jmorin

I haven't found my favorite weight as of yet . I have only been pounding steel for about a couple of months. But I feel that the more tools I make my self the better.

Status Update: I finally punched through and started to drift the hole. I did some math and I am going to end up with a 8 pound hammer. I am going to hack off about 3/4 to an inch on both ends before I start making the fullers. Should bring it down to around 5 ish pounds. This is a lot of work I have so much respect to those who do this on a regular basis or have made their own hammers. .

Thank You all for the suggestions and ideas. I did not have time this week to finish but hope to next. I only have one evening a week to forge

I am attempting my first forged hammer. I started off with a 2 inch x 5 inch piece of a shaft from a drilling rig. 3 hours of heating in a coal forge, hammering by hand with a 8 ish lb sledge I almost have the hole punched all the way through. any thoughts or criticism is appreciated. Here is a pic of how far I got and what I started with.