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That hammer will serve you well!

Are you applying Habermann bends to these tongs? And if so how much stronger or supportive are Habermann bends?

Is it possible to simply replace the pins on the rake? This sounds like a harrow rake, and i've seen harrow rake teeth thats been make of high carbon steel for less than 2 dollars each. Hardfacing would seem to be more money than it could be worth if the pins are easy to replace new.

I've read up that Jim Hrisoulas has recommended soaking hammer handles for a least 2-3 weeks in oil, and according to him, they last a long time before he's ever had to replace one.Helps to prevent splinters from arising and breakage. Apologies if I'm hijacking your thread Tubbe, curious about the tool making process.

Figured I'd sign up to this forum and meet some folks, and learn things from others. Im a journeyman welder that's mainly self taught in the area's of knife making and branching out to blacksmithing to learn even more with the possibilities of hammering hot steel. Hope to learn and make a few friends.

Thanks for starting this thread, and im inspired to try my hand at theses. I just ordered from various thickness of 4140 round bars coming in the mail to make a few tools. I do have a question: whats the dimensions of the eyes you drifted for the handled punches? Im assuming you used a 1" bar to make the long handled drift so a guess would around 1.125 long x 7/8 wide? Id love to know common eye drift sizes to get an idea. But looking forward to seeing the other tools you make tubbe, keep em coming!