1930's Refractory Hammer ~ RESTORATION with an ANTIQUE PATINA
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2024
- This is NOT your AVERAGE hammer restoration!
Not too long ago I purchased a bunch of machines from an early 1900's machine shop, and sitting on one of the engine lathes was this broken beat up old leather faced mallet!
Most people would have just tossed it right into the trash, but not me! I knew what it could become again! The SWISS ARMY MALLET or the Leatherman-allet or whatever!! It's able to change its purpose as quickly as a leatherman, but not lose it's ability to still be effective at smashing stuff!
In this video I will bring this old mallet back to life without losing the soul this old hammer has taken on over it's years of faithful service! Instead of beautifully removing all the dents and dings and giving it a perfect paint job, I decided to honor it's history by highlighting its battle wounds, and giving it an "Antique Patina" that a war torn hammer like it deserves!
Then when we're all done, we'll smash some stuff just to prove this Old Mallet still has what it takes to be worthy of a place here at Salvage Workshop!
This mallet is a BASA Hammer No. 3, and was made by Greene Tweed & Co., most likely sometime in the mid 1930's from what my research tells me!
Greene Tweed & Co. dates back to 1863 when John W. & J. Ashton Greene started a business with Henry A. Tweed to sell hardware and milling supplies.
The hammer, which is technically called a "refractory hammer", was developed by the company in 1933 for use in the installation and demolition of coke ovens, blast furnaces, and other applications where refractory brick (fire brick) was being installed.
Today, it's called a "split-head hammer" because the top is in two parts, held together by a large nut at the bottom, so the striking material in it can be changed or replaced.
Apparently, this kind of hammer was particularly common in the 1930's and 40's, and could be had in various materials for the striking face, including copper, aluminum, plastic, rawhide and babbitt metal.
These mallets, or a version of them are still produced today in a range of sizes, just like decades ago! You can also still buy replacement hammer faces in a variety of materials such as Brass, Copper, Leather, and Wood!
I truly appreciate that you've taken the time to watch as I take this old forgotten mallet and return it to it's original glory as the Swiss Army of all Mallets!
I'd love to know your thoughts on this project!
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The hammer brought back some memories. I worked In a foundry and we did use these. Only when we re-lined the furnace or built a roof for it. The brick had to be in perfect condition with no chips or cracks. It would take two weeks to re-line the furnace and close to a week to build a roof.
Outstanding job mate. I’ve never seen that copper patina technique before. Very interesting. Loved the way you finished the hammer, giving a nod to its age and the life it has had. I’ve also never seen so many spare handles anyone has collected before. They would come in very handy. Again, great work mate. Hope to see many more of this caliber. 🇦🇺👍
I found one of these hammers too! In a machine shop I work in. Fortunately my handle was still good. I bead blasted the entire hammer and turned down some copper for the faces in my hammer. It turned out really nice! I use it quite often now working on dies. Thanks for sharing!
Nice
I don't know how else to describe that hammer other than "sexy". In the past 30 minutes I have developed deep feelings for that multi-mallet. Fantastic work!
You are a breathe of fresh air, the other tubers are just copying each other. You are not only an original,but are a master of the art. My favorite part is when you file everything to smoothness. Thank you so much!
YOU made it durable, you made it modular, you made it strong, you made it beautiful, you made it better than it was after factory! And all of these with the minimum possible use of power tools!!! I love it!!! Thanks for the treat! It will be a long life smasher and not only for fruits😉
Love your dogs! I love having my 12 year old Yellow Lab, Franklin, hanging out near my workbench. Don't tell anyone, but they're so much nicer than people! Thanks for sharing!
I have two of these hammers. They come with a longer original handle. I replace the heads with dog bone rawhide I soak in water for a couple of days to soften it up. Works great. If you boil one of the bones, you get hide glue to glue it all together with.
That us one beautiful split head. One of the finest mallets one can have.
Thank you for doing this project which gave me an idea. My brother is a hind end machinist while I'm a woodturner. I found one of these on e-bay and stripped it down, removed all the rust, and repainted the casting in a Rustoleum 'hammered' spray paint finish. Instead of the wrapped leather facings, however, I turned two separate faces for 'my' version. One face from a piece of spalted maple and the other from an extremely hard wood called lignum vitae. I also turned a new handle from a piece of hickory. I finished all the wood in a tung oil finish and then gave it to my brother for his birthday. I thought it came out pretty well and he tells me it's a topic of conversation for anyone who visits his office. Again...thanks for the idea.
Your babies remind me of my beautiful black lab from back in the late 70's...his name was Bisco and I miss him dearly...I've never seen this type of hammer before...your renovation gives new meaning to the old saying that one man's trash is another man's treasure...Great Job👍🏽
@20:43 - This tip alone made watching the video worth it! 👍
Cracking job 👍🏽💯💙 And love the fact that you have a draw just for wooden handles, that did make me chuckle 💙
I like your work son. Keep it going. Gives me back faith in our future that their are adults such as yourself who can exist without needing a mobile phone in their ear or hands whilst bein awake.
