Hammer Restoration - $5 Hammer Reborn Into Something Amazing !!
In this restoration I will show you how I restored a ball peen hammer and also how I created the most beautiful handle pattern. The end result will amaze you , enjoy the video !
This hammer was found in Scotland, found with the metal detector. I bought it from the person who found it, for $ 5, with the intention of restoring it and increasing its value. After the restoration process the price of this hammer will be around $80 to $100. Now, this hammer will help me a lot in my restoration projects because I really needed the tool too.
This restoration took me almost 2 weeks to complete and I invested almost $35. Hope you will enjoy this restoration video and maybe one day you will be able to restore one, just like I did, just with the help of this restoration video. This would be an accomplishment for me.
OK! That's all for today guys, enjoy the video and please consider subscribing if you want to see more cool restoration videos. Cheers !
#hammer restoration #ball peen hammer restoration #rusty hammer restoration
There’s something so satisfying watching an item in the “sand blasting” tank. Almost Instant gratification.
This is true 😎
Yes definatly
Once you have a sandblaster, you will wander around looking for things to sandblast, anything.
The reason I like this channel
Thank you very much 🤗🤗
6:08 lol, "half as easy" actually means twice as hard. Great vid, love the hammer.
Ops..english is not my native language and that sentence I translated with google. 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
@@CoolAgainRestoration It should be 'Twice as easy'.
Right. I wrote wrong🤦🏼♂️
I saw that myself, hehe. I thought it was an inside joke for master wood crafters. Wow, such talent! :-)
Thanks Eli 🍻😎
“As you can see the rust is very aggressive” - me who is not seeing anything “absolutely, look that damages, poor hammer” I just found your channel yesterday and I am addicted to your videos now (already subscribed)
Glad to hear that Debora and I hope you enjoy my videos 🤩🤗🤗🤗
same here
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@@CoolAgainRestoration just found the channel an hour ago 1st vid i subscribed, good job mate i wish had as good a skills as you
Freshly blasted steel oxidizes very quickly, much quicker than the sanded surface will, so it isn’t as crazy as is appears to blue it to protect against rust and then sand the bluing off 😂😂
The end grain on that black locust wood is gorgeous.
True 🤩😎 glad you liked it
100% agree
Your hand-crafting skills are impressive to say the least! It's nice to know that not all craftsmen/craftswomen have left us yet, excellent job on the restoration brother, and thanks for another great video. Rev. D.
You are so kind to say that Rev. D. . Thank you very much for appreciation 👍🏻cheers
You are brothers?
There's something comforting about watching old tools being brought back to life, thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed 😊 thanks Leo
"this layer will protect against rust" *sands off the layer*
Ik lol
welp, u can think about it as applying the bluying to halt current exposure, afterwards the surface being sanded and polished and oiled has protective effect, alhtough funny at first glance, its somewhat logical to do that, he isnt restoring it in 2 minutes, it takes some days, and you wouldnt want to let it catch rust again or things, cuz sanded metal rusts again very easily, wouldnt you?
True 👍🏻
@@tiberiubear6282 Yep. I live in S. LA where you can almost see rust flashing because of the humidity.
"How to spend 3 days restoring a 10$ hammer."
I don’t know if I’m more impressed by the work or how damn clean the shop is!
Thanks Vanayr 😇 I change the workshop location next month in December and maybe I will make a video about 😊
@@CoolAgainRestoration please do!
Restoring the ball-peen part cool indeed, but the handle creation was magnificent 👏👏👏👏 the finishing touches are first rate.
You are so kind to say that buddy,thanks a lot 👍🏻
@@CoolAgainRestoration i envy your skills, is why.
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Wow, that hammer went from being a rust color, to grey, to black and silver. Cool. You really did justice to this old ball peen hammer. Not many hammers have a black locust wood handle. Ty for a great video!
Glad you liked it William. I try my best everytime
Got to love a man that uses the word STUFF to label something, I am a huge fan of the word.
You were really able to hammer your point home in that video and your ideas hit the nail right on the head , everything was handled very well and I can see you are a polished craftsmen who has been able to work out the ruff spots and wedge your way in for success ..... great work!!!!!
Thank you very much Frank Franks 😎👍🏻
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"Reborn Into Something Amazing" Yes, it's reborn into another hammer, but this time it's shinier!
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I have to say the hammer definitely has a character, well done for showing it.
Thanks and glad you liked it Eliad 👍🏻
I'm now adding "get a Lego version of yourself" to my bucket list😂
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@sbcontt YT That’s the controversy. Too many child deaths.
This was incredible! That handle was an amazing creation and fits perfectly with the hammer. Excellent video!
Glad you liked it Chuck 👍🏻👍🏻thank you very much for appreciation
It's so satisfying to watch you bring these items back to life. Beautiful work, sir.
