chichi Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I picked up a nice straight peen hammer at a junk shop. An older gentleman asked me if I knew the purpose for that type of hammer. I said it looked like a typical blacksmith hammer about 3lbs or so. He told me it was a "saw smith" hammer.It was supposedly balanced in a way useful for that trade. Is there a special hammer for guys who work on large circular saw blades? If there is such a hammer and a person on this forum who has a thing for this type of hammer, I would part with it for a standard blacksmith hammer as the design is not that interesting to me. It is rather elongated and I would prefer a lower profile Hofi/Habberman style hammer. (I dont expect a Hofi hammer in trade). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WmHorus Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 It does indeed sounds like a saw hammer, if you have a picture that would be helpful. There were/are several types of hammers used to tune saws, it seems to be a dying art from the folks I have talked to. There was a guy willing to teach me the trade but he really lives to far away from me to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 A typical saw tuner's hammer is much like the Japanese cutler's hammers which are much like a traditional english cutlers hammer. They tend to be one sided with the eye quite far from the face. I have not see one with a straight peen on the back---or is it a single face straight peen? Could this be a fuller rather than a hammer? with the flat face designed to be struck rather than a hammer face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Trez Cole Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 or a stone hammer a picture would be helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 For sake of comparison. L to R. Turley homemade hammer; sawyer's dog head; Japanese forging hammer. The dog head is 4 5/8" long and its haft is 15 7/8" long. The Japanese hammer weighs about 3½ pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chichi Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 Based on the middle hammer in the picture Frank sent, I dont think my hammer is special. It is probably a regular forging hammer. I dont have a camera so I cannot take a pic. Thanks for the replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fosterob Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 See the thread on "Tuning a sawmill blade" He has pictures of several types of hammers, one style is like Frank posted and others looked more like you described. Try this: Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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