hammer handles

[halfmiler]

my driving hammer is of unknown age or make. it had a cliff carrol style handle that felt really good in the hand but a horse stepped on it and cracked on the backside,i tapped it up and kept using it for the next year and a half till i found a peice of swamp ash with tight straight grain in my shop and made a handle. i cracked this one the other day but it has nice spiring now lol

i was cleaning my box out,hence the missing tools from my box.
attempting to upload a picture or 2

http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss90/3seriesnut/hammer.jpg
http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss90/3seriesnut/hammer3.jpg
http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss90/3seriesnut/hammer2.jpg

anyone else make their own handles?

[Tom Stovall, CJF]

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my driving hammer is of unknown age or make.

It looks a lot like the old Thoro'bred driving hammers (c1985?), maybe it's a prototype or a knockoff. Bellota had something similar about the same time.

[George Geist]

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my driving hammer is of unknown age or make.

It looks a lot like the old Thoro'bred driving hammers (c1985?), maybe it's a prototype or a knockoff. Bellota had something similar about the same time.
How can you tell?

All I can see is the end of the handle
George

[Jack Evers]

For some reason George that loaded as a really big picture, scroll to the right, the head is there.

[smitty88]

how big is that hammer 3 ft:D

[Ray_Knightley]

I am going to print that out and wall paper the hall:D

[halfmiler]

i couldnt get photos to upload using the uploader here so i used a dirrect link to my photo server,sorry for the size.

its a verry well balanced hammer. ive got a blurton 10oz that i traded a buddy of mine a pair of GE nippers for that i rarely use because it hurts my elbow....go figure a free hammer feels better than a $100+ hammer lol

[George Geist]

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my driving hammer is of unknown age or make.

It looks a lot like the old Thoro'bred driving hammers (c1985?), maybe it's a prototype or a knockoff. Bellota had something similar about the same time.
I think Mr Stovall's right.

Is the same hammer I use.
George

[halfmiler]

thanks,its a verry well balanced hammer and dont kill the elbow like some of those short nosed hammers ive used. depending on mood i use this one or my flatland forge square nosed texas speical.