@@drutt1985 this reminds me of something I heard a while ago how back in medieval times, jews believed that God created a pair of tongs(pliers? Those big tweezers blacksmiths use) on the 7th day, because you need a pair of tongs to make a pair of tongs so that was the explanation of how the first one came to be
So your grandpa gives you a hammer: the wood on the hammer gets old, you replace it. Years later the head of the hammer rusts : you replace it. Is it still your grandpas hammer?
You see the way they rebranded a shitty handle? This is why it doesn’t cost a lot for repairs from this guy… cuz it’s cheap replacements with professional touch ups. Lol
@@amospierce9610 why would you want a titanium head? Isn’t titanium light weight? The whole point of a hammer is to be heavy so you can transfer momentum from the hammer head to the nail.
@@SuzukiKid400 steel has some pretty ideal properties for that, so I'm curious too why titanium would be used. The reason could actually be that it has less ideal properties. Possibly to prevent cracks in wood and such.
"Hey what's that?" "That's my hammer" "And what's that other hammer do?" "That's my hammer hammer?" "Why do you have a hammer hammer?" "Well I need a hammer hammer to hammer my hammer when my hammer breaks?" "So let me get this straight you bought two hammers one a hammer and the other a hammer hammer you you could hammer your hammer back together?" "Y e s"
I was at the flea market and was going to buy a really nice old hammer for buck. The guy said “ It was my grandpa’s hammer.” I told him “ No man, don’t do it. Don’t ever sell your grandpa’s hammer.” I lost on a bargain but, hopefully saved him regret.
@@fayeking5066 If I know my flea market too booths.........don't worry he probably had 12 identical of his "Grandpa's hammer" under the table. All made in Taiwan. 🤣
Got my first stilleto 18 years ago, only ever replaced the handle once. Let my boss use it once and he snapped a claw off it. Still using it to this day.
My grandpa used to do stuff like that to all his hammers however it was so no one could just steal his hammer cause it looked the same as all the other ones apparently all of the guys he worked with did the same with different colors and symbols that was their defining mark on all their tools.
Taking the varnish finish off the handle will help you avoid blisters. An oil finish is best. Back when we really handnailed walls together, we would scrape our handles every day to remove dirt and wax. Then we would use wax to help us hold onto the handle all day long.
Fun fact: “I just don’t get the Hang of it.” That’s actually a term used when you Hang, or install the handle, on an axe and it’s not really correct and feels funny. I imagine it’s probably called Hanging when you put a handle on a hammer too.
I hang axes and handled tools. You're ALMOST right. There are 3 terms to know. Hang, haft, and helve. The hang is the orientation of the handle when installed, it is correct to hang a handle, and when orienting the handle, you are hanging it. A badly hung axe is one in which the hang (handle orientation) is not perpendicular to the blade edge Haft is another word for handle; you can haft an axe, as that is to put a handle on it. It is correct to say I'm hafting an axe as well, as that is also to say you are installing a handle. But when the handle needs to be sized to the eye of the axe, and made straight; that is hanging. Helve is the same as haft. The reason one might say "I can't get the hang of it" is actually because hanging an axe is iterative; that is to say, you take some material from the handle, try to fit the head again, etc. Some people can't help but take too much material, and this leads to a weakly hafted axe or hammer, and some people take too much off of one side or the other, and that leads to a badly hung axe as previously described.
It forces the hammer onto the new handle because the handle drops faster than the head of the hammer. You can do the same thing easily by sticking a knife slightly into an apple or potato and hitting the back of the knife with a show or something else hard.
It’s was going great till the paint and shellac. BLO or some other type of oil will be much easier to hold on to.and just feels better in your hand. Try it once and you won’t go back to shellac.
@@HighSpeedChase762 even if the guy didn't have time to let the BLO set in or apply multiple coats over a few weeks I would still prefer it to shellac or varnish 🤮 might as well just buy a steel handled hammer instead of going through all this effort just to reapply shellac imo
I have always used boiled linseed oil on my wood handles but I wanted to try something different. One light coat of shellac has been pretty nice so far and I enjoy swinging it. Thanks!
Usually I scrape off the shellac finish off the handles and with add beeswax or linseed oil. I’ve never seen someone remove the shellac only to replace it with more shellac. 👏
@Scottjon Dansteve I think it makes the entire tool look store-bought and it cheapens his effort in replacing the hilt… in my opinion it also takes away from the aesthetic. Having a logo on it advertises the product for other people and does nothing for the owner. If you are going to invest this much time and energy into replacing the hilt and painting it, you may as well take the logo off because it is unique and it cannot be found in stores that way.
@Scottjon Dansteve it obviously was if it had a logo on it, but just because it was store-bought doesn’t mean you have to walk around with an advertised logo on your product. It seems like a silly question to ask provided my previous comment, but… If the logo itself doesn’t add status to your product, such as the Apple logo on an iPhone case, or a Jordan logo on the tongue of a basketball shoe, it’s there for the sole purpose of promoting the company that manufactured it. Hence it serves no purpose to the consumer, aesthetically or otherwise.
@Scottjon Dansteve Idk what’s looked down upon generally in that community, however if I’m going to put forth the effort to paint and shellac it, I don’t want the company getting credit for my aftermarket work.
Wearing my bags and drawing tools from it and then putting them back after use, fluidly and without looking most times... Makes me feel like a cowboy or batman with a fat utility belt lol.
@@HebrewHunter101 I work in bars, I can pop a bottle top off with a bar blade and catch it without looking. It's about 90% successful. I can only imagine any girl that sees it gets pregnant.
Handles are a consumable item like you said they need to be replaced at some point. I've tried a few other hammers but this is my favorite so far. Thanks!
@@robertlambert876 had estwings .. liked em. I like the wooden handles . Break a coke bottle , use the glass and shaved the handle down for my hand. Also liked my 32 oz. Vaughn framing axe. Back in the day i was a framing ,deck laying animal. Then nail guns came out.
