How To: Restore a Hammer 

Finally someone who restored the whole hammer, not just the hammer head. Well done!

Nice restoration!

Lovely restoration!

Not a bad job, and that was a nice old handle so saving it was a good call because they don't make 'em like they used to. Most modern handles are fat clubs. Btw you should have cut a 3/4 depth kerf and used a wooden wedge instead of the metal step wedge. The step wedge isn't for primary expansion inside the eye that's what a wood wedge is for, the step wedge just helps lock in the wood wedge. The problem is that they tend to split the wood if you don't pick the perfect spot and direction to insert it. It all depends on the handle and sometimes there's just no way to prevent splitting.

Worth it for the pencil eraser tip alone

That was noice m8 I liked it Cheers :)

what did you put on the wood after the mineral spirits?

Would have been good to know the make of the hammer! Great handle incidentally.

Why do people always feel the need to add background music? It's annoying, distracting and totally unnecessary.

I started with Stodoys plans.