Havoc91 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fe-Wood Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinobi Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Havoc, excellent work! thank you as well for posting such thorough WIP photos here and in your hot set thread :) now the questions: what size/steel did you start with? final weight of the heads? would you be so kind as to post a photo of the business end of your (what appears to be) slitting chisel and drift? photo as well of what you use to fuller behind the face/pein? are you using a hardie/top combo, just one or the other, or a guillotine? do you have any pic's of the handle without the head attached, or a shot of your wedge layout? sorry to bomb you with questions, im getting overly excited about forging hammers being just over a month away from a hammer class at the end of September :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubbe Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Nice work! Good thing starting small... great exercise for bigger hammers in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havoc91 Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 Havoc, excellent work! thank you as well for posting such thorough WIP photos here and in your hot set thread :) now the questions: what size/steel did you start with? final weight of the heads? would you be so kind as to post a photo of the business end of your (what appears to be) slitting chisel and drift? photo as well of what you use to fuller behind the face/pein? are you using a hardie/top combo, just one or the other, or a guillotine? do you have any pic's of the handle without the head attached, or a shot of your wedge layout? sorry to bomb you with questions, im getting overly excited about forging hammers being just over a month away from a hammer class at the end of September :) I started with a 8 cm long and 2 cm thick round piece of W-1 tool steel ,the weight of the heads is aprox 200 grams a piece and for the slitting I used the hot set from the other post ,here are a few pics of the tools I used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Beautiful tools. It's inspiring to see folks taking to making tools to make tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinobi Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 ahhh, spring fuller, duh :), *scribbles in note pad* thanks Havoc! I picked up some 3/4" 4130 on the cheap from the steel supply shop near where I live for chisels and punches and the like, but iv been contemplating a few smaller hammers from it as well. haven't been able to get in touch with any oil personnel to scavenge proper sucker rod, so had to get new stock =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Beautiful work on that little cross pein, it reminds me of one that I gave as a gift to a friend of mine. It was an ancient hammer with steeled faces but it looked so like yours. It was from the early 1800s and was beautifully wrought as are yours. Nice work all around on your hammers, the continuation of a long tradition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old South Creations Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 those are great looking hammers...nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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