I got the situation handled

I have bought a few blacksmith hammer heads in the last couple years. I’ve had some hickory drying in my shop for about 3 years. I started splitting and cutting in to hammer handle blanks.
I shaped a couple and I staged them in two hand forged hammers I had. I have 6 blanks left and wood to make a bunch more.
I shape them entirely with a large rasp and sand paper. I cut a few wedges while I was at it. I’m getting better at it and really enjoy it.

Those handles will probably outlast you. Dad made most of his axe and hammer handles with a draw knife and a rasp.

Hubert (Ga)engine7 wrote: Those handles will probably outlast you. Dad made most of his axe and hammer handles with a draw knife and a rasp.

I’m gonna make a draw knife when I get the forge going again. I had a really good one when we were building log homes. I have no idea where it went.

Sounds like your hammering away at it.

I used to have a bucket full of hammer heads of all types and sizes, the old lady....oooops….I mean the loving wife would leave them and anything else out in the rain and weather laying where she last used it, either to be found a year or so later or never to be found again! of course the handles were shot when I did find them. i'm not sure what building I have them heads in anymore! guess I thought I'd always replace the handles some day. I will NOT let her use my old framing waffle hammer...it's hid and I know where it's at. do you make shovel and rake/hoe handles?

what you doin in the house now? ain't you gots sumpthin to do? (poke,poke)

cabinhollow wrote: What he is hinting at, is that he needs a new/longer poking stick.

Good “point” pun intended. He wants to make him a long sharp hickory pokin stick to use on me.

I have a pretty good collection that I hang on a eight foot section of the wall in the shop. They start with a 13oz. peen and end with a 20lb. rock hammer with most anything in between. You'd be surprised how often I use the 20.lber. One neat one I have is one they used to make round rods with. Never saw one before. Fun hobby.

I think he's handled the pokes just fine.  It's when he drinks to much and gets hammered that he feels like he has nails in his head.  you've gotta claw at em to pull em out.

I've made quite a few gun handles with walnut and done them with nothing but a draw knife and sand paper a pencil and been real happy with the results.
Next I'm going to try and make some inserts out of red cedar.  It's such pretty wood but I don't know if it's hard enough.