I Found This Hammer in the STREET! Lets Restore It. (Blue-Point 24oz Ball Peen)

I found a Blue Point 24oz BP24 Ball Peen Hammer in the street a few weeks ago. The head was beat up, the handle was cracked and pitted.. do you think we can do a full restoration on it?
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[@rovert97]

not sure why i spent a solid 18 mins watching a man buffing his wood and polishing his knob, yet here i am

[@DEInTheGarage]

I spend several evenings making a video of me polishing some old wood and a rusty head… it is a mad world, friend

[@markburkholder3571]

I think I would have went with blue but I still like what you did

[@DEInTheGarage]

I actually went in that box looking for blue paint, but the red called to me

[@whatwasthat3269]

Came out very nice.

[@danhambrick6331]

Nice job Douglas 👌 The bibs really go with the theme too.👍👍

[@DEInTheGarage]

Thanks bud! I thought so. haha

[@royvinator1945]

When I saw the yellow I was like WTF. The red looks Much better. I scored a 18" Snap on 3/8" extension at the end of a yard sale a couple weeks ago for free. Good times.

[@DEInTheGarage]

Yea, that was a swing and a miss. I tried it because it was very high quality paint. If it had worked it would have lasted forever, but it didnt work on this project

[@samheadz2210]

Nice 👍

[@anthony3469]

Nothing wrong with folk guitar - Belated Happy New Year from the UK :)

[@ToolsandTime]

Awesome find and nice work bringing it back to life--well done!

[@outdoorsmansgarage]

I've found a lot of tools laying in the road but never found a need to restore any of them. I think I would have painted the head of that handle a nice shade of Chevy Orange 😁👍

[@anemone104]

Nicely done. I like that you kept the original handle. I have found quite a few 'road combed' tools over the years - the few snap-on spanners and sockets I have all came from roadsides. I recently did a vid on a sad and rusty rounding hammer I found on a road verge in Somerset (UK). Made a new haft from green ash (from the coppice) and fitted it 'cos the old one was rotten.

[@robertgrauman8602]

Brought back memories of watching The New Yankee Workshop with my dad as a kid. Thank you.

[@dadteaches]

Now just get some of that leather lace, soak it, then tight wrap the top couple of inches of the handle under the hammerhead :)

[@benfischer655]

I liked the video. I do the same stuff. I always think quick project will get you back on track. Most recently found a coping saw when I got it cleaned up restored found out it was a really old stanly so it had some value. Not that it really mattered. Oh blue or red

[@sccarguy8242]

The beard of knowledge may be gone, but the knowledge somehow remains. Perhaps the powers are unrelated is that even possible?!?!? Bonus of this resto, you were able to use a bunch of the tools the wife has no idea why you “needed”… obviously to restore a street hammer is the correct answer…

[@DEInTheGarage]

Yes, the beard had to go, but it is on its way back! And yes, bud. The wife thoroughly did not understand when I told her I was "going to the garage to restore a hammer". oh well. hahah

[@jasongee9118]

Great job as always!

[@travis8829]

Loving the work

[@stevensprojectgarage99]

Looks good you’ll get many good years of use it I’ve get a couple of old tools I’ve got to restore it myself

[@iowafox2206]

That thing looks amazing another heirloom tool you have now. Something you can pass down to your kids someday. I would have personally replaced the handled but I really love how you made yours look!

[@sierrathewolf4174]

Just found this channel a few months back, y’all do a really good job making videos! Have a nice day!

[@wyoming8814]

I love tool restorations, somehow its very calming

[@ZekeFilmz]

Looks good!

[@nikolauschiorgno5884]

Nice work

[@minnesota-hk1vp]

Yes

[@tahoe829]

Nice! Made it your own. A fine restoration job👍👍👍 Color? I would have painted it Blue ;)

[@williamsinger4124]

You're still alive after the Paqui chip challenge. I couldn't respond to your reaction during it bc I was laughing too hard at your reaction as well as the cussing lmao. Looked like you were getting genuinely angry

[@DEInTheGarage]

I honestly cannot tell you why I felt during that. There is no reason anything needs to taste that awful. Haha.

[@williamsinger4124]

@@DEInTheGarage judging by how each time you nearly puked and then threw whatever was within reach, I'd be willing to bet a hat full of assholes tasted better than the chip lol

[@bryanmcentush4788]

Most likely would have went with the blue, love the style leaving the middle polish metal. never listened to much folk music before, kinda digging it.

[@robertchatters5610]

I found a complete Craftsman socket set in the middle of a intersection one night. Now it resides in my pickup.

[@robertverschueren9136]

why do i never find such nice tools on the street ? 😡 (nice job man 👌)

[@randomactsofdave7435]

You know me bud. It would have been lime green!

[@salvatorebaleno9807]

Fuckin' awesome video! I remember when you posted that as a short and hoping there would be some sort of restoration.

[@salvatorebaleno9807]

Fuckin' awesome video! I remember when you posted that as a short and hoping there would be some sort of restoration. Only thing I'd do differently is paint it Bears Navy Blue! 🐻 ⬇️. And especially being a Blue Point hammer. Then again, that red is very sharp lookin'

[@frankvelador1836]

Well since you asked I would have painted it blue used a stain on the handle

[@moabwheeling1305]

I think it came out really nice! I wasn't liking the yellow either, red is much better. I found a real set of vice grips in a wrecking yard a few years ago and cleaned them up and have used them a lot over the years . I like scoring free tools like that .

[@barney2633]

You mean you stole them. They belonged to the owner of the wrecking yard!

[@joequixotic3039]

I like the restoration but hammer handles are wear items, that's why you can find them in stores. I would have just restored the head and re-handled so I'm not worried about a repair failing. The handle has a history but it's not your history. It might be a bit of an antique but it looks like a user more than a wall hanger to me. I would try to repair a handle on one of my grandfather's tools that I inherited but a road tool is just a tool.

[@dadmode5545]

Was the lettering too far faded to have some some infill of just the letters? Or maybe do them in black or white in addition?

[@dadmode5545]

Also, I live for restoration vids.

[@jmproductions1327]

Someone is prolly still making weekly payments on that. For those who don’t know blue point is snapon’s off brand 😂😂😂

[@jimthomas777]

You found a hammer ? I hope it wasn't the one I killed my nagging wife with

[@DEInTheGarage]

Me too… I am regretting the red paint now…

[@tedz74]

Didn't follow instruction, should have been wearing safety goggles! ;)

[@user-nz6xd3xu6b]

shady job on that restoration I don't understand why you didn't just put a new handle

[@DEInTheGarage]

Hey bud! Thanks for your $0.02! Here the why...... the old one was completely salvageable. Some folks take pride in not sending everything to the land fill 🤷‍♂️ it appears you wouldn't understand that though 🤔