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Forged a North Wall Hammer yesterday. Took 5 hours, including carving the handle. The steel is from a hydraulic rod.

A north wall hammer is used for climbing ice. It does not have the adze of a normal ice axe, but rather has a hammer head for setting pitons.

I'll be using it this weekend on Mt. Whitney.

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I'm pretty happy with the strength. If anything, I'm more worried about the handle breaking, rather than pulling out.

The tool will never really see full body weight. Mostly the point of it is for setting and removing pitons. It may be used as a climbing aid, but will always be a secondary tool.

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Ya- The handle looks a little soft and fibrous to me. Do you know what kind of wood it is? Otherwise it looks great!

Good luck with the climb!

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Ya- The handle looks a little soft and fibrous to me. Do you know what kind of wood it is? Otherwise it looks great!

Good luck with the climb!


The handle is hickory.
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I ride Harley's, rock crawl ATVs in Moab, hunt ducks in ice water, but that is crazy. great functional piece of forging. I like it


Ha ha! Awesome! Great compliment! Thank you!
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