2 problems with estwing every time you hit the hammer on a nail it rings drives me nuts that’s why they got the nickname estring and it’s also way heavier then this hammer I had a co worker who bought one and I had a 20oz Stanley and his way so much better so light but still got the work done.
It might just be me. But I find the clip 5 seconds in when he’s hammering the bottom of the hammer while holding the hammer in his hand extremely disturbing
I’m not a tool person but I’m genuinely curious as to why? I didn’t mean to start an argument- I’ve seen both sides so thank you to both sides for the answers- I probably should’ve just asked my dad 😅
No it actually does drive the handle into the eye. That is the way they seat any axe or hammer head. I’m not sure if the mechanics but it does indeed work.
Stiletto is a really good hammer. To the people that don’t know, they’re worth more than your gaming console in some cases. I would replace the handle on that thing till I died, then pass it onto my children.
I would have used boiled linseed oil instead of shellac, the shellac is only meant to look good on a store shelf in reality its slippery causing you to grip it tighter
Watching him remove the old coat, only to put a new one on kind of annoyed me. Shellac doesn't even feel good in the hand. So aside from marketing, it's pointless and gross
Now there's a guy who knows what he's talking about...linseed oil is the best...got it on not just hammer handle but axe, shovel, and every other wood handle tool in my barn.
Did the old handle break because you like to shellac your handles? I also don’t understand what the hitting the handle while holding it in your hand was accomplishing.
Great work! Personally I like to torch my hammer handles and then use a combo of high grit sandpaper and linseed oil to finish it off. Feels great in the hand and looks cool too
Nice, but two things could be better: 1. before installing the new handle just place it in an oven for 30 minutes at about 80-100 degrees Celsius to dry it because: 2. Leave about 1/4“(6mm) of the wood sticking out of the hammers/Axe‘s head. That’s because the dry wood from the oven will soak moisture from the air and so it will never loose up.
Only thing you need to do is oil the handle nicely, it will do the job of puffing the wood up like water but it doesn't escape so it's permanent and makes up for good moisture prevention
The only thing funnier than fixing a hammer with a hammer would have been to use an Estwing. You know a hammer that doesn’t get slippery when you sweat.
I am gonna be honest I don't know how that second part of him hammering the wood onto the head worked. He was holding the handling and hammering the handle but some how instead of the head falling off it went into place?
He's pushing the glued wood wedge into the notch, tightening the wood into the hole of the hammer head. The metal pins he then hammers in as well are to tighten the bond even more.
The handle is lighter than the head so it moves faster than the head when you hammer down on it and the way the handle flares grabs the head as soon as it inches in at all stopping the head from driving down. At least that is my theory but I know that is the proper way to seat a hammer or axe head.
The angle is weird but he’s actually holding it parallel to the ground so the greater inertia of the hammer keeps it in the same point in space while the handle moves more into place.
All right, I'm gonna give you a choice. You can either have the money and the hammer or you can walk out of here. You can't have both. What do you want?
Never had to replace my random hammer my grandfather uses and has used for probably longer than my parents have been alive and he used it to build a gazebo, remodel his kitchen multiple times, renovate the entire basement from a nasty cellar into a theatre room and office space with a workshop(workshop was still old basement tho it was kinda gross but no one rlly went in there but him) and the hammer is still indeed a clump of metal on a wooden handle that works as intended
@@timothydillon6421 seriously. I’m not even a carpenter yet I swing my hammer probably 500 times a day in a very conservative estimate. It’s ridiculous to compare home use tools with tools used on a jobsite
Yeah I was lucky my coworker broke his got mad when to the hardware store and bought a t-bone and then gave me his old head easiest 15 dollar hammer ever
When I brought my new stiletto hammer to work all the old guys made fun " nice space hammer " ha ha ha. Jokes on them when there elbow swells up and they can barely lift a beer
I always strip the finish off the handle of my tools and soak them in linseed oil for a few days, then let it dry for a week or two. It takes a long time but it makes the handle very strong. I have two framing hammers just in case, but I can’t remember the last time I had to replace a handle on one.
Hey that's carpentry babe!! We get attached to our hammers in weird ways. I still miss my first 28 oz Stanley (estwing knockoff) that got lost in a move years ago 😢
Best way to seat a wedge is to put it flat on wood and hit the handle from the other side ( with a mallet, not a hammer ). Hitting the wedge itself can cause it to crack. It can crack doing it his way as well but its a lot safer.
After scrapping you should have stopped and oiled it like us old framers that are to old to work and just give advice. But trust me when I say oil it and ya don’t forget to wear sun screen and rig your roof sheeting ahead of time so the truss crane guy shows up he can hoist your roof sheeting to second floor and you won’t have to have your seconds hump it up the ladder
These days we use a lift to shoot the sheathing up and pull right off the pile it eliminates the need for seconds and it always shows up to work on time and don’t ever need a break or a unemployment claim
Us old framers really know that the guy running the hammer is much more important than if it’s made of titanium or not. I’ve got an antique plumb rigging ax, a Vaughan rigging ax and another Plumb ax plus a Dalluge 21 oz California Framing hammer. I don’t need any damn titanium hammers!
i remember my dad had/has one those 12 years ago when i was 16/17 when he would take me with him to work in construction, Absolutley love that hammer, its lightness & durability /toughnesss are the shit
You did a key thing that’s very overlooked. Scraped that cheap factory coating off and put your own on! Although you put shellac on it, why not something like linseed oil so it can absorb your sweat and oil and get a lovely patina over time?
To tighten up a loose wedge, drive it a little lower with a punch. Make sure you reseat the head first. If you’re on a job site and have 16d sinker nails, use a nail head sideway, held by the nail shaft to act as an improvised punch. Yes use another hammer to drive the wedge in. Sometimes I use old wedges to tight up a head , if there is enough space. Otherwise you might split the handle. Pounding a bunch of nails in as wedges is just bush league.