I just happened to see the thumbnail of your video and holy cow I have one of those hammers in my tool drawer. Mine is a # 4. No idea what a treasure I had. Great job with the restoration.
My dad has one sitting in the workshop, he does know that it's antique because it was his great great grandfathers
I’ve never seen a hammer with infrastructure. Terrific restoration. Thanks for sharing this video.
Real nice. Wish I had a talent like that.
I came for the hammer restoration (which was awesome!) but rewound the dog scenes the most. Good looking pack.
Great job in the restoration, but I would have made all the lettering the same colour. Thanks for the video matey. Can't WAIT to see more. 😉👍👍
I think that the painted letters somehow ruined the vintage look. I liked the pure copper style a lot more.
SO cool- Just bought a Number 3 and a Number 4 of these same hammers from eBay after watching this!
You won't regret it!
That copper coating stuff is pretty neat. I really liked the finish it gave.
Ya I enjoy using those metal patinas, lots can be done with them! If you want to see more of what can be done, checkout the company that makes them: Sculpt Nouveau, they have a CZcams channel and website!
Man thats a beauty, wouldn't have given it a second look before. Functional Art
i thought i was the only person that would restore a basa #3 you did a much better job than i keep up the great work your the man !
The more you did the better it got. Hard to find things made in the USA now day. American made stays Awesome in my book. Thank you for Sharing your Passion. Stay safe.
I was not ready for how beautiful that copper looked.
Those threaded insert make that hammer super extensible, you could make your own faces out of everything castable.
Amazing job.
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Absolutely brilliant lvd the restoration u did a hell of a good job and especially u kept the hammer Mark's on it tells the story of its use 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
That has got to be the most beautiful hammer i have ever seen... 0.0
Great job restoring that hammer!
Great restoration, you turned a single use device into a fantastic multifunctional hammer, WELL DONE. Thanks and stay safe.
That was one bad ass restoration. Thanks for sharing.
I like how you left the history marks on the hammer most people would have welded them in to make it look perfect. I like you left them.
I seriously considered getting rid of them, but felt these were an a were an awesome part of this hammers history! Thanks for watching and supporting Salvage Workshop, I truly appreciate it!
@@SalvageWorkshop just curious, have you and Keith Rucker touched base yet?
Great video. It’s nice to just hear the sounds of you working and filing. It came out really nice.
Great work on the hammer. I have never seen one like that before. Interesting patina. Good Gallagher impersonation at the end. Nice dogs too. I have 9. Great work!
very envious of your hammer. Excellent selection of patinas and such. Very attractive tool. I use my leather mallet almost every day. One of my most useful tools.
Never have I ever ... hand sanded a hammer with 500 grit sand paper. ;-) great vid!
Great work love the copper !! Great work on the handle also love it ! A real part of history brought back to life !!👍👍
Wow such a beautiful patina, you really did it justice. And I love the interchangeable face plates of different materials. Great job man
This is faux patina! Ruins restoration, making it instead an art work. Love the dogs!
Man that turned out nice my friend, can't wait to see those lathe rebuilds thanks buddy.
I have one of these hammers, the head was originally green. You will see this type of hammer frequently in machine shops.
10-4 on the green.
That sir is a most excellent job of refurbishing a tool I have witnessed for some time and I have seen some really good ones. I like how you honored the tools history with the finish. Thanks for the video.
Nicely done, sir. The interchangeable heads makes this one helpful tool.
Nice, Never saw such kind of a hammer, we can do both light and heavy work with one hammer.
I love the versatility!
Beautiful.
Wow great job! Just shows that you don't have to be a carpenter to do wood working. And what a great idea with the copper plating!
I like that hammer, like it a lot and have never seen one like it! I need a rawhide mallet and like that one so much I think I could make one very similar, thanks for that, I will watch again and again looking at the construction!
Well now, I guess this definitely put the old “Hows your onion” question to bed! That belongs on a wall or in a case now, for the other tools to worship lol, just beautiful! I do envy your pup breaks, they’re so awesome. Thanks for taking us along brother. ✌🏼
I don't know as much as other folk in the comments but I really enjoyed the video and thought you did a great of resurrecting another old tool.
A functional beauty! Well done.
That's a right properly versatile attitude adjuster you have there!
Rawhide, plastic, or aluminum, depending on how bad the attitude of the machine you're working on is!
Well there you . Good for another century.
Beautiful restoration of the original "deadblow" hammer , and unlike today's plastic junk it's rebuildable . The addition of multipurpose heads is genius.
Thank you Richard! I truly appreciate that!
Y'all focused on that Hammer Restoration whilst, I, on the other, is focused on his dogs. So lovable ❤️.
