Renovating Estwing? ... How about improving their product range?
They never made the framing hammer with the best handle, or at least 
never sold it here in Aust.
Friend of mine, Matty, wanted the blue plastic gone from his framing hammer.
I found one donor that was run over by the lawn mower. Found that lost 
hammer from a few years ago the hard way. hehehe
He had another basket case, and between them he had enough of the 
plastic coloured disks, and just enough of the leather.
Pics here, taken on the phone camera last night.

www.petermcbride.com/temp/i
mages/estw0.jpg
www.petermcbride.com/temp/i
mages/estw1.jpg

Cheers,
Peter
In Main Ridge, VIC
Australia




On 29/05/2015 4:46 AM, bridger wrote:
> The hammer in the OP is different from other estwings I have seen in that it
lacks the non-leather colored stripes just below the head end and just above the
butt end. Which could account for the leather washers being a little loose. I
had assumed that the lack of those accent stripes was an age thing- that estwing
introduced them some time after this hammer was made but this could also be
interpreted as evidence that the handle had been repaired, but not all of the
parts had been installed.
>
> 
-------- Original message --------
From: Kirk Eppler
 
Date:05/27/2015  4:58
PM  (GMT-07:00) 
To: CGRAF  
Cc: Thomas
Conroy ,bridger@b...,oldtools@s... 
Subject: Re:
[OldTools] estwing 

> 
> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 4:38 PM, CGRAF  wrote:
> More than a few moons ago I would send them back and get them re-handled.
Don't know if they still provide this service.
>
> According to another forum, no
>
> Used to be you could "send it in".  That morphed into "they would sell you a
kit".  Now the kit is gone too.  But belligerent people are not.  They are just
not here on the porch.
>
> http://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-
bin/viewit.cgi?bd=toolt&th=237716">http://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-
bin/viewit.cgi?bd=toolt&th=237716
>
> All hearsay, I don't personally know.  But I have a pair in usable condition,
so not too worried.
>
>