@@kevinmoore4355 nobody asked for input either, but you most certainly gave it anyway… And by the tone of your comment it sounds like you lead a miserable life… Probably married to a Karen
Why would you ever buy a tool from harbor freight? Cheap right? You certainly get what you pay for. A real professional has a few hammers at least. This guy used a ball peen hammer and wooden mallet to rehang his stilletto hammer handle. It’s a good exercise for a novice to replace a wooden handle.
Got out of the trade in 2011. Been in the oilfield mostly since. Always wanted a Stiletto. Home Depo had a plastic handle on sale @ $99 a few years ago. Bought one just because. Built pole barns after getting laid off. Sometimes I wish I had more weight. Currently learning natural gas compression. I might have put the head of the hammer in linseed oil and boiled it for a while. It is a lifetime tool. I only used my Occidental tool bags 5 years.
Can you really? ...i mean, is it even possible? (I kept turning my phone over lookin' for the... magic) I did see the hidden camera...(i knew it was too good t be true...) I'll just stick with the fiberglass handles that give you splinters if you don't wear gloves...
I've only ever used BLO on my axe and hammer handles like you said, but I wanted to try something different. I did one light coat of shellac so its not glossy or slippery. It will probably wear off from use and I'll coat it like I normally do.
I hear those are good hammers, but for me an all metal Estwing rules. I used mine all day today for hammering, prying, and leveraging out 12" ground spikes, along with a crow bar and sledgehammer. Never fails.
Yeah I really like these hammers for work. I have some steel hammers but these are lighter and easier to swing, and in most cases work just as well or better. Thanks!
I am confused, there was a part where he was holding the handle, and hitting the bottom of the handle. I am not sure what the purpose of that was, the arm holding the handle would have absorbed all the force.
@@DensityMatrix1 still doesn't make sense from a physics standpoint. It seems to be in all the videos and instructions, but doesn't explain how it helps at all 😂
@@imgingergiraffe3731 The head is "hanging" on the handle by the force of friction. When the handle is hit on the bottom, The strike causes the handle to move downward at a speed greater than free-fall. This provides an impulse that overcomes (is greater than) the force of friction. So at the end the handle is moving down faster than free-fall, the head is falling but only at free-fall. So the total distance move by the handle is greater than the head, which causes the head to seat lower on the handle. At some point the friction from the holders hand slows the handle, which allows for the coeffecient of friction to "catch up" with the moving handle and the system comes to rest. It is the same principle as a car doing a burnout. The tires are spinning but the car isn't moving forward. Why? There isn't sufficient friction between the tires and the road. The handle is moving down faster faster than the head, because there isn't sufficient friction. I'm an engineer btw.
@@connorpeck4962 what the hell is down time, I have a 12month order book and I'm certainly not going to be repairing hammers instead of playing with my kids
The fact that he painted and shellacked his hammer tells me this man isn't a real contractor. Hammers never break any convenient time where you can exert this much effort fixing one.
@@charliehoes4071 I’ve worked construction for over 20 years, and I would never do this. Of course I wouldn’t pay that much for a hammer either. My time is worth way more then having a fancy hammer that still breaks or gets lost/stolen just as easily.
I dont know why, but the fact that you needed a hammer to fix a hammer just makes me chuckle.
Me too but not as much as needing a pair of scissors to open the packet scissors come in.
Kinda like a wrecker needing a wrecker .
Or like using the stones to destroy the stones
“You’re making a knife with a knife?”
“You got a better way?”
So how did they make the first hammer? 🤔
In spirit, she's still Grandpa's hammer, no matter how much of it you repair or replace
Nah thats just a $160 hammer
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What if you replace the handle then replace the head?
@@CriticalCrazy it's the sorites paradox
Guys got the theuseus hammer,.. or was it the other one?
I love how he uses other hammers to just create this one singular hammer
"I've used the hammer to create the hammer."
But how was mankind's first hammer made? Makes you think... 🤔
That is a very expensive hammer head.
Probably rotates repairing them
@@drutt1985 this reminds me of something I heard a while ago how back in medieval times, jews believed that God created a pair of tongs(pliers? Those big tweezers blacksmiths use) on the 7th day, because you need a pair of tongs to make a pair of tongs so that was the explanation of how the first one came to be
So your grandpa gives you a hammer: the wood on the hammer gets old, you replace it. Years later the head of the hammer rusts : you replace it. Is it still your grandpas hammer?
No, it's your hammer
Titanium doesn't rust
Ahh the hammer of Theseus lol
Cant tell if this is a movie reference, or the soy sauce just kicked in🤔
Theseus's ship all over again
“What did you do over the weekend?”
“Oh I was just hammering a hammer.”
Haha😂
Lol 😆
😂
XD
😂
I don’t know anything about hammers. But that looks expensive
They are 100$ (titanium head) new handle kit is less than 20$
You see the way they rebranded a shitty handle? This is why it doesn’t cost a lot for repairs from this guy… cuz it’s cheap replacements with professional touch ups. Lol
@@amospierce9610 that's expensive as hell.
@@amospierce9610 why would you want a titanium head? Isn’t titanium light weight? The whole point of a hammer is to be heavy so you can transfer momentum from the hammer head to the nail.
@@SuzukiKid400 steel has some pretty ideal properties for that, so I'm curious too why titanium would be used.
The reason could actually be that it has less ideal properties. Possibly to prevent cracks in wood and such.
Reminds me of The Office:
Phyllis: *You're making a knife with a knife?*
Dwight: *You got a better way?*
I needed this lol
exactly my first thought while I was watching this lol
This made me happy
Yes actually. Make it with a rly long sword
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“Nothing like a nice piece of hickory”.
-Pale Rider
Cost twice as much as a regular Hickory handle because of the name!
This is the kinda shit I would do. Everyone is like, "When are you going to finish the damn shed?!"
