This handle took to my hammer head like a fish to water! I was honestly amazed by how well it fit at first I was skeptical due to my hammer being so old and originally hand forged by coal miners from my families previous generations. Yes I ended up waiting a pretty decent time for it to come in but it was worth it, the handle is straight and so is the grain orientation. The only handy work I had to do to the handle was trim the included shim but I expected this. Also the wood from what I could tell wasn’t coated with anything which is great and I could go ahead and apply boiled linseed oil. So definitely a future customer!