This particular hammer is in excess of 85 years old; it's still good for a few more decades.
What history this hammer has seen, in my family, is beyond my knowing.
My very first step is to examine how deep the gouges are. WOW, very deep!
I'm using an Emery (paper) disk of "Course" grit and just basically removing the initial 'tough & rough' surface. In this process, I'm careful not to ruin the 'hitting surface'.
The gouges are everywhere, on the hammer face, the main shaft...just name it!
Here, I explored the many indentations that have been collecting over the decades of use.
With an Emery Wheel, I've removed the first layer and discovered that many of these gouges ARE DEEPER THAN I EXPECTED.
With a pair of 'Safety Lenses", here is a good photo of the shards of metal being removed. The possibility of having these metal specks hit my eyes would be a disaster.
Here is a 'group photo' of both hammers that I am working with in these tutorial essays. You can see the size difference between the two items.
I've enlarged this hammer face purposely. Every area of this hammer face must be cleaned. I prefer to emphasise the cleaning processes & techniques, but not the end result.
This is a repeat of the Emery wheel, shaving off layers of steel. This is like a video, but in a halting photo. I took many photos just to capture the 'sparks of hot metal being ejected'.
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