Ofc it's useless for u, just look at your name burning dinosaur
@@toofast4u30 Bruh don't talk shit to people unless you ready to get yelled at.
@@Mexikirb yeah I'm ready ofc
@@Mexikirb and it isn't useless, you better don't waste that metal, better use it till the last second, it lives.
@@toofast4u30 okay 'too fast 4 u' 😂
"I use the hammer to fix the hammer"
-Master Oogeay
Who only owns one hammer…?
So where did the first hammer come from???
Why was their another hammer ?
I used the scissors to open the scissors.
The hammer he used was a cheap $5 hammer to fix a $100+ hammer
"Hey what's that?"
"That's my hammer"
"And what's that other hammer do?"
"That's my hammer hammer?"
"Why do you have a hammer hammer?"
"Well I need a hammer hammer to hammer my hammer when my hammer breaks?"
"So let me get this straight you bought two hammers one a hammer and the other a hammer hammer you you could hammer your hammer back together?"
"Y e s"
Seems perfectly logical to me!!
@@kym393 hammer hammer evolved into "Hammer Squared"
Cringe
Now buy a Hummer to Storage all tour hammers :D
Y’all never used a hammer before🙄. So cringe, I hate our generation
I used to take the logos off my sharpies the same way and thought it was the coolest marker afterwards 😂
😂😂😂😂
pretending is fun
This kind of reminds me of a Ron Swanson quote: “people who buy things are suckers”
👍👍
Though scraping the aftermarket label to conciel the budget refurb evidence is not without irony
I was at the flea market and was going to buy a really nice old hammer for buck. The guy said “ It was my grandpa’s hammer.” I told him “ No man, don’t do it. Don’t ever sell your grandpa’s hammer.” I lost on a bargain but, hopefully saved him regret.
@@fayeking5066 If I know my flea market too booths.........don't worry he probably had 12 identical of his "Grandpa's hammer" under the table.
All made in Taiwan. 🤣
@@maxi-me LOL
He had to buy that new handle
Got my first stilleto 18 years ago, only ever replaced the handle once. Let my boss use it once and he snapped a claw off it. Still using it to this day.
That's why I don't lend out my tools..
Sounds about right
I hope HES still using it to this day and he bought you a real hammer.
Ya cause it’s not theirs... I’m yelling “hey! Don’t pull nails out with it Mfer, use your cats paw, that’s what that for!!!”
Using a hammer to hammer a hammer
I love how his handle lasts long enough to bother blinging it up.
That’s a 100$ hammer he’s fixing there. It Deserves to be fancy!
My grandpa used to do stuff like that to all his hammers however it was so no one could just steal his hammer cause it looked the same as all the other ones apparently all of the guys he worked with did the same with different colors and symbols that was their defining mark on all their tools.
Not just bling. He impregnated it and now it will withstand humidity.
If you know how to use a hammer it could last a lifetime.!
@@codyschmidt510 ï9p
I don’t know why but this reminds me of an episode from only fools and horses where trigger talks about his broom.
If you’re not a framer, don’t spend $300 on a hammer.
For everyone else a $30 hammer will outlive you.
Dont tell me what to spend my stimulus check on
Dude that hammer is like 100 bucks. The t-bone is 300 not there titanium headed claw hammer.
One day I’ll buy myself one, just cause I like nice things
I've destroyed so many $30 hammers man and I'm not a framer. Basement work is where hammers go to die.
Lol righttttt I'm 23 not a farmer broken hammers and much other shit
Imagine a survival game like this: you need a Hammer to craft a hammer
Just like how you need a scissors to open a scissors
You could use a stone to hammer
@@_meap
You could use your teeth to open the scissors
@@dannhan3104 you could remove your teeth with scissors
@@joviansen u can remove the zip with teeth too
I was with you up until the shellac. Why scrape off the store shellac just to add fresh shellac . It needed a few applications of oil instead.
I think the scraping was more about the logo on the handle.
Ruined it with shellac....just oil it
Nothing I despise in life as much as working with a shellacked wooden tool. Scrape it off and oil it.
Taking the varnish finish off the handle will help you avoid blisters. An oil finish is best. Back when we really handnailed walls together, we would scrape our handles every day to remove dirt and wax. Then we would use wax to help us hold onto the handle all day long.
I listened to this about 26 times before actually knowing what you were doing because it was in my pocket. Enjoy the watch time lol
Good thing you had a second hammer, to repair this other hammer.
If you don't have two hammers, you don't have any. Two is one and one is none.
@@williamwinder5011 They should sell them by the pair
Or use a rock or something else "hammer like". Simple
Wooden mallet but ok 🤣
@The Pharoah/TheBigCheese/MC-Aids Hahahahaha
Fun fact:
“I just don’t get the Hang of it.”
That’s actually a term used when you Hang, or install the handle, on an axe and it’s not really correct and feels funny.
I imagine it’s probably called Hanging when you put a handle on a hammer too.
"I just can't get the hang of it" yes the damn rope keeps broking are the brand snaps. I'm fat.
@@josiahralya2160 loose weight ,or try another method
I hang axes and handled tools.
You're ALMOST right.
There are 3 terms to know.
Hang, haft, and helve.
The hang is the orientation of the handle when installed, it is correct to hang a handle, and when orienting the handle, you are hanging it.
A badly hung axe is one in which the hang (handle orientation) is not perpendicular to the blade edge
Haft is another word for handle; you can haft an axe, as that is to put a handle on it.
It is correct to say I'm hafting an axe as well, as that is also to say you are installing a handle.
But when the handle needs to be sized to the eye of the axe, and made straight; that is hanging.
Helve is the same as haft.
The reason one might say "I can't get the hang of it" is actually because hanging an axe is iterative; that is to say, you take some material from the handle, try to fit the head again, etc.
Some people can't help but take too much material, and this leads to a weakly hafted axe or hammer, and some people take too much off of one side or the other, and that leads to a badly hung axe as previously described.
