Hammer head and handle assembly

A set of hand tools, comprising:

• a plurality of hand tools, each of said hand tools including:
• a head having a through opening and a working face;
• a handle connected to said head at said through opening;
• a plurality of rods extending along and within said handle and into said through opening, said plurality of being secured in said through opening to said head;
• said handle of each of said hand tools defining a lanyard opening;
• first and second spacer plates within said handle being mounted on said plurality of rods and defining a space between said spacer plates, said lanyard opening extending through said space between said spacer plates;
• each of said hand tools being distinguished from one another by different respective handle lengths.

A hand tool, comprising:

• a head defining a central recess and a working portion;
• a handle connected to said head at said central recess;
• a plurality of rods extending through said handle and into said central recess of said head, said rods each having an engagement portion at an end of said rods in said central recess to anchor said rods in said head;
• a lanyard plate having a first portion defining a plurality of bores through which respective ones of said plurality of rods extend, said first portion being disposed substantially perpendicular to axes of said plurality of rods, said lanyard plate having a second portion extending substantially parallel to axes of said plurality of rods, said second portion defining a lanyard hole;
• said handle including an encasing material that encases said plurality of rods and at least said first portion of said lanyard plate.

A method of making a hand tool, comprising the steps of:

• forming a head having a handle recess and a working face;
• mounting a plurality of rods in said handle recess of said head;
• mounting a plurality of spacer plates on said rods at spaced locations;
• heating said rods;
• and
• encasing said rods within a handle material while said rods are heated so as to form a handle that encloses said rods and that is mounted to said head.