Hi All, Dorrie's list is a good one, one that I have picked up over the years. One explanation I got was that lacquer was weather resistant, the hammers don't change from one season to the next. Maybe so but lacquer takes weeks and months to get it's permanent hardness. I personally do not like that tone but in a university learning situation I felt I had no choice but to use the same stuff the students will encounter in the field. I _do_ have a strong preference for other hammers. I am putting a set of Isaac on my S&S 52". Newton
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