Watch this loving restoration of a rusty old hammer to its former glory

So many thoughts!

  1. The striking face looks to be a mess now, based on that video of pounding in a roofing nail. But he was also choked up on it and tapping, it seemed, and that’s not how to drive a nail, so maybe that’s why it kept sliding off the head.
  2. The final finish is, well, not a finish. Lots of tool marks, and nothing to inhibit new rust formation. Within a year, it will look like it did at the start.
  3. Showing off the “restored” hammer driving nails seems weird. I’m pretty sure it did so just fine before “restoration”.
  4. Wow there is some unsafe use of other tools in this video. I mean, nothing that’s gonna get you killed or maybe even hospitalized, but sanding fingertips off really, really sucks.
  5. But (and I can’t believe I’m first with this) it is indeed
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