ChrisB Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I saw at hammer source that they called rounding hammers rounding/linesmans hammers. Is this just a renamed rounding hammer?Estwing Lineman's Hammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Didn't look like one face was domed like a rounding or turning hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Maybe not but it wouldn't take long on the belt grinder to give it a domed face. I could polish the whole thing up to the handle so the farriers would covet it. Farriers seem to like shiny tools for some reason. I really like Estwing. I don't know why but I sure do. Wonder what one costs? Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share Posted April 6, 2009 (edited) $38 from grainger that has free shipping for orders over $50 this month. Estwing also makes a 2.5lb cross pien. I've grown up with Estwing framing hammers in my hand. I can remember when I was 7 sitting on a jobsite with my dad and him showing me how to make a bench to sit on and eat lunch with wood from the scrap pile. I go on a church misson trip with high school teenagers every summer to work on homes in Appalachia. The kids always think its cute to bring some joke of a hammer that they swiped from moms junk drawer or dad gives them the hammer he kinda wants to never come back home. After day one and "hammering 101" the kids realize Mr. Chris's hammer (Estwing) is much easier on the hand and drives nails faster than what they brought. After that I have to fight to use my own hammer. I finally bought a spare just so I have a better chance of getting one to use. Edited April 6, 2009 by ChrisB typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 They used to make a 2-1/2 lb crosspeen with the typical Estwing one piece handle and head but I assume they dropped it as I haven't seen them in the catalog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share Posted April 6, 2009 It's a geological tool.?!Estwing Cross Peen Hammers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Looks like they still do Hollis. Who cares what category someone in marketing sticks a thing . . . Oh wait, maybe the folk who want to sell a thing would like other folk to be able to find it? Think they'd listen if we told them? Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 That hammer has a rounding face and a flat face. Quite similiar in head shape to a farriers rounding hammer I have used one of those quite a bit and I can tell you you need a hammer with a wooden handle not steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 It's a geological tool.?!Estwing Cross Peen Hammers Wow...I could not find it by searching but of course, I looked for 'blacksmith hammer' - silly me! Wonder how it behaves on hot iron? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnr Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I have a buddy who is a huge fan of the Estwing cross peen for forge work. He loves it. I have never liked a steel handle myself. Finnr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 At the local shoeing school those were used as loaners for all new students and they used them until they could strike well enough to purchase their own hammers. No one bought one like them and from the early 70s until recently I dont believe one ever came up missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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