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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=265220904-17032007>:
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=265220904-17032007>Is that
colored section actually a second layer? (We could not tell by feeling
it.)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=265220904-17032007>: Is that colored
section, or second layer, actually functionally different than the rest of the
hammer? </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=265220904-17032007>: In other words,
does it actually do more than merely act as an identifier for the
characteristics of that hammer?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=265220904-17032007>-- Geoff
Sykes</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=265220904-17032007>-- Assoc. Los
Angeles</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>SNIP</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=265220904-17032007>Geoff,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=265220904-17032007>In many
(most) cases, the colored layer is indeed a separate layer, the
underfelt. In some cases, it is simply dyed to make it look like it
is.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=265220904-17032007>When it is a
separate layer, it is still, in most cases just a dyed felt, with no stiffening
agent added. In some cases (S&S) a stiffening agent is still added,
thus making the hammer underfelt much less resilient. Of course, now the
entire S&S hammer is soaked in lacquer as well, but that's another
topic.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=265220904-17032007>The presence of two
colors does NOT indicate higher or lower quality. Some very high quality
hammers are solid white, some (most, if not all) crap hammers have a dyed
"layer."</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=265220904-17032007>William R.
Monroe</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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