@@D-Vinko lop] pppppppp
When you realise he's using a hammer to hammer the handle of his hammer into the head of his hammer
hammer-ception
He hammering the air ... Try it ... Just dont get that move
Whyd he hit the hammer in his hand like that 😂
Because he wanted to show off his jiggly forearms....
Other guy is mentioning a lot of shafts so, probably just didn't want to damage the handle
All this shaft talk making me zorny
It forces the hammer onto the new handle because the handle drops faster than the head of the hammer. You can do the same thing easily by sticking a knife slightly into an apple or potato and hitting the back of the knife with a show or something else hard.
It’s was going great till the paint and shellac. BLO or some other type of oil will be much easier to hold on to.and just feels better in your hand. Try it once and you won’t go back to shellac.
Yeah, when I saw him card scrape the shellac off…only to reapply shellac I was like “WTF are you doing, bro!?” BLO FTW.
Yeah that fresh coat of shellac is just asking for some fresh blisters even if you’re hands are calloused
@@HighSpeedChase762 even if the guy didn't have time to let the BLO set in or apply multiple coats over a few weeks I would still prefer it to shellac or varnish 🤮 might as well just buy a steel handled hammer instead of going through all this effort just to reapply shellac imo
I thought that’s why he was scraping. BLO would be just the ticket.
I thought it was to get it back to how it originally looked in an authentic way, tbf there's a few reasons why shellac isn't industrially used anymore
You get a better grip without shellac just oil it real good.
I have always used boiled linseed oil on my wood handles but I wanted to try something different. One light coat of shellac has been pretty nice so far and I enjoy swinging it. Thanks!
I hope you're still talking about the hammer and not the love tool
@@therealalphamale4716 who doesn't love swinging their hammer around
@@SmDJeremy very true indeed. And one should note that it's not the angle of the dangle but the the throb in the knob to pay attention too.
@@therealalphamale4716
Actually BOTH!😷
Usually I scrape off the shellac finish off the handles and with add beeswax or linseed oil. I’ve never seen someone remove the shellac only to replace it with more shellac. 👏
First time for everything
@Scottjon Dansteve look cheap
@Scottjon Dansteve I think it makes the entire tool look store-bought and it cheapens his effort in replacing the hilt… in my opinion it also takes away from the aesthetic.
Having a logo on it advertises the product for other people and does nothing for the owner. If you are going to invest this much time and energy into replacing the hilt and painting it, you may as well take the logo off because it is unique and it cannot be found in stores that way.
@Scottjon Dansteve it obviously was if it had a logo on it, but just because it was store-bought doesn’t mean you have to walk around with an advertised logo on your product.
It seems like a silly question to ask provided my previous comment, but…
If the logo itself doesn’t add status to your product, such as the Apple logo on an iPhone case, or a Jordan logo on the tongue of a basketball shoe, it’s there for the sole purpose of promoting the company that manufactured it.
Hence it serves no purpose to the consumer, aesthetically or otherwise.
@Scottjon Dansteve Idk what’s looked down upon generally in that community, however if I’m going to put forth the effort to paint and shellac it, I don’t want the company getting credit for my aftermarket work.
The fact that he used another hammer to do this is gratifying
I love how he puts it away just like a cowboy would his gun, or a samurai his sword
well everyone needs the right tool for his job
Wearing my bags and drawing tools from it and then putting them back after use, fluidly and without looking most times... Makes me feel like a cowboy or batman with a fat utility belt lol.
@@HebrewHunter101 I work in bars, I can pop a bottle top off with a bar blade and catch it without looking. It's about 90% successful. I can only imagine any girl that sees it gets pregnant.
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Im in construction trades, if you have a hammer try spinning it like a revolver. Its kinda neat
I had to do that a few months ago, it lasted a good 3 years. My favorite hammer in 25 years of carpentry, it’s seen some things!
Handles are a consumable item like you said they need to be replaced at some point. I've tried a few other hammers but this is my favorite so far.
Thanks!
Like my old Vaughn framing hammer. One to set the nail , one lick to drive it home. Then came air nail guns.
and it's going to see many more
I use a 22oz estwing. Never liked the stilettos. Its the best framing hammer ive had and I'll never need to replace a thing on it unless I lose it.
@@robertlambert876 had estwings .. liked em. I like the wooden handles . Break a coke bottle , use the glass and shaved the handle down for my hand. Also liked my 32 oz. Vaughn framing axe. Back in the day i was a framing ,deck laying animal. Then nail guns came out.
Ive been using the same solid steel one piece Estwing hammer for over 10 years to frame and demolish anything. Works like the day I bought it.
2 problems with estwing every time you hit the hammer on a nail it rings drives me nuts that’s why they got the nickname estring and it’s also way heavier then this hammer I had a co worker who bought one and I had a 20oz Stanley and his way so much better so light but still got the work done.
Mine is 23 years old. Still works just fine.
I love estwing but it just hurts my hand I like wooden handle hammers better same with axes
Was just gonna say “shoulda bought an estwing” but you beat me to it my dude
Titanium hammers do hit hard tho.
Nicely done Sir, it’s always a pleasure working w/ proper hand tools.
It might just be me. But I find the clip 5 seconds in when he’s hammering the bottom of the hammer while holding the hammer in his hand extremely disturbing
I’m not a tool person but I’m genuinely curious as to why?
I didn’t mean to start an argument- I’ve seen both sides so thank you to both sides for the answers- I probably should’ve just asked my dad 😅
@@_Gingi_Berri because it's legit doing nothing, it's not forcing the handle into the head, because the head is moving with it.
@@lochlan20 I see the pointlessness of that now- Thank you for enlightening me :3
No it actually does drive the handle into the eye. That is the way they seat any axe or hammer head. I’m not sure if the mechanics but it does indeed work.
It’s just you bro… do you also fall apart when it rains? Or how about when the suns to sunnish?
