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07-12-2008, 06:51 PM
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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But with a major significance to me. While I was visiting my parents two weeks ago, I remembered that my Dad had an old bit brace. I have wanted one so I asked if he still had it. Of course he did and never used it. While we were looking for that he ran across an old tack hammer that was his fathers. He asked if I remembered it and I did and would I want it. Heck yeah. This was my grandfathers tack hammer who passed before I was born. My dad kept it and I remember fondly playing with it was I was a kid. My dad didn't have a lot of tools, and this one was about useless and pretty much harmless so he would let me play with it.
Well the handle had deteriorated badly and was very loose. So today I decided to clean it up and make a new handle for it. 
New handled tack hammer and old handle. 
A different shot in attempt to show some of the figure in the Boxwood handle. 
Padauk wedged tenon detail.
I turned the handle out of a American Boxwood trunk that a friend had given me. Then hand carved the oval tenon on the end. The mortise in the head was tapered to allow the tenon to be wedged holding them securely together. I split off a wedge of scrap Padauk and pared it down to fit and drove it home...rock solid.
I threw 3 coats of home-brew Danish oil on it, to help show off the figure in the Boxwood, which you'll just have to take my word on as I couldn't get a decent pic. The Boxwood has a broad curl to it on the side grain faces, and a very interesting wavy grain to the face grain sections.
This is my first time working with Boxwood, and I am sad that it doesn't get large enough to make anything significant, it is a wonderful wood.
What am I going to do with it 
But next time my daughter wants a hammer to play with, I have a pretty useless one that I wouldn't mind her using....and the saga continues 
Thanks for looking!
Dave 
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Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools. 
Heard from a client..."If I had your tools and experience...I could do it myself" 
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
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07-12-2008, 07:20 PM
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Name: Scott City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jul 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Useless NOT!!!! That hammer brought back good memories from your childhood. Hopefully you grand kids will remember a special hammer from Grandpa DaveO. I dare say that makes it the most important hammer in your shop.
You did a wondeful job restoring it. It is better then new.
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07-12-2008, 07:20 PM
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Name: George City: Oxford State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 69 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Reminds me of the story about Abe Lincoln's axe. Seems the Smithsonion heard of some farmer in Illinois that had Abe's first axe. He traveled to Illinois and found the farmer. When asked how he could prove it was really Abe's axe, the farmer replied that of course it was and we've only had to replace the handle 6 times and the head twice.
George
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07-12-2008, 07:26 PM
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Name: Bas City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 35 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Very nice Dave, great story and great woodworking. No matter how much or how little usage this hammer will see, it's a piece of family history.
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07-12-2008, 07:29 PM
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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__________________ Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools.
Heard from a client..."If I had your tools and experience...I could do it myself"
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
--Dr. Seuss
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07-12-2008, 07:30 PM
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Name: Tom City: Yadkinville State: NC County: Yadkin Join Date: Jun 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Good on ya, Dave 
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07-12-2008, 08:37 PM
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Name: David City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Dec 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Dave, You just inspired me to do the same for my kids toy hammer. It actually used to be my wifes, and the head came off it again today. I have some old post hole digger hands, that I think I will turn down to a kid size hammer handle. | |
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07-12-2008, 09:24 PM
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Name: Fred City: franklinton State: nc County: franklin Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 51 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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congrats on the tools man! i have a few of grandads and dads tools. dont use em a lot but they are priceless to me and my grandkids will inherit em. enjoy them cause they have a sole and some history.  ! | |
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07-12-2008, 09:45 PM
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Name: Cathy City: Forest City State: NC County: Rutherford Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 53 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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That's a really neat story. Definitely not a useless hammer, but a piece of the map of your heritage.
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07-12-2008, 10:05 PM
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Name: jeff... City: Stovall State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Dave that is not a insignificant tool - that's a tack hammer, it's a upholsterers main tool. Cept I think the staple gun kinda took over in production type shops. Does the magnet still work? Nothing better than a mouth full of tacks to help with your daily iron supplement  Nice Job on the handle... Family heirloom
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07-13-2008, 08:17 AM
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Name: Tracy City: Salisbury State: NC County: Rowan Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 47 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Nice job on the handle and a great story. Keep on track and pass it down to someone.
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07-13-2008, 10:38 AM
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Name: Robert City: Youngsville State: NC County: Franklin Join Date: Oct 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Dude that is too kewl and far from useless
Excellent job on the handle bro
The weird thing is that I am doing something similar with a small hammer I found in a box of misc things from my grandmothers possessions. It is very much like your hammer , nicks, scratches, paint, but my late grandfather had actually scratched his last name into the handle of this one so I am polishing it up with Formby's and wire brushing/polishing the head as well as a gift for my mom later in the year
That's good ol' " heart stuff " bro ....priceless
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