Between grandchildren playing with my Estwing claw hammer and a pile of burning leaves - here's the results. We just found it after I looked for it for days. I am thinking about burning off the rest of the grip and putting a new one on it. This is just something to do for the fun of doing it. I'm in no hurry, and would like some ideas you all might have for an interesting handle grip.
It is a Estwing 24 oz. HammerTooth Rip Hammer. The teeth are gone from around 30 years of usage.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Estwing-...-24T/203075879
I'm going to see how the 20 oz. one feels tomorrow.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Estwing-...-20S/100032790 That will fit my needs better than the rip hammer now. I have a 4 lb. handheld sledge if I need a bigger hammer