mm wrote:
What would you recommend to refinish a hammer handle?

I have an old ball peen hammer whose owner got it very dirty, with oil
even. Although I'm not complaining. He had the hammer for 20 to 50
years, and I got it free after he didn't need it anymore. I cleaned
all that off with a wire wheel. I'm thinking just rubbing in some
linseed oil would make it nice. What do you think?


It would be my opinion that linseed oil would be the thing as it is
recommended for wood more than anything else usually.. If you want to
spend the time you can give it a "French finis" with that. Takes a lot
of rubbing though. But no other finish will equal it.