I have been wanting a traditional style square faced cross pein so I decided to make one.I didn't have a striker or treadle hammer or powerhammer just me,myself,and I lol.i took a cpl hours to make it,here it is

what do yall think?

rhett

really nice shape, That hot head looks like it was really putting out some serious heat.

Looks like it is about 3 LB??? What steel did you make it out of?

thanks I have some stuff ill change on the next one,it weighs 2.5lbs.I forged it from a wrist pin out of a cummins diesel,they harden nicely

nice little hammer

sweet hammer! 

Nice solo job Rhett. How's it work?

 

Frosty The Lucky.

Looks like a great short hammer head! Now its time to forge a  6 - 7 pound one for striking and have Royce strike for you next time. My arm hurts just thinking about forging a hammer by hand again.

It'd be neat to see the hammer that made this hammer.  That's very nice work.

thanks for the compliments,the hammer works great and im happy with it except for I got the eye punched a little bit off center.

Mac I have a 2.25in billet of 1045 but idk if that is big enough,as to forging the hammer by hand I really didn't mind it as long as I worked it HOT!!

thanks rockstar here is the hammer I used

 i used the hammer on the right

Thanks for posting the picture.  It took quite a bit of work no doubt.  

 

Your hammers are reproducing!

WOW! A breeder hammer, I have often heard them described otherwise but "breeder hammer" will do for this forum.