Sledge Hammers!

[Lieblad]

Its called "Wear eye protection"
Nowdays, Very common logo on many manufacturer tools.

 

[Able_walker]

Its called "Wear eye protection"
Nowdays, Very common logo on many manufacturer tools.

That did enter my mind but figured it was a newer thing...solves that.

 

[jblyttle]

These are all NOS handles that I picked up yesterday paired with cleaned heads that I have had waiting.

 

[Able_walker]

These are all NOS handles that I picked up yesterday paired with cleaned heads that I have had waiting.

Yeah noticed all those handles in "it followed me home"...nice score on those and nice job on those hammers.

 

[tanglediver]

Here's an Atha hammer I just got, now with a repurposed handle on it.


Here is the former eye, I'm glad I kept this old handle now.

 

[Jlemay18]

http://imgur.com/a/LjuNH

Picked up these two at an antique mall recently, the big one is an Atha I'm assuming 8 pounds from the 8 stamp but I've yet to weigh it. The smaller one is a 48oz Plumb, both of them are in great condition and were pretty cheap so I got lucky. Didn't realize the big one was an Atha till after I bought it, was going to replace the handle with a long one since it's kinda awkward being that short with its weight but I can definitely make use of it like this still and the handle is original and too nice to replace.

 

[Park Swan]

I got a POS 2.5 sledge from HF, horribly faced and slathered in black paint. Drilled out the old short oak handle that was only about 8" long. I had to do a lot of grinding to get this usable, followed by sandblasting to get the rest of the paint off. One face is now polished round, the other is flat-ish with a bevel. I made the octagonal handle from sugar maple and smacked in a birch wedge, then oiled the whole package and soaked the head. Oh, and the head is gun blued.

 

[RICKOFF]

4# KLINE that's actually weighs 3#13.9oz
2# Williams
16oz Blue Point from Kenosha, Wis.

 

[Hickory n steel]

I got a POS 2.5 sledge from HF, horribly faced and slathered in black paint. Drilled out the old short oak handle that was only about 8" long. I had to do a lot of grinding to get this usable, followed by sandblasting to get the rest of the paint off. One face is now polished round, the other is flat-ish with a bevel. I made the octagonal handle from sugar maple and smacked in a birch wedge, then oiled the whole package and soaked the head. Oh, and the head is gun blued.

That handle is just beautiful, I hope that head proves to at least be halfway worthy of it.

 

[Agent_H]

I don't think that is Harbor Freight anymore lol.

Park Swan, that is a great looking striking tool - I haven't octagonalized any hammers but that one is a winner.

 

[jblyttle]

I got a POS 2.5 sledge from HF, horribly faced and slathered in black paint. Drilled out the old short oak handle that was only about 8" long. I had to do a lot of grinding to get this usable, followed by sandblasting to get the rest of the paint off. One face is now polished round, the other is flat-ish with a bevel. I made the octagonal handle from sugar maple and smacked in a birch wedge, then oiled the whole package and soaked the head. Oh, and the head is gun blued.

That came out great. Let us know how the head holds up, I had heard that they are not hardened.

 

[Park Swan]

That handle is just beautiful, I hope that head proves to at least be halfway worthy of it.

Thanks! If it's really junk I'll just reserve it for dirty jobs, but I'm going to try some forging with it.

 

[Park Swan]

Thanks guys I will report how it holds up. Agent_H I have a problem where I octagonalize everything I can. Love the way it feels in hand, but I really think helps especially with straight handles.

Edit: If it turns out to be real soft, maybe I'll have to try hardening it myself

 

[jblyttle]

Thanks guys I will report how it holds up. Agent_H I have a problem where I octagonalize everything I can. Love the way it feels in hand, but I really think helps especially with straight handles.

Edit: If it turns out to be real soft, maybe I'll have to try hardening it myself

It is supposedly carbon steel, so it may work. It may survive forging better than anything else. May be ok hitting soft things.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Thanks guys I will report how it holds up. Agent_H I have a problem where I octagonalize everything I can. Love the way it feels in hand, but I really think helps especially with straight handles.

Edit: If it turns out to be real soft, maybe I'll have to try hardening it myself

I got lucky with my HF hatchet being pretty good, buy I'll never use a cheap imported hammer as I had one chip on me once and let's just say I was glad to be wearing safety glasses at the time.

They usually use some form of high carbon so I'd expect that you should be able to harden it.

if not you could just paint the head green and eBay it as a one of a kind custom zombie war hammer 😁

 

[BamaDADx3]

A mini sledge I made for a good friend. Think she turned out good 😃👍🔨💪

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[jblyttle]

This is a 6lb Plumb, a 4lb Klein & Logan and an old 1.5-2lb hand made.

 

[Square_peg]

I like Klein & Logan.

 

[Jlemay18]

http://imgur.com/a/HodvY
Spent my night hanging this Atha 8lb sledgehammer on a hickory handle with a black walnut wedge, got it all sanded down just needs a few coats of BLO.

 

[rjdankert]

http://imgur.com/a/HodvY. . .

. . .figured I should learn how to imbed pictures to increase the quality of my posts as well as save others time

. . . Would appreciate if anyone explained it so I don't have to post links anymore.

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