gerald

KIVE A mash vat.

reach, Reach, Reach

Oh my goodness, I did botch up my last (Sorry Ladysmith) ... so let's try ROTCH... A very small arctic sea bird

Dive, Dive, Dive

About three years ago, I built a "temporary" spring from 3/16 X 1" mild (A-36) steel. It's still on the vise, used almost daily.

botch, Botch, Botch

more like a MOLE

Pitch, Pitch, Pitch

Silk, Silk, Silk

Welcome, meancoyote. Good to have another member from your part of the country.

Many smiths like to thin down the "neck" of the handle just below the head. Pretty hard to do with a FG handle. FG and hot items don't always mix well. Rubber grips can't be "hand fit" with a rasp to individualize the grip. Rubber grips will eventually harden from weather and glaze over from sweat/skin oils and make for a splippery grip. Are there hammers in my shop with FG handles? You bet. Do I like them? Not particularly, that's why they spend most of their time in a rack someplace. Keep watching the sale papers from the same place you see the one's with FG handles. In a few weeks there will be a sale for the same set with wood handles. Pick one or two sizes to leave as "hammers" and knock the handles out of the others so that you can re-forge them into other handled tools.

RUNCH noun. Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits.

Calk, Calk, Calk

Wall, Wall, Wall

Bell, Bell, Bell

HANCH, a sudden fall or break (I looked it up)

Tall, Tall, Tall

Pail, Pail, Pail

Hunch, Hunch, Hunch

Latch, Latch, Latch

Bail, Bail, Bail

Hitch, Hitch, Hitch

Hall, Hall, Hall

Haft, Haft, Haft

Bunch, Bunch, Bunch