The Hammer was so happy that he could Rest. But now Hammer is sad
Sad hammer :[
Bummer hammer
🧢 Hammer likes to Thor Smash.. *pause*
Stiletto is a really good hammer. To the people that don’t know, they’re worth more than your gaming console in some cases. I would replace the handle on that thing till I died, then pass it onto my children.
So its the kaibar of hammers...sounds about right. (Kaibars are really nice and old knives)
Damn..
Or just buy a ti bone
@@strikerdoc_4205 it’s more like the Lamborghini of hammers
Titanium
If you want to extend the life of your handle, only use a wooden wedge, then drive a metal one only when it starts to get loose.
I would have used boiled linseed oil instead of shellac, the shellac is only meant to look good on a store shelf in reality its slippery causing you to grip it tighter
Watching him remove the old coat, only to put a new one on kind of annoyed me. Shellac doesn't even feel good in the hand. So aside from marketing, it's pointless and gross
Now there's a guy who knows what he's talking about...linseed oil is the best...got it on not just hammer handle but axe, shovel, and every other wood handle tool in my barn.
If you’re putting that stuff on a hammer you’re doing things the wrong way to begin with.
My man! You know your tools. Fewer people know to do stuff these days.
THANK YOU!!! Dude is ignorant
Did the old handle break because you like to shellac your handles?
I also don’t understand what the hitting the handle while holding it in your hand was accomplishing.
That's how you put a new head on tools.
It seats the head on the handle tighter, it's a pretty common way of rehandling
@@matthewjones5546 I can’t wrap my head around the physics of how that would work 🤷♂️
Great work! Personally I like to torch my hammer handles and then use a combo of high grit sandpaper and linseed oil to finish it off. Feels great in the hand and looks cool too
Lame
Wait... So in order to make a hammer, you need another hammer?... So HoW ThEn DoEs ThAt HaMmEr GeT MaDe?!?!
Nice, but two things could be better:
1. before installing the new handle just place it in an oven for 30 minutes at about 80-100 degrees Celsius to dry it because:
2. Leave about 1/4“(6mm) of the wood sticking out of the hammers/Axe‘s head. That’s because the dry wood from the oven will soak moisture from the air and so it will never loose up.
That's how the conical "wedges" got invented. For people who don't know that.
Only thing you need to do is oil the handle nicely, it will do the job of puffing the wood up like water but it doesn't escape so it's permanent and makes up for good moisture prevention
For some strange reason that I'm at a loss to explain why... I have a feeling this guy's oven might not speak metric degrees.
Or just use your Dad's estwing that is older than you are and never needs a new handle ;-p
Everyone's a critic...
The only thing funnier than fixing a hammer with a hammer would have been to use an Estwing. You know a hammer that doesn’t get slippery when you sweat.
There both great.
Ting ting ting
After using my 22oz estwing for 8 years it feels like swinging nothing at all. Never understood the need for a stiletto type hammer.
I swung a estwing for probably 15 years. Trust me when I tell you that 14oz stiletto is worth the investment.
@@BookieRitch b’ding b’ding b’ding
I am gonna be honest I don't know how that second part of him hammering the wood onto the head worked. He was holding the handling and hammering the handle but some how instead of the head falling off it went into place?
He's pushing the glued wood wedge into the notch, tightening the wood into the hole of the hammer head. The metal pins he then hammers in as well are to tighten the bond even more.
@@joshuavereschagin no, i think he means the clip right before that where he is just holding it I his hand.
The handle is lighter than the head so it moves faster than the head when you hammer down on it and the way the handle flares grabs the head as soon as it inches in at all stopping the head from driving down. At least that is my theory but I know that is the proper way to seat a hammer or axe head.
@@davidsandlin9686 yeah im pretty sure thats the case, but it works anf thats the important part
The angle is weird but he’s actually holding it parallel to the ground so the greater inertia of the hammer keeps it in the same point in space while the handle moves more into place.
All right, I'm gonna give you a choice. You can either have the money and the hammer or you can walk out of here. You can't have both. What do you want?
Never had to replace my random hammer my grandfather uses and has used for probably longer than my parents have been alive and he used it to build a gazebo, remodel his kitchen multiple times, renovate the entire basement from a nasty cellar into a theatre room and office space with a workshop(workshop was still old basement tho it was kinda gross but no one rlly went in there but him) and the hammer is still indeed a clump of metal on a wooden handle that works as intended
So about the equivalent amount of swings as a pro would put in in about 2 months.
nice
@@timothydillon6421 seriously. I’m not even a carpenter yet I swing my hammer probably 500 times a day in a very conservative estimate. It’s ridiculous to compare home use tools with tools used on a jobsite
There's a difference on home use and work use where you use a hammer literally every day 5/6 days a week 50 week a year for multiple years.
How many hitpoints did that gazebo have tho
No wonder he fixed it. Those titanium Stiletto brand tools are expensive. Very nice work.
Yeah I was lucky my coworker broke his got mad when to the hardware store and bought a t-bone and then gave me his old head easiest 15 dollar hammer ever
Anybody else see him hold the wooden handle and beat it with the hammer like it would push it in farther to the metal top?💀
It does. When you hold it upside down and hit the bottom of the handle the hammer head will seat itself tighter onto the handle
Clearly physics wasn’t your strong suit 🤣🤣
I think you should look up inertia.
Might look silly but it works. Do you really think this dude doesn't know what he's doing?
That's the way you're supposed to do it
When I brought my new stiletto hammer to work all the old guys made fun " nice space hammer " ha ha ha. Jokes on them when there elbow swells up and they can barely lift a beer
I always strip the finish off the handle of my tools and soak them in linseed oil for a few days, then let it dry for a week or two. It takes a long time but it makes the handle very strong. I have two framing hammers just in case, but I can’t remember the last time I had to replace a handle on one.
U can tell this guy really loves that Hammer 😂
Hey that's carpentry babe!! We get attached to our hammers in weird ways. I still miss my first 28 oz Stanley (estwing knockoff) that got lost in a move years ago 😢
Se pra fazer um martelo precisou de outro martelo, como o primeiro martelo do mundo foi feito?
