Estwing Leather Grip Claw Hammer - Restoration

[@jayzbond007]

Now that's what I call honoring your father. Good job on your restoration project!

[@Cimmerian89]

Nicely done.

[@chrismartinez6844]

Looks amazing! I like that you kept some of the old leather rings. I'm sure your grandfather is very proud.

[@pathallock7868]

Teach your grand kids how to do this. That hammer will live forever!

[@13thworker45]

I’m impressed with your outcome with limited tools. Great job with pride.

[@CurlyQLink]

Your grandpa would be proud.

[@jcdelacruz6040]

Yes

[@williamclark1633]

Nice job, I've restored several Estwing leather gripped tools. Trial and error to start, progressively got better. Tools now look almost factory made. just finished a hammer from 01/39. I use lacquer to finish grips. Two dips with sanding in between looks nice.

[@stevesiefken6432]

Great video! I’m in the middle of restoring an old hammer myself. Found it in the crawl space of our 1910 house. It says the manufacture date was 10/1959. I still have some black spots to get off, but I’m planning to add a two toned wood handle made of white oak and walnut.

[@mrblissful237]

Awesome restoration. Love the way the leather handle turned out! Also shout out to the doggo at 0:53

[@poppastools8177]

Thanks for the feedback! Big shout out to my friend who let me use their belt sander, otherwise I was in for a big sad time...

[@jcdelacruz6040]

Hahahaha thats awesome man

[@paulwilliams819]

Just think how nice it would look with all new leather.

[@LoneStar1955]

Not bad dude😊

[@Krispy1011]

Cool - Restored hammer came out real nice!

[@edhuck5664]

Huge improvement, beautiful hammer. Nice job!

[@peterbarlow8912]

My dad had one of those. He kept it in a tool bag in his truck. I have it somewhere. Leather is still sound.

[@jayw2624]

Great job with limited resources

[@mikehayes2233]

Nice job!! I think I will be seeing more of your YT Videos VERY soon!!

[@RESTORATIONOFSCRAPMETAL]

Great job buddy 👍 I like it 👍

[@poppastools8177]

Thanks! That's awesome to hear from someone with so much experience with restoration

[@RESTORATIONOFSCRAPMETAL]

@@poppastools8177 you are welcome !

[@mathuparrish6798]

Looks great! Well done!

[@hyperboly]

Beautiful job!

[@malijyasra1802]

You are not Alone I am with you From Algeria

[@tomdale1313]

you nailed, tanks for sharing

[@thehunter3386]

Uh, using a WOOD RASP to file metal?? Really?!?

[@Jaiden_beards]

I think it is double sided with a file on the other side

[@jayfromtexas6718]

Good job!

[@dylanpitcher9452]

Yeee

[@madethehorsecry]

Tons of character great hammer

[@toolsgear2695]

Fantastic! 👏

[@poppastools8177]

Glad you liked it!

[@adammcguinness9950]

The high tech stick worked well. You need to copyright that idea.😉😂

[@jcdelacruz6040]

Hey may i ask question? I own stanley hammer and it has ping sound whenever I pound a nail some say that its a sign of a good hammer.. do you agree?? Thanks for your beautiful video

[@poppastools8177]

Sorry for replying to this so late, I've been quite busy with my studies! To be honest I'm not sure what makes a good hammer, I don't have much experience working with/restoring tools, but not only is the ping sound satisfying but I would guess that it tells you that it's a solidly built hammer! (e.g., nothing loose rattling around to dull the vibration)

[@tombarlow6176]

The wire wheel can do the job much faster than vinegar

[@stevesiefken6432]

What did you do, if anything, to protect the metal part of the hammer?

[@GT_Racer347]

Sweet 👍🏻 👍🏻

[@anvilhidecreations8572]

It hamm!!

[@diyresttube]

Vinegar works well..

[@HermanAxtelius]

Nice work man! I plan on doing the same restoration on my dads old Estwing he bought in the USA in the late 80s (we live in Sweden). I was just wondering how thick leather you used for the handle?

[@poppastools8177]

That's awesome to hear! The leather I used was 5mm thick, but I just bought offcut leather from a local leather store because it was cheap, so I would say work with whatever you have access to :)

[@fnafplayer6447]

Where can you get the plastic parts cause the ones I have are completely toast?

[@poppastools8177]

I doubt you could buy replacement rings, but in my area you can buy sheets of acrylic plastic in different colours from artist's supply stores - if I had to remake one of the rings my plan was to buy one of those and then cut the rings myself

[@grazynak.9460]

👏👏👏👍

[@NoMoreCandies]

how bad is that... go fishing instead, please.

[@SimonPollock]

Great job, just about to try the same with my father in law's old Estwing instagram.com/p/CRTUxFgjfmx/

[@poppastools8177]

Thanks heaps! I hope this video helped give you an idea of how you're going to approach the restoration and what you're going to do differently :) Can't wait to see yours when it's finished!

[@SimonPollock]

@@poppastools8177 it sure did, thanks! May I ask, where/what leather did you get/use?

[@poppastools8177]

@@SimonPollock I found a wholesale leather supplier in my area and asked for some of their offcut leather - it's incredibly cheap and perfect for stacked leather handles since you're just going to turn it into washers anyway (the leather I used in this video cost me less than $5!)

[@SimonPollock]

@@poppastools8177 fantastic, thanks 🙏🏻