Brent Bailey made this for me. We talk a lot about primitive smiths and smithing. Now I need to find just the right rock.

Grant ,
It looks like you'll be eating the face of that hammer if you try using the pointy end :P

Nicely crafted..............The design was likely the first.....no holes in rocks .

VERY interesting!

Sorta modeled on this:

I've seen the design before, they use the same handle design for adzes and other hand tools, if it works cool use it. its a simple design and has worked for thousands of years, I dont see anything wrong at all with using it.

Great hammer

So you will be forging locks on rocks?
Brent Bailey does some amazing very clean work, I would love to get one of his carpenters hammers (note to the misses) hint hint

awesome!

Don't bend over to close, the rebound could realy hurt with this hammer. :-0

could see the handle carved to look like a hand holding the hammer head