Couple of old hammers.

[GruffaloGriff 1,858]

Pulled these old hammer heads out of the skip.....as you can never have too many hammers.

Put a couple of quick handles on two of them.....may get to the others sometime.

Old Estwing has GRP resin soaked denim wrapped round it then cling wrap to hold it in shape until it sets. Once set shaped it up using the edge of the bandsaw blade like a rasp.

The other  head i welded a spring steel shaft in and sandwiched it in oak stuck on with isopone and pinned with copper rivets. Rubbed oak with wire wool soaked in vinegar to blacken it up a bit and a coat of wax.

 

[Rabid 1,936]

Spot on that griff, I can never be bothered to put handles in my old heads, but that resin soaked denim has made me think again.

[Wullz 408]

Whats wrong with gaffer tape? I have 2 estwings, one brand new, never used in anger and my old trusty one with a gaffer tape handle....

Seriously though, cracking job as usual griff, looks great.....

[samuria 331]

recycling at its best, well done 

[GruffaloGriff 1,858]

12 hours ago, Rabid said:

Spot on that griff, I can never be bothered to put handles in my old heads, but that resin soaked denim has made me think again.

Easy to do....2 inch strips of denim dipped in resin and wrapped round and round like tape, clig wrapped it while wet and squeeze into shape, final shape up on the bandsaw. Unbelievably tough stuff with the denim in it and the bandsaw seemed the only thing that would shape it with any speed.

 

 

[Billy b 773]

Estwing, good hammers?

Good what you can find when you keep your eyes peeled ain't it?

Denim resin ones a good un

[air gun ant 1,666]

I was gonna try the same thing for knife scales griff, did you use epoxy or polyester resin? I've some polyester left from making a dinghy last week and some epoxy from work. I've seen a good one somebody did with 2 different colours of tshirt cut and soaked in resin and then clamped till cured, it looked really smart as a knife handle! Home made Micarta I suppose lol nice job anyway mate

[j j m 6,539]

look mint mate

[PeskyWabbits 464]

Does anyone on this forum have links with TV? 

Griff, the world needs you.

[GruffaloGriff 1,858]

On 11/22/2017 at 18:37, air gun ant said:

I was gonna try the same thing for knife scales griff, did you use epoxy or polyester resin? I've some polyester left from making a dinghy last week and some epoxy from work. I've seen a good one somebody did with 2 different colours of tshirt cut and soaked in resin and then clamped till cured, it looked really smart as a knife handle! Home made Micarta I suppose lol nice job anyway mate

Hi ant, sorry missed your post.....not got the hang of this new web site yet!Yes just polyester resin for fiberglass i got from a roofing guy. I have layered up denim for knife handles and cast it direct onto the knife, it works a treat. Wear Nitrile gloves and dip each  strip of material in resin and squeegee the excess off through your fingers. Put a srip of polythene between the resin and the clamping blocks and clamp it up. Heres one i did.

P1060475_zpslbsy3j7u by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1060476_zpslro7dxhv by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1060481_zpslrpzsza5 by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1060482_zpssjtdsomm by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1060485_zpsi0volifj by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1060501_zps6vqkwqii by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1060502_zpsepmaxzgd by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1060503_zpsuk1g0rtp by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1060522_zpsqqs0bra2 by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1060532_zpsqhqtof1g by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

[GruffaloGriff 1,858]

Following the hammer post above, i got a request to do a custom antler handle from a member...............heres a few pics of the results.

P1070973 by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1070977 by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1070981 by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1070985 by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1070988 by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1070990 by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1070991 by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1070995 by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1070996 by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1070997 by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1080018 by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1080005 by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1080009 by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

P1080007 by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

 

[leegreen 2,173]

You can never have too many hammers mate. At last count, hammers, mallets etc I had 16 

[GruffaloGriff 1,858]

11 minutes ago, leegreen said:

You can never have too many hammers mate. At last count, hammers, mallets etc I had 16 

I don't have enough fingers and toes to count all mine.

Griff