Thanks Monstermetal, I hear their were a couple people there when the gates opened. Perhaps you were one of them. Monday morning I made the phone call by mistake and got the owner and we closed the deal right then. Lucky is all I can say.
Thanks for the information on the hammer. Love those little tiddy bits of information. Sure beats trial and errrrrror. By Tuesday P.M. the hammer was all green from top to bottom. Only too 5 hrs. 4 buckets of soapy water and 2 cans of gunk. Looks very nice, now to get it into the shop, put white mans magic to it(electricity) and hit the start button.
Are you using a No. 1 hammer now at your shop? If you get to the NWBA spring conference (which is in Mount Vernon) I live 3 mi. West of town, you have an open invite to inspect.
Cheers
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