Renewing a Rusty Hammer into a Glimmering Masterpiece Posted: March 13, 2025 | Last updated: March 13, 2025 This hammer was in bad shape—completely covered in mud and buried under layers of rust ...

The workpiece is marked up, and the shape of the hammer head meticulously filed out by hand. The wooden handle is similarly prepared from raw stock with a combination of planes, chisels and files.