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Reddit mentions of Estwing Hammer - 16 oz Curved Claw with Smooth Face & Shock Reduction Grip - E3-16C, Silver

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Estwing Hammer - 16 oz Curved Claw with Smooth Face & Shock Reduction Grip - E3-16C, Silver
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    Features:
  • Solid steel one-piece head and handle
  • Deep nylon-vinyl cushion grip
  • 13" steel handle
  • Model E316C
  • Model E316C
Specs:
ColorSilver
Height1 Inches
Length13 Inches
Number of items1
Size16 oz (Ounces)
Weight1 Pounds
Width5 Inches

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u/Moumar · 2 pointsr/woodworking

There are several tools on that list that could be brought used. I would look at vintage braces, drawknives, planes, spokeshaves and maybe saws.

New braces aren't even worth looking at, they're either crap, expensive or in most cases both. Vintage braces are a dime a dozen, you should be able to pick up a good one for $10-20. For general use a 10” brace is a good size. Brands to look at are Stanley, Millers Fall and North Bros. There are a few others as well but those are the most common. Here’s an in depth guide to restoring braces.

The rest of those have both good new or vintage options.

It’s not to hard to find a vintage drawknife for $10-$30. Just make sure the edge or handles aren’t severely damaged. Restoring is straightforward, just remove any rust, sharpen it and clean up the handles if needed. There seems to be a lot of medium priced new drawknives available but I haven't used any so I can't really comment on them.

Planes and spokeshaves are in the same boat. There’s plenty to choose from both new and used. In general when looking at these tools new the cheap ones are crap. Your much better off buying vintage tools and restoring them if you want save money here. Vintage planes are very easy to get. In general you want to look for planes made pre WW2. During and after the war the quality of hand tools started to diminish. Here’s a good site for dating Stanley planes. I won’t go into to much detail about restoring planes as there’s so much information on the subject online. Restoring planes is pretty much foolproof as long as you do some brief research. A decent Stanley No. 4 can be had for $20-40 quite easily. It might take a few hours of work to tune it up but once you do you’ll have a good plane.

The major brands for new planes are Woodriver, Veritas (Lee Valley and Lie Nielsen from lest expensive to most expensive. As you can see these planes are much more expensive than buying a vintage plane and restoring it. So what are you getting for all that extra money? All three brand’s planes will be ready to go out of the box except for honing the blade. They’re better quality than most of the commonly available vintage planes and in my opinion work better. I’m not saying vintage planes aren’t good, I just think that these planes are nicer to use. LN and Veritas are both very high quality but LN stuff is a bit more fancy. Both are manufactured in North America. Woodriver planes are made in China but are still good quality. I’m not sure about Woodriver but both LN and Veritas tools have a lifetime guarantee. If anything goes wrong with their tools they’ll replace or fix it no questions asked. I’ve even seen multiple examples of them fixing or replacing tools that were damaged due to user error. Both companies have top notch customer support as well, they’re always pleasant to deal with.

Spokeshaves are the same as planes. You can get some nice vintage spokeshaves cheap or opt for new ones but you going to pay a premium.

There’s not right or wrong way to go here. I suggest you get your hands on some their tools and give them a go. If you E-mail the companies I’m sure they will give you some info on where you can try them them out. Some woodwork retailers will have some out that you can have a play with.

Good vintage saws are a bit harder to find for good prices now. I’m not even sure if it’s worth it any more. The last few times I’ve look for vintages saw the prices were so high it made sense for me to buy new. I think the Vertias back saws are good value for money. They’re good quaility and are about half the price of any other decent back saws. You could also go for Japanese saws. I don’t really a fan of Japanese tools so I can't really make any suggestions there.

For most of the other tools on your list I'd new. I like the Narex chisels. They're cheap but good quality. For the hammer I would recommend a Estwing. It's well balanced, feels nice to use and is all steel so you dont have to worry about the handle coming loss.

For sharpening I'd recommend diamond plates. They're not to expensive, easy to use and last a long time.