Everyone's talking about useing the hammer to fix the hammer, but nobody's talking about how he just banged that wedge against his table.
He didn't bang it on the table, he banged a handle with the other hammer
Best way to seat a wedge is to put it flat on wood and hit the handle from the other side ( with a mallet, not a hammer ).
Hitting the wedge itself can cause it to crack. It can crack doing it his way as well but its a lot safer.
@@HitLeftistsWithHammers
exactly right.
This video just seems satisfying for some reason LOL when you have that one hammer you just know
Thanks!
After scrapping you should have stopped and oiled it like us old framers that are to old to work and just give advice. But trust me when I say oil it and ya don’t forget to wear sun screen and rig your roof sheeting ahead of time so the truss crane guy shows up he can hoist your roof sheeting to second floor and you won’t have to have your seconds hump it up the ladder
These days we use a lift to shoot the sheathing up and pull right off the pile it eliminates the need for seconds and it always shows up to work on time and don’t ever need a break or a unemployment claim
@@jackmehoff1565 this is the way!
Us old framers really know that the guy running the hammer is much more important than if it’s made of titanium or not. I’ve got an antique plumb rigging ax, a Vaughan rigging ax and another Plumb ax plus a Dalluge 21 oz California Framing hammer. I don’t need any damn titanium hammers!
rigging axe can be your best friend
Along with some diamond back tool bags that I wish I had 20 years earlier
"You're making a hammer with a hammer?"
"You got a better way?"
Dwight lol
The fact that I work in a hardware store and never knew what those chips were used for, until now, I feel so stupid😅🤣
For f sakes
Thats why I always have to say "you need me to go back there add find it myself" to you useless fuckkks.
@@Big_AlMC wow dude chill. It's my first job in a hardware store, give people a chance to learn
@@Big_AlMC you sound like you are a real asshole to retail employees. Maybe you'll get better service if you're nicer.
@@spraycanjimmy I would get nicer service...if I didn't have to do it MYSELF. Yank twatttt
i remember my dad had/has one those 12 years ago when i was 16/17 when he would take me with him to work in construction, Absolutley love that hammer, its lightness & durability /toughnesss are the shit
He's hammering the handle as he's holding it... thats not going to hammer into the head if there's nothing pushing pack
Have you ever put a hammer of axe head onto a handle though
A good way to do it is to hit the bottom of the handle onto something
@@EhmedCousCous yes?
You did a key thing that’s very overlooked. Scraped that cheap factory coating off and put your own on! Although you put shellac on it, why not something like linseed oil so it can absorb your sweat and oil and get a lovely patina over time?
I also use boiled linseed oil
Supposed to soak wooden handles in oil for days.
From what I can tell from this video is that I need a hammer to repair my hammer
I like having options, haha. Thanks
The pause when you card scrapped the logo made me laugh a little.
If you're a construction worker then this is a huge flex
Haha, I didn't think about it that way. Thanks for helping me stay humble.
Making your own handle out of exotic woods would be a bigger flex.
Thats what I do💪💪💪
To make a handle from the femur bone of your laborer would be the ultimate flex....lol
Yeah I'd rather have a Estwing California framer
But then again I have severe tennis elbow
So we need a hammer to fix another hammer. Imagine when the first hammer broke :D
They simply used a hammer that didn't need a hammer to make.
For example, a rock.
@@crazyrobots6565 just a joke haha
@@joegator02805 I know. But I decided to answer seriously.
@@crazyrobots6565 for sure brother
By the time it broke there were other hammers.
I've have a hammer for 5 years now and wedges always came loose so I just stuck a nail in it and it's great noe
Noe it’s not!!!
To tighten up a loose wedge, drive it a little lower with a punch. Make sure you reseat the head first. If you’re on a job site and have 16d sinker nails, use a nail head sideway, held by the nail shaft to act as an improvised punch. Yes use another hammer to drive the wedge in. Sometimes I use old wedges to tight up a head , if there is enough space. Otherwise you might split the handle. Pounding a bunch of nails in as wedges is just bush league.
Just get a Estwing and you’ll never have to do that again
True, never thought there was much difference in hammers until I used an Estwing.
So like, who asked for your opinion, and what makes you think this wasn't an enjoyable process 😐
I was just about to write that too. Hello from Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪
@@kevinmoore4355 nobody asked for input either, but you most certainly gave it anyway… And by the tone of your comment it sounds like you lead a miserable life… Probably married to a Karen
I'd like to try an Estwing someday. I like to have a variety.
I got the used Stiletto cheap and I enjoy swinging it.
So how did they make the first hammer if you used a hammer to make the hammer and needed the hammer to turn the hammer into a hammer
How to fix your broken hammer: first you’re gonna need a hammer
I've done something similar to fix up harbor freight hammers lol
Why would you ever buy a tool from harbor freight? Cheap right? You certainly get what you pay for. A real professional has a few hammers at least. This guy used a ball peen hammer and wooden mallet to rehang his stilletto hammer handle. It’s a good exercise for a novice to replace a wooden handle.
@@mcbridecreek I have no money. Ill be sure to make or get a huge collection of hammers as soon as that's actually reasonable
Thank you for rescuing him sir 🙏. We appreciate it
"whosoever can weild this hammer ... if he be worthy ... shall be a handyman!"
Got out of the trade in 2011. Been in the oilfield mostly since. Always wanted a Stiletto. Home Depo had a plastic handle on sale @ $99 a few years ago. Bought one just because. Built pole barns after getting laid off. Sometimes I wish I had more weight. Currently learning natural gas compression. I might have put the head of the hammer in linseed oil and boiled it for a while. It is a lifetime tool. I only used my Occidental tool bags 5 years.
Oil field? Why would you do that to yourself?
