April 17, 200917 yr Frosty, When heat treating a hammer head do you have to do the two ends separately ?
April 17, 200917 yr Frosty, sometimes folks cut off a few millimeters of the flat side to even out the balance. The hammer looks real nice Ditto on the niceness!! I see old ballpeins at flea markets all the time cheap. I guess if I get the US-made the steel might be better?? Could one instead upset the flat side to move the cg more to the center? I suppose it would be very difficult to do that and not distort the hole.
April 17, 200917 yr Author Heck, I don't know what this one is made from but it seems to be doing well enough. Being a bit out of balance isn't bothering me so far so I'm not going to mess with it. The next time I find one of these I may try forging the face into a pein to see how that works though I like having a flat(ish) face opposite the pein. Frosty
April 18, 200917 yr About me being "strong",Frosty,i'll quote my old employer,an immortal Alaskan Sid Huntington:"The only strong thing about me is I smell strong!". I really hear Charlotte,in her post above.Phil set both of us up with a Centaur's 1000g Swidish style jobs.The reins were about 3/8"circle in radius-sharp enough to ruin anything in a single blow(the damage is NOT,necessarily,visible,mind you). I know that the manufacturies know what they're about.I must assume that many sell their hammers "dress to your own spec's"type of a deal,like some ww tools.
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