Future of Skip's Perfect Handle Hammer

[skipskip]

Opinions are like birth-dates, everyone has one.

Feel free to share yours here.

However , I feel no compunction to follow the crowd, so I may do any or none of the above  :)

Skip


JUN 231 by skipskip, on Flickr

[Papaw]

I vote for clean-up, but new scales would be great.

[OilyRascal]

You just wanted to say "compunction" :-)

[rusty]

Hmm, where's?

[ ] Paint it up with a gaudy picture like an old woodsaw and pretend you have created art?

[Papaw]

[ ] Paint it up with a gaudy picture like an old woodsaw and pretend you have created art?

I would have plenty of compunction to delete that choice!

[1930]

Leave it alone, its only original once

[keykeeper]

I voted for new scales, as any high dollar collector value would be shot because the scales are in rough shape.

Polished up, with a couple new treads of some exotic wood on her, that would be a beauty, if you plan on keeping it.

Slightly cleaned, with a restoration of the scales, and it would fit in anyones PH collection.

If you don't plan on keeping it, sell it here, or throw it to the wolves on ePay and watch them fight for it like a nice meaty deer carcass!

heck, I'm just undecided, I reckon.......

[johnsironsanctuary]

I vote for a minimal cleanup and maybe new scales. Any way you choose, it's definitely  keeper. You will never be able to afford one to replace it after this one is gone.

[gibsontool]

Ya gotta leave it as is

[lauver]

skipx2,

I voted for a careful refurb, which would include cleaning/derusting the entire hammer and a gentle refinish (galoot mix) of the existing wood scales.  End product would be an 80+ year old hammer that looks like it was used but was well taken care of.

Just my two cents...

[leg17]

Being that it looks pitted some, new scales might look out of place if the steel is just cleaned.
Unless, you go ahead and work it over and replace the wood.

Or, you could always make a lamp out of it.