This hammer was left by someone when I moved into my tiny New York apartment in 1970.  Back then it looked as if it had many years of heavy use.  Now (October 2015), although I have moved out of the city, and moved several times, ending up now in the country,  I still have it and use it for all our jobs both inside and out. For the first time, today I have had to super-glue one of the leather rings back in place on the handle.  This is a great hammer - if you can call a hammer great - very well balanced, sturdy, and seems to be lasting forever.  You could not ask for better.