This was an awesome little hammer to restore. In cleaning it up I learned that it is a C Hammond size 4 shoe hammer and that it was forged using wrought iron. To bring out the wrought iron lines I etched the metal a bit more using a battery charger and salt water and then used gun blue to darken the metal. I also made a custom handle from a thrift store softball bat made of, from what I though was white oak, but now I believe is ash (I had never used ash and though it smelled and looked a lot like white oak).

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