front yard.

Happy 4th of July weekend.

 

[Hickory n steel]

I wish I had a picture of how it was, but that drilling hammer was a good example of getting your money's worth out of a handle. The handle wasn't repaired with nails or anything, but rather cut off every time it broke and rehung in what was left.

 

[cityofthesouth]

holly smokes!