Thank you very much AR 👍🏻
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Black locust is extremely resilient wood. The bluing was a nice touch. This thing will last generations.
Thanks a lot and glad you enjoyed 😊 cheers
Great restoration and thank you for showing people proper grain orientation for a hammer.
I love it, so simple yet soooooo satisfying. Keep up the good work
That wood was the perfect choice for the handle, beautiful pattern and wedge too.
Thanks a lot Antoni 🤩
What a transformation!!! Good quality steel and great talent!!! Multiple skills yielding incredible results!!! You did a great job!! I enjoy doing amateur restorations… I found a WW2 shovel with a metal detector. I was able to save the blade and got a replacement handle. It’s the shovel I use when I go metal detecting now. Great job!!! The Old Army Scout…
Thanks a lot and glad you enjoyed so much 😊
That mirror finish is incredible!👍🏻👍🏻
Thirty seconds in the video and I already have to say thank you for having and using proper punches.
😎thanks buddy
Gorgeous work, I'm really glad you kept the rust pitted finish
Thanks and glad you liked it Joanna 👍🏻
Thank you for your beautiful presentation of the steps and tools used to artfully restoring a hammer that most would have tossed. You turned it into a beautiful tool!
Thanks and glad you liked 😎👍🏻
Your workshop must be the envy of all who breathe life into things from our long ago past. Wow! So many interesting machines that can perform miracles under your able guidance. Your videos are truly captivating to watch and one is sorry to see them end. More, please!!! And thank you.
No,thank you too. For this beautiful words
This is cool to wake up to. Makes me want to get stuff done! Nice work.
Glad you liked Alan 👍🏻
To fully restore the metal with a store handle simply creates another nice hammer. But you preserved some of the history, and gave it a special handle with special wood. That hammer is a work of art, my friend. I watch your ads to help you bring more restorations. Keep up the unique work. - Frank P.S. Bring back the laser. 😎
Every time you amaze me how kind you can be. Thank you very much my friend. I try my best every time 😎
I like how you retained the character of the hammer by not polishing out the rust pitting except on the working surfaces of the hammer. Great job.
Thank you very much Jeff and glad you liked it 😊
The most impressive part of this restoration is shaping the black locust wood handle BY HAND. This is an extremely dense and hard wood, nearly classifiable as an iron wood (sinks in water). Working this raw piece into a beautiful handle with minimal power tool assistance is testament to Mr. Cool's commitment to detail and work ethic.
Wow,thanks for this kind words 😇🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@@CoolAgainRestoration Well deserved.
I am SO glad you didn't burn the handle. Beautiful way to bring that hammer back to life.
Glad you liked it 🥰
Nice job man! Really impressive how you treat your wood! 😄
Thanks man
I love these videos. Someone restoring and saving old pieces of history. Thank you.
Thanks a lot and glad you enjoyed 😊
This was an amazing restoration of an old, abandoned tool that was broken and left to decay. You've not only restored it to its former glory, but made it even better than before. If I had THIS hammer 🎶"I'd hammer in the morning I'd hammer in the evening All over this land…"🎶 😁👍
Thank you for making a well dimensioned handle! I've seen a bunch of these were the handle is way too big for the hammer and it looks so weird lol
Yeah,this is true. I seen too some weird handles . Thanks Kyron 👍🏻
Hello my friend David Thor. Beautiful work, buddy. Hugs☕☕☕☕
Thanks my friend Alvaro 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Just beautiful. Makes me want to go through my old tools.
I can't get over how beautiful that wood is. You did an amazing job. Thank you for sharing
Thank you very much and glad you liked 🤗
I have always wanted to turn a lil ball peen hammer like this into a survival hatchet. Great restoration, love how you left the pitting. A grizzled old war horse deserves to keep his honorable scars. And I love the gray of steel with no recycled content. Blues out so perfectly.
Thank you very much Josh and glad you liked it 😊cheers
Really nice piece, but when it comes to the handles of impact tools I think it’s best for the grain to be at a 45 degrees angle off center. It really prevents the tool’s handle from splitting with the gain during impact. Something this small might not immediately be prone to it, but a grain of 45 degrees could really give more life to the handle. I really like the hammer restoration though!
Thanks buddy. You have right with 45 degree angle 👍🏻
I recently put on a new hatchet handle made from the core of a very dense sloe brush stem, figuring such tight annual rings ought to be strong. Correct guess or boo-boo?
One of the most underrated channels on this platform
Thanks 🙏
I kinda like the pitting that you couldn't fully sand smooth. The real winner of this project is that beautiful handle!!!
Thank you very much Mr Thomas 😊
Me: No way he can restore this Cool Again Restoration: Hold my beer
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@@CoolAgainRestoration Can you do a Q&A at some point, doesn't have to be soon, just whenever your comfortable.
