First step towards a kit

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I have been tinkering around with knife making for a couple of years. In a few month I move in to my first house in Sweden an have decided to set up a small shop with a forge.
 

I have found or got these hammer as gifts and now is  time to blow new life in to them.

 

The are 2.6; 2.0; and 0.9lbs (top to bottom)

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The smallest hammer 600g (0,9lbs) was chipped and the handle was the loosest. So I decided to start of with that guy.









Baking to make sure its properly annealed to prevent further chipping.

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120-grit diamond file








Up to 400 dry. Then 600 wet and polish on leather.

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Steam cleaned the handle.



Sanded down to 225 grit ready to be died with black leather die (narvsvärta).



Dries fast in the sun so i added thee layers.



Epoxy and black pigment to cure starting splinters an fill larger dings and sett the head.



Two layers of Danish oil to seal the die in the wood. Applied 4 hour appart and den rubbed with a sock to give it a mat finish.



Head steam cleaned and brushed with window cleaner and brass wire brush. First pair done!

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Done! What do you think?

[EtownAndrew]

They look nice. Good to see that you smoothed the faces. They were a little rough.

[EtownAndrew]

They look nice. Good to see that you smoothed the faces. They were a little rough.

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Thanks! I've might have over done it. :)

 

[VaughnT]

Fantastic work, a mirror-shine might not be needed on a hammer head, but it sure doesn't hurt anything!  

 

Also glad to see I'm not the only one that seems to get bloody knuckles when working....

[DSW]

Am I the only one having a chuckle about him holding the hammer head in his hand and the unconscious looking dog in the background?  :P

[Charles R. Stevens]

Note, a hard hammer face is not a bad thing. As long as you don't kit something hard with it.
How hot and how long did you temper the head in the oven?
What radius is the pein?
Look forward to seing the reciting of the second cross pein.
Do you plan to forge a pein on the third hammer?
Sorry for the string of questions...

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:)

Tanks guys! i baked it for 30 minutes at 230C. It got a faint straw yellow hue.

 

The third hammer was found in a abandoned U-boat shipyard and i think its was used to sett rivets and chiselling. Its name is Tors ME2. My plan was to make a drawing hammer with a squared faced rolled top to bottom on one side and rolled side to side on the other.

 

Is the a better use for it? :)

[Rberry1911]

Am I the only one having a chuckle about him holding the hammer head in his hand and the unconscious looking dog in the background?  :P

Haha i laughed at that too....

Great job on the hammer restoration

[Charles R. Stevens]

A better use? Probably not. Tho I'm always dubious of double ended hammers that don't have at least one flat face. I am constantly straitening, flataning and adjusting. That said, I know their are other smiths that use drawing hammers and like them.

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I see. One draw bsck is that the two faces look very similar and is bound to bee mixed up. 

 

[Charles R. Stevens]

I rasp a small flat on one side of my handles. Usually the side opisit the lat face. It alows me to index the face with out looking. Not such an issue with most hammers, but it can be with my rounding hammers.

[Phil H]

That dog is a fine looking animal.

[Harri]

The last hammer is a mejselhammare used to strike chisels with.  Keep it as is and be happy B)

[Everything Mac]

They look good to me. I'm starting to become a fan of the black handles. Owen Bush has been making black handles for a while and they look great.
Andy