[CAUT] Self voicing hammers/work hardening

[Ed Sutton]

Hi, Horace-

Behlen Super Blonde shellac flakes will meet that objection.
Besides, I like using something with a few thousand years of technology in
it.

Ed Sutton

> The only objection I have every heard to using shellac (which I do think 
> works very well, and which, historically, is what S&S hammers were
hardened 
> with in the days when varnish finishes were being used) is that it can 
> "discolor" the hammers.  Who cares?  What matters is the tone and
response, 
> yes?
>
> Best.
>
> Horace
>