So I'm back with an Update. It looks like it's been 5-6 months since my original post. So, I fit a handle that day, thought I'd have a nice little souvenir, set it next to my rasp snakes and what have you, and just be proud. But then I got to thinking.... who cares if she explodes on me?! Might as well see if this dog hunts! So for the last 5-6 months, it's been my day in day out rounding hammer, hot shaping, cold shaping, turning 3/8x1 toe weighted shoes COLD! It's literally the best hammer I've ever used!! I definitely tempered it back a little too much, but I'll take a flat spot on my round side, over dents in my relatively new 160# JHM, or a chip flying off into a horses chest any day! More farrier turning blacksmith in the future