slick hammer handles

[Strine]

HW. It seems I have an ally in your grandfather. No roughness here either please.

[Mr Smith]

G'day all!

Weighing in with my $0.02AUD...

I have/had a bunch of hammer with fibreglass handles. All of them, bar none have shed their handles, whereas my wooden ones are still sitting pretty.
So when I rehandled all of them, I shaped the (wooden) handle with a drawknife, then smoothed them just a *little* on the linisher, or with the roughest sheet of wet and dry I can get my hands on.

I don't get *any* blisters, and my hands don't get slippery. I have another (4lb) hammer, with the handle it came with. The handle is varnished, and of course blisters and slips and all sorts.

[B. Norris]

I have heard of coating the "grip" section of the handle with beeswax to give it a little "tack." I prefer my handles wooden and smooth.

[Brian C.]

I tried the beeswax trick and it works great. Thanks for all the replies.

[IronPuppet]

What about Hockey Stick handle tape?

IronPuppet

[julian]

I work with a leather glove on my right hand with the fingertips cut off the index, middle, and ring fingers. This lets me pick up small things (rivets, nails etc.) with my fingertips while still having my hand protected, and I think it helps me grip the hammer a bit better. Then again we don't get cold weather here in arizona

[Hofi]

my hendles are highly polished !!! the handle is rounded rectangl conical outwards and i donot ''HOLD it i ''GUID '' it . once a year i sprey the handle with WD40 and i forge hours long without any problam.
HOFI

[Hofi]

Forgot To Say That I Never Use Glove On The Forging Hand
Hofi

[Milt]

How would a light coat of bees wax work on the handles? Bees wax seems to get somewhat tacky when warm and may not slip as much as other coatings ..may be worth a try??? I had not noticed this has already been suggested.

[ApprenticeMan]

Originally Posted by Hofi

Forgot To Say That I Never Use Glove On The Forging Hand
Hofi

ME TOO! Cool.