Aaron J. Cergol Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Hi all, Myself and my striker Bill forged this up around a week or so ago. Bill helped me punch the eye, then I worked the shoulders and cheeks on my 50#LG and then worked the pein down by hand. It's inspired by the older farrier cross pien hammers, and a cross pein Brian and I forged. :) He really gave me some insight to drawing the pein out to help it avoid fish mouthing. Simple matter of upsetting it into a dish or swages to keep it in check along the way, Starting stock was 1045 1 3/4" Diam by 4" long. came out to just over 2.6# after forging/grinding. Handle is home made from American Ash, and has two walnut wedges in a cross formation. Let us know what you all think. Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolish Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 overall it is a really clean looking hammer, Looks almost store bought to me. Did a really nice job on cleaning it up and keeping the lines clear. Always puzzled why people remove the metal between the striking hammer face part and the handle hole. Only plus I can see is to lower the weight but keep a bigger hammer face. Looks solid with the two wooden wedges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windancer Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Nice hammer and craftsmanship! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo McCutcheon Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 a work of art .good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gaddis Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Very nice indeed! Tell Bill I said hi too. Carry on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec.S Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Great job, Aaron!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron J. Cergol Posted March 6, 2013 Author Share Posted March 6, 2013 thanks all for the kind words. Toolish-I do not know the reason for this either. My guess would be aestetics mostly, but perhaps that it narrows the area that transmits the force so that the force ends up more centered? Have another cross pein in progress, this one has a more narrow pein. The next one I think will be a straight pein. Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles McDonald Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Thats a real nice looking hammer! Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymond Sauvage Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 I guess fullering the area between the face part and the handle hole wil gives you more material to draw out wider cheeks. This enables increesed surface contact area between the handle and the shaft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubbe Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Besides aesthetics, I think the main reason to fuller behind the face is to move the face of the hammer forward from the handle without increasing weight, right? Very nice hammer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec.S Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Raymond is correct about the fullering! For bigger cheeks so there is a bigger HOUSE FOR THE HANDLE! Surface area contact :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Riffe Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 SWEEEEEEEET....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolish Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Thanks guys thought there had to be some functunal reason that it was done. Sorry about the the thread hijack. That hamer shows some nice forging technique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Nice work and good finish. It reminds me a little bit of a woodworkers' Warrington hammer. The Warrington is lighter and has a much thinner peen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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