Time waster

[TARNATION !!!]

Here’s one. Belonged to my father in law for sure and maybe his father. Got it maybe 40 or 50 years ago. Pandemic time saw me running out of projects so decided to revitalize this hammer. I could see it had at one time been painted red. Checked the big time waster Google and found one like it on eBay with still a good amount of red on the handle. Wire wheel then buffing wheel then gun blue took care of the metal. Some sanding and some filler and a couple sprays of red paint took care of the wood. I purposefully left the chip at the bottom of the handle unfilled. Will pass it along to a great grandson or maybe great-great grandson of the first owner when I’m done with it. It has always been a go to hammer for me so maybe it wasn’t a waste of time after all

[Phil Yearout]

Originally Posted by Jack Cronkhite

Here’s one. Belonged to my father in law for sure and maybe his father. Got it maybe 40 or 50 years ago. Pandemic time saw me running out of projects so decided to revitalize this hammer. I could see it had at one time been painted red. Checked the big time waster Google and found one like it on eBay with still a good amount of red on the handle. Wire wheel then buffing wheel then gun blue took care of the metal. Some sanding and some filler and a couple sprays of red paint took care of the wood. I purposefully left the chip at the bottom of the handle unfilled. Will pass it along to a great grandson or maybe great-great grandson of the first owner when I’m done with it. It has always been a go to hammer for me so maybe it wasn’t a waste of time after all

Remember the old woodman's story: "I've put a new handle and a new head on her, but she's still a damned good axe!"