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I inherited a couple of hammer's my Dad gave me, one was this type, it belonged to my grandfather who was a wheelwright. I was a bodyman and used it as a deadblow hammer.
Really nice job and I love the Gallagher routine at the end.
Ahhh, brought out your inner Gallagher with the sledge-o-matic mini😜
Beautiful job ! Don't wait so much time between 2 vids. I miss your nice jobs !
Very nice job. I like how you have different faces for the hammer.
You are AMAZING! Love watching your skills
What a beautiful unique tool, fantastic final finish, very nice job mate!!
Quite impressed with your restoration of the hammer and your choice to keep the old ''Battle Scars''. Great job. I'm also very impressed with your refusal to throw out anything that may have a future use... like the assortment of handles. Restoring old tools and machinery and recycling everything. I am not related to you and I don't know you... But I am proud of you.
Beautiful dogs. I love that size dog and those of the birder breeds.
I really like your work... and I love how You Do Your Work!
Blacksmiths use the raw hide hammer a lot as well. They could straighten decorative pieces without destroying the design
sorry to disapoint you that hide was tanned hide but totaly knew what y
our talking about great video until the prickly pear started to decorate the hammer and burst the fruit and veg
*casually opens a drawer full of handles.
The copper finish gives it a steam punk style. At the end reminded me of the comedian, Gallagher and his sledge-o-matic. Lol 👍👍
Nice! Love the Weimaraners, especially the dark ones!
It is perfect. You are the best. Greetings from Brazil.
I love it. The patena was a lot of work but it turned out nice. The painted characters really topped everything off. I'm not sure about the '&' symbol being white, but it's an awesome restoration job!
Love your workmanship. What a piece of art.
Great attention to detail. Great job.
The hammer looks beautiful. 👍
Gorgeous anvil. Not a sentence you hear a lot. Regardless, it is beautiful.
Lol.. thank you!
I LOVE the small Anvil!
My grandpa had several hammers like that at his machine shop when i was a child. I remember seeing the replacement heads in the tool cage, some were just rolled leather, rubber or yellow plastic
That's awesome!! It's cool when old tools and machines connect us to others in our lives! Thanks for sharing that!
What an ingenious design! Really cool!! Great job as usual!
Well that was as exciting a watching someone restore an old hammer gets. Nice dogs.
Absolutely beautiful!!!!
WOO HOO!!!! I have the same caliber! Mituoyo is NO JOKE!!!!!! Those things ROOOOOOCK!
This is the coolest thing ever keep it up.
Fantastic! Really enjoy your videos. Inspiring!
Well done, thanks for sharing m8
A+ job. Looks great and functionality up by 400%. Nice
I have one I got at work many years ago. It has a much longer handle. I got mine new, and never really used it at all. Still looks brand new in my tool box. Plus I have spare heads for it. LOL
Intense attention to detail.
Impressive and way cool !
Love what you've done with it matey, fantastic job. Keep them coming. 👍👍
Cruz ✝️. That is that with all the smashing leather Metal rubber mallet universal Great job 👷♂️😇
I always hate having to replace original parts [[the leather ends and the broken handle]], however, that is a nice job cleaning up an 80 year old hammer, nice the lettering was solid and no deep pits in the metal. Great job.
Cruelty to oranges, everything else went quickly and painlessly😉
Lol... at least no fruit was wasted in the making of this video, my dogs ate EVERYTHING!
A smashing success
I love the Littlestown vice!! I've got 3.
This is , officially, the best thing you've ever done.
Nice restoration, Matt! It will come in handy, having interchangeable faces!
Never forget the important step of petting the dog. Very important😂
That was a great project right there!
Sweet hammer, I've never seen anything like that. Super cool.
Great job sir 👍👍
It turned out great!
That is a really cool finish to that hammer👍🏻
All the dings and spots on the sides I personally would have kept. Beautiful beautiful hammer. Coming from a framing, diy repair man dad in Colorado Springs, Co I've never ever heard of such type of hammer. We lost a glass mfg. Company that had a huge 100' or so stack. Most like lost in the fifties when I was born. If I didn't have enough clutter in home, garage and shop, I would look for one.
The end of the video reminds me of the Mad Gallagher with his Sledgomatic.
"I have something for you idiots in the Front Row!"
His shows were the best! 🍉 watermelons anyone? Haha
From one old tool lover to another who spends too much time cleaning and restoring these old American made tools, I use Ballistol preservative for everything. Antique firearm collectors have used it for years and there is a reason. Once you start using it you will never stop. The smell will bother you at first but after a while you will begin to like it.
The old-timers they were used to drink Ballistol to ease the pain caused by rheumatism.
Haha! Mystery meatal is what I started with. Lots and lots of salvage. 😁
Absolutely beautiful man!! Great job!! Love the videos!!!