That turned out really nice! I would say that’s more like a $150 hammer!
Nicely done. A pleasure to see a restoration that retains the history of the piece! Mike
Thanks Mike and glad you liked it 👍🏻👍🏻
Excepcional guerreiro!! Tiro o meu chapéu pra você... 👏👏
Heh, I have basically that exact same hammer, only mine's been kept in a tool box, so still has the (probably) 100 year old original handle.
Wow..this is nice. Keep it like that,will worth something 👍🏻👍🏻😎
6:11 - 'This attachment makes the work half as easy.' Half as easy = twice as hard
Yes,you have right. I wrote wrong there 🤦🏼♂️ english is not my native language
Very nice work on the hammer head. I like locust for ball pein handles but I have always made mine from green wood on the shavehorse using a drawknife. I learned from a third gen handle carver who had extraordinary skills. I watched him make one of these for me one day - from start to finish it took him 6 minutes. When he handed it to me all I had to do was let it season then hand sand and oil. I made some myself but it was always a challenge to get a nice oval shape that was comfortable in the hand. This was especially important if I wanted to used the tool for forge work on my anvil. I finally got his seal of approval but it took a lot of shavings to get there. Now I use a pnuematic drum sander with 4 grits for the sanding and I oil with walnut oil. It dries to a hard water resistant finish very quickly and isn't sticky. Overall - nice job and what a beautiful shop!
Thanks a lot and glad you enjoyed so much 😊awesome informations you delivered here 👏
Well done. I’m currently working on a hatchet restoration myself, so this just brought a big ol smile to my face
Very nice! Good luck with the project. If any help,just write me 👍🏻
You found it, and there was a metal detector with it? You're so lucky.
🤣🤣🤣 my english is not my native language,maybe some sentences are wrote bad there
He will restore the metal detector in another video.
🤣🤣🤣soon
Now that you have a hammer you’ll be able to start making things lol.
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yep in deed
Very Rick and morty. So you mine stuff to craft with and craft stuff to mine with?
It’s a thing of beauty. As ever a perfectly crafted project and video which I thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you.
Glad you liked it 🤗
That ball and peen hammer restoration came out so nice I think for me it would be placed in a collector cabinet because I'd be afraid to use such a beautiful tool in my garage! Your videos are great and inspirational! It is so refreshing to see people like you taking old things most would toss in a landfill and giving them new life! If more people restored items instead of tossing them into the thrash, the world could be better!
Agree with you. Things need to be restored more often. We live in a world full of plastic and toxic environment
Yey! New vid! ❤
Yes Honey! Enjoy it 😎🥳
Very nice resto, the handle is particularly good, well done! Even though you put quite a bit of work into this piece, I'm not sure how it would be worth $80-$100. I have restored well over a dozen hammer heads of various types and have a drawer full to go. I either use them as intended as hammers, or more than likely just use the heads as forms when working metal. Change the shape of the surfaces and presto, anew form. I don't try to sell them because no one cares how much work one puts into restoring it, it's just a hammer. Hammers are cheap.
Thanks for the feedback Toby. Now depends, look,Alec Steele sold one with $200,just because was forged by him...
Beautiful job. Just shows what beauty is still in these old tools.
Thanks and glad you enjoyed 😊
Totally gorgeous and very satisfying to watch. Thank you for sharing your remarkable woodworking skills!
Glad you liked it Mary. You need to watch my next video. I will upload tomorrow,I made some woodworking that I think you will like a lot 😊thanks for your support
Of course i want it. For a moment there I thought you were going to burn the handle like everybody else seems to be doing at the moment. Glad you didn't.
Have sense to burn it but not all wood can be burn. People make what they see at anothers,without know to much about. Glad you liked it Costa 👍🏻😎
I wouldn't use this Hammer, It is so beautiful that hitting something with it would hurt my soul
Hi Erick. Yes,I polished again after that test 😅
Yes, I would Like to have this Hammer in my Wall. Very Nice JOB.
Thanks again Marcos 😊
A restoration video that isn't just a fake rust patina, I salute you.
Thanks Joe 😊 cheers 🍻
Never thought I'd see the day when someone referred to rust as being "impregnated" into something
Sorry Chloe if something is wrong. English is not my native language..
@@CoolAgainRestoration I mean, I totally understood and its a perfect descriptor!! So youre all good lmao!
Thanks buddy 🍻
Not paying 80$
I can make $80 in a couple of hours; even this simple restoration would take more than that. Looking at this as a saving is wrong.
It may have been a 9 minute video, but I expect it would have been a 9 hour restoration!
I use black locust for all my hatchet and axe handles. I’m so glad to see someone else finally make a video with it. It’s such a great wood. I prefer it to ash or hickory
Glad you liked it Casey 😎
It's amazing that even after decades of neglect, this hammer still works perfectly.
