Thanks everyone! Larry, fugeddaboutit I get what you are sayin.
I personally prefer to vary everything I do :D I agree though, I like your forged finish hammers Brian (and do want one terribly), I like to forge finish also have you seen my knives? I respect forge finish more, I think it takes much more skill. the grinding and polishing on this was an easy sort of fun thing to do. I don't think grinding and polishing take all that long, nor are really hard to do at all, it's easy when you can sit and think about what to do next, then just grind away, filework even more so an easy and simple task.
Nampa heck yeah! I don't really do repousse I find it kind of boring, but leafing yes! that's what this hammer's for!