Jacob Nothstine Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 What kind of hammer is this? Is this a hammer? It has the letters GMBC on it. Was doing some spring cleaning and found this? It's just under 1 lb trying to decide if it's worth putting a handle on. Thanks, Jacob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Mullins Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I hope someone in the know can provide an answer. The "peen" seems rather sharp if it is to be used as a hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I like it. A hammer for the guy that can't make up his mind. Maybe you could make a 4 sided hammer, two peens, a rounding side, and a flat side. :D (somebody reading this will probably try it, and three somebody elses probably already have.) Have you tested for hardness? Even if the peen is too sharp, you could always redress it a bit with a grinder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Ubu Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Think it has to be a cross/straight peen hammer. No surface to strike. I have one, but with the usual rounded peens. That would stretch and groove at once. Probably best to use for some kind of groove texture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Thibeau has already made a 4 faced hammer he calls the quadra-peen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Olivo Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 possibly a masons hammer. mason hammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Upham Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I use a hammer like this to detail the edges of forged leaves. The direcion of the peens makes it easy and fast to detail one edge of a leaf on the far side of the anvil and the other on the near side without changing where I stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 possibly a masons hammer. mason hammer You typed faster than me - I think it's a mason's pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admanfrd Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I coin it, the Craight peen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stash Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Trow and Holden calls theirs a 'double bladed mason's hammer'. Very handy to have in stone work. www.trowandholden.com Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Tin knockers and silver smiths use a similar forming hammer though smaller, I don't recall the name but I have a couple. this one's a mason's hammer but that's no reason not to dress the peins for forging. One of my favorite straight pein hammers was a mason's hammer now it's my straight pein. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I like it. A hammer for the guy that can't make up his mind. Maybe you could make a 4 sided hammer, two peens, a rounding side, and a flat side. :D (somebody reading this will probably try it, and three somebody elses probably already have.) Have you tested for hardness? Even if the peen is too sharp, you could always redress it a bit with a grinder. Rthibeau sells a quadrapein... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Yep, stone-worker's hammer. No reason you can't adapt it to a smith's hammer, though. I enjoy my peening hammers and wouldn't mind one of those that I could tweak to work both directions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Nothstine Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 Thank you all for the information. Going to put a handle on it and give it a try. Jacob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stash Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 My current favorite smithing cross peen spent many years as my favorite mason's cross peen. The peen rounded over nicely to a ~3/8 diam fuller, so I polished it up and put it in a different toolbox. Ya gotta have priorities. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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