@@z1lla4 some of us dont have a choice. We need money one way or the other, we do what we know yk
Holding farts...is natural gas compression? I can learn you this....know your limit
@@z1lla4 had family in ND. Knew I could get a job pretty quickly at the money I wanted. Been to lazy/stressed to get away. Had 1 job 9 years.
I've never used that brand of hammer head, but I know just based on visual quality, its a damn good hammer.
Its the best hammer out there. The one i order runs for 250
@@deerich4 WOW, that's expensive. But well worth it.
@@deerich4 I can smack things around harder in my 60 dollar estwing. It's only better if you can't handle a real hammer.
Hey he fixed that hammer 🔨
Can you really? ...i mean, is it even possible?
(I kept turning my phone over lookin' for the... magic)
I did see the hidden camera...(i knew it was too good t be true...) I'll just stick with the fiberglass handles that give you splinters if you don't wear gloves...
If you ever have to replace the head will it be the same Hammer as before or is it considered a new one?
"I used the hammer to fix the hammer"
It’s wooden mallet lol
Boiled linseed only rookie
I've only ever used BLO on my axe and hammer handles like you said, but I wanted to try something different. I did one light coat of shellac so its not glossy or slippery. It will probably wear off from use and I'll coat it like I normally do.
Pretty good I heard there's supposed to love your tools and your home this looks like a great example of both
I hear those are good hammers, but for me an all metal Estwing rules. I used mine all day today for hammering, prying, and leveraging out 12" ground spikes, along with a crow bar and sledgehammer. Never fails.
Metal handles are shitterfuck
Yes using a hammer to build a hammer, love it
My dad was a master Carpenter for over 50 years.
He always said, "Look after your tools your tools will look after you"
Tell me you’re an electrician without telling me you’re an electrician.
Wow that's so cool
regards
Andski Hidden Matt pincer remix
When you buy hammers from harbor freight, you'll be doing a lot of that.
Ummm that’s 100$ hammer bud
You can always tell how much a carpenter cares about his tools by the quality of tool belt.
Totally true. I used to interview guys to hire as framers. I always asked to see their hammer and tool bags.
Self investment 💪🏽
He did more work to the hammer then he’s actually gonna do with the hammer
How many high quality hammers have you broken the handles off? This guy works the hell out of his hammer
Сливки шоу которые потратили 12 минут своего ролика показывая тоже самое: .__.
“Honey we need to buy a new hammer”
Him: “Hold my beer”
That is such a great hammer! I love mine as it swings super easy and FAST!
Yeah I really like these hammers for work. I have some steel hammers but these are lighter and easier to swing, and in most cases work just as well or better. Thanks!
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It’ amazing how the glue solves a loooot of wood problems
I am confused, there was a part where he was holding the handle, and hitting the bottom of the handle. I am not sure what the purpose of that was, the arm holding the handle would have absorbed all the force.
It doesn’t. The handle moves slightly and the head is stationary. I refinish axes and we do the same thing. Go watch an axe hanging video.
@@DensityMatrix1 still doesn't make sense from a physics standpoint. It seems to be in all the videos and instructions, but doesn't explain how it helps at all 😂
@@imgingergiraffe3731
The head is "hanging" on the handle by the force of friction.
When the handle is hit on the bottom, The strike causes the handle to move downward at a speed greater than free-fall. This provides an impulse that overcomes (is greater than) the force of friction.
So at the end the handle is moving down faster than free-fall, the head is falling but only at free-fall. So the total distance move by the handle is greater than the head, which causes the head to seat lower on the handle.
At some point the friction from the holders hand slows the handle, which allows for the coeffecient of friction to "catch up" with the moving handle and the system comes to rest.
It is the same principle as a car doing a burnout. The tires are spinning but the car isn't moving forward. Why? There isn't sufficient friction between the tires and the road. The handle is moving down faster faster than the head, because there isn't sufficient friction.
I'm an engineer btw.
@@imgingergiraffe3731 Then you don't understand physics lmfao
@@autumn5592 that is rude for no reason 😂
I'm sure you're the supreme authority on physics. Lmfao
If you're in the trade, the half day you've spent changing the handle plus the materials cost is way more than a new replacement would be
If you're in the trade, you'd have more than one hammer. So you can set this aside for repair in down time.
@@connorpeck4962 what the hell is down time, I have a 12month order book and I'm certainly not going to be repairing hammers instead of playing with my kids
What if you break your 2nd hammer while using it to fix your 1st? I’d like to see you unscrew your way out of that one
Everything can be a hammer if you really need it to
End of the world. End of everything.
He'd probably grab another spare hammer. This dude really look like someone with only two hammers?
@@RowdyLowdy mmb🦼🛢️🇦🇮😌
The fact that he painted and shellacked his hammer tells me this man isn't a real contractor. Hammers never break any convenient time where you can exert this much effort fixing one.
Bruh he's using one of the most premium hammers on the market.. he's probably a badass.
Maybe you are just lazy, cause you sound lazy. You find this is exerting effort? lol 😆
Everything about your comment tells me you've never stepped foot on a job site.
Yeah, in the biz we just buy a new one, and always have a spare or three for emergencies. As cool as this is it ain’t very realistic.
@@charliehoes4071 I’ve worked construction for over 20 years, and I would never do this. Of course I wouldn’t pay that much for a hammer either. My time is worth way more then having a fancy hammer that still breaks or gets lost/stolen just as easily.
Well I don’t know about you but I thoroughly enjoyed this.
Imagine how first hammer was created in world ,😓😅😄😆🤣🤣
MY PHUCKING TEETH!!! When he started scraping the logo off the handle.....
He wasn't scraping the logo off, he was removing the varnish from the handle.
When he hit the hammer with the hammer it reminded me of the ep on king of the hill where hank took out a little can of wd40 to open the big can.
Never seen anyone use the wedge and both metal spreaders, and I have handled many hammers, interesting.
I thought the same thing.
Arreglando un martillo con otro martillo... Pero que CrAcK