Turned a $5.00 hammer into a $9.00
I love the figuring in that wood and the form of the handle is very tactile. Great job buddy 👍🏻
Thank you Dave 👍🏻
It brought joy to my heart watching you put the head on the handle that way!
Thanks buddy😎
I've become addicted to these restoration videos. Cool.
Glad you liked it G 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Well done ! I love seeing old and rusty hammers, axes ,and various other tools brought back to life👍👍
Me too ! The modern ones don’t last like old ones
This is a true delight to watch AND to listen to!
I have just started watch the channel and enjoyed what I have seen. I spend a lot of time on car and truck restoration, but I also like people bringing just about anything back to life. I see that you have good skill set in this type of restoration. I know most people in this set do not talk during there video's, but I think it might add to it hearing how or why you do something. Kind of like story it pulls you in as you learn something.
Thanks Richard because you like my work. About talking,this niche is about restoration but some people found this type of videos ASMR. And they want to hear only natural sounds. That’s why I try to describe what I make as much as I can .
Excellent work! That’s a beautiful hammer. I also enjoy restoring hammers, but you take it to the next level. That is some absolutely gorgeous wood that you made your handle from. I also like the contrast between the polished faces and the corroded areas from which the rust roughened it up. Again, beautiful work!!
Thank you very much and glad you enjoyed, Luke 👍 cheers
this kind of restoration are blowing my mind. Your choices in this project were perfect. That wood handle in beautiful. Cheers from Chile.
Cheers my friend 👍🏼😎🍻 and thanks
That handle is amazing just wow You earned a new sub for that one. I love how odies make wood feel so silky in your hand. Just amazing.
Absolutely beautiful. Would definitely have it in my tool bag.
Glad to hear that Nate 👍🏻😎
This is the sort of hammer that you find in a master craftsman’s shop. Came for the work, left admiring the workmanship, especially with all the replies you give on these comments!
You are so kind to say that Alex. Thank you very much 🤩
Superb job!!! I bet of those folks at the original manufacturing plant would see this hammer now, they might as well be amazed!!! I love your workshop!!! (always so neat!!!)
😎 thanks a lot Víctor 🤗🤗
Your work shop is great, your restoring project is great.your are under rated restorer.great job👏👏👏🙏👊🇮🇳👍💗👑
Thank you very much mate 😊🫡👍
i watched 3 of yours videos in a row. and i can say my opinion: you are not just a good artisan, you are a real ARTIST. the way how you make the videos are so relaxing... the sounds... it's Netfix stuff dude. respect.
You are so kind to say that steava. I really appreciate 🙏🏻 thank you very much
Spectacular restoration !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad you liked it Jerry 👍🏻
That locust wood is gorgeous! So is that hammer!
Thank you very much Myke 👍🏻😎
Amazing work! Your golden hands make things shine again!! ~”cool again bro”
Thanks bro😘
Wow, now that is one beautiful antique hammer resteration Sir. Anyboby would be proud to have that hammer as a tool or a show tool. It almost looks to perfect to use. You have incredible talent. Please keep your restoration videos coming. We love everyone of them. 👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you very much James 👍👍
I want this Hammer ! Greets from Russia !
Spasibo brother 👍🏻🍻
Beutiful handle locust is a very hardwood not easy to work with hand tools amazing results ❤ 😊
Scotland represented Woo hooo! Love from Scotland
🤗🤗🤗 thanks ukp42👍🏻
You have created a beautiful masterpiece---in every conceivable manner. Bravo!
Glad you liked it Gary 😊
Not only restored, restored with amazing taste. I can hang this hammer in my living room as vintage piece.
Nice to read this kind words. Thanks Adrian 👍🏻😎
Beautiful restoration
Thank you very much
You have inspired me to restore all of my wooden handled ball peen hammers . I just trimmed up a florida oak and came out with some nice potential hammer handels. Thanks😎👊
Glad to hear this Kevin. Good luck with that 🍀🍀🍀
Awesome as always! Loved the handle, the wood is so beatiful!!
Thank you very much Virginia 🤗
I like how all your tools look like you unboxed them yesterday. No dust or wear at all!
Yeah,because I clean them every time after using 😎 my OCD...
The handle is perfect, very fine job all around. New long life for this ball peen which will surely be treasured.
Thanks a lot and glad you enjoyed so much 😊
I really don't understand why people restore simple tools to this extent in many ways but it still made me watch till the end so I guess it worked 🤣
These type of videos are not only about the restoration process . Obvious this hammer is way expensive to restore than to buy one . It is because people like and love to see these type of videos , they are ASMR and are very satisfying
I wish if I can restore my life like this....
Wonderful job! I've got an old and very rusty hummer, and you've just inspired me with ideas on hummer itself and a handle - THANKS!!
Thanks Michael and glad you liked it so much. Good luck with your project 👍