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Good work. Thank you

Try Ray Kirk in Talequah, OK.

I googled what you were looking for and found someone in the US, licensed to make the hammer.

" bobble hammer curmudgeon " as long as it is hammering a sord, i want one.

Too Sweet! I like that a lot!

google Japanese box blower plans. The box blower works well with charcoal. Charcoal forge's are usually longer and deeper than a coal forge., again google.

Good, Good, Good Vibrations....... I didn't know the song was written for turtles.

One of my favorite handle treatments I learned from Bill Epps. Poke the handle in the forge and blacken it. Quickly wire brush the handle vigorously. The handle is now more "Grippy". Not my hammer but you get the point. No pics, but your hand should feel comfortable holding the hammer. Have someone pull on the hammer head, it should not be easily pulled from your hand without a lot of work on your part. Anvilfire has a really good "hammer control" article # 6 on the how to page.

the first, is one of my favorite type of drawing out hammer...........

Sweet with a handle on it!

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sell em on ebay buy good handle material

titanium blade with a Nichrome edge, inlet into the blade. Google Nichrome blade

Sweet. Both thumbs up!

U are welcome. :)

I googled Altem superior Bronze. Heat nº 175. I had to take out the word superior and the heat no. Before I got a hit. http://pnumbers.com/onlinepackages/fmc/csp-fmc-material.asp?classId=1541 This composition seems to go by several trade names. Your rod seems to be the 4th one down on the list. hope this helps.

http://brianbrazealblacksmith.blogspot.com/2012/03/blog-post.html Brian is all over the net

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=copper+melt

cleaning out the weld will be easier with a needle scaler from harbor freight. works a treat on slag. :D Good luck!

Back in the 70's one of my co-workers wife's made the best caps around for $5. She made a twice-billed cap for $7. The twice billed cap covered both ears in certain situations. Cousrse when you turned the cap 90 degrees ever body had to ask. Are you coming or going? hehe

Flash point of whale oil is around 230 °C (446 °F Here's a list of natural oils with some higher flash points. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_point Peanut oil Refined 450°F 232°C[1] Use peanut oil and toss in some sardines. :)

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Looks to me like a lot of large axle forging was done. Probably the most efficient way to get that done at the time. The sway back anvil looks like it has been around a long time, unused for a long time. It looks as though it has lichen on it. Probably not a lot of 8 inch plate around at the time.

Hammers work for rebound test too

How about a simplified miniature Oliver hammer.