On Thursday, November 7, 2013 3:33:06 AM UTC-8, wrote:
For heavy construction and demolition, I use a 3lb sledge hammer. In

the past I have always purchased quality, name brand hammers with wooden

handles. Every year I break at least one handle, and the cost of the

replacement handles is almost as much as a new hammer, so I just buy a

new hammer.



I just broke another wooden handle, and went to buy another sledge

hammer. The place I went, no longer sells them with wooden handles.

They are all fiberglass handles now. I bought one, it cost about $3

more than the last time I bought one with a wooden handle. But if the

handle lasts longer, it will be well worth the extra $3.



But are they any better??? Will figerglass last longer? Somehow I cant

see where glass strands and epoxy will be stronger, in fact it seems

like it would be weaker. But I needed the hammer right away and did not

want to waste hours going to other stores.



Personally, I think those heavier hammers should have steel handles, and

I mean thick steel, not that cheap thin pipe they use on some cheap

carpenter hammers, which comes with a rubber grip that keeps sliding off

the handle.



(I'm seriously thinking of welding a piece of solid steel rod into one

of the hammer head of one of the broken handled hammers I have. I know

that wont break). Of course that will turn a 3lb hammer into a 4lb

hammer.

I'll also throw the tool's balance way out of whack. I've had to use a hammer my old man fixed that way. It wasn't worth throwing in the trash after he fixed it.

Harry K

Harry K