Leather Face Hammer

[sierradays]

I have a leather faced hammer that's lost its leather face and needs replacing. Wondering if anyone has done this before or maybe some general leather knowledge.

I glued and rolled round faces (middle), rolled up using contact cement and glued the with liquid nails to the hammer recessed pocket. Question is the original leather face (left) was more ridge like it was set or cured in a way that it rigid. The leather I replaced it with was from shoe construction more pliable.

 

[rlitman]

That's because these hammers don't use leather. They use rawhide.

 

[RTM]

You can find rawhide faces here, just figure out your needed diameter.

Garland Hammers-Plastic, Rawhide, Dead-blow hammers | The Hammer Source

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[neophyte]

That's because these hammers don't use leather. They use rawhide.

This.
Rawhide hammers are commonly used in numerous industries, including metalworking, and the rolled rawhide faces are available in a number of standard diameters for replacement.
Rawhide is also stiffer than leather in most cases.

 

[yhprum]

I was looking at this awhile ago and I found there are quite a few YouTube videos available.
The short version is you get a rawhide dogbone, boil it in water to make it pliable and wind it into a mallet head. It’s on my to do list.

Rawhide Mallet From Dog Bone

Rawhide Mallet From Dog Bone : Time and time again I’ve heard stories of my father’s legendary rawhide mallet: a mallet harder and tougher than the human mind could comprehend. Yet, somehow by a canine’s canines, it was destroyed. As I grew up, we considered together how we cou…

www.instructables.com

 

[sierradays]

Hi Everyone, Thanks for the resources and information.

 

[AEAdam]

Leather faced hammers are a really old technology. I get it, I like old traditional stuff too. But try no to spend too much time on this. Replacing the leather with a slug of lead, Delrin, or hard rubber might all be better choices. My guess is, what you've done won't hold up. But that just gives you a chance to try again.

Remember: all non steel hammer designs sought to mitigate shock. Not so much for the user, but to reduce damage to the struck surface. Any material with a young modulus less than steel will work. Even aluminum. Specific materials have been chosen for durability, and density primarily.

 

[WildBill]

Leatherface Hammer is my wrestling name.

 

[HalfTonTom]

Leatherface Hammer is my wrestling name.

It was also my ex-mother in law's.

 

[WWheeler]

Saw the title and figured it had to be about Leatherface's hammer.



Next thread will be about Leatherface's butcher knife, and the one after about his chainsaws.

 

[Kentc]

I would recommend looking into Garland Hammers like a previous member posted. Vaughan used to have a selection of these as well, but they are tough to find anymore.

Curious what applications you are using the rawhide hammer for?