OK, I tried to work on about everything that ICM mentioned. :^) I lopped off the part of the handle nearest the head and tried to remodel it to as close as my reference hammer as I could get. I'm not sure how I did it exactly, but look at the example sticking up out of the floor in this pic. It goes from a cylinder and slopes in on four sides and becomes a cube. All in a single mesh. It took a while, and there was a lot of point editing, but I think it looks a lot better. Thanks for the advice ICM, I even put a wedge in there, but my reference has a black plastic plug in the hole, so I'm not sure of the accuracy there. :^) John

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Aye, that's a grand looking hammer! Just the thing to fix my computer when it's being cranky,lol.

Nice modeling on that hammer Tjohn. Nice sense of realism for sure. 8)

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Just make sure you post regular security updates. I would hate to think that unauthorized individuals could use my hammer, or that it could be accessed across the internet;) All kidding aside, you have managed to capture the essence of hammerness.

Wow, fantastic refit. I'll wip ya up a small example of a wedge & placement. Only reason I know...(grin) I've been sentimentally attached to this particular hammer, it's on its 3rd handle. All my others are steel shank Estwings. Nice work. ICM

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The wedge should be centered, but it shifted with the grain & started to go in angled. Works fine though.

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Thanks, all. I'm modeling my way towards a carpentry-oriented render, and want the parts to be as real as I can make them.
John PS to ICM: Thanks for the visual of your hammers. Now I know how to grunge up mine properly. :^)

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This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy